New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-08

Proviso, while he voted against the measure as
unrimely. has sunk behind the horizon. apparently
distrosted or dsregsrded by both friends and sd-
versaries OF Impartial Freedom James Buchanan .
has proclaimed bis unqualified surrender to the de-
mands Of Slavery Levi Woodbury. had knuckled I
under before him 30 il j. virtually settled that the
next Loco Foco candidate for President will be an
open advocate Of Slave Extension And yet the /
opposition at the North 70 the transformation OF
Free into Slave Territory is instinctvely 90 strong
that every variety Of ingenious device Will be re-
sorted 70 in the hope that the bitter pill may be
gilt If not sweetened. We shaI see what success
will attend these efforts
We cannot concur with many friends who are
disposed to regard No More Territory as inciaa'
ing and every way equivalent 10 No More Stare
Territory The one is the assertion Of cardinal
and everlasting principle the other the dictate Of
casual expediency. While we heartily concur in
the sentiments so forcby expressed by Mr.. Clay IN
bis Raleigh letter, that we do not need additional
territory and would be great deal better employ
ed in improving what we have than IN scheming
and fighting for more-while there is not foot OF
land beyond our legal limits that We wish TO see
annexed 10 the UniOn-we are yet Onprepared 70
affirm an absolute, Interchangeable principle, that
no new territory shall ever under any conceivable
circumstances, be added to the Union. Who be
lieves that such restriction, if unanimously adopt
ed to morrow, would Withstand the pressure Of an
urgent necessity or palpable advantage, real or
supposed, should such present itself
But No More Stare Territory is q limitation
which, once entered upon our statute books, would
h.. bf,k If
inc the glorious Ordinance OF 1857. which shut Ss
very out Of bali the area Of the entire Union al
time when two.thirds Of all the States upheld the
scourgel What chance has there been 10 repeal
it during the last fifty years What hope for It tor
the next five hundred Beside, this is the end 10
begin ut if we would effect the other object. Let
~ inscribe on our statute books No More slave
Territory and we shall not be troubled with any
accessions Of territory so long as Slavery shall pos
sess real vitality in our UniOs. II will take good
care that we shall not acquire Free territory while
we refuse 20 admit Slave. Had the Provso been
adopted when first proposed by Mr.. Wilmot It
would have stopped the War a year ago and saved
Hundred Millions to the country. Now, 1t
the War is stopped at an early day we could pa
tently see the Proviso laid aside If no territory
west of the Rio Grande and south of 36l is OBJ
tanned from Mexico; but suppose Treaty shan he
submitted for ratification which involves the pur-
chase of California and the Valley Of the Rio
Grande from Mexico. in conside ration OF the pay
ment of several Millions by Government, what
is 10 be donel We don't want this accession Of
territory we don't want to pay the money the
Government owes and needs, for land II does MT
need but how can Wing Senat ors vote against
that which however exceptionally will make
Peace That must be deplorsble Treaty indeed
that we could vote against ratifyng
Give us 10th restrictions togerher--No More
Slave Territory and No More Territory at all-and
we will gladly stand up for both Why should not
this satisfy the South We viii agree to abide
by the National Boundaries as they now are
while the South accedes to urgent demand that,
in case any farther accession of territory shall be
forced on the Union it shall he fundamentally Free
territory. She will have power Through the
Senatel to prevent any acquisition, knowing
well th-. e is az all it must be Free.
Why may We not shake har.ds upon that
We have been looking through pamphlet on
" Slavery and the Wilnot Proviso with Sugges
tions for a Compromise By John l.. Carey
Baltimore, and irs 'sIgge, tions' do not strike us
iavorably. Mr. c. thinks w7e must in making Peace
acquire, beside California. all Mexico this side Of
the Sierra Madre-that bel az the latest limit as
signed to the Valley Of thu Mississippi Within
these limits he urges that must compromise
by letting Slavery have ale gal existence up 10 30
80 to continue but fifty years, however, except
that Slaves introduced by immigrants may be held
in bondage until they stt,.in twenty-five or thirty
years of age. We nj hardly say that We are
heartily sick OF Comp pmises, and especially dis
inclined to this one If it be in truth cardinal
principal in our Cover nment that Slavery, outside
of the sphere of its present Constitutional exist
ence, has equal rights With Freedom and IS equal
~ entitled to the prot Getting care and nurture OF our
Federal Government, we cannot know the fact 200
soon Let us try to settle one difference without
wearying ourselves. IN searching for some middle
path between right aud wrong. There can hardly
be a better time u ian the present
FRANKLIN ISsTIrUTs-lt will be seen by the
Circular of this Institute. which will be found in
this paper, that their Seventeenth Exhibition OF
American Manufactur will be held in the City Of
Philadelphia frorn the 10th TO the 3Oh day Of Oco
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