New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-22
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non oftbe exclusion Of Slavery from whatever YER
,,o-, MAJ, benoeforth be added TO the Union BY
the attention Of our correspondent hiohehsu
were supplied with an advance copy OF this speech
which we should have published this morning ou1
q, the arrival Of the Cambria Our readers VIII
find summary Of its positions IN the letter Oh OUT
correspondent on another page, embracing tne ne
solutiops in which Mr.. c gives Is the msH0" u
his argument. We rejoice TO see that he, TOO mas
done with CONFERENCE.-The he Perceives ana
svoTs thst the war Of Freedom against slavery
must now be fought out maniuAy' IL Is lnaseo
high time that this decisive battle were fought ana
the issue known. Ifthere were any disposition N
the Senate 10 shrk direct vote on the " hniO'
Proviso We thank. Mr.. c. for 50 emphaticaiy par
ing the back door. Since the only alternative i
now between question OF practical legislation ana
vagBe abstraction we trust there can be no hesi-
tation in prefening the former
Mr.. Calhoun Enthusiastically declares that the pas
SAGE of the Wimot Proviso through the Senate VIII
inevitably lead to dissolution Of the I Mon Hell
not the man to use such words at random and we
doubt not be speaks az he feels and thinks For
a that we trust the Proviso viii prevail, and we
have no apprehension that the Union will be broken
m thereby. Ifthe Political power OF the South
were all in the hands of Just such men as Mr. Cal
boun-extensive Shareholders and passionate ad-
nirers Of Slavery as the best possible condition for
the laboring class-his apprehensions might be JUS
tilted. or rather his threats fulfilled. But, should
the dav Of trial ever come, Mr. c. will find that
there are other classes, other interests other con
victions in the South than those with which be so
heartily sympathises He will find that there
are thousands Of Southern c0nsciences on which
Slavery has long weighed heavily, though the
familiar pistol and bowie-kniie have snenced all
outward manifestations; he will find there in
telects. wherein the striking disparity between
the North and the South in thrift in industry
in social comfort. in physical as well as moral
progress has made profound impression, and who
will not consent to give up the Union for the sake
of extending Slavery He will find moreover
still more numerous class Of Free Laborers IN the
Soutb-mechanics, artisans, cultivaiors, boatmen,
os-yho begin to realize the mark Of degradation
which Slaveiy ---a-rwhere sets upon Labor and
/ who. owning no Slaves themsci-.s willnot consent
/ 10 give up their interest in Bunker HIN a.I Rem.
nngton, in Saratoga and Monmouth at the beck
and in the Of the Slaveholdng aristocracy Of
the South. We counsel Mr. Calhoun, therefore, 10
beware of any attempt put in practice his threats
Of Dissolution of the Union because Of an inhibition
OF any and every attempt to extend Slavery across
the Rio Grande. A serious effort at Disunion on
this account will be morally certain to blast its
authors, and Mr.. Clay is not now in the Senate to
save them by q Compromise Generous as is his
nature we doubt whether he would make the at
tempt after the experience he has had Of them
since 1893.
The whole question at issue is begged by Mr.. C.
in his ayerment Of the right OF the citizens Of the
South to emigrate with fter property into any Of
the Territories Of the United States What is
their property Mr.. Clay truly said, and has been
grossly abused for saying that what the lar de-
clares to be property is property There can be
no other practical and conclusive arbrer in the
/ promises than the lew of the lasd. W. may 80
/ behind that into the domain of abstract Right in
/ order to determine what the law ought 10 below
/ it should be chsrged-but as a practical matter
the Law determines and must determine what is
/ Property and what is not. A gambler for example.
may hold the implements Of his vocation as Prop
erty in one State, but passing into another, they
will be seized by the Police and destroyed. Now
the law of South Carolina Texas declares certain
men and women to be property, and whenever We
place ourselves under the protection OF either Of
these States We shall feel bound 10 respect said
law and the rights Of property thereby asserted
We should if admitted to citizenship, labor to So.
persede that law BY a wiser and better but never
in such manner as to compromise our obedience to
it. Mr. Cshouns slaves are his property in South
Carolina bat would they be IN Wisconsin should
he see fit 70 emigrate nth h,s property while it
remains mere Territory He knows they would
not Why Because, IL confirmation or dec.ara-
ton of natural right, the Ordinance Of l7s7 framed
by a Committee mainly slayeholdng) forbids
Slavery in the Territory OF the L. States North.
west OF the Ohio. But for that on the basis as.
sumed by Mr.. c. slsveholders might have planted
Slavery there as lawfully free laborers could
have carried Freedom. Now the Wilmot Proviso,
if adopted will perform the same good work for
the region West Of the Rio Grande, should it ever
come into the Union. that the Ordinance Of l7s7
has effected for that Northwest of the Ohio.
And now let US consider the logic Of Editor
Richie who, in the very paper which brings Us
Mr. CaIhoUns ominous manifesto, spares hall
column from the exhibition of his private grieis in
the matter of his late rebuke from the Senate to
say,
I'VE sincerely hope thst the naked Three Million
Bill viii pass and stripped OF the Wilmos Proyiso We
have the strongest 10 believe. from what We
have heard two days ago and from The letter which
have seen today from the Havana, that viii facilitate
the adjustment Of peace with Mexico. The war stroke
which will De made 81 her and the aid OF these Three
Millions, viii il IS believed. soon procure peace Who
will take the responsibility OF defeating II Who vii
insist upon this Proyso which defeat the BILL and
certainly all efficient action undsr il How this i
judged Provso affect the treaty peace whathas Mex
leo 10 do with he population upon territory How
she pretend supuste thar slaves shall not 20 upon
the - -e3 territory How the President make such
stipulation with foreign nation Would he DO 50
when he must know that thirds OF the Sense could
not be obtained for It's ratification How can we now
provide FOR the regulation OF any territory which il
TACT Is notye ours These queries press upon Us with
irresistible force.
II the treaty Of peace secures Any territory
trust 10 the eonciatory spirit and re c0myrcsias
oosrs Of al asffEft0as for fair sd asen Of TIL.
ssitsying question"
The compromising course Of ALL or iHstiht
fi0Es' should certainly have some limit and We
heartily agree with Mr.. Calhoun that il is hieI