New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-07
Mole Of the NIesaaRc.

To Affect an aversion TO War yet to gorify and
eoogiIe War, is exactly IN character with the
essential insincerty and hypocrisy Of the author
Of tho Kane Letter. Nobody ever confessed to a
love OF War for its own sake--it ia always com.
msnced and justified on some pretence Of necessity
or security, or wounded honor. Any fair mind
must realize that If these pretexts are sufficient
TO Justify our invasion and conquest OF nearly all
Mexico with our ultimate retention Of one-third
OF it's area the legitimate "spoils OF victory,
then there can never be a lack of pretext for any
war whatever, and ralors will go on preaching
peace and cutting throats canting about " benef-
cent Providence" and scattering broadcast the
limbs and brains OF women and children. until the
coming OF the general confagraton. which ought
not under such auspices, to he very long delayed.
No Cesar, no Bonspartc, ever put forth a mani
festo more completely calculated to infsme and
df!use the War spirit than thisvcry Polk Message
81 lsis.
But then does Mt he talk beautifully OF Free.
dom, and Self-government and the interests of
Labor and his hostility to Mcnopolies, and to the
favor shown to particular classes and pursuits
Only think Of column after column of this stuff in
the same document that urges us to surrender
region 500 miles long by 400 wide to the ever
lasting dominion of Human Slavery How can
he look any man in the face who processes re.
gard for Freedom, Selfgovernment and the Rights
Of Labor, yet insists creating the institution OF
Slavery over the surface OF virgin Empire
whence its pollutons have long since been Danish
ed with shhorrencel What other monopoly ever
did or could exist half unjust and bliehting as
the monopoly by one man OF the blood and bones
and sweat and toll OF another through life-of his
toll unrecompensed. unbalanced, with the whip
for its stmulant and unchecked tyranny for lis
Iswsiver What despotism was ever so hideous
as that which dsrkens the mind of its subject
scrbids him to read. to speak in tones OF manhood.
or TO so of the farm to which he is bound
without pass from his master May. far
worse than this which assumes an absolute
and law protected mastery over the victim wife
and children--s right to overwork famish. chas
tlse, outrage and sell them into distant captivity
without appeal or murmar O how soft and sweet
10 this champion OF Liberty and Toe OF Monopoly
on the domestic question. geographical divis
ION. 'dissimilarity of domestic institutions. &C.
which he fears viii prevent the planting OF SLAYER,
IN the New Territories How seductivey he in.
vokes that spirit Of compromises. OF harmony,
dc. which has already blackened the vast and fer
Tile region stretching from the Mississippi to the
hio arande with Slavery. aud which he fervently
hopes viii now extend il to the Pacific Ocean.
How horrihed no is at the prospect that the lovers
OF mohsfeny and aristccrscy will catch us resist
ms ire spread Of Republican Slavery, and will
rejoice at the sight How could he survive such |
spectacle
But Mr.. Polk you shall not tslsiiy and mis-
state the great issue between Slavery and r,a.. |
dom unreoaked. IL is not true thouch voo hro.d |
y insinuste It, that the people OF the Free States
seek TO exclude the citizens Of the Slave State.
from the New Territories. We bid them vel |
come there and everywhere on precisely the same
terms that require for ourselves. Go there
with your wives and children. your stock and
movsbles-so with your negroes II you wlll--we
seek to exclude nothing tina, belongs TO you AL
We insist on is that you shall not override that
fundamental law of Nature and Of God which
says The lsborer is worthy OF bis hire, aud SUD.
stisate cr il yoar local. trsnsisory. anrishteous
law. which says The lsborer shall have no hire, |
bat be and remain. brute. thing. ohsttel |
To that we cannot coBsent-dsre not. must not II /
there were no other reason. we could not Tor yo,,
sakes, Southern friends II you choose a new
and far-ofi home, viii you not prefer to have il
resemble New-York rather than virginis Masss-
ehasetss rather than South Carohns, Ohio IN
preference TO Kentucky Note how thickly the
Free States are dotted over with Schools and
Churches. and how comparatively rare they are in
tho South Mark the Preponaerance OF Bibles in
the one and OF Bowieknives in the other. Not
or our own sakss, but for yours also, for our com