The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-01

that part of those territories lying north OF the line
agreed We utterly deny the power this govern
with any such faculties II exercised by Congress it
Il was said by the greatest of Roman orators that
he would rather with Plato than think rightly with
OF clearer and purer system which that
the truth to be received matter from whom,
OF oy & r may With hi.
associates Ancluding the Father Of his country than
think rightly with the abstractionsts and proslavery
advocates of the present day. But when we compare
the genius philanthropy nd patriotism Of the former,
with the minded idead sectionallsm Of the
Of the soundness o. the opinions we have espOussd
we merely hold them with the tsnacity of
sympathy and love. BELIEVING that Congress has the
power to prohibit the establishment OF sayeIy In the
should be- exercised and feeling in our inmost hearts
that II through the suerance or by the act Of Con-
slavery should be engrafed on the institutions
these terrtories there would then be perptrated
the greatest crime which, in the middle OF the nine
teenth century, nation can commit; We pledge our
that however may with others skirts shall be
clear Of guilt enormous Not for the fee simple OF
perpetual Of all the Offices Of the federal 60
vernment-would we bring upon our souls the weight
or upon posterity the curse, Of any voluntary
agency In the deed Of shame
THE ISSUE NOW BEFORE us.
From the experience Of the past year. the events OF
the month, the discussion going at the
federal capital 1t Is easy what the issue which
the democracy of the Free States required to
meet II Is neither more nor less than this whether
they will submit to be placed by the slave power and
by those who act with and for it. under the ban on
account of opinions honestly entertained and tempe
ratey to the power and the duty OF Con-
gress to prohibit the intrusion Of slavery into terri
tories Free and will consent to its establishment
such territories, by the action inaction Of the
federal government whether they will resolutey
persist In the assertion OF these opinions and just
and constitutional efforts to spread them abroad and
The main question involved in this issue is, in many
its bearings the greatest and most solemn which
sented to the American people. Though frequently
referred to- and or less debated within the last
| two years, It has yet received thorough
discussion but the time has now como when
1t must be met 1t can no longer be trned with,
evaded, or postponed 1t is already upon us In
the bill for the government Of Oregon above alluded
to- 1t will be upon in the bills for the government
of New Mexico and California which will demand
attention Of Congress- From its very nature and
from the character Of the people by whom 1t 10 ut-
mately be decided this question must necessarily
point Of view may regard It, whether In Its POLITICAL
economical or social aspects It Is pregnant with con-
those portions Of the gebe to which 1t fredericksburg
as the existence Of the globe itself
To exhibit in their Just relations all the bearings OF
this great subject, would require volume We have
time and space for only few words. In saying them
might provoke irritation We shall content ourselves
with the bare announcement OF few OF the most ma
teral points connected with the subject when viewed
| in the most general Of Its aspects
All experience has shown and especially has ii been
demonstrated by the experience Of our own country,
that free labor and slave labor useuly exist to-
gether on the soil. The latter concentrated
In Masses and welded by capitalists, leaves LITTLE
room to the free laborer for competto and
what Is infinitely more injurious IT degr ades him In
the eyes Of the community, and in his estimation
To this must be ascrbed the contempt felt du-
ring prevalence Of the eudsl system in Europe for
lsborers Of all classes the slight regard In which
persons engaged in mechanical pursuits even those OF
greatest usefulness held and the exclusive appro
priaton to those who lived the labor Of Others OF
all the respect most of tho advantages Of society
In the cities and large towns Of our slave states the
influence of commences, individuals from the North
and other peculiar to this country counter
sGss tins sor extensively employed IL exists
such force that no free aborer will long endure IL,
ty to escape from it, He will eagerly seize the first OPP
portunity to emgrate to free State whore he gain
without disgrace, the just rewards of honest in
| dustry. In like manner, and for the like .son,
has the tide Of emigration, which, for than
than halfa century, has been lowing westward from
New England and from Europe avoided the slave states
Besides largely contributing to all up western New
York and some parts Of Pennsylvania it has created
on the right bank Of the Ohio three states, Of
which, in population, is already third In the Union,
| and which, together, contain three millions
Of souls and three Others (Michigan, Wisconsin and
Iowa) yet Of lesser note but destined to rapid in
in the North In the meantime, western vir-
ginia Kentucky and Tennessee equally fertile and in
some respects more favorably situated the settlement
of which was begun Mt earlier day, and with super
Tor advantages, contained at the last census, free
white population of less than million and half.
The condition Of Europe present and prospective, In
likely ~ give to foreign immigration for many years
years to come the came law il has obsyed in the past
Y vl seek the soil Of fresdon; t. will shun that in
xnsen slavery - = sstsb!ished Il Il have not
sludsd By the presence Of slave CO.. say part Of
a,.eon, New Ms~lSesz Sx4nornIa IT, .sr{ itseif IN
| OF him. l--S'--. ~ -
Ifit be said that the territories Of NeA ,.x;co an,
Cafornia are too remote from the Atau(c sea hoard
and too unfavorable in point Of climate ~ trsof the
emgrsnts to their distant and sultry regions and viii
No AZ
from them; moments reflection will show the error
and observation-disclosures Of the assumption IL il true TINT
chosen the Northern and middle for its pe az
permanent establishment. But, besides the insur
he South has set in the way the free lscorey n
must be that the tide of immjrratiou hic
has hitherto rolled In upon has been exclusjvelv IL
rived from countries lying ATTITUDES parallel Win or
even higher than those Of tho Canadas. The emf
from the north Of Europe true TO- the law Of
the temperate regions OF the northern States Inree
numbers from Norway seeking In the country their
adoption the hardy and vigorous climate to which they
have been accustomed in the father land have ssttIsd
in extreme northernmost districts in wisconsin
and Iowa In the meantime there has been ill.,
tie emigration from the south Of Europe. The
greater ignorance and degradation Of It's populn-
ton has bindersd them from the desire OF ar
changing the evils Of their present state, for the
blessings Of free government. Bur had there been
any such desire there has been as yet no
emisrant from Southern Europe He Is debarred from
setting in the North by the laws Of climate and
physical constitution which keep the German and the
Irshn'an from the South and from the south he hna
been excluded by barrier less formidable. planted
not by the hand Of nature but by the vices
The present year has witnessed the ipaton OF
the European mind The glorious work II L. now ae-
complaining had its origin In pert, and derives it's
power In great measures from free impulses and move
nents in Italy, and will be complete and benenceLt
It's results for the southern for tho states
OF Europe There Is every TO believe that thus
enlightened with just appreciation of the benefits Of
republican institutions, their overstocked population
will relieve itself by vast emigration to this country
Especially will this be the IL newly AGO uired
territories In Mexico and California. with their warm
and uxuriant climate invite its entrance unoposcd
by the presence Of the degrading influences and asso-
Citations Of slavery aud for the afford to the emil
grants from the Mediterranean home "a permanent
aud happy the free States OF the North now do TO
those from the Baltic and the North Sea.