New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-18


lerts ,r ;ne Rep1b.c most q. or fore 20 alioa'-
.s IS heads " departments ch.e's g bureaus
s-f sometimes i1 her proai h1mi o. has consent
81 .ie- tLs soln-er sols % ner dlaFitatei n.l'ef
sb1cli mo3Oyo. So che PAGES 1. c.sras ala o s'--
gers % tte Government
P1- rrerca are drawn Tie common 81 iiert .-e
,sea who perl tlei-lves s-t win victories -or lolr
-1r, Amos. entirely irn The .ree states *
cen, ia cases o ssCie1 easrzeucy, an 20 Fo--h-
te-.s are called .4esres. the scene Di dancer. me
present Secretary 0f ~ ar. southern gentleman
T.. --e1t ability. sa1 strenuous 0- ,)lt era r-s.is
sass. b i.s report
According ~ tne practice which las oas pre-
ysl-1 tls great ma or-y n el--s'neots y maze
FL ts No-taer Atlantic ctes AMI ne Iaoel'
telar towns. whence tle rec~9iis a-e set ~ 'ns
genera Geqe. 1- instruction, and h-alJ -isit bai.a
tr -re southern aoi Nesterl posts ac'n-int o
t.a wants 0f tae service. M
Yas SIR. our No-.as rn freenel have always a..ed
tleranks ~ th- -s-liar army. Tire o'l'n Has ieni
-e taa eant eflar % w ar f1e epal e-t.s 30 To-
s2o-d b. .asr COMMAND o. our ul'fs' aL4 iea'
t..-9 t9 southern and s94thw-s;ern -i4n.a rs. %
f.t. ,bs .0rte- battles. and N.A.en to,- he.-i
u.-I their bones.
,no,r..se8 o. the diffusion % slavery he-a1se
o e,,r,,, . stfa its present lmlts VIII o-rz ire
states trelnsfl ye- o. - er.11a aD' .i''A' De'
d..ese sc-. 40. AID although 81 VII reh1rl '',
...o f,.i, Iour9.s and l1atlsome get 70 VII i1az
tending % the heart, u must be- eraiicaied or 70
.v, oatthe Ytels. The soone- the patient IS
car.inr.d o.. ths t.e sooner be vii procure tie
healing operation
IT, lea-uei and ao.e Gentleman from Virginia
NJ Mea.e. 70 a pamphlet winch he lad upon llf
Die. t.k.s the same view 0. it. he sass: VIZ
,-uia has slave population ~ near bali ul ZION.
whose value rs chiefly dependent on co4t.-fh
demand
Lotus pause moment over tbs hum atm
Confession H. 1 ain E1-iisr what does i neon
That Nirruia is tJS o.y SIS o. be Oh. breeder not
the employer. cr saves Tha- she Is reduced -
tls condition tat Ter proud chva.ry are compelled
90 turn Save traders ior a livelihood Instead 10
attempting o. re10vate Che sol. and b. Their own
honest aba- compelling the earth 70 yield her
abundance instead Of seeking io- The best breed
"a cattle aud ho-sc7 2 feed on ler b.. and valleys
and fsrtze 'be ard. The sons Of that great state
ul-st vote their time - ecting sud grooming
the most usiy si-es ami most fruitful wenches, o.
supply the slave barrac0ons Of The south And
'e learned gentleman pathetlcsly iaments that TIE
profits OF this rentecl traffic vii be greatly less
cnoi by the crcgmsc1pnon Of slavery TINS Is
bis picture not mine.
The same gentleman Says 10 the same speech
d" I. We iafeud ~ submit 20 the policy OF couin'n1
the slaves within their present limits We should
commence forthwith 'he WORK of gradual EN- sucifa-
tisn: DC is an easier task for us than for our
cui4reu.'
TIE eloquent Gentleman ON Alabama Mr. ri
lard. is of the same opinion He sad "W We
m1sr make up oar minds either 10 resist the inter
llcton Of the prosress Of Slavery or TO submit; 70
.rgan.c change 10 our constitution
Yes sir. this admitted result -, 20 my mnd, ono
ofta most agreeable consequences Of the legitimate
restriction of Slavery. Colhne tbs maiady with
Boo IT'S present limits surround % by Gordon OF tree
men that Il cannot spread, and m less than twenty
G.c wears every slave holding State in this Union
vii have on lbs statute book law for ,h, gradual
and final extinction OF Slavery. Then vii have
been contaminated the iondest wishes OF every
PATRIOTS heart Then Will our fair country be Clio
r.ous. indeed and be to pos.enty OF bright ex
ample OF the t-ue principles Of governmcnt-0.
universal freedom.
am opposed % the extension OF S.avery into
Territories now free for siiii graver reasous-bc-
cause am opposed 20 despotism throughout the
world | admit that this Government cannot
preach a crusade Of liberty into other States and
na'1us much as she abhors tyrauts aud tyranny
there, she can ouly morn over ITS existence But
when the question o. government Is within her
own coutro and she permits despotism - exist,
aud aids It's diffusion. sine is responsible for it in the
face % the civilized world, and before the God Of
Liberty
H. my Judgment not only the Slave States, bat
the General Government recognising and aiding
as 10 does Slavery, is despotism. ] do not Use the
word dcclamaiory, but strictly legal sgnhcati,n.
That Government is despo'ic where the rulers
govern subjects by their own mere wildly de
crees and laws cmanatiug from their Uncontrolled
vii. IN the enactment and extension o.; which The
ruled have no voice and under which they have No
r-ht except al the Will OF the rulers Despotsm
docs not depend upon the number OF the rulers or
the number of the subjects II may have one ruler
or many Rome was despotlsn under Nero s.
she was under the Triumyiratc. Athens was a
a.
hundred tyrsnts. under her three Thousand tyrauis
1t has been generally observed that despotism Ia.
crcRses ia severity with the number of despots
the responsibility Is more divided, and the CLAIMS
mere numerous. The tr,umvirs each demanded
his victims The smaller the number OF sub
iecis IN proportion 10 the tyrants the more crue.
the oppression. because the less danger from
rebellion. In this Government the free white
citizens are the rulers-thc soverelgns as we de-
light 10 be called. All others are subjects There
are perhaps sonc sixteen or seventeen millions Of
suvercigns and some four millions OF subjects
The rulers and the ruled are OF all coors from the
clear white OF Caucasian tribes u the swarthy
Ethiopian The former, BY courtesy. are called
white the latter, black. In this Government, the
subject hiss rights, social. political. or personal
H. has no voice in the laws which govern him.
He can hold no property. HIS very wife aud chi
dren are not his. His labor is anothers. He, and
all that appertains 20 him. are the absolute prop
erty OF his rulers. lie is governed, bought sold,
punished executed by laws TO which he never
gave his assent and by rulers whom he never
chose He is not a serf merely, with half the rights
Of men. like the subjects of desPotic Russis but
naked slave. stripped of every right which God
and Nature gave hun and which the high spirit OF
our Revolution declared inslienabc-whch be
himself could not surrender, and which man could
not take away from him. Is be not, then. the sub
jet of despotc sway
The Slaves of Athens and OF Rome were free,
IN comparison. They had some rights-could ac-
qalre some property-coud choose their own mas
tiers, ana purchase their freedom and when
free, could use IN social and political life The
Slaves Of America, then lie under the most Also
Lutte and grinding despotsm that the world ever
saw. But wac are the despots The rulers OF the
couutry-the sovereign people Not merely the
Stakeholder who cracks the lash he is bot the in.
stTument OF despolism. That despotism is the Gov.
eminent OF the Slave States and the United States
oooslstiss OF al It's ruers-all the free citizens Do