New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-26


diversifying the evidence and fOrtifying
their position by copying the following
manly and truthful article from a journal
of their Own party, named The Erening
Post:
APAUsE IN A BATTLE is NOT PEACE.
One of the most Jealous of the Massachusetts,
journals, The Boston Atlas, ventures to affirm that
all occasion for discussing any question growing
ont of the existence Of Slavery in this country is
at an end. After referring first to the Missouri
Compromise, and then to the admission of Texas
az one Of the States of the American Union, The
Atlas proceeds to say:
"The third and last great epoch out Of the
qusitsn OF territory conquered from Mexico. This
having been STANDARDIZATION right wrong we have
no desire to discuss-we can see prospect OF
renewal of the discussion and we believe that the bill
lows of contention which arose m0untainhtgh while
the storm ragged, are fast subsldtng, and indeed have
already subsidized into peaceful calm. There are now
renanlpg only few sgitators In Massachusetts aud
Georgia who are doing what they to renew the con-
rOversy for their own supposed political and pecunary
advantage but when compared with the great mass OF
the people, they nsig ncant In numbers as their
object Is desplcsbe and base"
This passage is quoted, our readers will please
to observe, from journal which, not very long
since showed some zeal in maintaining Free Soil
opinions. We cannot allow it to pass without one
or two remarks.
There is every prospect, not Of a renewal-for
that is not the true ternl-but Of continuance Of
the discussion, as long any attempts are made
to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law. The discus.
sion seems, ior the time, to have been silenced in
Congress, but it is not sllenced elsewhere. Every
psrsuit OF black fugitive into the Free States
Iekndles the controversy in all its original heat,
end nothing but the absolute desuetuds of that
law will quiet public opinion on that point or
the two millions OF persons who have read Uncle
Toms Cabin" we suppose there is not one who
has not, in some way, mingled in tn, discussion
within the last few months.
But, if that cause were removed, there are yet
others which will keep up the discussion as long
rs the institution exists. Here, for example, is
the question of recognizing the independence of
Haytl, which brings into the field Il new set of
cOutroversialists. Hayti is one of the best GUS
toners of the United States and there is n strong
commercial interest in favor of the recognition of
her independence. The measure is zealOusly Op-
posed by the friends of Slavery it is desired by
the friends of Commerce. Here is new and ample
matter Of discussion.
Again the question which comes up in the case
of Manuel ferers the British subject imprisoned
| at Charleston on account OF his color is yet UNI
decided, and may involve us in serious collisions
with foreign powers. If that were disposed of,
there still remains the question of Slavery in the
District of Columbus for the extension Of which
Congress is respOnsblc--a question which may be
brought up at any time.
For our own part, We do not mean to recognize
any termination to the discussion Of the questions
incident TO Slavery as long as there is anything
left to discuss. We shall treat the subject with
the sane freedom. the same earnestness and the
same decision, whenever it fairly comes before us,
that we have always done, allowing no cOnsidera-
tions Of party policy that cowardy system which
degrades and emascuates the journalism of this
country-to impose upon us even temporary
silence.
Now it seems to Us Of very little con-
sequence that THE Tribune or Tie Post
say such things as we quote above-the
main consideration being that they are
clearly and indisputably true. If every
person in the United States were this day
sincerely DESTROYS of the utter and final
suppression of all Anti Slavery agitation
they would find the qualification of their
wishes impossible. We cannot cease to
discuss Slavery, because it is inextricably
bound up with innumerabIe interests and
topics which must be discussed, and so ne
cessitate the discussion of Slavery.
but The Post stops short of the whole
truth. Slavery agitation will not cease,
because those wbO make The IOudest profess
sions Of Gnriety for such a result are dis
honest and hyPOcTitical in those professions,
beng Themselves the most actiue and indus
tTiOus yJomenter' Of SIarery agitation.
The two parties have Just taken care to
insert a most decided anti agitating plank
in their respective Platforms, AID yet,
throughout the Southern States, both
parties are at work, hammer and tongs. on
Slavery Agitation, ard very little else.
True the Wig position on this question
IS essentially defensive one. The Whigs
Jaw back because their antagonists tcin
agiiate, and insist on representing Gen.
Scott as the Free Soil, Anti Slavery. Sew
ard candidate, whose nomination was a
humiliation Of the South by her enemies.
True, superficial observer might say, IF
Scott had not been nominated, this would
not have been Yet it for twenty wears
has teen, and for as many more tciU Be.
Had Mr.. Fillmore or Mr. Webster been
nominated, he could have been vehementlv
assailed as inimical and peIilous to Slavery
by those who now level all their batteries
at Gen. Scott. The grounds of assault
would have been varied, but its essence
would have been the same. For theSoutb.
ern Oracles Of Sham Democracy have loag
s'nee discovered that they can scays IN