New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-13

IL positive good, ths onif soc "a'ie VI iOP"''
,titutions Viewing Slavery in this light 1t IL no won
der that the seatbernes nd guarantee for 1t in the
Federal Constitution that they regard the Kansas
Nebraska bill Is only tsrdy and halting scknoweds
,rent lone however, which viii answer all practical
purposes) of their right under the Constitution to
introduce this blessing for themelves-spite OF any
nreteuded squaiter legislation to the contrary-lnto
Kansas and Nebraska, and TO hand il down to their
pOsterity.
Tie new and now predominant southern view of the
rhect of Slavery has certainly for its advocates some
advantages over the old 1t saves, for instance
Nr Senator HUI ter from the modification OF excslm
inc with Patrick Henry" Would any one believe that
"I am master of slaves of my own purchase an
drawn along by the general Inconvenience Of living
. here without them. viii not cannot justify 1t.
Il saves Mr. Senator Mason from the shame of admit
tinp with Jefferson that the ordinary course OF life
among the slave holding Democrats Of Virginia is
nothing but perpetual exercise of the most unre
81 hitting despotsm on the one part, and degrading
60 n.nbnission on the other" Messrs. Hunter and
Mason 30 far from any such mortifyng admissions are
able TO crack their drivers whips in the face of the
Senate with all compaeency and to thank God for the
foresight sDd beneyolenee of the mother country and
the English slavetraders in stocking Virginia so we'll
Or. if in melting mood they can call up tender Mr.
Badger to make the Senate shed tears over some TO
mantle tale of the bOysh embraces exchanged between
himself and the dear old negro nanny by whom he
was nursed The being thus raised from the
stool of repentance and eoufession-this finding
ones sins and peccsdilloes to have been all the
while virtues and merts-is doubt quite agreeable
and yet soundhearted man might possibly prefer to
be mortified and pentent with Henry and Jefferson to
being blatant and jubiant with Hunter and Mason OF
even pathetic with Badger.
But however the introduction Of this new doctrine
may crafty the personal pride of the Shareholders
and nay seem to justify all their accustomed insolence
of demeanor it cannot fail to be attended with the
most decided and alarming political consequences, nor
can they who have thus suddenly and unnecessarily
laid open and made evident this broad, yawning
growing gulf between the two sections of the country
be considered as otherwise than desperate enemies to
our internal quiet
Slavery is an evil which ought to be confined within
its existing limits. Slavery is blessing which ought
to be extended as widely as possible. These are two
antagonitic oIositiors which admit of no possible
reconciliation nor compromise From the moment oil
the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, the North
aud the South will cease far national political
action is concerned to have any ideas in common on
the subject of Slavery. The passage of that bill VIII
be on the part OF the shareholders the open seizure
through the help of traitors of Territory dedicated
to freedom Judge us not, ye men of the South judge
Dot the men of the North BY those few white slaves
whose treaeherous aid you have purchased, and who
themselves will be among the very first to desert aud
T,,go ha Iigh Minatprs
judged us in 17745 by the reports of the oicehoders
among us 1t is a contest we would gladly have de-
ferred But if you choose to march upon Lexington
march, and take the consequences And think not
that few CustomHouse tories and mandamus coun-
selors can save you, nor Brgader Ruggles, with
his name changed to Gushing, into the bargain.