New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-26
From The Portland Advertiser (whis)

From The Portland Advertiser Nv hiaD
The slave power by the congenia aid OF the pOl.
ders has consumaed its nquitous designs, and stands
ready flourish it, lash the heart OF the American
continent In vain the talent and the moral worth OF Con-
T IS have protested in the strains which marked the
era 7tin vain the press has Numbered Its solemn
wanngsin vain tho voice Of 'he people has been heard
every breeze and with power almost 10 shake the
very Of the CAPITOL yet the demands Of ervitude
and the charms OF corruption have steadily driven the
work forward to its dread completion Thus freedom has
been yanqushed and bondage bGZoncd with the broad
se,l of nationality We have said in Congress the con-
tet is nished-bow il il in the country among the peo
pie DO the recognize the defeat ana quiey SUD
initl Have they made mp their minds to receive with ap-
pause this overture in the Slavery programme and 10
wait in patience for the annexation OF Cuba, the abolition
Of the laws against the slave trade ana me oter coh'e
quents 50 boldly avowedl II may bebut we cannot be-
leve it, Out Of the depth OF our abasement even we
would gather the signs Of better things compromise
benceforth an obsolete word in national vocabula
ry-t will remain as the fossil OF petricd idea That
deiuson the friends Of Freedom at least forever ald
aside Serpent after serpent has come forth II MS name
un, this greatest has CURED its and died by itself
We now know too that man to be trusted on these
questions who Is openly and consistently committed IN
favor Of freedomtlat measure safe thar does not
clearly and thoroughly dscOnnect itself from any support
f Sa,erv TIE ground lies clean before us, and neither
the fog sophsy the dazzle of power can blind US
as TO tie real relation Of things We shall march upon
slavery face to face and upon strength alone shal wo
rsy II in this land and age we do not have tat- the
liberty loving here in the minory-then we are OF
'.al men most mserabe!' But we hare the right ana
the strength and The vetoryet 1t come SOONER on later
We have tried compromises with slavery; they baYc
bcon violated in the basest manner Hereafter we can
have no more Of them Now and hencefob the Interests
Of freedom ought nO.-sha notDe bartered uhder any
r,retepse We draw DO sectional lines. We magnify "a
irincipe In high sense desire that North and South
nav be terms unused. Ii is not Mason aud Dixons line
which should divide men, but tie distinction between des
o,ism and freedom Let not be forgotten that southern
states furnished noble opponents OF thiS reai out
rage. We shall hope TO hnd si N the 50 oathefn ana
.ouh-western States of high and generous sPirts
With them all opponents 70 Slavery can unite IN crusade
scanst the wrong The freemen OF the Republic proes.
Low and always against any more slave territory a.n
-anst any more slave States into the Union. They VIII
see 10 il their protest il garded. The passage OF tie Ne
braska bill has already made the fugitive slave Law null
and void Who viii hunt men for despots Who buly az
ard violate solemn cOmpacts made with us certainly
10 man who ia serf by instinct But the end u not
vet There many who viii at once call for revision
al lie Constitution TO exclude all slave representation in
Cnre.s Msny will ask for the prohibition Of the inter-
state slave trade. We all demand an end 10 al com
promises between freedom and Slavery
From The Cleveland Lesd7r (grse Delaoer.,)
Let the e-breeeTs and their mn0ns curb Their eel-
o. and pause amid their triumph The ssue y made.
In the North universal protest was heard agains the
Ira sud in tho South, not one popular demonstration was
made in its favor The slayepover with daring mar ne
termned nevertheless to pepetrate IT, and BY the ad oil
their hired agents, the ercenares Of me Tree states ey
have done it. II i al their work. They have declared
war thus against the North and against Freedom when
the North and the friends Of Freedom IN II, sogzht 10
ward of the peril and they have, contrary 10 az honora
he rsae and manly bravery refused TO submit the great
question 10 the people fairly and frankly insulting nc an
lie tot North and these fends, by nsolence and
inockerv as coadng ever used toward man; ne
issue made ties The issse 9 he aarepoe' l'resl oGse
Ia and desDoacaAy upon the e0eHtry: That power DC,
eves and mady recices in il belief that has snscei
fro fe later and treed0 the vat territory pedgei 20
botb y the Constitution and the solemn compact o. our
fnh,rs Let il be undeceyed and quickly for Hi ia
Tie war 20 declared Is Just begun II VII end sHd can
onlv end In the triumph downfall Of Liberty as uIe
God Iy eth Nor Kansas, nor Nebraska shAi s"e .t or
swelier under the Of Slavery, theFs os JUL
or Freeneu enough in IT, to the rights Of Humanity
and defend them.
Fron The Ssw.HsVen JouTHs sna co1Tief, VIII h;
Tic North has great duty % Ee'i"i ' "a Pc n.'7
write cr1nblc away md tbcir principles 'n os 'o'