New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-08

snake In the wheel OF Csrolina Georgian poicy nisn'
hsr bseu carried out bat for fortunate Indian war
% Tho frontiers Of Georgia and North Carolina, which
made them think the Union at that time OF some value
virginia and Mary land Indignantly protested against an
,r.rgemeut so abhorrent to their own settled policy
ana N the principles of the Revolution but az they
found the northern Silver Grays intent upon preser"
ing tie Union. no matter at what sacrifices OF Repub-
can principles they found themselves obliged 20 SUD
nit.
Whatever may be thought of that Compromise shere
IA at least one thrg to be said about It, which, sccoro
irc to present appearances. will hardly hold true OF
some succeeding compromises. There was DO slave
,oders faith about that When ine time came for It's
f,,e,,men. IL was faithfully carried out. No opposi-
,o made 70 the abolition ofhe African slave trade
boucb the conduct and speeches OF some savehoidns
members Oh that occasion we're rather pecuiar' ie'
hans the fact that Bonapartes commercial system nau
checked the demand in Europe for Stevenson P'o
duce had something to do with this quiet acquescence
-, hint hy the way. which the Rev. }. 3 I. Aooo't
will DO well to appropriate. Az all events the save
trade was abolished and the Virginia policy seemed
again triumphant.
GRADUALLY however the abolished African slave
trade began to be replaced by new domestic slave
trade carried on as well to the newly acquired louisa
IA az to the old slavepurchasing States Astonishing
o. une.pected were the effects thus produced for
when the question came up Of allowing or pron.O'"ns
Shaver, in Missouri and the Territory north and west
oft it was found that the VrgDians almost 10 m'n
captiyated by the profits of raising slaves for the south
eru and western markets had abandoned the OLD 'r'
Cipa poicy which since that time has found bur lew
men ,upporters south of Mason and Dixon's line
Tins Virginia her policy disappeared from the
,o,;c. horizon absorbed bodils swallowed up like
sort of political Jonah into the belly OF the
s1n whale Let us hope that she may yet fulfill the
example Let us hope that she may some da! ''
tremendously cast up alive, and may proceed to COIL
ple,e the divine mission on which she hr't SET ou'
But Is not Virginia and Maryland alone with their
ogs,rno the States of Kentucky and Missouri that
have beeu swallowed up by the Southwest. "nat
cI rortion have we not lost torn bleeding from the
sacred territory consecrated to freedom by the ord
nance Of I7s7 Indiana and Illinois, those two great
and growing States, msrepresented in the Senate OF the
United States by two shareholders and miserable jock
ev who has all the moral qualifications for model slave
driver indeed he has enough even for that occn
patton. which may we'll be doubted since his recent
speech wfetched tissue OF CONTRADICTIONS a"" "o
sense justly characterized by City print OF his own
politics, as the silliest one of the session
Nor is even this all Next to Virginia Pennsyva'
MIA used to be the main stay of the AnSlavery party
in the Union In aggressive against Slavery
was she supported by New Jersey that always tooA
the lead What States Jealous as these two on the
question Of the Missouri Compromise 1t was only
with the greatest difficulty that the representatives Oh
Pennsylyana in the with Congress were induced to
allow Missouri to come on any terms asa slave state
Where now is Pennsylvania Where now is New
jersey Bargaining with the Egyptians to sell her
Youngest brother into slavery Pass on even into tree
democratic New England Is the old Jehersonian Re
publican policy, the policy of the rights OF man. sale
even there Not with the politicians, certainly Look
at the votes of New Hampshire and of Mr. Toucey and
at the want of any vote from Mr. Everett on last Fri
day morning. But thank God the People OF New
ENGLAND and the Noal have not yet voted. When they
are called for the Yeas and Nays the NUMBER o.
dough faces and sleepers will be very small