New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-06
LET US HAVE PEACE.
rrn.u 7hl Riehmonl IIAia.

We can heartily second the wish Of our cotempo
rery Of TIE Baltimore 1mericGH, that the country
posessed some statesman elevated IN patriotism and
commanding in influence, whose voice could be heard
throughout the land rayng to his aid the cOnserva
tive majority Of all sections aud bidding Northern
tanatcism and Southern ultraism, Free Soil aggres
sion and pro.Slavery agitation alike be STILL We are
tired of this everlasting cOmm0tion about negrodom;
tbe Southern people are tired OF it, and they want
peace and quiet. if it can be obtained without the
sacrifice of their intlienable rights.
When the question of the repeal OF the Missouri
Compromise wss presented TO them by q R2rteerR
Sendf0r they naturally took sides IN favor OF that re-
peal. Its existence an odous and unjust dscrim
nation against the South, and VIXEN the opportunity
was afforded 10 remove that discrimination the great
mass of the southern people tet II duty tney owed
to themselves and 70 their institutions TO cooperate
in efiectipg IL removal Whether II resulted IN any
practical advantage to them not, not so much
matter OF consideration ss was the reputation OF
principle unfair a. anti-republlcan They only asked
Of their northern brethren 70 be admitted on equal
terms with them into the territories OF the United
S,ates-the common property OF all. They asked for
10 Congressional legislation, making those territories
Slate Sfates but they did and had right to ask for
tie repeal of such Congressional legislation as made
them FTee StdttS.
Was this demanding TOO much of the North Is
il lair that our Northern brethren should insist upon
the int rposiiOn OF Federal power TO aid them in
making free States ont of the public DOMAIN by pro-
Lbitng The citizeIs OF the South from equal par
tcipat,on therein The North would never recognize
the power of Congress to interfere and make slave
States ihen ny should they insist upon its interte-
renee 10 make free Statesl II IT haS the power in
L ore case il has in the other vet the North would
resist 10 the as the exercise of any such power in the
forr er instance. VIII they ask for the nseves that
which they refuse 10 Others, and 10 which others nave
a. much right as they have The whole question has
been torcibly illustrated by showing that the people
of The Territories much entitled to the right Of
dsposng Of tie subject of slavery or in other words
their domestic institutions, at the time of their adnis
zion az a State any sovereign State. northern or
southern hes and this Is ell that IS required.
Having obtained this in reference to the Terrific
ries OF Kansas and Nebraska the South is content.
As 10 the existence or non-exlsence OF Slavery IN
those Territories II Is 6 matter that must be decided
by The natural course of events. The South has
taken 10 steps TO l up those Territories with slave
holding emigranis, by the aid o; emigrant societies
or enter into any sort Of scramble for the sscend
ancy there. She Il content with the right for South
ern euiigrents "a remove into Kansas or Nebraska
with their slaves, and that right she intends TO main
tan whether her people choose 10 20 there Or not
TIE Nec. YCrS C0Hr,eT IA right when il says in a
late issue Of that paper that: Ii 10 judge by
the general silence Of their journals, the people Of
tie South take but very little in the strug-
gle which has been going on for the control Of the
two new territories. Having esssyed TO assert
principle by wiyiDg the Missouri Compromise line
of 3Go 90 out of existence, they seem ndisposed 10
carry the contention further. Ii the North gain
the praica advantage in the end by Kansas and Ne
brcska coming in free States. let them have il.
While they gain that advantage by the free and IN
trsmme'ed decision Of the people Of those territories
the South viii never object but le them gain it in
that way and not seek 20 convert the Federal Gov
erLmcni into machine for manufacturing free terri
tory or into instrument for destroying the rights
and privileges of the people Of any portion OF the
ccnfsderacy.
They boss; now that they viii gain every advantage
n he end-thg; Kansas and Nebraska mast and will
b. free. Then why longer continue agitation Why
seek 70 re irsia;e the Missouri Compromise while they
contend hat rhe very territory which il operates
VIII b much free territory etczt that c0mDr01.se
cs nth ~ Why not let the subject alone If they are
satisfied of such result They admit themselves that
before Corgress could act and the repeal of the re-
peal b. effected, under the most favorable circum-
stances the whole matter OF slavery or No Slavery in
those Territories vii be inay settled by the popular
will Of ;hOse inhabitiDg them.
We believe ourselves that the question viii be se;-
lied definitely the other by the citizens Of
KGnsas and Neoraska long before Congress could dis
pose Of il, and that before the Missouri Compromise
could be reestsblished or it, repeal reafirned the
question viii be placed beyond the territorial power
Of Congress Further agitation, therefore, by the
North can result in practical good. That is mani
fest by their own reasoning. Why keep il up, then
All the soarh AXIS s 10 be let alone and why not let
Us have peace