New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-17

can. But when the cOsfling guest was slain and
buried and tie fruit of the crime all rsapsd ami so-
uropria,ed. tie wre.ched, eOwarliy nan s.il iolad
h Ind not killed the voice ofjustiee il hs eva soul
b. fiat 4 was now louder AMI more terri7le tAAa
ever.
II ia not cur puryose here to follow 3r. BADGER
through tie Eeasenisgs 10 anyze tho Impulses 0y
witch he has come TO sustain the proposal to anu
lille all distinctive Northern rights under the s
sor,i Conuro,sise Whatever tie considerations by
bcb he iustfes this momentous act, which Peryerts
,io into an ally Of Pierce snl Douglas weleave the
ROW 70 sneak for themselves They are recorded this
,7oyrrr n our columns and shall AXE care thai
every Senator Wing or other WHO eoes With the con
spa.ors in this course sh7 be heard By our readers
in the sane manner We desire here simply to regis
t the fact Sat tue lnes Of political demarkatiOn are
drawn anew tat a Jew lesson is enforced on the
country new contest is SET on foot, and new els-
mepts are summoDed t. wage IT, Tie political lines
Which Mr Badger aud thc Wing sena Ors have drawn
are simply those which divide South and North :;
the lesson they enforce is thst the South
makes PuIic faith tie law Of her eoaduc.,
and VII repu6iato the most solemn Obligations
% passion or interest nay prompt; tie contest they
act on foot is one between Freedom aud Sllyery,
wsqed without 0 { uce and with no possible comPro-
mise for we see that compromises are merely mean;
10 cheat Us and the new elements raised for the
struggle comprehend tie whole mass OF Northern
freemen including even tie paltry creatures whom
Executive patronage sways to support tbs niqui-
~ but Who from tie same filthy sclfsLu.ss, mus. soon
provide for themselves at home by pretending to 60
with tie universal tide and who viii then be loud ald
veheuout il their opposition II tie very wickednes5
they low cosniye il. All the religious ard moral feel
ur oil tic democratic instincts, all the shre sd self
interest Of tie North must enlist In this new struggle.
Party ties personal predictions conservative mode
ration will be merged in one common uprising Of the
people to repel this vast nroad of Slavery and TO
force back the peTnicious institution n,O its proper
bounds Not only will there be no more Wing Ma
tona Conventions, but far the greater part Of the
Northern Democrats will equally forswear their old al
lecsrce and niog themselves into the new party Of
Freedom And iOr namiBg this great sectional cOntro
versy tie Southern Wig Senator's mustbe held eminent
" responsible Itistrue that Douglas and Pierce orgi
mated tie wrong, but Badger and lis associates have
done even worse, for Of them integrity expected
They is WHO the bonds Of affection aud tear up
and destroy tie roots of friendly confidence which,
through every ycisstude aud every struggle, and in
spite Of individual and exceptional antagonisns have
uuted the masses of Southern aud Northern voters.
These Senators may rot believe mis- They will
bitterly believe it hereafter As long they remained
faithful there was still South that the North could
trust in whose promises and pledges it could cOnfde
With their detection that South disappears andbetween
the two great divisions Of the Union and its two great
systems Of labor and of morals there suddenly opens
profound and embracing conflict Il is no; provoked
by the party of Freedom, but since the other side de-
sire it and urge it o. why, let it come