New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-29
old one hu .irnnr to insist thnt the p,rtr which h,s

agreement shall not coOlly repufiste It at TIE very
Inoncnt the Other party il 10 receive its eossid-
Grafton.
Mr. Goodell talks of our not permitting SlarerJ 10
,-i,t" a. the true basis OF efort-ust IL we OF
tie North have any power or right 10 ternaa'o
its existence tLsu We have TO prevent the next eclipse
We have exactly the risbtfa power over slavery
in Virginia or Alsbsma that we have over Sis'fr! III
Cuta or Braz-not one particle more In eil"et
case we have moral power to discoun'ehance AM
reproblte slaveholding or any other wrong ous /"
elect hnctionares State or National. IN Newborn
To sbolsh Slavery in Carolina, is sheer utility we
nropose then TO assa the horrible system at poin'
where il il vulnerable TO assaults, rather than
waste our efforts upon position as impregDable IS
Gibraltar And so far from deerning it an objection
In this course that the Castle Garden Committee
may unite in it. we claim tina. as one OF its merits.
Yes Sir: the Castle Garden Committee ought 10
unite and many of its members riU unite IN demand
inc bat the Public Faith pledged in l-2O that all our
then National domain north of 80 30 should be SOL
EMMY Grated to Free Labor forever shall be sa-
credy fulfilled 1t is eminenty proper that conserva-
tive promise men, ho have aided to do what's
repucnaLt to their humaner eings because they felt
bound by the Constitution TO do so, should new be
foremost in demanding equal respect for engagements
from the other side; and such is the fact with regard
to many Of them.
We'll. suppose the North rallied and organized on
the basis Of demanding restoration to Freedom vi
the Territories just reacberousy deprived OF the SAFE
guard of the Missouri Restriction, what VIII tha'
amount 10 ?"
twill amount to this-a victory won by the North
OH strictly constitutional and legal grounds Tor the
Cause of Human Freedom. 1t will be the North say
ing effectively to Slavery-Ihus far and noiurther
II will be an assurance to young men not devoid
Of asrration that they may be openly hostile to
Slavery without booming themselves TO perpetual ex'
cuson from any effective voice in the public councils.
Il will be the dawn of new of Liberty OF Speech
and Action as to Slavery throughout th' Union. 1t
will be the first decisive step toward tina. confinement
of Slavery within its present limits which is sure to
woIk its ultimate extinction.
In short, we regard what may now be done as use
full and advisable mainly as it shall ccnduce to the
Political Education of the People This is deplora-
bly, detective with regard to Slavery, even at the
North. Blind Negro-hate is almost universal among
tie most degraded ignorant and brutal of people
and is not confined to them, though with many others
it is mere afectaton, adopted to catch votes or to
the predominant impression to be that morally it is
not quite right, but physically it ia very convenient
The vital truths that the debasement of part is the
degradation of the whole-that Labor can never be
heartily respected and favored so long as aborers are
openly sold-that every man needs his share OF the
worlds work much his share OF the products OF
that work-these have not begun to be comprehended
by majority of our free citizens. Whenever they
shall be, 1t will be comparatively easy TASK to a5ol-
ish Slavery in any State without extracOnstitutiona
pressure upon her; first through the silent influence
of Opinion upon the minds of her own citizens;
secondly through the quiet steady influx OF enligh
ened ireemen who will gradually acquire the ascend
ancy in her councils and proceed to remodel her nsttu
tons. We econfdentthat thisisthe practicable way
to Universal Freedom; We wish there were a shorter
but there is We cannot doubt that one triumph
over Slavery will advance the cause OF Emancipation
more than ten defeats; and more anxious that
ground shall be taken which enough Will stand 20
win, than that ali the ground be now taken "htsa
must necessarily be taken before the close OF the CON
test If the People Of any State or Dstr ct are clear
f " ready to say "No More Slave States No Slavery
in the Federal District! No Fugitive Slave Law -
let them advance and assume those positions; but
woe to him through whose influence such advance
shall be made if he consequence be defeat and dsas
ter If we can elect heartily Anti-Nebraska Con-
eress now, there is probability of its admitting
new Slave State: but if We should insist on .'No
more Slave States" as issue, when Slave State
is likely during the next Congress TO apply for adnis
sion, and thereby repe many conservatives as to be
beaten the Nebraska issue, land of course the
other also somebody will have incurred fearful
sponsibiy That responsibility shall never be OURS
Let those bear il who choose
We thank Mr.. Goodell for his allusion to the
Temperance question We Maine-Law men have
latored, borne and forborne, voting often 9TH
Issues with and for men who were not for Pro-
hibtoD, until We have Won 10 our side majority
Of the People as was proved by our last Legsla-
ture and the hostility Of adversares to Sub
mission. Now say TO the politicians, Gentlemen,
.you must give candidates for the Legislature who
Twill pass the Maine Law, with a Governor t, APP
"prove it and they will have to DO so or do worse.
But lad We begun for Temperance Messrs Good
ell q Co. did for Anti-Slayery-lnsisted on having
every thing exactly TO our mind from the start-we
should probably have been where they now are. So
they serve, il for nothing else, for warning not to
"-glGsp a ard fssien d the mud"
but do what good is nearest to hand and then
what comes next.