New-York daily tribune., 1854-04-01
THE yArUE OF THE UNION

t. h< T4isr II Tie y Tr5g.>
SIR ! have been pleased with the position taken by
your New Haven ponten and think he reasons foF
he sepsrston Of the RE- vm the ,ays States 50 ob
v;ous its: an .urpet they have no: comnend.d hem
selves 70 tie consideration OF northrn statesmen more
6rCIbly than they ever appear 70 have done
Our sogihern frieuds born and educs'ed under The
fusrces Of slavery have look upon with fvor
and in many c.e they fully believe il one Of The ws3 aad
nerciful cispensscns Of Providence There NJ doloi
of the fact that pauy ven beautiful, relations exist be-
tween the master and the slave and i may 80 De al
miti.d think that slave, a. clas are a. well snI ~
happily placed a. tie very poorest ciss ~ Whe nlen "a
r ee c.urtres II may ei-o b. question WaetleF tle
smaller amount Of energy enterprise and nt1siry m ls
recro character viii not slwsy- give c0rn8ncn- 81
reyoy Ia the white man over hm making the relation
between them necessarily thar o. master al1 ervGnf AL
uis being admitted cannot perceive any reason WY az
homes crd honorable whi;C usn should cons.cr hilse
liberty forcibly o compel The unwilling services 81 ihs
negro S; less can psrceiye any valid excuse for TIE
yeTy savage and unmercIl .y-tsm of laws respecting
slavery which southern lawyers and iGdgs admit theirs
70 BE- but which they absolutely necessary Tor
the security of tie whites and the preserSson Of the
resce and good order Of socety.
To the northern man the whole subjec' Of slavery PEE
sents itself in entirely different light his habits ~ e
bis educ alton and If you please, hs prldees zeal ain
70 view the whole subject a. one # merceny fraud and
usice ard TO look upon the uDceasng enteayOr Of the
South ex nd essary this great wrong over Ter
r,ory where il does not slreacy with utter abho
renee and il would 6ppear To be Idle u expect that any
Of esOnirg or arguat 1t coui ever oring ihe
light. This being the esse where IL the necessity
they they shoud continue the n'eminaole chickering's
and quarrelngs which thence arises Why not separate
ard eech follow his views % night and expecicncy
We have ample Territory for two mighty en- re-, and
should be pleased 20 the experiment fairly tried
whether republics bssed upon Slavery compete with
those depeLdcni upon free labor.
II il true that Gen Washington insisted most urgently
that the Union Of the States should b. preserved at all
hazards and at every expense bat Is no es true iha.
be firmly believed that the system Of slavery would in
short time become extinct from its own inherent wis ald
defects and have not the least doubt be alive
ard witness the desperate struggles for extending ia
baefu shadow the whole land he would st al
wise the free States 10 separate themselves from the posi-
bility Of coming under the control o the slave power .s
they inevitably will do, If they continue united to j,
Tie South hss complained long and bitterly Of the
cruelty and injustice Of he North for interfering with their
cherished domestic institutions. that they surely
have objection to be set free from great evil and
have vet 10 learn good why the North should
with bear for day longer the and obloqIy of
the whole civilized world for being p1r.sep in
the moral political and social evils OF the :lsve system
The territories Of the slave and the free States sep
srae, well defined ard compact and think fsr sdjus,
ment could be made respecting the common property a1i
common liabilities Of the Union or If this could not be
done think the free States could afford 10 all
the liabilities and all the possessions Of the General
Government rather than not Themselves from the
paryzing influences Of Slavery and resablsh their lost
freedom. Yours, &C. COURAGE.
York March IS 1854