New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-19

Mr. MICHAEL DoHENY desires to ventiIate through
our columns his ignorance of some important and crit
cal phases ri American Politos and are rather
good naured we let him slide Processing to correct
unjust imputations on has motives and purposes Goa.
tanned in article on John Mitches fervent aspira-
ton for an Alabama plantation well stocked with fat
negroes he proceeds to charge us with fomentng an
unconstitutional and reasonsble AnSlavery agitation
whose prominent characteristics uselessness, i'm
morality and fraud, with good deal such modes
ty and courtesy Let try somewhat to rradate the
interior of Mr. DOheny's Uranium.
Tie legal constitutional right of Alabama planters
TO hold their slaves in that State is have
denied nor sought TO take away But our Freedom of
Thought and Discussion were not given us by the
Union nor did that compact attempt to take them
away. We have exactly the same right to oppose
Slavery in Alabama, by argument and entreaty as we
have to expose and reprobate British ensayement Of
Ireland or India. Our rights as freemen were not
suspended restricted by the Federal Constitution
that instrument gave rights with respect TO
Slavery, and it took no old ones away II only re-
quired of US not to impede the recapture of Fugitive
Slaves and that abominable requstOn we hope never
TO have occasion to violate. Should such occasion
"crime we can in no manner and under no crcum-
" stances sbet but we can suffer any penalty that
obedience to Gods Higher Law may call down upon
us. Ii we have broken human law, we are ready
to 60 to prison and remain there until that law pro-
claims itself satisfied We can in conscience DO no
more"
But Mr.. Doheny informs us that Free Soil is not
Freedom; which unhappIy is true. We propose to do
in behafof Universal Liberty all that we have COnsti
tutOnsl power to do-and there stop We have no DO
tca power the domestic institutions of Alabama
while we hare power over those of Nebraska and are
rePonsble for the exercise thereof In the formation
OF Territorial Government for Nebraska and in the
conduct thereof the vote Of each citizen of the United
States may be felt We vote Free Soil" because we
have Constitutional right to do So while we have no
such right to vote Emancipation in Alabama The
wrong and shame of Slavery" are just the same in
Alabama they would be in Nebraska but in the one
case they would be wrong and shame. while they
are not in the other 1t strikes that the distinction
must be obvious to any who can see through lad.
der. But more; We have anexpress compact with the
South (the Missouri COmprOmise) which shields Ne
brsska forever from Slavery. We mean to hold her
strictly to its conditions If she will have her pound Of
fesh she must be careful she'd drop of Christian
blood" When the question of Slavery relates to Ne
braska our feet are our native heath, and we shall
stand there so long as We can stand at all.
But Mr.. DOheny asks us if we don't know that
there VIII be no single slave baby the less by keeping
Slavery within its present limits and proceeds to an
sWer for US that we do know just that IF be will al
low Is to know what we know as well az he does we
can tell him that we know just the contrary of that
The market value OF slaves is increased with every ex
tension OF the area whereOn they may be legally and
probably employed and the Annexation of Texas in
creased the price of human chattes throughout the
'laye-holding region, increasing the nd1cement to
slsve'breediDg, kidnapping and slayetradlng Had
Louisiana never been added to this country, we firmly
believe that Slavery would have died cut of our States
ere this time, and all peril to the Union been thus dis
PEELED forever Just so long as Slavery can find virgin
soil whereWith to replace that which it is perpetu
ally e1hausng and throwing out Of cultivation 50 oop
Wilt buy marketable politicians frghten timid bank.
err nd traders and rule the laid Waeueyer its Ter.