New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-24
a NOVEL DISCOURSE ON SLAVERK.
of 1Ths y. 7. Tribune.

aeptems An OF retired habits and moderate views,
who is native and long a resident of the South,
and who tells me be never north of Mason
and Dixon's line. Somewhat eccentric, and al
ways pointed in his remarks, take pleasure in
his comments on public affairs and often seek oc-
csxon to seduce him into communicative mood.
Not long fince he gave me his thoughts on the
Slavery question, which seemed to me 70 be
worthy Of repetition. l have accordingly put
upon paper what can recolect Of our last inter
view for the entertainment and instruction Of
your readers.
"I sm often amused, said he at the talking pro-
pebsi.ies of the Abolisonsts, or as you style your
telves in the North Free Soil men, You have writers
End lecturers, Who keep the ar full Of An,Savery
threats. but you never really do anything Soeu the
crfis aIrives aheD u bloE a, Slavery wooid be felt.
In looking for the csuse of this | fnd vaiiry of
Ieasors but II Ia tost fhe one whiSn lies At
the bottom is rant Of pluck ~ your nou-fe.ist sn
fellows Of the Garrison school their antics IRE sldl
ply grotesque. They U.S. he biggest words aoj call
1be hardest names Of all the uea and wohen uodsr
the sun. But this IL AL Toey merely re.
"Jhsre il Beecher, and crowd Of such. whose
names 1 often zee IN the newspapers, who blsze
away in their pulpits and IN the lectre-roons with
vast de al Of noise ard selfcons-quence and think
they are shaking the world, but lsbors would
be totally forgotten next week if they should die this
admit that reasonable amount of talking and
praying is good thing toward helping your side
along But now LET me tell you that what you need
just now Is not talking and praying Abolnonlss but
fighting Abolitionsts. Why, to turn from your
preachers and lecturers In the North, just 90 up
Capitol Hill and look into Congress, when that body
IL in session. You have ecsrcely got man there
who would peril his poor body to free al the blacks
In these States That TO say, nobody who is ready
10 g against the very worst gressioss OF Slavery
There are plenty who viii talk and declsim against
It, But what mean is that you have got nobody
who will resist vbat you call outrage in either
branch of Congress except by pescesble means.
You had great many hard things TO say Of the Ne
braskab bill. That you termed outrage, to say the
least. never considered il so, for never allow my
self to take partisan views either side. thought
1t pretty bold move but the whole liked it. 1t
was a gallant dash into a Boosting enemys camp,
spikine his guns and carrying off heap of booty.
Why my good Sir, don't you know thai Slavery is
supported by fighting, defended by fighting spread
by fighting; that it is in every way belliyerent
institution of necessity and that wherever goes,
and wherever les advanced guard goes, that there is
the bowie-knife and the revolver forcing defend
ing its path II you don't, you ought to just turn
your eyes toward Kansas. Now, to pit An opposition
Of resstants and peace men against the resoute
and determined engineers who lead the van in the
great enterprise of subdung continent to its sway
What do you think Of it, Do MT you rather
rguess such Prodgious opposition to Slavery will
succeed
.By way Of illustrating my moaning respecting this
matter Of fighting would like to ask you what you
think would have been the proceedings OF Congress
NJ tho se.siop which passed the Nebraska bill, If tse
900 nod h,en reversed, aud the Northern Alb iton-
is,s had undertaken TO break bargain that certain
Territory In the South should be siarehoi9Ing and
made the attempt ts wfest it from the propag ands to
the service of Freedom Where ia the Northern
Stephens who would have dared defy resolute
Southern minority with his legislative legerdema'n!
And ii such had shown himself, do you doubt that
he would have been knocked down in his tracks, or
pitched out Of the Hall, for such an "outrage -
You have been in Washington some, and ought TO
Know What do you think Bat no matter, think
we don't disagree this point. No such measure
could have been forced upon fghfing party, such
as the Shareholders are Such measures are only
cranmed down the throats of peace men.
You think, perhaps, am treating upon the verge
of extravaganza. Ii is not so. You TRIBUNE men
have ~ your heads full of the great moral poS yer of
peace able opposition to Slavery And l. for one, am
glad Of it. / do not wsnt TO zee this Ant-Slavery
contest any embittered during my day than il s
now. In the sixty years that have lived, have
have been peace man. and expect to be TO the end.
And whatever fiightfu collisions Slavery may nclte,
trust they will not come nil am at rest Bat this
does no' s,der me from looking upon things as they
are inoeeu, = ! sm not an actor anywhere upon
The puonc 'oo'.o.'. see ouly the more plainly, and
Judge "lui Ou' COM accuracy. say you rRIB-
UE m'n nS'o ev ,,soc,o5Ssl of the notion of the
NJ would like to ask you what ~. Liza of a.
o.;,o,,hs, effected thus far Under " s,. y. op
during the last twenty five years of its exiseoce Ia.
strengthened itself in its old quarters spread Itself
into new. and hiss at last boldly marched over into
freq Territory and wrenched IL from the hands OF the
.peaceable' opposition to this institution. his Is
encouraging for its future restriction by eaesabe OPP
nosi,;or-is not it know well enough what some
of your Northern radicals say in reply and th't Isl
we viii dissolve the Union. But you hav nt come
10 that yet: nor You wo Mt a, present
"Now il were an Abottionisf as Am not ana
lived in the North as do not, will tell you what
.hopld do. as practical mar DESTROYS of doing some
thing in aid of my principles would leave on'
.roh r,e, "a Seward and Sumner from the Senate,
and would send the like of Tom Hyer aud Yankee
Snuivnn 20 fill their places assuming of course tina.
those two reuosned gentlemen are right upon the
SLAVERY question And whenever such ch,ps as Mr..
Robert Toombs, or Mr.. Henry Foot, or Mr.. jeff.
Davis rose and pa, chip on their shoulders, on the
Niger auction | would have these gen lemen de-
puted to refuse the stump, and step up and knock
of. In word wherever opposing candidates offered