New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-20

lie dark and dhmnDg Uliiu"nce not only oFnt VIC ~
rilorv ,ommou 10 the whole pcoplc OF the Union Out
On csrv il into the separate and independent a,es
tho ~ opl OF wnich had fDn0ly hoped they hs1 win"
tler ne ective separate Jun'dI1tous abolished " io'
ever Loud cheersl II. r
Je r.or and bis com peers early seoing tho evs d
Slsyc,y and antipa,ng ibei jury b. Trio general pros
re,itv keiy TO r..ni from further diffusion, and It's
iururt growth tn the sageci OF grea' rtaesme pro
vided b, an ordnu CO. IL 1857 seanst lts extension VI
the territory northwest OF inc ohlo tnen suo'10
sors batting somewhat from the stern pohuc etncs OIL
T. fersor and ws lees vely sene OF the oaiara rihs
of humanity tbat gave sokuo Wedges preeminence
TO .hat r,s; political phiosovhr IN l72O consented 20
compromises With the slavebodi gpower, snd allowed
Missoi ri 10 be admitted az Slave Staei Dut on inc
condition that Slavery should not be extended 10 any
MORTON If the territory of The United States yi5 hOEh
Of 800 so of north latitude -
With The Ordnance OF 1857 the people OF thu Union
were gene ally content and uCcer II V t'' "udetess
has been formed into free prosperous, and neQelden!
States extending the facilities OF internal improve
uepts conInt rec and the advantages OF edu aeon 10
their Ell tire populs ion, exceeding IN numbers aod
surpassrg in comforts the population OF me origlns
hr. Oh States at the time Of tie formation OF our Ma
tiousl Government. And Nth tn outlet 10 the free,
i,tehaert and INDUSTRIOUS population of the Northern
States sni to the oppressed popuaion OF the Eastern
Continent constantly seeking an asylum where free-
dom dvels afforded by the law which bore the name
of the Missouri COMPROMISE, the people generality OF
the North,rn States might still have been conten, aud
would Lot have disturbed their Southern brethren II
= cir chosen relation 10 their siaye-. Much as the
people Of The Free States lameuted the exsteace OF
slavery and deprecated lis evils among their brethren
of the av,holdng States they bad no; attempted TO
iIte,fre with their re@erved political fights or taer
domestic relations Cheefsl.
Iii, tine they had atnee sed and still do, with deep
regret sud pailip I. ug-, the enactment and sphold-
Ing of State of more than aboriginal baroarity,
that DEM thc eeIen OF learning to pnliOns OF hui
mar souls coIsigI 10 the Prison the humane and
b. evOont attempt 10 teach the ignoraut ana ser
90 .Valf hn fnnlN III
irrs of his Apostles But within the last few years,
tho noiit,.al rover Of SHAREHOLDERS, stimulated and
nced Is i ha> been by mer, enafy aod triling pot-
clans fro Fee States who have sscnt Ell their pstr-
otism a, tne aliar OF ambition, have become arrogant
,utuI,f rifCurttOus, sud not untrVquently ABUSIVE
o, ~ Nfo dtign TO uphold the rauta ri hrs u hu.
rreuit, --srG der ounce fanatics aud J>turbers 81
our ,ountfy's veace al VITO yent.Le ~ repeat the
words OF he declaration in which independence was
oril nslly declaTeo.
ILouohtics. power of shareholders thus sided, has
been n I'd not Or ~ 20 repeal the Missouri Compromise,
prc thereby allow The eXiens on OF Slavery over Ter
ritory ltrger than tire original thirteen States OUT
LIS hon u,ed IN lie enactment of law whereby FREQ
cif7.ns Ilay re ami bave been deprived OF liberty
without the ,f.Lt of tr;ol By JHry and denied the
privilege Of the wit ut h0JedS corpus, IN VIOLA ION o
he most valued and meet sacred guarantees OF the
Cor sti uiion of our Government.
Indeed so bold and arrogant has this power become
thnt recently Within hboring Free State, weak
timd and serye if NOT corrupt Judge At the instance
of snole slave holder in direct violation OF the pm
cinles of the Couuon law, aud without the SANCTION
OF aHy statute los issued the "Ht oi haDeas corpus 10
iIouire not by what light freeDeG are Imprisoned or
restrained of their liberty, but by what right tremeH
unsccu, ed Of any crime mlsdeneanOr, are PerHHted
10 BE- at liberty: thus pervertiDg the very purpose OF
that sacred and venerable precept SanoloGed ~ Gus
tom and sar cted By Justice tue man JUDICIAL plank
in the platform of liberty Loud cheersl
Until within the past few months the people generally
believed that slaves brought BY their masters to Free
States or whose emigration TO Free States was Voldh'
tarIv permitted oy their masters thereby became tree
Srcb indeed had been the law sanctioned and upheld
Inv he highest uoIcal authority. But the modern ar
roga ce of the Slave Power yields to no law aud suo
mira TO 10 precedent counter to ITS interest, or tuat at-
tennis to arrest s cupidity and men born under the
DecIaratop OF epe ndence and the Consitut of
the pi,ed States aud ucated IN principles nave
lived to their most sacred and cherished preceps
violated at the behest OF this power aud that too by
The very officials selected to administer and uphold
them.
In view of these encroacbments upon the natural
ris hts of eemen the Republicans OF the Free 81 stes
have with ole accord, been aroused to realizing
sense of the maxim that " eternal vigilance IS the
rrice of liberty and have 10 consider 1t time
10 read anew the Declaration OF Independence aud the
Constitution of our Government, aud to renew Their
Efforts 10 uphold the venerared maxims OF the former,
md guard well the rights and privileges the latter was
not. tded 10 st cure Loud cheersl.
The questions have heretofore agitated the pub
III mir d. and upon which the people have been divided
mi different been mainly seized;
the rea sI,on of Slavery and thu power and priv
ept ain ed by Shareholders, he's assumed new and
formidable aspect, that threatens to sap the very oun
dcons of our State ana National Governments. Tne
elementary truths of the Declaration of Independence
soiemrly proclaimed by the Continental Congress, to
sustain which the blooo OF the best patriots freely
shed and which formed the cornerstone of tue most
powerful Republic earth, and had come TO be ac
nuesced in by Iearly 20 100000 of reemen the meta
oh, seal eetias of single C-roniau fret discovered
10 be soptism. The save-breeders of Virginis and
the Gotten rowers Of the Souhern States generally
hailed the discovery SIS the genuine touch-sione OF po-
liiical philosophy Ihep 1t vas that ms new anu ulr
miraculous inspi alton, breaking suddenly upon the
whole saveholdng population, disclosed the fact that
the Constitution founded upon these truths, aud the
object Of which originally to secure the bless
al gs Of liberty 10 ourselves and our postenty, was
In reality intended to aid in the propagation and d
fusiop OF human Slavery This new light, spreading
with the power and patronage OF Government, add
reflected by every fawuing asptraot for place and
pluuder, has become truly alarming. When 1t nad
broken the barriers that for than thirty years
sta.1 the Northern march of bondage, aud carried
Slavery Tito Kansas, it had done enough 20 arouse
the active advocates Of Liberty. But since 1t has
trench,d boldly upon the rights OF an independent
State sud incarC rated ole OF lis most worthy GU.
zens and .oiel The ermine Of The Juicay, 1t would
seem to have done enough TO arouse all the latent
energies Of humanity ITSELF and called on them TO
arCs II its further progress.
TIE people of the Free States have been told, ana
have listened the tale that sectional party 10 DO
deprecated Again and asain has the same tale been
REL Gated while at the time the whole political
pow er Of the Slave States has been concentrated end
constantly exerted lot only in the spread OF Slavery
but in the dispeDsOton OF patronage to tie friends IN
no mnD suspected of even abstract sentiments OF It's
il Justice il ALLOW cd to hold the most humble office in
the gift Of the Executive. How thsn, ara toe m!lions
of ellis hened Northern freemen, who cOnscen'ousy
believe Slavery to be an evil and cure to share IN
tc honors Of their Government, or be able to uphold
I'm Nv oroauiziuu with Ike unaulmty.
In vain did our ALTERS petition the throne OF Groat
Britain 70 reoress their grievances. In vnin have the