New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-21

Dy lItI tktn, ana In tcEt CiNeItity VI mru
The strong shSl have the privilege - use
tie weak for his purposes aad against tnelrs;
10 promote his welfare without regard To their pros
penny Inst Is the second. Here is the thiri There
Is TO t'sber Law vherelnto is responsible, but
TIE sole sv Of hi sctons is personal caprice, aud
TIE sole limit the uit OF bis 20 YER be only IL
that he Recognizes is bs c.price-'he only limit tue
limit OF he pny,icsl power. Inst il the third power.
Tltss three, Bu,ei together. mske up tbs idss Of
Slavery. A. tie iies Of Freedom tends 10 dem)c
rscy government over 81, by ell for the sske of
81 "a Slavery tie idea of Slavery tends TO the easb
lishmeDf Of oespct-m. which il gcveTGuIent over all,
bui b. part for the sake Of part and against the
welfare o. another part These toe two IDEAS and you
ste tire tso IDEAS are perfectly irreconciaoie They
a'e exactly opposite and nson that has tn asa tTo
IA Is ccbscicuuess has contradiction there, ard the
two csnnOt walk together. They never be agreed,
eiibtr a. TO The place they will GO 10, the roal
which hey will travel. becsu.e one goes 10 Freedom
20 Democracy. and the other goes 70 Despotsm; auf
tn. rosos bit they will take sre a. diverse a. the
jour e!ing towMt. fCheers Nov, there ia not
anywhere in the United States a complete d ,no,
EGey-ibe idea il 700 great ard too beautiful - be
n sce a fact ali at once. There il Lot anywhere
por e carrying out If the idea Of slavery Il Is 30
Arocious that fallen humanity canno' bring II 10
psss in its absolute perfection. Cheering. H)~-
ever, the Nfr'heIn States Of this Union may
be regarded as pretty good approximation
toward the idea Of Freedo t. ards a Democracy.
Nev.Enels ID AND Nav York are more emqently al.
vaDeed II that direction. The whole Sont1ern States
may BE- res arcec far advanced approximation 10
wsrd desponsn only the dsspo ism is.oo; uolyersa;
il il ecLned 10 one especial class the class Of poor
men N q work iDemen Ii there vera time, | should
Ia gisd 10 bring il contrast New York With i's dem
ocrdiic tendencies. and the result thereof, anu NIr.
eiIi8 ith It's despotic tendencies, with the result
th.rtof There no; tine for mat, 81 refer - u
only in the most general way. Now say. aft-r tina
Briiisb power was Withdraw. these two ideas Of
Heecom sId Slavery rem sinen IN the c)nscoesns-s
OF the imei chL people. l. Wa Necessary that they
r,iy hen sely NJ In-rrW
various motives thereto impelling Tle CJLs-i-
tutiou ia spoken Of to-day a. if II we're divine
revelation which had come down ffOn Gld. ant
that il the smallest word taken from j., We
would he lcseis to ali eternity. Now the CJls tG-
ton Of the United States hOSeger excellent i nay
be ie simply power Cf attorney by which the
people instruct their servants what to- DO aut now -
do H. In preparing that Constitution the lea Of
Fr.fdom aid tie idea of Slavery both appear, AMI
e1e both Incorporated in the Consultation i-self.
There ore four things which the Constitution DOES
for slavery First. it left Slavery in several states
fhs. were embraced in the L aion. Ii guart ed
those States the right TO hold slaves sad aill TO BE-
considered a. having Republican form Of Govern
mtri: and thus people were lead 10 recognize a'
part of the received Republics formof Government.
Next il allow ID slave property to be representeiln
Coerress and that rot By the slaves Themselves, or
their Ifsret frends but by their enemies aud masters
As bird thing, it guaranteed the rendiioa OF iusi-
uye slaves this latter, indeed, not being Done
one NV but still efecually. Fourtnly, Il allowed the
African Slave trade 10 continue for twenty years. IN
TO wsy prohibiting it during that time TINS iiea OF
Slavery was thus cofporated into the very power OF
attorney by which the people alto vel ther represent
alive TO govern the country These tso IDEAS how
ever of Liberty and Slavery were so diverse tast
controversy began; Immediately the minis OF men
were in some measure relieved from the pressing IAN
ces from without, and II is curious 10 notice me uis-
tory Of thai controversy between the two. VIII hrst
follow il as shown in the States In all the Ststes OF
Puritan origin the OF Free loE quck ky r.umphed
over slavery Massachusetts first then Connecticut,
RHODE leland, Vermont and New Hanp'hire Penn
eylvenia New York and New jersey soon followed,
ard consequently to-day there are no sisyes IN any
Of iLese States. But in all those States when mai
different origin-vhich were not founded by the Pa
tsps but by mere sntle and other al ven urers-some
we might call flibusters-in those Slavery . to
this dsy 80 il is with both the CacOiiEas, win
Virginia, with Mary land, Delaware and Georgia ina'
is the history If the contest in the states "uere me
Federal Government had nothing 20 do: Nov let
ma see what il its history in the Federal Government
itself. The quarrel there began as soon rs we hAt
doLe 6 .htipg with Great Britain There are ~ m
stances in which Freedom was 'rumphan'' eai ohy
two from that time up to the present. Tne mrs. was
in the egsaiirg OF all the North western states nee
and the second in the year lsOs, when It gu ,cecded
in sbolishiDg the African Sav trade; though 1t dd
not accomplish that without leaving very bitter
feeling hch still rapk les in the bosom Of the worship
ful State Of South Carolina. Laughter ADD cheers.
Wen South Carolina was High Tory Sta'e thrOugr-
ont the war che was curss ara fcu'l 20 u.
then ard sbe has beer a curse 10 us eve s'ace II
when she threatened Nullhca ion, G)vern'nen mad
sid TO her, Null you like, AM let her go the
t. ion wOy be batter ind richer to-day. Laughter
Notwithstanding her opp5aition, hoSeyer, ~ 5se two
mes.nres we're accomplished-that there should be
no slavery in The North. Western Territory, and no
loGctr au African Slave trade. But these ere the
o., instance 10 which Freedom La. prevailed. dur
II that long contest, il the coun Ills Of the Cned
States; while Slivery, alGs, has been eleven times
conquered Shall we enuners,e these instances ia
which the idea of Slavery has been VIGOROUS over
II al of T. ctdom. First, tLen, il conquered wnen
IL
then. wren seven Lev slave states were sim'ttedi
when Florids vas taken in and Texas enneHsdi when
battles were fought 10 acquire more slave soii, Wnsn
the Fugitive Slave bill xss used, viii n has ought
sIsye-bunters into the heart of our Northern aud
Eastern Sates 10 capture menaye and this day thsre
ere parties. esteemed honorable men, kidnsppers,
who lit at the socAlsd Lords Table in .rian
ana TTinit slian churches. II con luered Then Ten
millions OF dollars were voted for piece Of worthless
land-the Neslls Naley-to crafty the Sou n, on
the plea that il wanted for the grez Rtro al 70
the Pacific; snd lis croSning triumph was the repeal
Ct the Missouri Compromise. For Inc Isst iofty SIX
years Freedom has LOT prevailed IN single ins 4nce,
While slavery has been eleven times victorious. AZ
trst indeed there wss struggle for the mastery, and
il was not certain which would prevail. It was
crawn game until iei2; bui iaen Slavery rallied al
it's forces and conquered. From that 10 1855, Slsv
cry has had the mastery 10 our National ColrciIs.
Nov lst us lock 30 the resuts First, In The acqhsi
lion Of territory: Ali that has been acquired has neen
s.ays territory We bought Florida, annexed TeEss
AID Ksnses. Slavery hiss been legisiste6 into | IN,
Tito New. Mexico. California il slave Siats-not by
i,s Co1s,intioE but by principle active; every
year the legislature votes that Slavery shall EXIT
there cone year more. l. exists By sufersnce. bIt
exist, in II. wort form Dnrrg all thst time we lave
not acquired any free territory-oui, on the contrary
haze been very esdY 70 part with some OF tia: va
had; (ron President Polk, who reduced the b1uedary
Of Oregon Territory frou. Ji2 10 t. i9', to Wesser
WHO, IN the Ashb1rton Treaty, gave up hye
thousand niles Of territory on our Northeast oodh
~. And, in tts connection, LEI NE r. marx
ina, O. all the vast territory for which oar ia,h-'1
&c iL11.ann milo. clncehe 70 u. >.