New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-04
WHAT THE SOUTH REQUIRES.

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solute settlement in their minds Of what they WI
demand of any and all parties who in the approachisg
Presidential canvass shall bid for their support
Already the call of national organisation b being
sounded: already the eyes Of greedy and bee poG-
clans are turned to the booty of Sc and measures ~
men are spoken of by which the North 10 10 b again
pampered into nsolencc and the South dragged down
nto loss and shame. It is proper therefore that u
true men Of the South should speak out now Wiki
opinion is yet in germ and before creduty and hope
entrap any into sreacherous bargains with party.
There are issues crowding now in Federal politics
unparalleled before in their intensity Of Sceng and
practical interest The Missouri struggle in is2o The
tariff in 80, the repeal of the swenty-nt mie ne
W lmot Proviso in '4s, the admission OF California
and the COMPROMISE measures, all sink into insiSnif-
canoe when compared with the great questions which
are bursting upon Aggravated by feeble pallia-
tvts the disease has broken out more malignant than
ever. The declaration Is made in bold and cmphst&s
words "That Abolition has the control Of the Gov
eminent and can use II now 10 carry out Its long
cherished schemee; that there rs no further ned
4" of compromises with Slavery and there shall
abe lone;" 'ihere shall be no more Slave States"
the Fugitive law is to DO repealed the Missouri re-
stiction restored; Slavery in the District Of Columbia
and in all places where the Federal Government has
iurisdicton Is 10 be abolished the interstate save
trade is to be stopped and that the Northern man q
party that daros speak peace TO Slavery agitation
!. shell surely de;b but more nsolcnt than ALL that
- the SOUTH in the language of Gddings, cannes
" be kicked out of the Union" and viii bear with
some grmnbling and grimace perhaps anything thss
is heaped upon her. Here IL the chslice which Abo-
ton presents to Southern lips! Let us analyze in
contents
The Fugitive Slave Law was the poor boon which
the South received for her acquescence In the com
promise IL was all she got in that infamous swindle.
II would have been spurned by the South as worth
LEES thing but for the intercesson Of the border Satos
The Constitution which made the rendition oil fugitive
slaves matter between the States had proved impo-
tent. The slave owner had been modified aud mar
6ered in the streets of the North while seeking hn
property in accordance with its guarantees. The
border States asked for further guarantees and hey
thought they had them in the Fugitive Law.
But ike the Constitution fanatcsm made II from the
beginning practically null and void, and has ramp'ed
Il out of the statute book. What burning shame ana
disappointment must they now feel who sec In Il tho
failure of their vain hopes and for how paltry prico
they accepted the indignties OF the compromise IeS
Abolition demands that this insignificant boon SHAH
be taken from us II is not enough that the Consttu
ton avais us nothing in the recovery OF our fugitive
slayes-not enough that the law itself is practically
worthless nonentty-no enough that State after Stale
has parsed laws multiplying IT. but to stamp upon our
hearts tho conviction that neither our rights, ncr
honor nor feelings, thought OF or respected, u
10 be wiped ont Of the records Of the land. The poor
refuge which CALLED but timd pride might hnd IN The
language of an obsolete nugatory law-even that 70 70
lie taken away
ine i.s'o, aso, u ,hn rr.,.,o For thirty vcsrr
has this stigma OF the Souihs first submission been
mon ma FOR thirty wears the waves of Southern col
onization have beat against this barrier raised ~
Southern hands, and been turned back Still consenting
., 20 ;nama,y and wrong tbe Sou,h again and ngsi1
rendered 1t to the North settlement to the Pacic
But il always refused. II stool Until at the In
braska Kansas bill. What is the consequence Kan
sas region suited in all respects for Slavery thrown
oren 10 Inc South. The North grows furious at tho
tfoupLt And now the contest opens. Hireng emf
Grants are rourcd in TO cxtingush this now hope of the
Sonth Rnt true 10 their institutions and their homos
he Mssourens prepare for the struggle Away from
The old centcrs of sectional strife far of in the fair
fields of Kansas the North and the South, ianntcism
and Slavery meet face TO face. Ii was mortal stru-
ole. and slavery conquered.
The result has decpened the hostility Of the North
They demand in louder and ercer tones than ever tbs
restoration of the Missouri line; and Kansas is TO be
excluded unless she abolish Slavery. Ii IL the highest
IL n,ocG, al and mornenioua In an its bear;pos liz
decision eoainst ma ,etiles the fate of southern
NsettIes he sunerorv and DOMINATION of the North.
sno, ,ho ,},;s,a lem af Siovarv n ,voIves
on ;ssun as ,no,a.ors "a any tbot can come unon
"or 4, onn,a; he stmred futs Of nj ,ha hos
iinty sectional aysrce and fanatcisn which. watorsd
Inv eomnromises and submissiop. have been germi-
sng ior ony destruction since The foundation Of tIa
Covenment. Tie repeel of the Fugitive Slave law.
bo rn,nrsoo ~ he k;saony, line and the re;ect;o
Of Kansas as slave State with other measures mo-
ticed. constitute the platform of Abolition.
On ,e.der. know with what an overvbelm,ug ma.
. !, has ss.a,t ,hs an,;ra North n,or thsss .ns
ysnnbaiing everv nnrtv lint s,ood IN liz wav pros
trsting the Administration and sending to the Houss
Of Re5resentstiyes one hundred and thirty mombers
sworn 10 do lis bidding. The next Presidential can
voss will he inauourn.cd in the midst of the crisis
W. hall hora ssa;n nayt;es ATTEMPTING IN patch nm
we snnn nave as"in P', ,s Irn;o a.ppsrJ ~
seeonsl , dvlOn snvs Inc The eI Sob vii be- m
p,nd ho ,odo,ate IN her nersecntion. and the
S, W 40 aSer sor s,,ssr;aos Thar win he
soon tor,ns framed with euphopous am