New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-20
ion, ~ menace and danger for the libertie,

and the welfare or t1e country winch cause IL 10
crowd all minor matters aside. In truth, il de-
msDds of every patriot the same ready aud
hearty cooperation with AL classes and paroles
of his fellow citizens which he would RAIDER
were we threatened with invasion from ABROAD
Thus It i- no local or sectional quest on in ,ny
Just mfsiin Of those terms. lie IL in feed
national question; ju,t nov the only national
question; for on it, decision rest the destIni-s
Of the entire Republic AID The character Of che
Government for perhaps century TO cone.
In short, it il quite ss much, nay even more,
q question of life AND death for our liberties, IA
that which the country was called uoon 60 decide
at the time of the Revolution. If any man be in
clln,d TO doubt this let him refer to the late
p1ocee disg- in Kansas, an Illustration Of which
NAY be found in the news f'om h At quarter,
which we publish in auo her part of this
paper
In resisting the plot for the extension of Slsv-
cry ana il. peIpetuation as an aristoeratic
power for the control Of the Dation, the Repnbli
caus make no war on the South such They
resist gigantic and nrfsrious scheme, but We
have the happiness to know that there are many
of the Dcbiest spirits Of the South who symPa-
tnize with their efforts aud earnestly hope for
III cir success The men ofthe South are nDt all
identified with this wickedness, just as all at
the North are not ranged against it. In the
North there arr plenty of demagogues aud
plenty of doughfaces who, under one pre-
tepse or another, are lending themselves
to it's contamination. In short, it Is
scheme which bias supporters Ia every part of
the Union Aud # it is to meet with oppos.
ton only in the Free States why so much
the worse for the country, and so much the
more urgent and imperative the need that it
should eet with resolure aud powerful oppo-
sition. We who fight against this dark conspi-
rscy, fight for The whole coubtry, not for aay
single part of il; We fight for the principles con-
secrated by the Revolution; we fight 10 bring
back the Government to its original principles;
and if We fail, il is not alone who are lost.
The Commercial after all suspects that the Re-
publican platform is broader and more sweeping
than appears on its face. 1t is wrong any way
this uDlucky platform, just as the lamb WAS
wrong which Glanced to drink from the same
stream with the wolf. II is wrong because 1t
has bat one idea ard it is wrong because 1t has
none 1t is wrong because it aims simply to
rescue the new Territories from Slavery, and
it is wrong btceuse The Commercial fears 1t aims
at the abolition of Slavery throughout the unit
verse IL is wrong because it means so little,
md wrong because it is suspected of meaning
so much On this head let the anxious and
timid souls be treasured The National R.pub.
lican party aims simply and solely ut the
restoration Of the Prohibition Of Slavery
in the new Territories. This is what The
Commercial will find expressed in the call
for the Republican State Convention,
and more than this 1t need not seek for ~
doubt it will fnd arrayed in the Republican
movement many men whose views on the Slavery
question 60 further than that, jasr as it will
fnd men who differ on variety of other ques
tons all brought together BY the great necessi-
ty of the country to sct IN one compact body for
q common end. In these ranks there are Dem
ocrats, Wings, Free-SOlerr, Liberty men, Abo'
litionists, perhaps. Enough that they are united
under the Republican banner, ana that they
form a part of that great movement which has
carried fit, ell States, and reversed the chirac-
ItT Oh IHtlI tutlIt uCi'S''ioH III WIZ NA""'N ~
Rep, esentatives. If The Commercial snail at
last decide to lend its powerful aid to this move
ment We shall rejoice at 1t; if not, we must Try
to succeed ID 1856 without
But our respected contemporary argues that
the approaching election in this State offers no
fit opportunity for bringing such party into
the field. On this point we mus; be allowed to
differ. 1t is true that it is not the best oppOr-
tunlty that could be imagined Our readers
will bear Us witness that 1t is no fault OF The
TRIBUNE that the Republican party was not
called into successful existence year ago.
But bow there is no time tn be last. II chat
party is to be effective In 1856 IT must have 4
complete organization without delay. The ne
cessity Of ,he case requires it; public opinion
requires it; the masses of the people, weary of
the old parties, require 1t; and we risk nothing
in assuring The Commercial that whether the
State officers and the members of the Legisla-
tune chosen this Fall shall De men previously
known as Wings or Democrats, they will be
men infexiby opposed TO the extension of
Slavery, and determined that the Missouri Pro-
hibltion shall be restored.
THE MISSOURI CONVENTION.