New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13

gioo which extends from the north bank az the Ohio
t. The stem shore OF the Mississippi. Even the pa
sac o. tha, oro'nhIee wos b, ts silence, assumed 70
III ply tight on tie part of the prveyed class to col
lie With slaves the re. ion j. ng south Of tGs Olo
a. al Of q Mics ssippi.
Knocked for vents bsve lent 10 the privileged ass
advantages which have mora than countef balanc d
the aoytjse e, cts Of this early na'u al egi-iatO
The iDvtIhon OF the cotton gin which cas- -eparats
The seed from the fiber has made cotton laIOst
elusive agricultural staple the states OF The priv
Hedgtd cass and an eminent commercial stape o. e
Whole CO. nTy. TIE national territory has iry
been eDlorsed from tine 70 time to accommodate an
OverpiOwi z population and an ever Increasing CON
meT G. Favopd by tbese circumstances de privileged
class baVc at the same time iOund m home pro idc-
uon Of slaves in ylan1 and Nirgini. and 9th y
states cOupf nssou for the lOss OF the At slave
hace; ard they rave not been sothfu Ia unl-arning
al the fesrs ard ni4mssing sll the iimdity a.
cilaiion which arked heif cOnluc, during and inne
d Hte after the evolutionary Toe admission of
Kenueky. Tennessee Mississippi aud Al.b4m, as
savtbolcLg State into The Union seemed unsvOidab-,
iDssu uch they the ovegrowth of some Of the
old thtsen ats AID tIus bese new States scat o.
the Otto balancing the growing free States north Of
that riv served a e balance bet the priv
legtd The upprIvilf ged classes whish il not
ecessary to disturb. This he FIST fns partition
o. tie setted tnit0ry Of toe United ates between
those classes
IL 1904 France ceded to the United States a broad
bel. stretching along he western bank Of the Msss-
spp from the British possessions the north % the
Spanish province of Texas the south. Ihls acqusl-
tor which equally necessary for the safety vi tue
country AID for the OF commerce, stimulated the
oeere OF the pive. Ell class for an extension OF their
territory and aggrandizenent OF their power.
New Orlean' situated practically on the coast of the
Gulf of Mexico, AREA a. an ancient slave
bolo ing colons and an important commercial mart
1t lay Contiguous TO the sl~vehOlding StaIes. Under
these circumstance i, was without any resistance
soon organized ana admitted Into the U9los, With ITS
al ceIt Laws and customs tolersiing Slavery. st.
LOUIS though destined to acquire gres' Commercial
III portapce wss as yet an incoDsdecabe town. wi h
few Shareholders aud slaves The Mississippi only
divioed it from the Northwest Territory which
WIS alrea'y cor secrated 10 freedom The test
interests Of the country required and humanity
demanded that the ordinance of 1877, shou'd
be extended across the Mississippi. The Prlyi-
legged cas-, however, took possession OF the
region around st. Louis, and made partial sett o.
mt ps lower down the west bank of the Mi sis p1l
ST. Louis and IFS environs matued as state 10 lsl9
and ded admission with Slavery into the Union.
Then OILY thriy.two years after the passage OF the
oinaI &c Of 1877, and after unanimous ralh ahon
by the Amer en- people, the privileged cas- made
common caosc with the pew slaveholding state, aud
assuming tone once bold, iLsoent and menacing,
they denied the power Of Congress although 10 the
Territories supreme and exclusive, and equally
supreme and exclusive 10 the admission of new Sta.es
egislate at all against their privileges 10 the Ter
ritories or 10 refuse admission TO State the
ground of its refusal TO der abae those prv
leges and they threatened In one loud voice to sub
vert the Union, il Missouri should DC rejected. The
privileged class backed then by the Senate of the
Cnite States as they have be- backed on all similar
occasion, since that tune. They met, however,
with mness and DE- cision by tue uopnvl1ged class IN
the House Of Representative and so Missouri failed
tDen to be .dmilted as Slave State. The privileged
class resored 10 new form of STRAIT gy, the strategy
OF compromise They offered 10 be statistic if Missouri
only should be admi ted a Slave State, while Con-
grss should prohibit avery forever in al the residue
of toat pat Of Louisiana irehase which lay north
of the parallel of $50 3O Of north latitude The terri.
rory lying between the parallel and The province OF
Texas. and constituting what is now the Sta'e OF
Arkansas beiDg left by mpic itlon to Slavery This
compromise was accepted and thus d.
immediate advantages which had been denied to their
clamOr and passion. This compromise, however,
could have opiy the authority of repe4able act OF
so so was concerned. Wire and great men cou rived
ext aordinary forms to bind the faith of the privileged
class TO that perpetual inhibition. They gaze 10 the
comprom,e the nature and form of contrast, with
mutual EQUIVALENTS between the privileged class anf
the unpivieged class, which it would be dissonorable
and peifdiOus the part of tho privileged class, at
any time, any grounds or under any circumstances
10 aDDu revoke, even to draw In question. They
proclaimed it to be contract proper 20 be submitted
to the people themselves for their ratification in the
popular elections. lie submitted to the psople,
and 30 ratified by them. BY virtue of this comIro-
mise Missouri came Immediately into the Union as
Slave Stste and Akans followed soon aterward as
a Slave State while, with the exception OF Missouri
the compromise of 1851, by virtue OF the sane con-
ID Omf eNeIOeu hcIO5s tne ulSbiseti'Pij no"b
TIE parallel of $50 3O to the Rocky m0uutaios Tnus
al with such solemnities was the STRIFE OF tbs prlv'
legged class of shareholders for aggra dzemen OF ler
ritory finally composed and forever settled.
II il DO; my purpose to discuss the policy or tue
Justice Of that great Sentiment. AS in the case OF the
constitution the respol sbi for that great me zsure
rests with generation that has passed away. we
bave deaf with it only as fact and with the staIe
of affairs that established by it.
The Occupation of the new region west of the Mis-
sissppi which bad thus been saved for Freedom, was
aItiuly postponed Indefinitely, by dedicating II as
home for the conc en,rated but persong lndian tribes
Ii sounds in favor of the humanity OF the un privileged
class if Lot of their prudence, that they neither re-
inons,rated nor complained OF that dedication.
From some unexplained cause the remainder OF
this speech did not reach US this morning Our tele-
graphic dispatch saysl;
Gov. Seward addressed the meeting for two hours,
and was greeted with repeated applause. lie alluded
first to the foundation principle of our Government
the equality of all men; and then TO the existence OF
privileged class that threatened 10 degr sde our He
public to an arstocracy. That privileged class ne
said was the slaveholce rs established upon special
foundation with special guarantees, and gaining
strength continually. The President he styled as the
deputy of this class He traced the aggessions oil the
slave power and the continued concessions OF the
North up TO the crownng acts-the Fugitive
slave bill and the Kansas act. He concluded
by denouncing the Nnow-Nothing party as proscript
i've and opposed the principle OF universal equality.
The Softs and Hayds he gave passing notice, and
declared the Wing party thing of the past, and that
the Republican party was established upon the vaua-
bic, permanent element of other parties.
He was followed by Gen. Nye in support Of the Re
publican platform.
series of resolutions reaf6rmed the Syracuse plat
FORM and indorsing the nominations made there were
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