New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-16
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70, ,ho enewcr NAV lc made yet moro ire-i7iloit
rhJe with mingled sorrow ana shame Eor'fay u.'
All ita excfas Of number, wealth and IN
i;rc,ce. he North Is now The yassal OF an OIL
G.RCHY whose single inspiration comes from Slave
According 10 the official tables OF our recent cen
y. &C. ,Iore.p0sters--lnen women aud children al
s~Id-nre only THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY
SEyEN THOUSAND and yet this small company
,o,, dominates over the Republic, determines lIs M
nsl polcv dispose Of its offices and sways ell 70 ~
slsoIutc will With waichfglness that never sleeps
md an activity that never tires-wifh n many w,
- Argus and as many arms NJ BIiareus-the obt -
OLIGARCHY asserts TIA perpetual ana ihsa'il'9
masterdOIn: sczing bro territory ohoc 81 -.
by timc-honOrcd ordnahco Of Freedoms no" 'hfca'-
ching TO wrest Cuba from Spain by violent "di oi
hardly less violent purchase; no" h'nA.i'ne ~
another slice Of Mexico merely to ma ne" scpe III
Slavery now proposing one ino' ~ 20 rencrsb ~
sbn,obios with human fes, and now, by the lips OF an
eminent senator asserting IN audacious clam 70 me
lolc oroup Of the Wes Indies, whether held by Hol-
Iond Spain France England az our southern ISL
lands while it assails the independence Of Hayti
and stretches s trcscbcrOur ambition even 20 the dis
npt Valley Of the Amazon.
In maintaining its power the Slave Oligarchy has
anlied new test for Office, very different from that
81 Jcffcrson: Is he honest is he capable is he
faithful IL the Constitution p These things are all
forgotten now in the controlling question j. he faith
"ful 10 Slavery p With arrogant ostracism II ex-
cudcs from every national Office all who cannot re-
Ills tyranny become, that at this moment while !
now speak. could Washington, Jefferson or Franklin
once more dsscend from their spheres above TO minge
in our affairs and bless with their wisdom, not one
Of them with his recorded, HRrsir0cted opinions on
Slavery could receive a nomination for the Prcsiden-
cy from a National Convention Of either Of the late
great political parties; nor, stranger STILL could either
q thcse sainted patriots whose names alone open q
ppctu0l fountain Of gratitude in all your hearts, be
confirmed by the Senate Of the United States for any
political function whatever under the National Gov
eInment-not even for the Office OF Postmaster What
! now say, amid your natural astonishmcnt, i have
more than uttered from my seat in the Senate,
and no man there has made answer, for no man who
has sat in lis secret sessions and there learned the test
which is Practically applied could make answer; and
/ ak you TO accept this statement my testimony,
derived from the experience which has been my lot.
Yes cDow.citiz 49, had this test prevailed in the
Her days WashingtOn-frs in war, first in peace, and
first in the hearts of bis cOuntrymen-could not have
lfen created Gencraissim0 Of the American forces;
Jefferson could not have taken his place the Com
mittee TO draft the Declaration of Independence; and
Franklin could not have gone forth TO France with
the commission Of the infant Republic TO the
invaluable alliance Of that ancient kingdom.
And this giant strength is used with giant heart
lesspces. Bv cruel enactment which has no source
in the Constiution-which defes justice-whch
tramples on humanity--and which rebels against God,
the Free States made the huntnggrOund for slaves,
and you and J. and all good citizens are summoned
In ein in the lOathsOme and abhOued work Your
will not require me TO expose here the abOminaOn of
the Fugitive Slave bill its utter unconstitutionalty
Elsewhere have done this and never been answered.
Nor will YOU expect that an enactment, entirely de-
void of all Just sanction should be called by the sacred
name of lair History still repeats tho language in
Which our fathers peisevCred, when they denounced
the last cnanaon OF British tyranny which beralded
the Revolution, az the Boston Port Bill, and am con-
tent with this precedent. have said that if any man
finds in the Gospel any support of Slavery, it Is be-
cause Slavery is already in HIMSELF do now ray, if
any lnnn finds in the Constitution OF our country any
suppCrt of the Fugitive Slave BILL il il because that
hin is already in himself. One of our ancient
4rs-ArsiOtle, thnk-tells us that every man Las
beast in his BOSOM but the Northern citizen who has
the Fugitive Slave bill there, has than beast
adevil And vet in this bill-moro even than in the
cs,r,cism at which YOU rebel-does the Slave Oil
esrciv stand confessed heariloss, grasping tyranni
cal; careless of humanity, right the Constitutions
wanting that foundation of justice which IL the essen
tia base OF every civilized community; stuck together
only by coniederacy in spOlatOn; and constituting IN
Itself a mogaun iatrocinium while it degrades the
Free States TO the condition OF slave plantation, under
the lash Of a vulgar, despscd and revolving overseer.
Surely, fellow citizens, without hesitation or post
uonement YOU will insist hat this Ogarchy shall be
overthrown and here ID the foremost among the spec
is duties OF the North required for the honor of
the Republic, for our own defense, and IN obedience
10 God Urging this comprehensive duty, ought to
have hours rather than minutes before me; but in
few words YOU shall see its comprehensive importance
PROSTATE the Slave Ohgarchy, and the wickedness Of
the Fugitive Slave bill viii be expelled from The stat
ute book. PROSTATE the Slave Olgarchy, and Sla-
very will cease al once in the national capital. Pros
trate the Slave Oigarchy and liberty will become the
universal law of all the national territories PROSTATE
the Slave Ogarchy. and the slave-trade viii no Ion
yer skulk along our coasts beneath the national ag.
PROSTATE the Slave Oigarchy and the National Gov
eminent will be at length divorced from Slavery.
PROSTATE the Slave Oligarchy, and the whole national
policy will he changed from Slavery TO Freedom
PROSTATE the Slave Oligarchy, and the North VIII no
&C. la Drnaf rat fna
slave Olicarchy and the North will be lifted to It's
lust share i'm the trusts and honors of the Republic
PROSTATE the Slave Olgarchy aud you viii possess
the maser-kcy to unlock the whole house OF bondage
PROSTATE the Slave Ohgarchy, and the gates o: eman
Gil alton viii be open at the South.
But without waiting for this consummation, there Is
another ~ al duty 10 be done here az home ON our
own soil, which must be made free IN reahiy a. IN
name And here l shall speak frankly, though not
without proper sense of the responsibility OF my
words. know that cannot address you entirely a.
a private citizen; bu; shall say nothing here which
have not said elsewhere and which snail De proud 10
,indicae everywhere. "a lie, II has been declared,
should be tramped out and eXtrngushed forever,
and surclv YOU will Go nothing less with tyranlca
and wick cd enactment. The Fugitive Slave bll, while
Continues unrepcaled must bemade dead letter. not by
violence not BY any unconstitutional activity OF inter
venion. not even by h,siy conflict between lursdic-
lions. thy an aroused Public Opinion, which in lis
irresistible might shall blast with contempt indignation
and abhorronce all who consent TO be Its agents mus
did our fathers blast all who became the agents OF the
Siam Act; and surely their motive was small com
rarcd with ours The Slave-hunicr who drags ms we
i'm from africa is loathed monster; but deiy
any acuteness of reason TO indicate the moral differ
enco between his act and that of the save-hnne who
Jrs'-. his victim from our Northern free soil. few
pnny persons calling themselves the Congress OF the
niied States with the titles of Representative and
SENATOR cannot turn wronginto rght-cannoi change
man into thing-cannoi reverse the irreyerslb''
law of God--cannot make him wicked who hunts q
slave on the burning sands of Congo or Guinea, anc