New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-28

Prsssr those ~hs shosll Be eaarsly sbest 10 IL,
laws OF this tate permitted Slavery, and public
sentiment did not coedemn It. tee thsusss< New
York families would have slave dsmesics within |
ten years. Slavery. like rumselling, would be .
public nuisance but like that, too. /. would ssen
to be advantageous 10 slase-traders aad their cas.
toners The North does not eschew Slavery b.
cause nobody here wants slaves, bat because
large sjority believe slayeholding uojusL ltn
not mainly because we are nearer the North Pole.
but because our children for generations have ben
more generally educated, our clergy more faithful.
and the distinction of Eisht from wrong better ca
forced and more insissed On. that the North has
ceased to hold slaves. Slavery was prscticed In
countries further north than ours uatil Civiliza-
ton and Religion expelled it. Our climate is just
the same now il was when our ancestors held
slaves with no thought of giving them up
III. The advantages and Disadvantages OF
Slavery" is not, therefore. the 6r.t question in
order. We wish 10 knos how its champions re-
concile it with the priociple that AL men are
created equsl-with certain inalienable right
"amorg witch ST. liberty" &c. Wehave this "a
the authority of oDe Thomas Jefferson, whom vlr-
sinis PROCESSES to revere, an of sbom Mr.. aa,os
claims to be a Disciple. We shoali Ike TO hear
how the State and her Senator reconcile this doc
trine with her practice Of holding fourth Of her
people in absolute chatiehood, buying. selling.
feeding and working them like horses or oxen. aad
selling them into a remote and more abhOrget serf-
dom Whenever interest or convenience dic'stes
that resort We want to hear, also, h,v Vitgiaia
reconcilss her slayebOding with professsd Ia h
in Christ and the Golies Rule. The senator.
therefore, blur ders sadly in assuming that he IS To-
vted north only 10 lecture on the economical
aspects OF the Slavery question If the Virginisns
we're cannbal, il ixht be possible for him to how
that cabnlbali.m is au economical practice. and
that il is not il consistent with health; and jet
we should not be convinced of it's proprefy.
III. We assure Mr.. Mason that the expression
Of bis convictions on any aspect Of this question
would NOT be- deemed intrusive" at the North.
Why should iti We have common country and
many common interests and views We differ with
regard to Slavery; and the South claims to DO
much better acquainted with the subiec! than va
are If Slavery be right, we labor under mistake
which ought to be corrected If it DO wrong, theJ
are in like predicament. Let us discuss the mat
ter freely therefore, and without fear Of oiease
The truth is no mau's enemy. Bring it out!
". Mr.. Mason and his colleagues are not coz
tent with shielding Slavery in Virginia They am
now intent o. lsgaliziDg and planting it in Kansas
which stretches north to the fortieth degree o
north latitude, and so west to the Rocky Noun
tains That territory ia destined to be PEG plei II
good part by u, and our kindred; and we are astet
to acquie see in it's devotion to Slavery Why, then
should we not earnestly yet amicsbly dscuss the
character and influences Of that institution VIII!
should Its champions repel such discu'sion' 1t
not usually the Right which seeks cOncealnent
repels discussion, and demands silen,e. Is TIL
, case an exception to the general rule We thin