New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-03

The great topic of appeal at the North IN ia'or
of the election Of Buchanan. that which VIII elect
him if ANYTHING does. has been and is the preser-
walton Of the Union. The cry Of The Union Is III
danger ia 10 the old fogies Of the North. whether
of WLig or Democratic tecedents, precisely
what the cry Of The Church in danger used TO Dc
to the old English Torres. Yet We very mnch 'ear
that these gentlemen, so anxious to save the .nlon
bv the election of Buchanan, should they realize
the latter object Of their wishes will find themselves
20 far as that Union is concerned, very much III
the condition of the dog immOrtalized IN iaole,
who lost the piece of meat which he had fast III bis
mouth in grasping at its shadow in the water
There has existed for twenty years or more at
the South-eyer since the fortybale theory of pOlit
ical economy was started, according to which the
South bears all the burdens and pays all or at least
much the larger part, of the expenses Of the Ma
tonal Government, while the North reaps all the
benefit OF t-there has existed since that period at
tie South a party bent on the dissolution of the
Union. Thirty years ago, the larger part of the
Southern young men who We're educated at all OBJ
tanned their educaioDs at the North. The eff, CT Of
the efforts made OF late years to establish Southern
colleges and semnares has been 10 sectiOnalize the
minds Of the Southern youth; and more than one
Southern college has been hOtbed where disunion
ideas have been sheltered and forced into an unnat
ural growth.
To these ideas great impulse has been given
BY the more recent discussions which have arisen
on the Slavery question Upon the subject OF Slavery
the public mind ~ She south has undergone, within
ten years past, most astonishing revolution, the
effect Of which is Just beginning to b. ielt IN oar
public sfsirs. and which cannot bat have most
De cded bearing on the question Of the stability OF
the Union. Formerly, the opinions entertained 1t
the North and the South on thu subject Of Slavery
were precisely Identical. 1t the South, Us WEI a.
at tie North. among all intelligent md rejecting
people pretending To have q conscience Slavery was
regerded d. an evil AID wrons-a plague-spot in
TIE body polite, which must BE- got nd Of, and
would be- in due tme-the IDEAS Of libert! and
equality upon which Amercan institutions were
founded being dsmctrcaly hostile TO the system Of
slavery, and certain. therefore. sooner or later 10
eradicate that system from all the States, as 1t
already ha. from part Of them. Such, We say,
TIL within .en year. past, the creed upon tbs
subject universally profe> sd by all thoughtful, cen.
.cieniou- men, il all parts Of the couutry.
Without stopping TO inquire into the causes or
presress OF tie change, we merely state il now as
Oh obvious asd unquestionab,e fsct that the doc.
thine Of the South on the subject Of Slavery to-day
i. completely the reverse Of this. The doctrine o
tie South to-day il, that Slavery is good-a thin.
to he perpetuated, snd extended into ksnsas oil
the che hand, AID into Nicaragua On the other-no
tina. Psnlors's box which We ST the North ore &C
eu',C lel to represent il, bit ga eXeeeat aal use