New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-04

di-.ove the Union and insucura'e civil war II Ssyery
i net extended ard vet holly ard mady sustaining
men FOR the PRESIDENCY and Vice Presidency who avow
Il er desire not TO extend il What this most
curious and uneXamped cCu.se on the part OF the De
noc'atic party N the Iresen canvass usdt doet =
mani WHICH Is TO BE Tue VIC
TIN OF THIS OUTRAGEOUS AND INFAMOUS
SWINDLE, TIE NORTH Or THE SOUTH I"
Such, it appears, is the mode of conducting the
Buchanan canvass-of Buchanan who will carry
fourteen Southern Staes-we can hardly believe
that even Delaware Will vote agsinst him, though
Mary lard may But if Buchanan be elected, We
can tell The Richmond Whig and the world at large
who will be the dupe: the North-yes, the North;
for the South never misses its man; and the South
has chosen the old Federast of Lancaster County
for Thirteen Reasons" Sc: down in Tn Richmond
Enquirer, the Chief organ of the slavedrivng Dem
ocracy-all Of which reasons combined, show in
the opinion of tie South that " no maa, not even
John c. Calhoun, can show so clear a record in
/" favor of Slavery as James Buchanan"
Yes, if the North cOale-ce with the South they
will surely be duped that effect follows cause.
Let the voters remeuber-that Liberty and anti
Slavery brought the fathers of the Republic TO-
getLer in ia, and in l776, and in Isl. That,
u'tN llIstdIulug al Tue VI N'utu,
"the Demo cratic party" of the North were against
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise up to the
time that it was evolved by Douglas and COmpan
Let the voters remember that the same Stephen
Arnold Douglas, in his speech made at Springfield
Illinois, in the year 1850 made use of these words
The Missouri Compromise had an origin akin to
THAT Of the Constitution Of the United States
- 80. fra.a al To-,
''ton and calculated 10 remove for ever the danger
(Which seemed to threaten, at some distant day.
"to sever the social bond of union All the evil
idences of public opinion at that day seemed to
indicate that this Compromise has become can
"onized in the hearts Of the American people
las sacred thing, which no ruthless hand
would ever be reckless enough to disturb.
Let the voters remember that Franklin Pierce,
when President of the Reform Constitutional Con-
vention Of New. Hampshire in 1851 declared per-
emptorily against Slavery Extension. Let the
voters remember that James Buchanan, in his let.
fer 10 Mr. Sanford of Alabama in l-lS, affirmed
the right Of Congress TO legisate for the Terrific
lies. Let them remember the Buffalo Platform of
Ie4s, when John Van Buren, John Cochraue and
all Tie rest OF lltlu utCldltu l'I t'th Nh"h
the present Republican Platform asks. Let them
remember that every Democrat Of signal honesty
AID integrity has already joined the Republican
ranks. But, above ALL let them remember the
warning voices Of the men Of old regarding the EX'
tension Of Slavery and the endurance of the lnsttu-
tion and as germane TO the occasion, we present
the following historic facts Ponder them, voters,
well
First let us present the sentiments of GEORGE
WASHINGTON on the Slavery question:
At the commencement of the American RevOu
ton. the citizens of the different colonies frequent
" collected together to consider public measures of
moment. Among the papers left by Gen. Wash
jnpton at his Jecease, was the original draft of
series Of resolutions passed in Virginia at one OF
these popular asscmblages. 1t reads thus:
AT a general meeting of the freeholders and in
habitani- OF the County of Fairfax, on Monday the
18th day Cf july III, at the Court House, George
WashiIgton Chairman and Robert Harrison, Clerk OF
said meeting.
At that meeting among other things it was
"Resolred That it is the opinion of this meeting
that, during our present dlthcul'ies and distress no
slaves ought TO be imported into any OF the British
Cot MES ON this Continent and we take thls opportu-
lily Of declaring our most earnest wishes TO see an en-
tire stop put 10 such wicked, cruel, and unnatural
trsde.
The doings of that meeting are known in history
as The Fairfax County Resolutions and Me-.
Sparks in bis Writings of George Washington,
vol. 9 page 494. observes: d" Such were the opin-
ions of Washington and his associates in Virginia
lat the beginning of the Revolutionary contest"
Here is kindred opinion of LAFAYETTE on the
same subject. He had purchased plantation in
Cayenne for the purpose of encouraging the eman.
cipation of the blacks; about which, while he was
in prison at Magdeburg, Lafayette wrote:
L know Rot what disposition has been made of my
plantation at Cayenne but hope Madame de Lafay
cite will tske that the negroes who cultivate 1t
shall preserve their literty."-See Sparks's Lye #
Corr. Morris, rOl. !, ?. 40
Upon the same subject, in letter to lafayette,
If care April 3, 1888, Washington says:
The scheme, my dear Marquis, which you propose
rs rIecedent 10 encourage the emancipation of the
black PEOPLE in this country frC that state of bondage
in which they are held striking evidence OF the
btnevolonce Of your heat l shall be happy 10 JON
you in so lsudabe a work, but will defer going
iuto detail of the business till have the pleasure
G6i sen p H. }G4 '' y
In letter to Robert Morris, dated at Mount
Vernon, April 70, l796, Washington uses this Ian
guage:
Il hone twill not be conceived from these obserya-
tops that il is my with to hold the unhappy people VINO
are the 81 cct OF this letter in Slavery can only say
Il at thee Is not man living who wishes more sincere
" than do TO plan adopted for the abolition Of Il;
bot there is only proper AMI eHec'uaI moGe oy
which il can be accomplished and tina; BY legislative
authority and this 30 far as my suffrage will 60 shall
never be wanting
And on the 9th of September in the same year, IN
4 letter 10 Mr. John +. Mercer, he writes:
81 never mean, unless some particular circumstances
.Loud compel me 10 il, to possess another slave by
rurctsse II being among my INST wishes % see some