New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-26


willie man il being Transformed IntO better metal AM
nober structure. The conservatism Of the South IS
the aui.tude and homogeneousness Of the unwrought
orr which lies forever unchanged in the dark minds of
ignorance and despot-m'
when a / III, sc arguments are pressed home upon
the South the advocates OF the peculiar institution
venture 10 take refuge in the alleged superior courage
and eslsntr Of Southern meu: IL u not my part
mysefa SonihrGu TO draw inyldious distinctions, 10
iii. respect between the North and the South There
aIe uoble clements of character in both people But
n. annals Of these States give no warrant 10 the SCUM
"a claim pr cedtnce in these over the reemen OF the
Nolth We cannot forget EhcFc were fought the hrst
and hloaGiest battles and those ever-memorabe sea
fcits VIII, re- If anywhere, Il can be said OF Amenca,
'Eriput s.ep,rHm tyraaais' Neither l. the Logic
of Hstory in favor of the prowess OF s!ayehoidnS
SAFES The warke tribes Who overthrow the sllve-
Lociug and more civilized nations of Europe, during
L.. d. cline of the Roman Empie, were not the slaves
Of art ant tyrans but stern freemen, following VOL
uniGri v the standard Of elected leaders. No later
history be ars OUT and nations now powerful IN
Irporion az they are free. Sentiments OF Liberty
only in part heroism 20 the SOUL and equality and dig
nifty of labor only give that energy and capabily OF
ply eRl structure which are alike necessary 70 sue
C 8 in peace and so long a. nations have been
ee in their municipal ore anizaon, they have rarely
fallen under foreign conquest. Only when the masses
of the people have become servile has It been that
they care no longer 10 choose between masters, and
that their subsection has been sure.
Thee, gentlemen. are the views which, a citizen
OF a Slave state. have often and earnestly urged
uron the South As an Anti-Slavery question, it eau
OF ~ be egitimately settled by the Slave States them
selves There the founders of the Republic placed it,
aud there the wise of the whole nation have ever
been wiling to leave it for a solution.
But the neco ssary sequence of its liberation has
elevated this from ctonal to a national issue.
II is no longer a question of Slavery and Anti
Slavery but of Liberty and Republicanism on one
side and Divine Right and Despotism on the other
Til, Slavery propaganda have reOpcned the problem
solved by the evolution of the centuries and ignore
law of Dature' which our fathers OF lTo sInpy
reenaCted in terms in the immortal Declaration.
The viper, warmed into life 10y our mistaken sympa-
tlics recvv, r. its ancient venom, and threatens to
drive f, IN ;hC home Of the United States Constitution
the rehtful owners of the hearthstOne! Slavery,
which was left only to die with dccency, has become
the vital and animating splnt OF the National Gov
'anm.nt.' The Ohgarchy of the three hundred
thousand sav.b holders longer conceal their purposes
OF eny their assumptions. Not only the blacks but
the whites Of the South have loet their liberties.
N,minally free, they have long since ceased 20 be
thnd estate in the Slave States. They have no
81 cia ,quaity-uo political force-no moral Influence.
St,pod in ignorance and poverty, the privileged class
neither respect their opinions nor fear their power
Tie ostensibe presentatryes of the people In obedi
encc 10 their masters, have not only reduced the Ia
boring masses to servitude, but add insult o iJury
by oI euly avowing that Slavery is the ughtfu state
OF H.. atorer everywhere, white and black! All the
guarant,s OF English Liberty which We inherited be-
fore the Revolution are stricken down. The reign OF
tenor has done its dread work; from the press, the
stl1ice The horrors of mob law have crushed ont
the init Of the gallant yeOmanry of the South.
D,spar has seized upon the brave heartsi weeping,
b ediug dying We slnk down into our vOiceleSs woe
MaIclng from the field of home conquest, the
Ay.e hundred thousand take possession OF the Ma
tional Gov, rnment-pant their ias upon the capital
Of the lnioI-and by sea and shore denounce and
blng 10 the block the trcnsonable advocates OF Re
ruiieauismi The say eholders have from the begin
nirc been in secret rebellion against the Government
of our fathers; but now seconded by atrocous ser
Witty ia Church and State, they their supremacy
aId defy resistance Thcy control our foreign aud do
rlC site Olicy make and pence, enact and Tampe
under f OF laws and treaties and constitutions, as suits
their de sIo.ic wills. Their avowals are no less insult
Ing tlan their acts iusuiferabe and despotc. In
the temple Of Liberty Liberty herself is dended. In
the senate Of the init ID States the dica oil s found
,rs are denounced a. a lie. The celebration of the
Fourth Of July in all tie States, Is looked upon ~ lit
tie else than treasoDabe euleute. The laws OF
CoLcress and the constitutional privileges OF the
citizens of the several States are alike denied
validity VT en- conflicting with the opinions or interests
OF tnc Olgarcby CouIts of justice, which are denied
in one State for the Liberation Of citizen, per-
verted in aroher to the destruction OF the liberties OF
ALL The great writ Of habeas corpus, which We vainy
imagined the sheet anchor Of our freedom from arbi-
tIdry power has been tuned by our highest justices
nto most facile and terrible instrument Of resisti
bic d,sposm. Tie right Of petition and remonstrance
apGst these JUDICIAL tyrannes once forbidden by the
record II less ctfcctualy struck down by pro-
script.on. The defenders Of the rights of nan are
deemed unfit for place outside of Congress as be-
longing to unhealthy organization, they are ex-
cuced from honorable position in 1t.
"lhe friends of Liberty, driven from the capital,
take refuge the States; but even there their tame
ness o spri. and snobe obscurty casnot shi Id them
from renewed insult and determined extinction. Lave,
monsrous and unconstitutional pursne them to their
homes stain with blood the sacred heauhstone, aud
compel them TO completely in the greatest Of wrongs
which 10 capable o being inf cted upon human nature.
II the codes oi antiquity were justly denounced as
bloody which, Tor crime inflicted penalty, by
the bu ri derivation Of one right what shall be said
OF this statute, which, without crime exAaust3 all
enslty, aud leaves the be' ding, mutilated, dying
victim, rot only without single right, but without
claim for tear of sympathyl No wife, no husband;
no parent no child sister, brother, nor pyer;
no house lands pro perty, noprgeges; no Will
no pursuit Of happiness; no house; no country; no
Bible, DO God In life no security, in death no re-
oress And this not the deed Of State reluctantly
performing in her sovereign right constitutional obi
catioD but, in hunied obedience TO derpotic will,
neither the ghs Of the people respected nor the
deCences Of outraged Justice observed. Chains, un-
happy emblems, thrown around the courts, and
hired mercenares Distract the rghtful ingress and
egress from the temples Of justice and the legal pur-
suits Of ordinary life. Alas that the monuments OF
other days should look down upon the deeds OF tyranny
more infamous than tbo-e which, in times past, caused
the glory Of their erection
"The antecedeDts of our history are reversed
Slavery ceases to be sectional and becomes na-
tionsl.' Wherever the flag Of the Union X displayed,
there Slavery is legally planted. The barriers Of three
generations solemn DEGREES are broken DOWN aud IN
tie rGme Of popular sovereignty the liberties Of
tie PEOPLE Destroyed The peacesble occupants Of the
Territories are set upon by armed force from the Slave
States tie ballot-box destroyed, and Themselves
quered and subjected to laws Of foreign legislation,
never before, for long centuries attempted to be
forced even in monarchica England; and which car
rie d into Effect viii make the whites Of Kansas equal
slaves with the blacks Of Missouri. Tne blood Of
peacesble, uBofeDdng citizen. cries aloud in vain for
~. Exe utaxxa NJ fha lid Nat
~bos- duty il u to see the laws faithfully executed,
nc AMY snks his oath Of Office, secretly encourages
the fofs inst Freedom; and with the Instincts Of
serve spt haIs his denunciations only against those