New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-04
rpFEDOM sUBDUED IN AMERICA.
! Ih, L.ondon ma. VI 81.

From IOn1op
Tho ntvs brought by the Hermann confirms the
;.o f our remarks a. 10 the superior vigor OF the
proS.vcr,,pa in the United States. In the great
battlefield OF Kansas that party has so far 1eeJed
in ovorccing their Free state opponents with lament
Ill results Much blood has been spilled and much
nrouertv destroyed. That a collision al hand
nriv too evident when the vehement spirits Of both
parfies had been oCing 10 this the sytern-
ATTIC scheme Of strengthening Their respective
The tone adopted by both especially by the repre-
senatyes of the Southern intercst-has been such a.
coud not possibly be expected 70 end in idle vaporng
unless the Americans different from ourselves.
When, however. whole population goes about armed,
not only with a cOpOus vocabulary Of prOyOcatOn and
abuse but with revolvers and knives, and when ma;
ural sympathy between man and man. citizen and
citizen had given way to neutral thirst for destruc-
ton il clear that the outbreak might come any
day. There had been several small outbreaks and il
war matter Of accident they did not spread further.
Now il appears that here has been one more extern
sive, more sangunary. and, we fear We must add,
more decisive than any before The slayc-Owners and
their friends feel and more that their cause de-
mands the most re~OlutC ana desperate measures. II
cannot stand the test OF numbers II must be beaten
in debate; il does not appeal 10 cod-bioodcd reason
il j. positively at with what Il commonly cGLci
humanity il has not cg 10 stand upon. Ii must 20
to tie wall then, unless 1t make MP for s week.-Mrs.
bv greater energy daring, prOinptne-s and unscrupu-
lGusrcss. The man who resolves at any risk to de-
sttuv half dozen others who have no ruC resolution,
or " no are merely thinking nat 10 do. Is dangerous
docs more than they The three or four hundred
thousand slaye-Owncrs in the Southern states whom
fcvyeas ago il WIZ the fashion 10 represent az IN day
fear of their lives from then slaves. have actually
carried the war into the encmys country, and are
formidable TO the Free States of the North.
MANY will be surprised at the news, and still more
at the comment that this Is likely to prove no insulated
foct no mere accident. hut the operation of q great
.ocial law No doubt there certain Institutions
and certain opinions and habits that tend to power and
dominion. The Romans were not more civilized than
fine Euriar. and their other ncghbor they were not
more moral more philosophical, or more religious,
or superior in any God seIse, but simply determined
10 conquer at all events while the Others were not.
The MGccdOniars were not better than tie Aihcnan-
in any respectable sense In Ike manner the Nor
mas wee hard determined tyranulcal race, a"cus
toned 10 lord il their NasSGls, living IN nlnual
alarm familiar with battles, scges. foray, plots and
a kinds of horrors. They he'd life very cheap, re-
caccd the lower class n different order of beings,
created for the pleasure ana convenience OF Their
masters and fl their own paIt preferred death 10
subnis sion III this rugged schoolnot in colleges or
merchants offices not in senates or lbrares-werc
trained the men who conquered nan Europe ana
founded families that flourish to ths day. Now II l.
rather remarkable that II has often been observed the
Americans have not passed through the cudal :, stem
and TO this have been ascrbcd some OF their national
Weaknesses. On the other hand II has been also Re-
marked that Slavery the best substitute for the cu1dl
svstem and the approach to the Norman baron
is TO be found i'll the planter ording with rod OF
iron over his yassals, and wei knowing that ne
emergency with the rapidly of lightning. by making
the severcs It exam pies and by leaving IT IN no mans
power to say that he had uthed or nsulted his lord
with impunity. The people who write novels and Is
Gays against Slavery, who form associations and collect
eubscliptions-thev also who deliver incrmnablc
harercues in the Congress are no match for antago-
nists who pounce with the rapdy OF an eagle on Their
prey and cut short deep policy or an elaborate train
of reasoning with the knife OF the revolver, the tar
barrel or the cONhdc. Which of these two glasses
nest commands the respect of the great American pub
lie il is perhaps premature to say but no DOUBT, the
whole race has Il UisTrop0rtlonate admiration Tor
energy promptness, decision and the more masculine
qualrles. ,,.
What is most serious about this Intelligence IL thHt
Kansas is the chosen for tie settlement of the
question The gauntlet Las been thrown down and ac-
ctpted and the fight to have on this ground
Each side has felt is incaCuiable importance, aud 1t
scarcely be doubted that which ever party triunphS
in this neck of land will be able push IL victory into
the new territories and ultimately the new States, be-
tween Kansas and the Pacific. Ii really seems almost
the turning point of this fearful question one battle
has often been observed. has broken the spell Of CON
uest so that the general who had ever won before mas
never done 20 aiterward. II was bu skrmish which
DESTROYED Bonapartes almost ilNolabc pr stge, but
Ii was tie precursor OF almost nyarabie defeat. Has
Freedom attained and passed its eliminating point IN
North America Have the citizens of the states found
tLeir true masters iii the southern planters There
are people this side of the water who VIII MAINTAIN
that the planter has more OF the English gentle man
about him than is to be found III any other class We
are not OF this opinion ourselves oi We cannot recon
,il that hatred of Slavery Which forms essential
Part of the British character with the oplain thdt ine
English gentlemen has ms nearest lrapsatlaluc IKE
pc.s in the owner ard tOgger OF slaves. W retain
our belief that the whole thing Is anti English. We
tlc,fore nm nj this defeat in Kansas II shared
the loss and the disgrace. Ii shall not however be
orr fault if the American public all g. see IL" mo-
mcntcus importance Of this lamon,ab!o rrvor-e.