New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-28

pea, II b.hs OF mot Free butt Slave K.nsas. Heoopd
| to God slavery would 60 into ksn~ss. Freedom bad
already found too much room IN thesc nited Ssees
Ii wss the duty, the sole duty Of every Socfhe1
man 10 aid in establishing Slavery firmly there The
Interests Of Missouri and Of the whole South required
II. Our fidelity 10 the institutions Of fsthehand
demanded II Of US. Throughout thhs speech misss
have been witnessed a scene peculiarly pleasing 70
tho~e who believe that the presen. hostility existing
between the American ard Democratic parties Is IN
tended for anything but political effect A; the sade Of
this Southern advocate OF the claims OF Fillmore In
addition to 8 bali dozen pages Of notes was 10 b
seen the above menoned editor prompting his Amor.
can enemy in every emergency throughout his peo-
trac,ed speech Aner he had concluded. Jesse HoEs
addressed the meeting-besrIng particularly upon hiG
,hsunion and snti-ireedom-ofspeech sentiments He
sid he had heard OF Northern tanaticlsm through
the southern papers al bis he but never OF any tass
would con pare with that. II was the rsnkest South
ern taus;iclsm. Others followed, who had spoken
upou the MISUNDERSTANDING that they coad
never indor-e the sentiments Of ). =; Tray
bern that thew were un-American and unnk
10 b. pubhcly proclaimed. At this point, during tha
.smor and confusion consequent on his own speech y.
+. Trsyhern retired followed by his enemy ~ the
editor, ard anumber of slsveholdng symps'nsefs NO
bad found their way 10 the meeting. 30 much fof mo
facts new for the sequel In due time was issued Ihe
D,mocvGs,c Mirror lSn organ Of Henry A. Wisel OF
Leesburg, having = twocOumn edtorA upon tns
meeting under the very attractive caption OF Black
Republican Meeting in Loudoun. Here was sn inter
esrg NJ indeed Il had not been an unnecessary ex-
hb.tion OF the far famed southern ChNary. Al nv
our editors face was flushed with shame ior the TAR
nshed reputation Of his county, but his heart wss
gradually warmed BY the fires OF patriotism, ana hs
blush gave WAY 10 tie heat and srior Of an imaginary
conflict which in turn supplsnted by adenant etu.
tude and nte1ible features, indicative OF proud anu
determined resistance. In proof OF his sincerity ana
devotion. listen ~ hIs eloquent eoncusion VIZ No
shall 60 ON in our feeble efforts in defense OF southern
rights, and through evil and good report bear tes,-
"mony Of fidelity to the institutions OF our tsthetsnd
and should fanaticisn pre-, all, and the North pour
upon her excited bordes, may the rocks and the
"the southern dag" But the matter did not stop
here. ard The WGsAingfoaian and SeEtisoi OF Lees-
burg and The |UgIRta Sentinel of Alexandria, were
watching the enemy, and the latter true TO ITS name
in lengthy article proved conclpsivcy that trNAsoa
stalks abroad g. The who'e catalogue OF Sosthcru
papers then enlisted in this particular cause, ana
pk dyed themselves TO extermDate this exotic bisck
kepubhCanlsm. They wished the names oi Mfs
I" Kay's cont, deraes" known and hung up on every
"fncer board and in every tavern IN the county;
They prop eco that the schoo-house in which taugk
be turned into Free SOIL hospital tor the special Dement,
of those afflicted with this malsdy of free speech
We myself particularly were denounced a. IAN
atics, ;" guilty of treason" "vioators OF law,
"ds,urbers of tie public peace, and were wsrea
got to again express ourselves upon that SUBJECT upon
main of tar and feathers and mob violence. For ny
own special benefit and edifcaton, the law which Dc.
cares TO be criminal act To deny masters the tgns
of property IN slaves was printed Language tue moSs
abusive and yitupera,iye clothed the sentiments OF
honorable editors and they called upon the good peo-
ple of the Ancient Dominion At all hazards to wPs
tIOm their OtlefMiee thf history tnlS lou p"
nation meetings held for the purpose OF denoun-
cling the acts of "that Ray" who was evidently
al agent of Sewad-the prime mover OF Repubhcan-
Inn which, according TO the patriotic editor OF Is
Mirror was "the devil incarnate on earth" Com-
mite s were appointed to wait upon me, aud re-
quest me To leave the State within given time upon
Pain of personal violence if refused. ! have re-
moved To my native State not for the purpose OF
escaping Virginia law but mob violence, from when,
in Slave State, there is no appeal; not because l
feared that violence but because, consistently win tna
Doctrines held by the society Of which am membef'
could not resist the threatened violence IhstN norm.
en people may know the degree of freedom OF speech
epioyed by the whites Of the South and the means re-
softd'to to eStipguish it, submit the above TO tue
public In conclusion would ask them To seuoas'y
ponder the following questions, and frame tnen
answers in accordance with their convictions, unbissed
by partisan zeal or controversy. Where freedom OF
speech and of the press Is denied; where mo
right TO express ones consctnt CONVICTIONS Is uo
MED; where to express an opinion upon the consu-
tutonsity of any law is denounced by the organs oil
powerful party class of men as treason-s theie no
danger of the subvenion Of a free Government -
there not already formed a despdism OF the most
odious and tyrannica character . .
the territory of the United States, such IL the case.
Then ark ia ours a land Of liberty IL not, is there
DO duty deyolving upon the freedom loving portion OF
| the citizens Of America FRAscIs ii. RAY.
| Chatham, ~ y