New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-25
THE KANSAS QUESTION.

F,oa TAe L1ad,t Ii1e, sc,, 2.
Gov Rcc,iei's man argument III hs appeal 10 The
N.w-York meeting ~, OF cOurs", The moral one-'he
argument nglnst SaVcry as IN Ii.rli an immoral NJ
-;iution which involve the duty 81 preventing me
e>t.rsion Of H. and in the ,pcekers Op!non, OF hight
ing for ,uch prevention. Bat n ~ worth observing
that. bC-id.s the appeal 10 religious ,ithu-'a-n'
another arr um.ut makes ia appearance IA Ia" t'oN-
ernors speech, ard cuP.e Pron'n.ht place ~ IL;
II an argument Of the danger 10 ec labor involved
in Tie further extcn-IOn OF slavery IN the mon.
Kansns We arc told :. itself but limited G.rritoTy.
il !. but 200 mile wide and 600 Hile- long but it "a tne
ps-race 10 a bOundcss region extending from IL last
EN- brrdcrs 10 the shore 0 the Pacific and CONTAINING
-Iaco enough to make ix States a. larg" - PennSyi-
- yania Now. argues Gov. Reszler, " with kun-
sas a Slave State. VIII thank any oise 10 tell III"
how be Is going tp ave the -econd t lhlId or the
" toulth-cfCh one further and further out oi Your
Icack-onch ore with more Slave staies intervening.
|. il not oby ous that it We lose the N,ete OF kau
as We lose that entire body of States at the Pacific
"Oc.an7 Tie eItr, Territory vii be-
handed over 10 slavery. In tn state o things
h. obsovos it i. not slavery alone which trunpn.
but slave lLOr also trumhs with H. and the triumph
Of say. labor il the defeat oi Tree labor Slave Ia
" bor and free labor cannot exit together. That
given out a. IN axiom. What j. the cons, luence, thtn
0f delivering up the vast territory 10 Slavery Why.
that Northern labor * forever e1cudef from T. Aud
the re,u Of the exclusion OF Northern labor from this
field it, deprivation OF this natural vent, Is Northern
repletion and rnfocstion Inc tue oi emigration Is
daily conveying fresh crowds - the -reat Northern
citic. which uies. hey have an unlimited outlet In
the West 10 carry them of, Will ovrlsock the North
with labor, ard consequently win iho cHPcnse o!
IoaiI,aiIiug a large unemployed clns-. Gov. ke-dcr
compares the North under such CIRCUMSTANCES Ia
Ireland without en- grafton i! vii have con
tnualy multiplying popua' on without the proper
re,ouTte- for 0isIOsing of IT, These Nortnern Seits
- msy be hkencd 20 a tub under n iOuh'aln, all the
while boiling over with surplus oi population, and
streau.r over the vast Wcst-a constant stream OF
"anrIms population running westward like vast
river. Wei, then, suppc-iDg you dedicate one
half of this continent to gro and To slave labor,
'vou shut of this entire stream ot Northern emigrh-
'iior--you thut the gLos Of the whole vast West,
Kansas pesorei ana New Mexico TO the North, aud
tuln back this human tide 10 throw itself back upon
States of the North and the Northwest. Have the
labu,Dg OF the Moth coDsidcIcd the import OF
II this question to then-thc draylnan, the holman,
"thc mechanic The day labcrcr r. 1t is worth
Iccau.e it has perhaps been too much taken for
Granted that the argument on that side has been
exclusively moral and religious one, a. oppOsef To
the saveOvncrs which Is simply n pecunlary orgu-
mut. WEcther not Gov. RCeder knows lis men,
and knows that tie New uTkefs viii not be ls- dl--
posed to listen TO him if he prove little hazard TO
their pockets, here is certainly a. matter ot tact
distinct arc Vmtnam I'D crVmeHGH. The North Is told
that sinlly a commercial and pecuniary question.
will Lot do for to le. slavery spread ana ieI The
slaycoHLer get hold of Kansas Jne Ncw-> orb capi-
talist is threatened with the me Of paupcr clG>'
created by the exclusion OF Northern labor from s ma
turbl vent and the cause of Slavery ~ coupled WIN
,tons Of poor rates. The New oIk artisan Is threat
cred ih The loss Of s chance in the West should the
home demand prove too little. NhHtevcr truth there
| NAV be in such an argument, ii il at any rate worth
ohserl ing that the American even IN hs ebthuslas N
doe not FORGET the chance, aud that 80 philan-
tlropca question the Anl-Savery one can lie ar
crcd uron true commercial prBc pies even III So cnthu-
sinstc on assembly as that which lately met at New
York. and enthusiastic an occasion az that OF ihe
rlr Of Kansas.