New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-17

70 wnn tne w ~Ist rs action may be, that have
snssrta;ned bat one opinion in rega,u 20 'nc
tr,fic in human Aesh and buying apd ss' IA d.
bodies; and that is an unqaa, % ,hoae states
ous, fo- Il. and while would give 70 tov L.s
- e,sts the security which the Cons 'u.J" t;
I'm 10 n the rnoneDt they step an lnsn " ~
tsv attract the public attention ano ns .;.s,v
cus.ion Of the evils Of SsveIy 40 the free white
no,ls ono ot This state will discuss and conoemo ~
paaf of marching in the 18th century, WIN .ao
= =, 40 nower o, this free Republic, upon Oh a.
auc baif civilized people ana iofclIs ,J make Il
,,,;on of slavery which they reject ana naAe ~
,ndsu sn,al article Of treaty OF peace tnes w.
sS.II n. guarded sganst, is 50 repugn"nt o my :
81 wba, Z due not merely to the superior ssI 80
and strength Of our own country ou' ~ vl ~ tbs
ouT fr,e Institutions, and 70 pregnant VIII e'
Usr,ie of both countries, that, u coud De sassa
Ktf,t; wsr IA prost cutfd 10 plant Human SaVct! "
Mex;cO. devo. though am to the giory, nono, vi
fare Ar progress Of these United states 10 every pu
ssiion Of heat in every oaesrH nnS a You ion toe
Ns,;cans to-inouow IN resisting su a oppieseiou p
nisn.,I Not only this but would pledge myseI ~
,ecrut smorg the ireemeD OF this Sta.e aiuu. mn'
the Kingdom of Polkdom was recruitihs sns'' "eA'
All. John. you will never do as well as that under
tbs ;ncitement of the slAvedfivers whip! HOW tno
xhoe veusl crew of the Polks, Ritchies. Croswells
ard the rest, are rolled together in the contemp-
tuons title of "Polkdom We can almost 500
them crineipg before the aroused ana inaisnan'
armies Of Freemen.
But John. do you think the freemen who could
thus sympathize with the 4" "enfeebled ano nAii'
civilized people of Mexico" will less ready 70 re-
buke throu the ballotbox the corrupt Adminl'tra'
ton whicb, in open violation Of the Const'sution'
oisp. rses with Federal bsyonets the peaceaoie as
.emblies of their own kindred in Kansas, where
murder is "skulkipg in the tall grass OF the
prairie" and the floor Of the Senate chamber Is
ashbled with the blood of Senator who dares 70
defend the principle for which you were then ready
TO do battle even against your own land NOW
that the wickedness of Polkdom has degenerated
;nto the m,anness of PercedOm, has your love OF
freedo quite died out ?
One more extract, and it is peculiar applicable
to the present crisis, and We leave this speech
After speaking of the time and labor required 70
make the people fully comprehend the nature and
bearings Of questions Of finance aud trade, ne says:
"But 90 to .hem,on question about buying and
selling a BODY a question which overrldes ai' eglia'
tive eytcu i've grants OF power, VI e.I ;u,srnts
their true boundaries. all questions of local Interest,"
and comes down to the buman being hmseif' y yoa
c,,ot make the Peoyle beliecc that IS Dentocrdtc 70
resist the ertension of Human Siarery IS oetter 20
abandon politics and ADOPT some other MODE % SeTp"S
your tefto'e' men,
Yes, John, we can assure you that majority OF
ihe Freemen of the Union are convinced "that It
is Democratic to resist the extension OF human
.Slayery:" and, now that the question has become
ore Of immediate, pressing, and practical imPor'
farce, they will regard it one which "overrdes'
all others, and will give it just and righteous
answer. In discussing this subject to-day we have
not room for extended extracts from the speeches OF
Mr. Ven Buren; but we will begin BY reminding
him of one delivered in the Park during the men,
orable campaign of le4s, in which he declared that
he would "draw q Gordon Of Free States about the
South" he would light the fires of Freedom
"sll sround them and that the DOughfaces
would fnd "thst the whip held over their backs
"was in the hands of the Freemen Of the North
As for this last sen,imsnt We will tell our friend
that it shall not be our fault if he does not prove
truer as prophet than he has as patriot Indeed,
in the ssme speech he declared that the doctrine Of
restricting Slavery by the action OF Congress "had
"bsen sanctioned by every Administration from
Washington down to POlk-and that was about
Gas far down az you could get" We arc inclined
TO ,hiuk that history will regard the distance from
Washington down to Polk as not grester than
the distance frcm the John Van Buren of AZ down
10 the John Van Buren Of sc.
When iu Ie47 the powers at Washington en-
Jesvored to prevent the assembling Of the Her
kimer Convention, all will remember the wit, the
sarcasm, and the eloquence with which John ridi-
culed that attempt through Mr.. Richie to dictate
the course of the Democracy of New. York. Now
telegraphic dispatch comes from Washington
that John Van Buren, must not be alloced to speak
at the Buchanan Ratification Meeting, and he con.
tents himself with ascending the platform and
swinging his hat in dumb approval Of the senti-
ments which he then denounced and the men whom
he then scorIed. But enough We have no fear
ths. hs can do the least injury to the Republican
cause in the coming election. His wit is gone;
bis eloquence is dead; his personal Influence has
departed, even among these who would cheerfully
have shared with him political defeat and banish-
ment 40 long as they believed him to be sc.usted
BY any motive of patriotism or any principle Of
justice. Hated at tho South for what he was, and
despised at the North for what he s he has only to
continue bis present course and posterity will read
of bis former Efforts in tbe cause Of Freedom with
the same emotions that we read of the bravery Of
Arnold before his treason.
The following is telegraphic dispatch from Chi
cagO TO the Associated Press Of this CITY: