New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-23


Nv He complains il is said. that the bordererS ana
e. u,ters have not conducted themselves as peace",
% =. no intended when he pressed his peace measues
ION them. Poor man, he is in the condin9n VI "a
Weir who threw spark upon gunpowder' anu
wm""Tt il hard to be blownop He knew; or 1ugnr 70
49, tnown the materials he had to deai win. iho
10 ef statesmanship is 10 take men ana crcuusaVe
W' a. 80 are found and deal with them wisely ana ne
az ut N.Y. or executes without regard 10 them Is merely
" WY Pss So are they all who talk OF Squaucr
Sovereignty plan OF peace C roS and ,Se
Iii ALWAYS lead 10 agitation IN congress ana the
ano VIZ and 10 civil war in the Territories border
;o~ mon Slave States The sooner our people
iS ~ this conclusion, and cast ASIDE those pre-
tdors who think or speak otherwise the oe',er Ior
u nu,' Tben the act seems to have been drawn
~ Socoive the North and suit the borderers NO
-. ~ Of residence for voter was required. Inns
d bcop generally required in the States and IN me
To,iories Its omission in the Kansas act gave the
ordor chance to vote for the first Legislature, and
that Legislature allowed to determine who should
vote at future elections. Then Governor secretary
Jndces Marshal and Attorney were 10 DC appointed
by The President. What precious scheme ior the
ssyehoders who had in their keeping the President ana
Cabinet at Washington and host OF saveowners IN all
the ooterminous settlements! The execution oi tue
sc whs In harmony with its purpose, it, indeed It did
NOT 90 further II is needless now to go through the
details Of the outrages committed on the Free settlers
of Kansas with which the whoeFountry rlngs from
the Missouri the Atlantic. The report OIL tue lnVes
tigstinp Committee of the House of Representatives
alone fills more than twelve hundred pages and as
many more would hardly describe all the sssaults
In;ttod 70 an extent and with an impuny winch have
scarce parallel in our day. even in struggling italy
or ipsureent Hungary. Indeed it may be affirmed
that there il nothing in the history OF tins age
more shocking than the story OF the herce, oarDar.
Gus and uurelenting war waged by the Missouri
borde.ers 1t is more like chapter taken from
the history Of the thirty years war, or the long ana
cruel fight of the Duke Of Alva against the Neither
lands. OF all wars civil wars are tie most cruel anu
civil war waged by the masters OF slaves 10 eAehd anu
nernetunte their own misrule has bad prominence,
Sc lind When the history OF THIS hdilsttS
war ia written il will be of the gloemest chapters
in oil our annals. Dsrust and fear falling upon an
,h town tbe yiage and the solitary dwelling In equal
isrm the farmer shot at his plOw, and the traveller
unon his lonely road-meD, women and children seek
inc shelter in the woods cannOnaded as If In terces
battle and fugtives flying from Their pusuers Dy the
10 of their cabins ghting up the hOrizOn-hese are
.ho nctes in those fearful and bloody pages All these
charge upon that party which is now seeking to elect
MIR Buchanan or rather upon the leaders Tor whom 1t
i responsible by whose policy is ruled and by whom
mu be Judged We Judge Ofthe future by the past we
know what has been already done and who has done
il, We viii not strmise change against all prooaoi-
-, We cannot expect il when il s not even prom
sS We would not believe in it if it were promised
unless change nstantaneously followed the promise
We know that the settlers have not been defended by
tbe federal authorities but by the same authorities
taya been deprived of the means of defending them
seyes The party has been guilty of the double crime
of rendering them defenseess and then allowing them
10 be pundered, murdered or driven into the wilder
pess We know that the free settlers have been hunt
&c down ~ if they were intruders, and that others
have not been permitted to enter. The roads leading
into the Territory are blockaded How Slavery Is ever
10 bf driven ont so long this state@of things lasts is
more than divine; and that 1t Will last, who can
doubt? Not only is the motive that has prompted
these acts unchanged, but will be Increased In IN
tensty if Mr. Buchanan is elected. Now, while the
North is daily growing more and more indignant,
there is every reason for relaxing in this policy. IL
not relaxed now how can any man imagine 1t VIII |
be relaxed when the election Is over the CHAINS last
ened and the party delivered from any fear OF con-
seouences? l repeat, thenan am Justl1ed IN re-
peating - that Slavery, which has been admitted |
into Kansas by Mr.. Buchanans patty, will never be
drive out of it if hes elected and this will be the
first consequence of his election. The next conse-
quence will be the application of the Slave Territory
Of Kansas to be admitted as Slave State his ap
plication will the Slavery agitation In Its more
violent form. With Senate i'll favor OF the admission
with House Of Representatives against IT. as the
House is certain to bewh the President and all his
patronage and influence sde-the South threat
enng aud urgent the North indignant and sulen- |
what chance is there for the peace of the country
Who can contemplate such state of things without
alarm The spirit of the North will be eXerted to more
than its present intensity for all will perceive that
they have been wronged. The Missouri struggle con-
vused this whole country but that was nothing to |
what we shall have when Kansas comes with slave
constitution demanding admission into the Union The
admission of Kansas with the institution of Slavery
should naturally be followed by the admission of Utah
with her institution of ygamy The States ana Terri
fories have no more right Slavery than mar
rage Any of the existing States may establish poly
pany il it will. Then, according to the argument, why
a
not on the day of its admission, it might adopt the
next There is not plausible in favor OF leav
ing the people of Territory free TO form Their own IN
sttutions respecting Slavery, which does not apply
with M least equal force in favor of allowing them to
form their institutions respecting marriage But
there are other Territories, broad and rich sufficient
for many States larger than some of the most potent
andpopulous Kingdoms of Europe The fate OF oil OF
them will be put in imminent peril by the fate OF Kan
sas and these party dogmas. II shareholders have
right under the Constitution to go with their slaves into
all the Territories Slavery exists by law in every one
of them and the only chance for freedom is the en-
trance Of settlers enough TO form State Constitution
expelng Slavery. What likelihood there Is OF that
viii be apparent from the fact that no Territory where
Slavery was allowed has ever yet formed free con
stitption The third consequence of Mr.. Blu
rhapan's election will be the the repeal OF
All Federal laws which systematic or interfere
with Slavery. Among them is the law prohibiting
the imp0rtaton of slaves This repeal is the natural
and logical result of the principles and policy which
have governed that party in Kansas affairs The the
ory OF the act is that Congress the common legislature
the whole Union has no right to discriminate against
the institutions of any part of the Union. III that be
rick the laws against the Slave trade wrongfully
passed and ought 10 be repealed. There can DO no
reason for prohibiting the importation of slaves but
that Slavery is bad If it be good as the South Is
now beginning TO maintain, If Member OF Congress
cannot Vote against it bad the Slave trade should
not have been prohibited and should now be reopened
Not only is this the natural consequence OF what now
passing before eyes, but there are other
signs which a careful observer will have noticed
significant Of the result. Mr.. Shdel the
confidential friend Of Mr.. Buchanan has already
broached the subject in the Senate The ten
oency OF the Southern press is in the same direc-
ton. The proposition TO repeal the prohibition of the
slave trade viii set this country fire The passions
that will then be evolved, the svarce Of some the love
of power OF Others, the shrinking fear of politicians,
the Appliances of patronage the thirst for office the
sane subseryitncy to party will be fearful
pate while the other hand, the moral elements will
be stirred TO their prooundes depths whatever there