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


quarrel With tben ruSer civikssi,n, the natural ole
spring If ,hen peculiar insti,utoo and % rot vcn-
Ger 81 their believing that Ssushfscss OF TIE Nfths
VITO so ue,ky DO then behess, are bat .yps n cur
whole pscp'e, ard that We can be bnhed whipped
and "k.esed" into any course O: poley whca tbey
usv pisase 20 6,c'ate 20 "a.
VII the Sorth-the FREE, and educated and c.vi-
lized, apd pesee-lovpg Ncrth-tsmey submx 10 .hs
irpuGsnce ard The bullying Of the Slave powerl Tbs
Is the question which d,se 10 put directly 10 every
lsw. abiding and Cnion.loyng frsemen of lie NostS.
wculd have the entire North awaken 10 The stteups
cfthe Slave Power 10 extend the lnst,tu;,on FREQ
Territory and the nears resorted 70, ~ sscompNsn
,h,t nefarou. purpose. would have them feel .Aas
The time for action has arrived; and that net ony
must that action Be prompt and eneisnt W se would
protect ourselves om the encroacninents OF Nsvsry,
hu, that II we tsre w submit 10 the buernS aud eais
wing hshtuslv rssored 10 here In the Capital Of he
Nation ". shall very sooa be taught that LAeerfy "a
Speech hoou which we bold subject 20 the csYnees
Of the Slave Power ard 10 indulge 10 II equally sso
themselves may at any tue be visited BY the
arv sptIcaton OF the pistol and the badgeco. " Tho
purtos.s OF the Slave Power and lie Northern ahes IN
tie coming Presidential Election there u no ongefeny
doubt II is opealy proclaimed by the Denorstc press
fCm Maine 20 Texas and only this day, the Govern
men ,rean published in this city, boldly declsrss that
" rAa,Crcr 0.Aer qxTs.oE may eater 'nto az co.faS
contest. SLAVERY IssrE as .gsaasd ~ tsf hss-
" 81, neGsHrs. rEst ard ri@ fdse prseea<sc. ~
"ccnrdrtsc. ur,.A IT. all other ESstoas u sfser
al rpo-tarcs" AID in alusion 20 Mr.. Buchansns
past Fec era.isu and the suspicion ouy, thai msy
cause him to prefer bic country and the rights OF kse-
dom TO mare party, II adds; icy ss I" Y - Sasls.
rGrors are significant; and nchy viii the peep'e OK
TIE free North have merited The ou'rages anu Vo1-
tumty which are daily heaped upon them ~ men
iurn,asurahfy their Interiors regards manoood And
civilization thew hesitate 20 indicate their night 20
freedom Of speech or alter in their detsroinshon 20
drive back into The ters and marshes where II properly
belongs the Institution which Washington, and Jeuer-
son. ara Madison alike condemned, bu. o. whicd
Pierce and Douglas and the doushfAees Of the North,
acting under tie lash of the Slave Power have become
the wiling propagaDdsts.
IL is due 10 Mr. sumner to say, a. fact familiar to
all who are accustomed 10 read the debates "a the
Senate that in each and every OF the nst hvs seasons
of Corcrsss Messrs. seward Hale and Sumner, havo
,ceiyed the hands OF Senators tom the Slave States
ard ,be rliopt tools of tho North ten tmes-nay, q
hun bred times the abuse. which In hs late incompars-
Die speech he scathiug'y buried back upon sis -
saiiants. All this has heretofore been suomitca 70 in
silence and in my Judgment, too long submitted soi
and now when forbearance ceases to be
virtue, and the Member for Massachusetts, lu
vindicaton Of his manhood and M the e1er-
else of hi. privilege, retorts upon his assailantS
a tythe only of the abuse they have 50 long and
20 unsparpsy hesped upon hun and bis trends he is
told that lila " audacty" Is absolutely ncompreaens
Bile and his purpose inconceivaoe Ahke ss'ounneu
that the man peace and the meek, modest ana re-
firing scholar should dare 10 repel any ATTACK wna'-
ever. and cowed and crushed by its scathing severity.
Mr.. Douglas exclaims usder the smart OF the WOUNDS
inflicted, "What does the Senator meia by tnr "ttsek
"upon the majority OF this body What, Gsk, doee
1.-The Senator meant Whist does he want us 10 GoF
1--WE already refuse to know him socially. Does ho
''want III 10 KICK him ak again--Does ne paHf Ls
"io NICK himl :" Mr. Mason of Virginia follows III q
similar vein; and Mr. Brooks Of South Cafohns,
member of the House of Representatives, resorts tn
tie budgoou and assaIs hun in his seat IN the senate
Chamber Of the United States.
Tie wrong lies at the door of those who commenced
the use OF these personalities, and the misefso'e plea
that because the person thus violating me deeorum OF
parliamentary rules was willing 10 back bis angusgs
g.I IN hia I
adversary II not thus willing to follow up hs retoft
hound 10 submit in silence Such, say, Is tho plea
of the slave power defense of their attacks ana In
condemnation of Summers resoitng To the samo
wcspon of def, nse. They proclaim everywhere, tnes
their attacks upon the nUncombatants OF tho Norh,
mr., iusiahle because those making them are ~'sAsH
10 6ggt and that uness the assailed Senator VIII
ado,t the law of the slave power thus manufactured
for him. he must submit in silence or be beaten W
death with bludgeons, even in the Senate Chamoer OIL
the nation. -
Have we no remedy for this Are there not among
us-can there be- found in the great North men o.
qualifications for both the Senate and the Houso OF
Representatives. who possess also the necessary moral
daring and ply sca courage TO meet and pat down thia
Disgusting bur ing either with pistol or with bu'geons
a. circumstances may require III there De sucn, let
them be sent here your Representative unM tho
south are taught after their fashion that there not
only rs North but that il ia unalterably determined
TO asert all s rights and to maintain al its privileges,
at tn. same time that will in good faith, at all times
and in all places, promptly discharge all its duties ~
Il Union and hold sacred the rights ut any section OF
country wi ether sectional, local. or NATIONAL under
that Constitution TO which the allegiance Of all -
equally due.