New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-10

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p, s;s,5s Of NJ. Buchanan are ts allies AMI sup
tho friends Of Mr. Fillmore are neutral IN re-
-, "a Il the frends of Mr.. Fremont are its only
s,ovsS and stern opponents. And YOU, lover OF the
80 % rrsv that THE latter party may never be ID
" ths a.cendency in this country
r,or, IN. massage in your speech II would seem that
, 4, ,o, believe that there is such thing as
:, sor,b, ON aggression" 'lt rs time, you say, "thS
n ,h,. pon,enss about southern aggression were ex-
. uns,d You particularly refer 10 the repeal OF the
u.sor,i oonpaet and declare that this was not IN
"ac, Of Soufkera but Of party aggression your
~, ,ba, the Nebraska bill was passed by BODY
containing ninety Southern and one hundred anu
q s,., ,b,se Northern men True; but OF the SIXTY
.er Sor.bern Representatives who were presen' ana
vo,.d. htty-eeht voted toC the bu and only H'~
..;,,, Il. while Of the one hundred aud thlry''wo
n, MIXERS # the Free States present and voting ninety
,Do voted against il and forty-oue in lie favor No
doub, the Democratic party was greatly Responsible
,y this evil deed; no doubt there were some honest
men from Tn, South tal Wig who opposed IL bu'
.b. majority Of Southern Wings were IN rs iavori the
majority OF Northern Democrats voted sgainst IT,
Tn. South made the act It's own. The men IRON tue
South who voted against were not reeiectedi anu
nearly all from the North who voted for II "e'e ID Int
manner rejected by their constituents. Ten Members
r m Ney-Yoik voted for the bl, and not one ~as re-
e!ect,d -Four from Ohio voted for the bill, and ONO
sent hack 10 Washington al entire ant-NeoraShs ue-o
cation II s true that the offerwas made To the SCUM
Inv A Northern Den ocra'; but why thd ne make ''e
offer except that he knew that II woudgi'e him pop
ul,r;ty at the South. The Slave States gladly ac'
cepted the offer AMI punished their Representatives
who refused t. II ,-Gs act Of Southern no loss tu"n
of party aggression.
There was a tine in the history of tho country when
the South rejected such offers In 1904 and IN ioo''
the people Of the Territory of Indiana, in Convention
m.morahLed Congress to grant them temporary aus
pension of the article in the ordinance of l@ prohio
ting SLAVERY north of the Ohio. Committee, of
which Randolph of Virginia was Chairman, reported
against IT, and the request was refused
Not satisfied with declaring the Nebraska bill TO be
no net of Southern aggression you are pleased to adj
that tEese designing men who are crying out about
1T know that Il Is so.
II will be remembered that John Quincy Adams ut
trl u.d the increasing agressOns of the Slave Power
main, TO the rule ~ representation IN the Constitution
which makes five slaves equal TO three free men, and
places thirty members in House of Representatives
who repres. ut lave property alone. In his speech TO
his constituents NJ Brantree in 1872 he gives it rs his
opinion that the practical operation of that arrange
! m,nt has been 10 fix the balance of power IN the
| House. and in every department Of the Government,
in the hands Of the minority Of numbers. OF the
| opinion thus expressed by John Quincy AdemS, YOU
! say:
Men " ho have ACCUSTOMED themselves to speak woeut
rv.r,nc. the Cons tuition Of their country which no man
who ut FOR rspubioan can AZ" constantly Asmpnnf 10 10
the representation ,be House Of Representative.
is ed to the Slave sc over hat which
!. arcor. in the Naiionto the Free States
You deny that this is so, and inform us that the
proyiso which give. the white voters at the South
three additional votes for every five slaves, is really
| limitation of the Slave Power. Your argument
is that il the proyiso stricken out the immediate
effect of that nsane proceeding would be that the
Slave States , oud have representatives than
| they now have while the Free States would have
"leSs." And after this discovery, you, of course
ft at liberty indulge in a slight sheer at the phil
| antlropic gentlemen who want change.
| But these insane and 'phianthropic gentlinon
ore not quite 80 ignorant a. you suppose. They would
not amend the Constitution by the simple process OF
! striking out what follows the wotd II nbers in the
Sd clause section ,, article J.. They would probably
reconstruct the sentence altogether and might sue
ceed in arranging il so that representatives. would be
apporoned among the several States according To the
iesl ective numbers OF free persons in each Although
| the possibility OF such eXpedent may never have
occurred to YOU il certainly occurred to the trainers Of
| the Constitution. The members Of the Free States
| who opposed the three fths rule did not propose ~
a substitute, to allow the South Representatives for
The rhcle OF the slave population, but for of i.
James Wilson of Penn. a member of that Convention
| said:
the slaves admitted citi1ess-,hen why
equal with white citizens Are they admitted property
then uhy other property admitted into the -
| Patterson of New-Jersey sad:
negroes are NOT ePresentedm the States to which they
fls Gny.
And the objection was sound. For, If planter in
Virginia owning fifty slaves is not allowed thirty votes
| for them in the State election, why should all the
planters in the State owning five hundred thousand
slaves, be allowed votes for three hundred thousand of
them when sending members TO Congress Ii prop
city at the South TO be represented in Congress- why
should property at the North not be represented also
Anetyone thousand white persons in the Free States
have De representative in Congress, while sirt yeig
thousand white persons at the South have the same
| If the slaves allowed to vote for their own Re-
preventative the case would b. different Or if those
who Represent them really represented their interests.
the evil would be less. But those whom they send to
Congress- go represent their masters not themselves:
go, not to protect the victim but to aid the tyrant.
Az their Representatives increased, their oppres-
sors strengthened 1t is this iniquty and sbsur
dty which you wish to have retained and which 1.-THE
pbilsnthropc gentlemen at whom you sheer, with
10 have removed.
A. looked from the gallery upon the body Of Wings
whom YOU addressed, my thong ats took this
thought how, year after year while you yet tho
leaders of party, you made Ant-SIavery speeches
ard passed Anti-Savery resolutions, and ndoctnn-
ated the masses OF that party in Anti-Slayery sent-
mept-a business in which YOU yourself was smart
g. z.s eader-that what was TO YOU mere opinion