New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-25

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evils, friQh,ful evils; but ct the same time they
come 10 be also looked upon a. necessary and newt
able evils, part of the penalty Of Adams fall and as
an essential and providential result OF that total
depravity which makes very convenient scape-
coat on which to lay the burden Of all the peoples
SINS However clear it may be to the eye Oh
reason that given institution is highly pernlcious
in its operation, everybody knows that
in this country, as in all other countries, something
more than the mere conviction OF that fact 10
necessary to bring about change. And sucn was
the case with the abolition Of Slavery in those
States of the Union in which it has been abolished
To represent, as The Journal Of Commerce does that
Slavery was abolished in New England, New York.
New.Jersey and Pennsylvania, aid that 1t mas been
kent out of the States OF the Northwest, because
the " irregularities of their soil and climate DO not
Invite compulsory labor, is gross and ridicu-
lou, misrepresentation. Every child tolerably
versed in geography KIN VS. that there is no sucn
difference either in the soil, climate or productions
of PennsylvaDia and Maryland, Kentucky and
Ohio. Missouri and Illinois, as marks the
former for Slave States and the latter for
Free States. Slavery was abolished IN the
Northeastern States, it was kept out OF
the North. western States not as matter OF inter-
est but as matter of sentiment and feeling; not
because Slavery was believed to be Improbable,
but because it was felt to be unjust The Journal
of Commerce may not be able to comprehend 1t,
nevertheless suchwas the fact Look at the argu'
meIts of these by whose strenuous and persevering
efforts this abolition was finally brought about-m
this State snd in New.Jersey-only by great strag'
giles and after great delays. They did argue, to BE-
sure, in hope Of gaining over those whose souls
were in their pockets and of reconciling them to
the prohibition, that slave labor Is Improbable;
bat this. alone would not have proved any sufficient
ground Tor the Legislative abolition OF Slavery.
1t might be proved to the satisfaction OF every
body that horses are better adapted TO farm
labor, and may be more economically employed than
o1en-yet who would think that sufficient reason
for law to prohibit the use of oxenl
Slavery is upjust-it is contrary to the rights OF
man as set forth in the Declaration OF Independence
and made the basis of our democratic inst tutons
That was the reason why our fathers abolished it,
and most fortunate it was that they did 80. The
sentiment which produced that abolition very soon
after the passage of abolition act began rapidly
to decline. Could the Old FOges of that day have
succeeded in staving it off for ten years longer,
in all probability New-YOrk would have been at
this moment Slave State; and does The Journal
of Commerce suppose that if slaves might now be
bought and held in New. York any reflections about
the unproftableness of that kind of property would
prevent cur Fifth avenue grandees from investing
LARGELY in it, To the rivalry which now exists as
to who thall have the most costly house, and the
most expensive furniture, would be added the rival
" as to who should own the most negro servants,
and The Joxrmal Of Commerce might then have had
before its very eyes plain and papable proof that
the love of being lord and MASTER the arstocratcal
distinction of owning humsn beings, is more than
match fer any considerations either of private gain
or Of public interest.
Once introduced into Kansas, slave laws and
Dol u)ation babitusted to the idea of Slavery and
that institution is just firmly fixed there rs 10
any State o. the Union. Gao ii be ignorance or is
it willful blindness
Tie man that sill be bliniea TO the last
peusiobs strong Is hell shall hold MIN fast
That shuts the eyes Of The Journa! Of Commerce to
the fact that the very part of Missouri 10 which
slaves are the most numerous and SHAREHOLDERS the
most rampant and furious is that triangular tract
between the original boundary of the State and
the Missouri River, adjoining Ksnsas, and which
now would form part of it, had it not few years
since been artfu'ly opened to Slavery BY being an
nexed TO the State of Missouri.
Let Slavery be established by law in Kansas and
the same result will follow there. Emgrants from
the North or from Europe will no more emgrate
tbither than they do to any other savehOdng State
OF Territory-cr at least the few who go there will
be reduced, as in Missouri ITSELF to an absolute so
cial and political insigpi6cance. Kansas will be-
come new Virginia, q new Kentucky, new Ms
souri,. 1t embraces the same parallels of latitude
with those States, and is equally well adapted to
slave laber. If The Journal of Commerce viii con-
cult its coaborstors 10 the cause Of Slavery Atch
son and SriDgtllOw, they will tell it that Kansas
from its prairie character ia much especially
suited to save labor than Virgins, being frem that
circumstance i'll adapted to settlement BY poor men
who expect to cultivate their farms with their own
hands.
In the argument to which we have replied, The
Journal of Commerce either grossly deceives itself
Dr. is wicketly lsboriDg to deceive others. 1t may
be doing-we fear it is dOiDg-both.
At the sessions of the Peoples National Con.
Eention at Philadelphia, incidental illusions were
made to 9 vote cast by Col. Fremont during the
twenty one DAYS he occupied seat in tho Senate,