New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-03

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| and Nebraska Who can woraier that when this an
rcxa,;on Of TeAss brUug on war with Mexico which
epded in The annexation of Upper California and New
| MAico. every foot Of which was free from African
| So Co,t.-,Ss divided that vast territory reuc
,sn,lv sdu ittnc the new State of California Frc
State because she would rot consent 10 establish
slavery dismembered New Mexico, transferred large
portion Of il 10 slsyehedlng Iexas, anu stipulated
| that what Unnamed of New-Melico together with
Utah should lie received Slave States II The people
| ther,o should 50 demand Who can wonder that
the President, without any reprooi by 'ohgyss' sun
utar eously offered to SPAN two hundTei inIlous i
dollars for the purchase OF Cuba that II mght De u-
,ded into two saveholdng States, 10 be admitted ~
II, mbcrs of the Federal Union, and at the same tme
menaced the European Powers with war II they shouh
| interfere Ia prevent the cOnsummation % the pur-
| chsse' Who can wonder that emooldened WIN
| these concessions of the people. congress 81 Ias'
sanctioned rpprissl by the slavehohiIng class upon
tie regions Of kapsas and Nebraska; not on the
! ground 81 justice for equivalent but SIMPLY on
ne ground that the original conct sslon OF them %
Freedom eXtorted BY Injustice and unconstitutional
! oiIesion by the Free states. Who can wonder
| hat The saNehodlng class, when II had obtained
| tfe sanction of Congress ~ that rcprsai. by CIV
! Ig pledge tina, the people of these Territories
! >loud be perfectly hee nevertheless, 10 establish
| treGt m therein, invaded the Territory of Kansas
| with AIMED forces, nauguraed an usurpaton and
established slavery there and distrauchlsed the sup
Qottcrs of Freedom by tyrannical laws. enforced BY
tle md sword and that the President snd Senate main.
tam ard uphold the slayeholug interests in these cub
| nIna,ing demonstrations OF their lower while the
House Of Representatives lacks the power because it is
wanting IN the virtue to rescue the interests OF Justice
| FRI ,dem aud Humanity Who can wonder that Fed
ca courts in Massachusetts ndict defenders Of Free
| dom for sedi'ion IN Pennsylvania subycr the State
| TIL III ais. aid ptVert the Habess Corpus. the
| great wit ~ Liberty, into process for arrest
! ing fugitive SLAVES, and CONSTITUTES into con-
| tempt, punishable by imprisonment without bal
! ar n.aupliZe, the simple and truthful denial OF
! Jcrsonal control over fugitive female slave who has
| nade her voluntary escape from bondage Who
! can wonder that in Kansas lawyers not plead or
uri,s be- npancled in the Federal Courts even
citizens vote without first swearing TO support the Flu
it!Ve Slave Law and the Kansas aud Nebraska Act,
Will, citizens who discuss through the press the right
ot Shareholders TO domineer there, punished with
! imur,onment DEATH free bridges, over which cit
izrs who advocate free institutions may pass, free
thyeiDs where they may rest ana free pre- ser through
| hich they may speak, destroyed under lndIct
ucnts for nuisances ard those who peacefully assem-
he debate the grievances Of tAa class, anu petou
Cou.resS for reiict, indicted tor high treason
just now tie wind sets with some apparen. stcadi-
ness in the North and you VII readily confess there
fore that de- not exaggerate the growingaggrandize-
ucnt Of the slayeholdpg class but you will ncveTthe-
less insist that that acrand cement i new ami may De
merely temporary and occasional. y moment reiiec-
ton however will satisfy you that this opinion Is pro-
torndy untrue. What is now seen, Il only the egI
mate maturing Of unresistcd through period OF
n re than Thirty years. All the fearful evils upon
Us are only the int vitabc results of efforts to extin
gush by delays, ssios and compromise, Discus
sion to which Justice Reason and Humanity are con-
| tinual,y leading their elemental fires.
| What then is the tendency of this aggrandzement
of the slave interest and what must be IT'S end 1t be
not low speedily arrested immediate conse.
| uueI c,s are distinctly i'll Wow. The ADMISSION OF
| Kansas into the Union Slave State the subse-
qlcnt introduction of slavery by means equally ias-
lant into Nebraska and the admission ut tab, with
,le tw in patrlacha institutions of legalzed adultery
and slavery, and these three achievements crowned
With the incorp, ration of Cuba into the Republic.
Peyund thcse visible consequences hts region OF
fcalful ~, cuation-the restoration OF the African
.,l tb. atIn pf MpNpD
Genital America by the infection upon the halicWh-
lied Spanish and Indian dwelling there by our
hap,s of curse from which, interior AS they are 10
ourselves they have bad the virtue once to redeem
th,m,.kts. Be, ond this field last surveyed lies
that Of civil and serye wars, national decline and
luin.
fear to open mp tlese distant views, because 1
know TINT YOU will attribute my appehensions TO NOR
hid condition of mind. But cobhnlng myself to the
immediate future which is 80 tearully visible, AJAX
YOU in all candor inst whether have ever before ex
scg,rn,cd the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of the slavchoding
class Secondly whether the movement thst now
olehote Is really improbable than the evils once
s.en,d which are now startling reality
How are these immediate cvi =, ana whatcNer Oh
otcnt,r evils that are behind them, to be prevented
d., Won expect that those who have heretofore coun.
s.,d compromise, acquiescence AMI SUBMISSION WIZ
Change their coursc and to the rescue of IlTry
Even if this were reasonable hope, are (ass ana
Do, clas and Bachanan greater or better than me
STATE sn,n who have opened ihe way OF COMPROMISE
and led them into II And II they indeed are 20 NUN
greater anu 80 much better, do YOU expect them to
live .orcycrf
Puhaps youexpcct the slaveholdng class will abat
it, prcte and practice voluntarily the moderation
which YOU wish but dare not demand at IT, hands
How long and with what success have YOU waited al
ready for that reformation Did any property class
ever 50 reform itsef, Did the patrlcans in "d Rome
the iobesse or the clergy IN France Inc ana
,Lder. in Ireland The landed aristocracy IN En-
gland Does the slayehoding class even seek u be-
1uc you with such hope Has II not become rapa-
90 rs arrogant, defiant Is it not waging civi war
L INTO raul A.
ahce No 10 you have let the lion and the spotted
rorard into tho sheepfod. They certainly VIII not
die of hunger there nor retire from disgust with safety
Hey will remain there 50 hong as renewed appetite
slali lind multiplied prey. he not seIi.deceiVea'
Wherever PROF crty class of any kind Is inVnea oy
society To opprcrs it will continue 10 oppress When
ever sla, elollng cass finds the non. savehoiing
cn.scs Welding il will continue it, work of subJugaon
| people of Michigan know full well that it seems
uneracous in me 10 dwell on this painful theme IL Is
not .uch an acknowledgment of your manifold ho'pl'
taes you expected. 1t is hard for The weary mar
liner to look steadily the newt revealed rocks To-
ward which he has too long been carelessiy drifting.
II il not easy for the prodiga to look with
ON the rags and husks which meet HIM rs Nc reiues
fro III the house of his harlOtry. Nevertheless thefe
10 way of escaping any imminent danger Without nrs,
calmly and steadily looking It fully III inc iae, ana
| ssecrtaniDg its zeal nature and magnitude. -,
Here again YOU will deny the justice of my para-
bl. van " in claim 10 be merely innocent and uniou
nate and will upbraid the slavehoidns ciass as e
builders of this impending ruin But you cannon 20
cape The fault il not at al with that rlnss, ~.
with yourselves The shareholders only act according
70 their constitutions, education and training.
u yeholdng classes in the Free ou,e3 VINO
orr rcreaut 10 their own constitutions, and false TO
II cir v instincts and Impulses and even 10 tnem
| own tue interests. Who taught the slavehohiing
C,ss that Feed, IL, which could not be whohy con
reJ ~ once could De welded in successive halves
tv .uccessive compromises, Who taught the slave
l3llng ca,s The ccous Theories OF non-nf'
ord POI uer sovereignty, and tho absolute oolgnuon
| Of i1ranncal laws enacted by armed asurp1'i2n
TOM own Cass and DougIos, aud Pierce, and Bu;
III La.