New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-03-01

rom the Louisiana territory north OF 20 aeg ~ NM
II was exercised in 1913 when slavery "ae P'"A''1
from the Territory OF Oregon. H. .Lo .rr,.
Nor i il in the least degree impaired py the agu
me,t that these Territories when they become otates
and are admitted into the Union, can estaoHsn " Po
hbit Slavery in their discretion. lhen nSn1e o.
States do not begin until Their oohsalon;s - IN.
mes end. The Constitution knows nothing OF 10,
choate States" Congress has power 10 nahe ca
needful rules and regulations for them a.
until they are United into the Union az members %
/ tke common &c IfederHey. r,o,,
HsfNTRAL TENDENCY OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION
OF THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY.
In all these successive acts in the admission oil MIS-
souri, and of Arkansas, in The annexation OF AeAas s
the provision for admitting four new STATES oin -ot
territory IN the with Mexico aud tue cVngueee "
ber ryoyiinces IN the repeal of the Missouri COmpro-
misc and in the cruel war waged against tue peo'
Die OF Kansas for the extension of Slavery INTO tna'
territory We trace the footsteps Of powerful htrert
aiming at absolute political power ana s'ndlhg on"
10 a complete ascendAncy over the Genera UVFe,h-
ment Ii fnds powerful allies and an open neld IN the
political arena for the prosecution OF it, purposes
Always acting as a compact unit, 1t nnds us opPo-
nents divided by a variety OF interests. fafI]an
alliances and personal ambitions have hitherto pre-
vented any union against it's aggreSOns, and not FEEL
pg or fearing the dspeasure of their constituents -
presentatives from the Free States have been IN
duced to aid in the promotion OF its de'igns
All other interests have been compelled 10 give
way before il. The representative. OF freedom
on the hoors OF Congress have been treated with con-
tumey, if they resist question the night supremacy
OF the slayeh0diDg class. The labor ana the com
erce Of sections where Slavery does not exist obtain
tardy and inadequate recognition from the General
Government, which is svayed by It's influence and Tor
the Accomplishment OF its ends The Executive OF the
nation Il the willing servant of il. behests and sacrees
TO it, favor the rights and the interests Of the her sec
tons ofthe country. The purse and the sword OF the
nation are at it, command. hundred millions oil aoi-
lars were expended in the annexation OF Texas ana
the war with Mexico which was part OF IT. prlce. Two
i f.,,s lo,ra ON tnr
with all Europe i. threatened If necessary to prevent
the paton of it, slaves. Thus i the decision OF
great questions of public policy, touching vast interests
and vital rights, questions even OF peace ana oil war;
made to turn upon the requirements o. Justice and
of honor but upon relation TO the subject OF Slavery
upon the effect will have upon the interest OF the
sayeholdng class.
The people of the Free States have cherished the
hope that the efforts made TO extend Slavery which
have fallen under their notice were accidental and H.
dicatve of weakness rather than ambition Ihcy
have trusted that the sagacious statesmen OF the
saveholdng States would gradually perceive and
acknow ledge the inconvenience and the danger OF
Slavery and would take such measures "a they might
deem wise and safe for its ultimate removal lhey
have feared the effect of agitation upon this subject,
relied upon the good faith and honor OF the sayehod-
ing States and believed that time, the Latura growth
of population and the recognized laws Of political AMI
social economy would gradually and peacefully work
out the extinction of system 50 repugnant to justice
and the national character and welfare. ID has
Christianity has for nearly two thousand years been
filing the world with itS light, and when almost every
nation on earth but our own has abolished Chattel
slavery, the effort should be made, or the wish
cherished, by any portion of our people, to make
the interest Of Slavery predominant, and, to con-
vert .h. Republic, the only government which
prof,sses to be founded upon human rights,
into the mightiest slave empire the world has ever
seem But it is impossible TO deceive ourselves longer,
The events Of the past two years have disclosed the
designs Of the Slave power and the desperate means
it ia prepared To use for their accomplishment We
cannot shut eyes longer To the fact that the slave
holding interest il determined to couneract the ten
denotes Of time and civilization by its own energy,
by it, bold appropriation of all the powers and agen-
ciee of the Government, aud by che violation II need
be- Of the most sacred cOmpacts and compromises. Il
il resolved that Slavery shall be under the protection
of the national fag--that it shall no longer be the
creature Of local law, but that it shall stand clothed
with al the sanctions and sustained by all the power
of this great Republic. Ii Is determined that the
President shall do s bidding and that Congress shall
legSat. according to its DEGREES II Is resolved upon
the dtthroncment of the principles of Republlcanism,
and the establishment in their stead ofan OLIGARcHY,
bound together by common interest IN the owner
ship of slaves.
Nor have we any reason to believe that Slavery will
be content with this absolute supremacy over the Fed
eral Government which 1T has already 80 well nigh
achieved. On the contrary, the dark shadow of its
sceper falls upon the sovereignty of the several states
and them with dire disaster. South Carolina,
abandoning her Once-cherished doctrine of State
by States exclusively for the protection OF their citi-
zens The State of Virginia il contetng, in courts of
law the right Of the State OF New-iork to forbid the
existence of Slavery within her limits. Federal
court in Pennsylvania has denied the right of that
State to decree freedom to slaves brought by their
masters within her borders, and has proclaimed that
Slavery exists by the law of nations The division of
California and the organization Of a Slave State with
in her limits have been proposed. Senator on the
floor of Congress has demanded the restoration of the
African slave trade, and the demand is repeated by
Southern journals and by leading public men in the
Southern States.
When these great objects shall have been accom-
plished-when the States, well as the General Gov
erninent, shall have become subject TO the law of
Slavery and when $50 900 shareholders shall hold
despotc rule the millions of this Republic Slavery
cannot fail from the necessity Of its nature, TO attempt
outrages which will awaken storms that will sweep
in carnage from the face Of the earth. The longer
tyranny practced unresisted, the hercer and the
dreadful il the resistance which in the end pro-
vOkes History il full OF instances to prove that moth
ing is dangerous as wrong long unredressed that
evils which the outset il would have been easy TO
remove by suterance become fatal TO those through
whose Indifference and liberation they have increased.
The tendency of the measures adopted by the ssve-
holding interest TO secure its own extension through
the action of the Federal Government, is TO give 10
Congress jurisdiction of the general subject; and its
representatives must b. sagaoOus enou "a to perceive
that If they establish the principle that Congress may
interfere with Slavery for it's protection it may inter-
fere with also for its destruction IT. therefore, they
succeed in such enlargement of the power of Con-
gress having already discarded the principle of COM
promise from legislation they must foresee that the
natural effect Of their encroachments upon the rights
and Liberties of the nonslavehoding population OF the
country, will be TO them to the direct exercise
of the power thus placed in their hands. Whether
is safe wise for that interest to invite such contest
we need not here consider
The time draws nigh, Acknowledged, when you
will be called on to decide upon the policy and the
principles Of the General Government. Your votes
at the approaching Presidential election viii determine
whether Slavery shall continue TO be the paramount
and eontrolliup Influence in the Federal Admnistra-