New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-10

PEI ra .,s, se by the Free sta,es Of the
cor, ro 81 ,hs Coco, 'cnt, without such conces-
.ions az they have hithc,. ms.o 70 OBTAIN II.
Throughout period Of near ~" foy;o 'Sas, tos
defoLders Of Slavery screened -oc.;oan go
in the national councii. Now, they .. con
fess to tie Dece,sfy for defending it here b>
discussion themselves. They have at one NV" WI
away their most successful weapon. oompromle, a.
worn out that one which was next in efectiveI as
threats Of secession from the Union. II Is under
unIroptious circumstances that they begin the new
experiment Of extending Slavery into Free territory
by force by the armed power of the Federal Govern
ment- You will need many votes from Free States
in the House Of Representatives, and even some
votes from those States in this House. 10 send an
army with Ietinue Of slaves in its train into Kan
sas. Have you counted up your votes in the two
Houses Have you calculated bow long those
in the National Legislature But will grant, for the
sake Of the argument, that with Federal battalions
you ca1y Slavery into Kansas and maintain it
there. Are you quite confident that this republican
form Of Government can then be upheld and pre-
served ? You will then yourselves have introduced
the Trojan hore. No republican Government ever
has endured, with standing armies maintained in it's
bosom to enforce submission 10 its laws. A people
who have learned to reinqush their rights under
cOmpulsion, will not be long in forgetting that they
everbad any. In extending Slavery into Kansas,
therefore, by arms you will sHbver the Liberties Of the
people, Senators Of the Free States, appeal TO you
Believe ye the prophets l know you do. You
know, then, that Slavery neither works mines and
quanies, POUNDS cities, nor builds ships, nor
levies aImies nor mans navies. Why, then will you
insist on closing up this Territory Of Kansas
against all enrichiDg streams Of immigration while
you pour into it the ibid and poisonous waters Of
African Slavery Which one of you all, whether of
Connecticut Of Pennsylvania, or Of Illinois, or Of
Michigan, would consent thus to extinguish the chief
light Of civilization within the State In which your
own fortunes are cast, and in which your own pos
teiity is to live = Why viii you pursue policy so
unkiDd, 30 uDgenerous, and 20 unjust toward
the heplesS defenssless, struggling Territory of Kan
sas, Inhabited it is by brethren, depend.
ing on you for protection and safety! VIII
Slavery in Kansas add TO the wealth power of your
own States, or to the wealth, power, or glory Of
the R.ppbic You know that ii viii diminish all Of
these. You profess desire to end this national
debate shout Slavery, which has become for you,
iDtolerable. IL it not time to relinquish that
bopel You have exhausted the virtue, for that
purpose, that resided in compacts and platforms,
in the suppression of the right of petition and in
arbitrary parliamentary laws and in abnegaton of
Federal authority the subject of Slavery within
the National TerTi cries. Will you then end the
debate by binding Kansas with chains for the safety Of
Slavery in Missoeri? Even then you must give over
Utah to Slavery, to make it secure and permanent in
ngton TO both POlygamy and Slavery, as TO guar
antee equally the and the other OF those peculiar
domestic institutions in Utah; and you must go
sacrificing the shrine Of peace Territory after Terri
and Of virtue shall be lost and the vicious
anOmales which you have hitherto vainly
hoped Almighty Wisdom would remove from
among you without your own concurrence shall
become the controlling elements 10 the Republic
He who found river in his path and sat down for the
food to pass away, was not more unwse than he who
expects the agitation of Slavery to cease while the love
OF Freedom animates the bo50ms Of mankind. The
solemnity Of the occasion draws over our heads
that cloud Of disuniOn which always arises when
ever the subject Of Slavery is sgtated. StiR,
the debate goes on, more ardently, earnestly and
sngrily, than ever before 1t employs now not
merely logic, reproach menace, retor, and defiance,
but ssbers, rifles, and Do you lsok through
this ncpien war quite to the end and there peace,
quiet and harmony, on the subject of Slavery If so
pray enhghten me, and show me how long the way is
which leads to that repose. The Free States loyal,
and they always will remain go. Their foothold on
this Continent is firm and Their ability main
tain themselves, unaded under the present Consttu
ton is established The Slave States, also, have been
loyal hitherto, and | hope and trust they ever
may remain But If disunion could ever come, it
would come in the form of a secession OF the slave
holding States and it would come, then, when
the slaveholding power, which is already firmly
established the Gulf Of Mexico, and ex-
tends thousand miles northward along both
banks of the Mississippi, should have fixed its crap
ping irons upon the fountains Of the Missouri and the
slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Then that power
would either be intolerably supreme in this Republic,
or It would strike for independence or exclusive DOM
nation. Then the Free States aud Slave States of the
Atlantic divided and warning with each other, wou4
disgust the Free States Of the Pacific and they would
have abundant and justification for withdrawing
from Union productive longer of peace safety aud
liberty to themselves, and no longer holding up the
cherished hopes Of mankind Mr.. President, the Com
tnenal Congress of 1884, resgning the trust which
il had discharged with signal fidelity, into the hands
of the authorities elected under the new Constitu-
ton, and in taking leave Of their constituents,
addressed to the people of the United States this
memorable injunction {" Let it never be forgotten
that the cause of the United States has always been
"t the cause of human nature" Let US recall that
precious monition; let us examine the ways which we
have pursued hitherto under the light thrown upon
them by that instruction. We shall find, in doing So
that we have forgotten moral right in the pursuit of
material greatness and we shall cease benceforth from
practising upon ouseves the miserable delusion that
we can safely extend Empire, when shall have
become reckless Of the Obligations of Eternal Justice
and fathless to the interests Of Universal Freedom
Mr. CLAY obtained the floor, and the Senate ad-
journed.