New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-28

kDow.o;o Of the Word OF God. light from story
aud from TIE example Of all nations beorcus anu
long consideration and examination OF me nd. VI
public Justice and righteousness, brand IL "a ~
known and Hcsyen-deying CRIME not rSJecOl
Tcprobaed when committed but sanc'lohcu ~ -.
So that the gun in heaven never shphc upon -
enoymiy All tbese things considered, thad tuc OPP
IieesiOns and crleltes IN kahSa.' ~ 70 '"4i -
est their wckedncss in an adc4ua'e i'SI,'' -, -
Aud now if we socept and sustain theh ana carry
out the vill.ny for which they were c0mmllted, we
have scaled our own Subsection aud the rum OF our
Lberties forever say ths 10 hN0e re- "iI|oh NOM
good 10 evil ,quTing al the outset bloody e|urPa
hon ard civil war can 90 Only by the sacnn,e OF
all priDcipe Toe two things cannot I've togeier-a
slavery scgre.sive Jealous dcyourng AZ the sea, that
require. such abIegatOn Of principle ana conscence,
such barbarous laws and such brutal ierOcty 10 their
execution developing its rem rseless despoisin IN
them; and F0 edom, whose soul OF justice and hu-
Ipanty mes up against them the one must destroy the
other And ~ tins II il running Oh. III W. accept and
sustain this iBqulty policy let be hen eiOTw1rd
wholly despO;c and much against the splrt and let
zer Of our own Constitution, OF the W ord OF hOd
AL our strength will be called INTO Tequston sgalLst
ourselves ~ subdue our preludces IN favor oi
Liberty and new network of GI VIII nave 70 be a.
ranged 10 hod the swelling emotions have been a.
customed to utter as fanatic III straight JACKET Oar
statutes must be Overhaucd and melted for the subns
sion OF State Rjsbs and judicial precedens and de-
csOns favorable TO Slavery must be prepared and en-
forced tina. there may be no rebellion, nor whisper OF
escontebt. The silent, unbrOken nnmurmurng reign
OF terror at the South will be stormy reign az the
North hut reign of terror stil the worse Tor the up
roar and r. distance OF conscience. The agencies OF
power in readiness and tie needed judges are a.
hand to apply all the instruue naitle5 III tneT keep
Ing With great tire HdVOcae ca Oi the Save
system look forward TO the established and unqaes-
toned cathOlcty of lts despohsln, determined that Il
shall no longer be the creature of municipal la" or 10,
ol State aycojgnty but of national ana International
righteousLess Not more confidently did Pnhp o. oPsl
load his vessels OF the Armada against Protestant E1-
GLAND with thumbscIews and boots or Inc Drt9res OF
me Inouisiiion TO be applied 10 freemcn And then
,ur ye1y literature will nave to DO mutllated ana re-
cas and intellectual eunuchs must be Get over MI our
bookshops and libraries, with an 'ndc] efPN8010T'"S
for their guide
wish that il were in my power, by any language, to
express the sacredness and solemny OF vote IN hs
crisis. II Il ere ever was rem lous respOn8Duy IL
human affairs it is the obligation u reslrt this inquiry
when the opportunity is gwen oi vote against Il.
There hos never been such an opportunity tl now but
now no other issue il pretended no other Il talked OIL
no other thought Of but the sanction aud support or
remuneration AID resistance OF TINS sn IL II ide 70
nretepd any other question depending than just this,
Shall Slavery be extended and natloDalized wish
mat could portray, with Lightning, the unneasured
wckedbees of that man who VIII let his individual
nroft or imagined profit determine his vote on the side
cf Injustice aud oppression, III a matter on which the
temporal and eternal condition OF millions IN future
generations may depend. The baseness OF any mer-
chant or capitalist is not to be athomed who, because
lie ramfcatons OF his Southern trade require that he
cast beng naJt regard upon the system OF slavery,
will therefore for its extension III the land. do
not believe that human nature ever sunk TO deeper
sebasenent than II has Ill those men who, under tho
hight OF Christianity will, for the sake Of an imagined
greater security of property establish or vote to eStao
Esh the curse Of Slavery where II has not gone 10
set this In the Yita OF new and 10 lDcucate
with this plague the heart OF u new society with
the full knowledge of all the evils 1t VIII entail,
generation after generation, ID climax OF Wckednss,
a sublimy Of crme such as no nation unueI heaven
before our ever had possibility of attaining.
Divine Providence he's never once committed such
possibility to morals and would not have done 1t now
except to nation educated, trained disciplined under
the light of the Gospel and therefore prepared TO repel
the evil and elect the good. And now for such ma
tion, having the power to determine the policy, the
social and civil institutions of another State and In the
words of God in Isaiah to raise up the foundations OF
many generations, deliberately after long dispute and
discusson to set the system OF Slavery at the heart OF
it. would be crime so gigantic, cruelty so ninite,
that eternity alone could reveal its enormity. II Is
transaction without parallel on the face OF the earth
Nations have made slaves have pracced Slavery; but
g. compel another batiUn, abhorrng It, into the en-
durance and establishment OF THU nlquty, pus COM
plcatioD and intensity OF magny into the transaction
beyond the power of the Imagination TO measure and OF
language to describe If you could take one immortal
beng end set within the circle Of his faculties, for
your profit, regardless of his fate spring and ma
Chnery of nccssant sin and misery, thai would be the
supt natural wiCkedness OF hend; but who can
adequately illustrate or characterize the enormty OF
setting sucb spring at the heart OF d whole nation
of placing there this productive cause OF al
miscries-hls fountain and creative agency OF cruelty
and crime
What more can say ? We canamost see the Great
l1Od fathers warning us tue last llulc-WC
can almost hear the voice OF incarnate divine compas
sion. Oh that thou hadst known, at least III this thy
d0y thy decisive visitation the things that belong to
thy peace but now they hid from thine eyes
How often would / have gathered thy children to-
gether hen doth gather her brood under her wings,
but ye would not Behold your house IL lett unto you
desoate We can almost the spirits OF our fathers
bending down from their bright abodes to see
what shall be decision in this hour OF solemn trial.
Oh that God would In mercy guide US Oh, that lie
would consrdn to do justly, to love mercy, and to
walk humbly with cur God!
But if wo will not, then there is conflict before w.
mch as the nations never knew. Every step OF the
Wsy we have got to grappe with Gods Word and
with CONF cience and we cannot overcome it. lie has
set it within us, and il is on Gods side and we had
better have ton thousand devils outside opposing ia,
than conscience within. And God viii still work; HIS
Word will break forth like volcano. You have even
now the conscience Of twenty millions under the hight
OF Gods Word, against the conscien;e OF 3OO,WVO
SHAREHOLDERS dragged by selfiutercst and sophisy.
The conscience OF the 2OOOO,OOO God viii continue
80 stir I'D. Ho will make HIS Word like O FIRE IN the
bones and fire in the heart and fire in the braia,
and the whole Pacific Ocean could not put II out,
ali the noun ains of profit and eXpediency keep down.
No small part of county thanks be To God, Is all
conscience on this subiect living conscience outraged
conscience conscience burdened, and sgOniLed AMI
CRYING up 10 God II you undertake 10 silence OF 10
sufoCate that conscience, you VIII have such conEn
sions such volcanoes the world never saw; and II
YOU undertake to put down the volcanoes, then you
will have earthquakes, and your institutions VII roll
aud Otter like raging sea, So when God takes Tnoie
cities by their towers and beats them against one
another. When God and bis justice are pledged
against nation in rebellion IN ihs one SIM You canloE
question who will conquer. God nas thrown down the
gauntlet against this wickcdntss, and az this late
period of the world the nation thai dareS 10 take !, up
will be bas ed with the fury OF Hls wrath, not less ter
Tby than His peeled scattered and eAternna'ed peo-
pie of old My friends make up Your mad as to your
vote this matter in the light Of Gods Word. Go
from that 10 tie baOt-b1x, and bear with YOU the re-