New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-19

with destruction in the hsme of anarchy and civil var
History has handed down 10 eternal infamy the names
Of men celebrated for deeds Of folly or Of crime; but
the scenes in process Of enactment shall eventuste
in atricdal boodshed the plains Of Kansas there
will be no more lofty or enduring pilory no name
more execrated 10 ali coming time than his who with
every conceivable motive for fidelity TO the peace and
prosperity Of the country yet chose to hazard BOTH IN
clutching after continued prerogstve and power.
1t 10 not our purpose to analyze the various and
contradictory ressons by which Northern men have
sion upon the rights Of the Free States. There s bat
one true reason that be given and that reason Is
in direct hostility to the settled convictions of vast
majority Of the Democrats Of New-York, a. reiterated
through their conventions during the last ten year,
Its SOLE ito selferident purpose, the E1fension of
Sidrery. That institution had been excluded from
Kansas and Nebraska by law enacted under crcum-
stances which gave It the character of solemn COM
pact. BY 1t Kansas was free, and must ever remain
go. No further legislation necessary It required
10 interference" the part Of Congress to accom-
plish this result. Free by the action Of previous
generation-free by the scquiescepce Of all parties
which secured that blessing to Ohio, Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. Under similar law
these States had all been organized without excite.
men without violence without any alleged breach of
constitutional rights and with the entire concurrence
of Southern representatives
Nor Is it necessary that we should trace through
successive years the declarations placed upon record
by the Democracy of New-York, as to the place occu
pied by them in the controversy between Slavery and
Ere edom. The sentiment Of opposition to the exten-
sion of Slavery is too wide spread and universal TO be
any, want of coincidence between the sections into
which the Democratic party has been divided. Ii
they have differed, it has been to the time when
propriety Of the principle itself On the side of the
radical democracy the whole current of party decla
ratOns is in direction Even the last nominating
State Convention, held in September last, adopted
this authoritative exposition Of the sentiment Of its
constituents:
Resolvsd That while the Democracy of this State viii
1h:s 20 I'll the Is % the ss
the extension Of Slavery into Free territory"
No man can with truth assert that this resolution
fails to accord with the feeling entertained by the
Democratic masses; nor will any person at oil CONVEX
SAINT with the popular sentiment the causes opera
ting thereon venture the allegation that in the lapse
of three short months from the adoption Of the above
resolution entire change has come over the mind OF
the Democracy ofths State, turning them from ardent
opponents of Slavery extension into luescent abetos
OF ito diffusion; and, above all, approving IN their
name Of the monstrous fraud and wrong which re.
peaed the restriction against the entry of Slavery into
all that territory lying north of the Missouri ComPro-
mise line. Yet such Is the aspect presented by the
Convention held at Syracuse on the 10Th Of January
National Convention at Cncinnati); proceedings so
extraordinary in their character and position as in our
silent acquiescence to allow themselves to be dragged
from the high position they have heretofore occupied,
or BY an act Of distinct reputation, to relieve them
selves and the party OF their choice from the quit ana
ppominy which must attach TO all who lend sanction
to doctrines erroneous in theory and revolving IN prac-
lice.
sembed in this State protesting to speak tor the Dem
that which assembled at Syracuse on the 10Th OF jan
uary 1885, The fact is manifest not only in the tone
and Of the ss s''
was to an unparalleled extent body without con-
stituents; in part selconstituted in part appointed by
"men in buckram"; some representing localities 10
winch thew were not attached and Others "magnanl.
mousIy withdrawing" delegates from cities only to
appear as the representatives of some rural DISTRICT
while through the whole ran chain Of official reallza-
ton and expectancy one end OF which was nela az
the Post Office Department present ct the scene OF
action. Nor can it be disputed that the Convention
ACCOMPLISHED so far its action furnishes criterion,
the purpose for which it assembled. With setap-
nrecation which the public will not be apt TO mistake
Tor modesty, it selected from its own members more
than one third of the entire delegation to Cincinnati,
in the apparent sna t Sao
sentimept of the State must prove most 10
those who were expecting to profit by the derehcuSn
But we emphatcaly deny that the Convention SPOKE
in respect to the approval Of the Kansas, Nebraska
hin and it's concomtant measures or In regard 10 tne
"enuncation of sound opinion and the example OF
I" good government and wise measures, Dy fresi1eht
Pierce We DENY emphatcay that the Kansas-Ne-
brask bill "accOrds with the sentiments OF the De-
mOcracy of this State and with the course
"of legislation by Congress-, or that THIS dlsPost0n
@to the peace of the Union and the cause of good
"eoyernment" We deny emphatcaly " thatthe De.
"mocracy of the State Of New-YOrk deemed this at
occasion to tender TO their feow-czenso OF the wnoe
"Upion their heartfelt congratulations on the triumph,
sin the recent elections in several OF the Sornern
"Eastern and Western as well as Southern States OF
the principles of the Kausas-Nebraska bin, i9r
the reason that no such triumph was ever attained
and the Democracy of New FORK, when truly represent
ed never utter unruth palpabie upon the UNJUST
inc face of the declaration. But 1t is OF the proceed
mos of the Convention in relation to the subject
of Slavery, and of the general tenor OF It's ac.Gu,
tha we nropose to speak, In so doing it shall be with
capdor. and with no personal disrespect toward its
members in Of whom wS bssg our urds and
pleasure to act politically. Whatever, therefore must
h. onr sentiments toward them as individuals, since
thew have assumed to speak for the Democracy OF
New. York of which we form constituent portion, we
shal exercise the privilege of heemen In canvassinS
their declarations and in saying how far we WILL and
how far we will not, be bound by their promulgated
doctrines aud acts. - IL. A., o,
timents and recorded action of the Democracy OF New
York can rise from perusal of the proceedings OF the
last State Convention, without a conviction that Its
doctrines are widely and rreconcilably at variance
with those heretofore promulgated by that party:
Had the Address issued by that Convention devoted
its attention TO an calculation Of this discrepancy
had il enlightened the community as to the time the
manner. and the causes, which had operated on the
Democratic sentiment to produce the incongruty 30
palpably obyious-had it shown that the renewal OF
the Slavery agitation was justly chargeaDe 10 the De-
mocracy Of New York-had it proved that the repeai
of the Missouri Compromise was benefcent meas.
ure. designed for the advancement of Freedom-had
IL exempfed the dangerous tendency&of agitation In
favor Of Freedom, and the nOcuous character OF