New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-31

O' e., ,ho common defense Of al, 'otn'u WV "
SsIest0''ssN ,o,0,o,ed--not exclusively Soo'oe'u'
oI,d,,, q large rumber Of Sonteer" u,IDi
A,,,,g m.de % Of Northerc poioo'a"'
- Dsncefais. And this was the uiS' Wv '.s n,
:. sou,h..rp policy sustained by the
mocrscy Of the North =. he concedin
Thc measure wa. fipsly carried, only oy oo"osa
,,o Sc,t q q, yerpmett e. The Sou" T,n;,.,
'u' with the bill for hxlog ''e "sp."
- ,smoyai from Pblsdeiph'a 10 the
new ate 60 be n ade in iSiV a,;0 ,.;or of M.
nv '"e " " .~,;cb arose on the sppl'cAu"n OF h s.
-, - he admitted IS 8 state "'S "i'o s'.-eu y
...;. I, was in Heed aroi'fSi! 'ue ,'", o''o"
,s,,l was Alto getber oa tae part VI Tue No''"'
o' P''"''P ..,oa. scruples on the one s'de-it was
""' ,.ol;,iea power on the other lay out
'' 80 80, n,yate speculation may nave oeen Ia
OF NeT "".' i,,ensen of the area Of Ssvery-jt may
..,uu,cd thst dveeted of all political bear
.,'f,.rt of the territory of this country would
% hsys been made subject to Slavery for the sake
NJ oecuDiary gam There 1 40 gain III 1t; the lands
mid have realized vastly more by the approaching
effect Of free immigration.
But this concession was for the sake of peace aod
was hoped that the country was neverto De
by the reagite,ion of the question. The hans4s-Ne
bTssks bill Of 1854 has disSpated that iusorS nope
Again the country sgitated and again tue question
tecurs whether peace is to he sought by another con-
pronise. Northern Democrats nos hGd that tue true
Democi prucple interference By the Fedora
Coyefuueot and liberty ~ each Territory and Stat
10 &c mis or exclude Slavery. Had they avowed tha
pr cp-ein 1921 the question would then have been
fnalJ settled no concession would have been msde;
Slavery would have been excluded then and forever
f.tm sll Territory where it did not already exist
II is true The dissolution OF the Federal Union
thresteDed and although there good deal of gas.
ccnade in the talk Of politicians who find they work
npon the f,srs of sober miLded pesceoviOg citizens
vet am rct dspO ed to lightly the dsugsr tha,
7asooss acts may follow such reckless language. Not
once brit many times since has tue same defiance been
uttered COL Benton is of opinion that ia 1910 there
was imminent danger of the secession of the Southern
members when Joon Quincy Adams and otners as
serted the right of petition if it involved the
prescribed subject of Slavery.
| will 20 further, and avoS my conviction that 1t
ever political phrenzy should go far msead the cltl-
of s,y State to induce secession aud the trait
attempt 0hould be successful, it would probably
pot be one State aote that would prove recreant,
but Il at the whole brotherhood OF States would be
rent asunder one after another in quick succession,
for causes which in our present copact uuity would
seem mere tnies, and the Republic become dIsin-
tegrated into fragments never TO cohsre again.
Such bsipg my views, shall at least not incur the
suipioiOn of rashly despsDg any danger with which
we may be threatened And yet, with thus guaranty
of deberstion of mind, do not tesia5e to express
my conviction that it is in public affairs as in private
there oug to be forecast when coIciaon should
end and resistance begin. 1t is the part of brave
man and good citizen to take firm stand against the
invasion Of absolute right. Count the cost, indeed of
resistance, yet resist manfuly when the rights OF man
hood at stake.
Our fathers of the Revolution might have had peace
by yielding TO the pretensiops Of the English p4rla-
rnent them; but they foresaw that tue imposi
ton was tu6ng in amount, yet il unla.ul power was
once submitted to, acts tyranny would multiply and
resistance become inevitable when success wonld BE-
less certain.
The Parliament of 1923, which enacted the Petition
of Rahs, could have avoided dangerous conflict by
submitting to the arrest of its members upon the knss
warrant without cause Sd Iwn-tO the collection o.
tunrsge and pOundsge without act of Parliament, aud
to forced loans and other proceedings of the false
heted tyrsnt who thought to appease the ndgnation
Of that body by .anoe, upon the word Of II
king" that he would hold any arrest without
good cause, in his opinion, for the same, enact
forced loans unless there great necessity for il.
The noble-minded men OF that Parliament--old
Coke az d Pym, and Elliott and o'herS-knew well the
of resistance TO arbitrary power They
.epf as in broken almost inarculate sentences they
urged unwaveing persistence III the of the
liberties Of the country.
In the present conflict of parties in hs country, it
csnnot be doubted by any Intelligent man that there
been awess violence and that it is upheld by the
Southern party And thp is said to be National
party, because there are sham Democrats who
attend Conventions under the petense of representing
a constituency which it will soon be found does not
exit.
What constitutes q sectional party, If to pursue
cesselessly merely sectional interest does not 1t
matters little what supporters msy be tound Tor one
sided Administration. The alternative is acon'nuance
Of present msrule and the permanent domination oil
the slsveholding Power, change of administration
BY the numeric,l superiority which we have at the
North. 1t nc. sectional although the whole North
should Be Of one accord II is but just resistance
10 sectional spiI which threatens to approprate al
the functions of the Fedora Government to purposes
fatal TO the prosperity o the country
Suppose that in this strife, then, we should be sue
cessu end that Mr. Fremont should be elected Presi-
de1t We are told that the South would not submit
10 d President so elected If this be true exposition
Of the spt Of the South, then shall we seek yanly
for Any auicable settlement of the feud between US,
shoit Of utter subserveDce on our part IL Is the dc
tate Of sobIety and wisdom TO yield nothg to an ar
rogaDce hike this. But augur better OF the South
ttsn might be led TO suppose from Mr.. t1llmoreS
exposition. Ii should be mistaken, and any State or
States shOud refuse submission to President rlght'
fully elected il would be case ich would call for