Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-01-21


at all. 1t is not even a question of the alb
stract rights of man, or a question whether
slavery shall exist or not 1t is, on the con-
trary, a question whether the liberty of the
mass of Americans shall hereafter be of any
practical value to them, or shall be over
Swallowed and nullifed like that of the poor
whites at tho South, by the slavery Of Afri-
cans or others"
In the New York Tribune of Friday last we
find "leader" (from which we mako the
above e1tracb showing very conclusively, to
our mind, that its conductors arc beginning to
realize that a majority of the people of the
North are not to be coaxed or infamed into
sanotioning an almost immediate disruption of
the Government of the United States, in the
work Of forcing the organization of Congress
so as to carry out the views Of those who are
bent on having the Government administered
on their theory of the political and social
equality of the races, their amalgsmation, &c.
After preaching, with great eloquence and
adroitness, such doctrines for ten years, until
its fame has become entirely absorbed in its
abolition afinities, the Tribune suddenly
wheels about, and protests that its abolition
labors are not for the benefit of the Oppressed
man and brother" over whose grievances 1t
has been so long moaning; but for the benefit
Of the white race of the so much purer, freer,
happier, and more prosperous North. 1t aims
to prevent the labOring white man of the
North from sinking in Kansas to the condition
of the "'poor whites Of the South
Now it strikes us that if the public are in
debted to the pen Of Mr. Greeley im propyra
persona for this poor whites idea, he sadly
needs more faithful pair of spectacles than
those which are daily seen elevated half an inch
above the screen, separating sleepy hollow
(the intensely Abolition quarter in the House,
from the lobby behind the Speakers chair
He may be seen any morning traversing w ash
ingtOn in all directions, for exercise, and If he
is capable-in the intensity Of his prejudices
of compromising any truth bearing on the
issue between the two sections, he must re-
alize that, In proportion to population and
aggregate wealth, where there is one sufferer
from poverty here, in our slavehOlding midst,
there are ten in his non slaveholdng city of
New York. He must also know that there is
far more Of independencs of personal charac-
ter among our fellow citizens who are en-
ployed by others in all the various channels
of business life, than exists as a general thing
in any city in any non -slaveholding State.
His theory is that the existence of slavery in
community degrades free labor therein.
Now, throughout the slaveholding States no
others are more emphatic enemies of aboli
tiOnists and abolitiOnism than our working
men, in all callngs Far more free to do and
say as they please, than those who live by the
employment Of the capital of others at the
North, not an abolitionist is to be found among
them. If they are degraded, as Mr. Greeley
represents, why is it that they do not show
something like restiveness under their condi-
tom Why do they, the freest, most indie
pendent and self-willed laborers on the face
of the globe, who have been living since the
formation of the Government in this alleged
degraded condition, hato and despise aboli-
tionism with unanimity and heartiness, such
as was never before exhibited on any other
subject by any other people in our country
Here are "nuts" for Mr.. Greeley, and those at
the North who he is misleading, "to crack -
They will find them tough ones, indeed
Governor Wise.-Below our readers will
find a special message sent in to the Virginia
Legislature by Governor Wise, On Thursday
last, transmitting to that body, in compliance
with the request of the Vermont Legislature,
so much of the message Of the Governor of the
latter State, as relates to Kansas. The docu-
ment transmitted is a highly offensive aboli-
ton misrepresentation Of the Kansas question,
insulting and irritating to the people and
authorities of the slave-holding States, who it
abuses, misreprescnts and maIigns, without
stint and without justification. We need
hardly remark that Governor Wise discharges
his duty in the premises, calmly and dispas
slonately, and with the dignity becoming the
chief magistrate Of the ancient commonwealth
Of Virginia.
We publish this message by way of proving
to the Stars readers the fact, that almost
daily something is occurring tending TO weaken
the bonds of amity and brotherly concord be-
tween the people Of the two great and now
rival sections of the Confederacy, who, at
this moment, have come to hate each other
with heartiness hardly less than that which
characterizes the bitterness of the mutual re-
pugnsnce existing between the people of
France and England, for centuries, up to but
very short time before the present Eastern
war commenced. No one can read this mes
sage without comprehending that the state of
feeling between our North and South is al
ready that of settled hostility, making us at
heart almost distinct peoples, and initiating
with tremendous power against the probability
oil satisfactory settlement of the sectional
Issues involved in the Kansas question We
see the same state of things in the existing con.
dition of the House of Representative. of the
United States. Indeod, turn which way we
may, fierce, bitter, and unyielding sectional
hostility iseverywhere filing the popularmind.
How long this state Of things can continue,
and to what extreme it can 90 without pro-