New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-24
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
THE CLOvEN FOOT DISPLAYED.

To he Editor Qf The " \. Tribune
SIR. Tie leading Buchanan journal in this eOnss
between Liberty and Slavery, The Richmond Ev
quirer tells us:
The south now maintains that Slavery ish naturirt
ec,sary and does not depend upon Gusi,s , y,
pL.xo> The law. ut te Slave STATES Justify tue h0Aasd
WHITE MEN in bondage
A leading Buchanan paper in South Carolns, %H:
Slavery the natural aud normal e0hdi'on Vi Ac A0ns
muusw heiher WHITE or black
Again The Enquirer asks:
Ave not the evil of free society insuherabe! Ana M
most thin King meH amoug you Vhe NOi'") P''F''o
The South Side Democrat, prominent Buchsrn
narer in Virginia. whose editor was the cand date q
the miscsued Democratic party for Clerk OF the Hos
of Representatives last Winter, says:
awe have sot hating everythns Win me pehI N" nm
free negroes down and up through the whole oAtslosuets
farms free labor, free society, n"e "n"oi "
hannains TO the same brood of damnable sms"
Knight instance hundreds more OF siI liar avowasd
the theory. Now for a premonitory symptom Of "
practical enforcement.
Pierre Soule, the Democratic ex-Mlnister TO Spar
and co-laborer with Messrs. Buchanan and Mason at
Ostend has lately returned to New-Oresns from a
Slavery propagating mission to Nicaragua AZ
heels follows the announcement in Walkers othcA
organ of decree revvng the laws OF Slavery which
were abolished there thry-two years ago, sescu-
panied by the folio wing semio official announcement:
and therefore the right 10 hold slaves acknowledged BY he
Government Nicaragua Ofeourse the acknowleatnen.
the right to hod slaves me oohsaoh
in the enjoyment OF their property" ,
Poor Walker. in dire need of emigration, "a promised
by Soue that he shall have it from the South, II b
will but make Nicaragua Slave State, prep1asoryo
her admission to our Unon-but not that alone II
addition to this he must make another decree whea
shall set the ball in motion Ia ensidre rhns men oos
newly.procaimed Southern theory. The plan hnss
NOUS ard there being at present strong pracuca0S
iections to kidnapping men in Ireland and Germany
the law is made to ensave them when they ges@
Nicaragua, and, in ignorance Of the law, contract
work:
Decree-Articlc Any contract made for labor fora rnd
months or years shall be binding the parties 10 IT, lsa
need Gv for this but only meant % Be- tbs sugar VA
ns OF the following somewhat unPslatsbe pill ..a~.
Art >. Aayp,yOn who shall make coSyaeiS esyg.
labor and shall TAIL fulfill the contract shall be '.asssesa
the Judge OF First Instance Project SubPrsc Aeneuus
JuG g. OF local Alcade, reed labor on the pubic
tenn OF less than more than sir months Oh 49,
party whom me labor Is due may AK for ne ~
Art Any aborer who shall 10 do wort nf
longer perd imam months. and shall tail to ihl ne 'oa
tract, may be sentenced by either Of the before
thorties forced iato' the public works 70, We ~
unep,ed eyree until the party % whom d" 'a0~ ="
nay ask for his release In
| No rtndLy far tie contracting enp'3yer VINO '"'.
fail to fulfill bis part of the contract; but
forctd LaJor during the contract term fhoua os "'
|
Is comment necessary This is now the IVY
| Nicaragua, Introduced, beyond doubt enuie!T
the fuence as the representative OF the 5iaVenoA-3
| interest of the South. Of Mr. Buchanan ineha w
powerful supporter, Pierre Soulc, who IN his rses-
visit to the Isihmus purchased so OOo estate, CO.,
nectop 10 doubt with his new plan of procuring VIE
men to work it on the forced labor principle.
With Buchanans election, and PrO-SayeV mr.
iority in our House Of Representatives, such Is b.
chansns election will secure, Nicaragua will be sdnf'
ted a. State of this Union with her forced sbf'
law Of white Slavery.
II this most significant fact can be made ksovnO
every eorkingman in the land, know tina, they"
not be so craven unworthy Of the distinction
freeren as in any way help forward the seeomph$
ment Of the atrOcous programme.
Norkrgmen, do you not the peculiar dangaN
Your interests than to the interes, Of any otA1
class in this great struggle for Liberty in Amerlcs-~'
scerg rsH goa not art!
True, you may think that this forced labor ss,"
can never be brought to bear upon you. But W y,
sureof that, avoid the danger of giving II ~O''"-
III this Republic. Why run the risk Of periO'.-s
white workingmen. as class, to be thus de radedD ~
slaves anywhere where you can prevent It oy !O..
not be done by the same interest and Influence III
rs and our other Territories As the Pro-SaSe'J -
terest secure the armed subjugation of the tree
Of Kansas, and have welded the whole POWER u -.
Federal Government TO sustain that'uoJnganOH' -
uphold the infamous edicts Of the suojugtors, cam
that same powerful interest, rendered uncoie'OAs
oyerl caring by success when they think The Dns
como also Introduce the law of forced labor saw
" Of the white workingmenl
Trust the slave Power with the Federal Govern
ment for four years more either under Buchanan"
Fillmore. and YOU will find that those who have ~''
tered the tongue and the pen in Kansas vii De s'D
boldened to do there and elsewhere, what =" aA'
has done at their bidding in Nicaragua.
Let the 4th of November answer whether the "o'N'
inemen of this Republic have the nisD'ssn'e ~ "a
oeye the impending Danger and ~ "'s' W.T.