New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-06
TIE sLAyE-TRADF--rgEP PROPOSITION AN
OUTRAGE To pJBLIC SENTIMENT.
Frav Ia. c.crl,,tan s,as9std. Oe,. 2.

In IrcroeiLg 10 reopen the slave trade, are met
by the otjectco that outrage public sentiment, and
the f We have the abstract right il s not policy to
Press the adoption of such measure, but that it Is
best 10 creep with eathery foot through danger than to
brave i. We DO not think 50. We viii not stand
upon tie ground Of Slavery unless have the right to
stand there ard if have the right to stand there,
would stand openly and squarey upon ii, with the
world in arms agains, w. than we wouli creep
to corner and hold upon condition OF not rendering
our position visible. Nor viii longer take the line
Of palliative argument The sare may be cell treated,
and yct S1arcry may BE rrong Il may be our ,aher-
.toAoe, and .e may be irrong may be iaeradtca-
De- and got an eel our position may be impregnable,
yet still i may be the fastnoss of the outlaw; our
stronghold is It'll within the jurisdiction OF another
cial power it is lawful for them 10 strike but not
FOR u TO strike back sgain; they may starve or they
nav corrupt LIS, but must make no foray 10 ward
Of the danger Such position pe riA h0id no longer.
II nsy be agreeable to them to hedge us but We will
net submit TO it it may be pleasant to despise u.s. but
stand ard; we would level ell defenses; we would
III arch to the open plain; would state question in
which there is DO pallation and compromise; and,
to the most perfect vindlcation OF Slavery, we would
strike down the barriers to the slave trade
1t j. said that we are not ready for it. But wesre
ready for IT, We rant sidres he rery first cold-
toA Il Tedctioa IheyGre necessary T. eYudryin the
tHiOH, 10 property ana ddrdncemeht our 81 u, arr
10 fkf rery INTEGRITY and order Of society. 1t
is said the public mind Is not prepared for it, but for
IL at single there is necessity that the measure
should be agated. In ignorance OF the nature and
wants Of our institution have wandered vaguely 10
innumerable errors. We permitted the slave trade to
be abolished and threw the political and commercial
power of the country to the North In the effort to re-
cover position, we have ruptured the frame-worA
OF system IN order to keep pace In extent OF ter
ritory We have left poverty TO older States TO give
cultivation to the older States would call in pauper
labor ard It'll further try the integrity of the institu
ton and finding inferiority in material advancement
still the fortune Of the South We have been weak
enough TO suppose il necessary condition of our sys
tenn and TO charge the evil on our institution. IL IL
for the very that the public mind is not in
suced upon this grave subject that We would press to
Judgment the question OF the slave trade.
Ii is sad that we not in condition to act upon
IT. that never be adopted In the CnoD ADD that
the South il not ready to 60 out OF the Union for such
an object. But we are not prepared to say what viii
not be tie result Of intelligent perception of our ln-
terests in the question. When We shall speak TO the
Government as a people whose minds are made up,
and who will have the slave trade OF independence, We
are not prepared 10 say what may be the answer
There are border States that have interest in dominion
so long the South may submit 20 it but they have
been too UGH dependent the South to be estIanged
from u.s. and when the point is made il Is far from GER
tain that they will not go with us but, should this not
be 60 vet ii the South should to perception OF
her interest in the measure, il will be but little impede
mont in the way of its adoption that 1t cannot lie done
through the forms of the present Union.
Ii s said the proposition nteosifes the feeling OF the
word against u.s. but if it does so, we will not shrink
flon it. We cannot hold rights upon tue condition
Of keetuay propitiang the feeling. OF the world
nieht TO get pleased again. and perhaps as readily
We exhibit no conce,n about the matter. But we DO
not believe that will have any euch effect None are
Sc thoroughly condemned as those who plead guilty,
While is singular what respect we have for the men
or the community who assert right and exhibit the
ability to maintain it. Liberty in this country was
IL LII anA Naah tnatan
was a rebel until the English people found in his sue.
the resson for kneeing IN almost Eastern id0latry
at The shrine of his transcendant greatness, and so
will be with us. II IRE permit Stdrery to De ertsn,
point it the black spot the page ofhisory, and
will thank heaven that among Gil the other ills of life,
it not their lot to have participated Ill such enor
ity But let be triumphant, as viii be Triumphant,
unless We let it fall under the legislation of foreign
sentiment and it will be cherished loved and eulogzed
The men rho Aelped an the crisis Of ats ruin, riH De
placed upon tie lists Of patriots and Sages Oher so
cieties ,rrW form upon tie model, aud rail become
treason question Institution Thic roc IS psety
aud rirtue 10 eondema.
Already, in fact, We think the indications OF
better state Of things Sir stand has bsen taken
upen the night Of Slavery, there has been an irmeae
change "A public fee!inP at the South: They regard
the institution with greater fHor they look to it's
fortunes with confidence and hope and they daily
becoming ready to defend it and to stake their
fortunes IT, Nor il the change less perceptible at
the North. They have been thrown out of their old
they came around like treacherous counselors;
their argument conclusive that if wrong it ought
TO be put under restrictions, and side by side
with them on the main question, and only differed as
to the measure of restriction and encouragement that
was proper. But when we flung them of, when we
told them that the relation against which they sought
10 prejudice was right relation. when we rather
poused Slavery then kept il is prostitute, our att-
tLdes were changed II they condemned us we were
in condition TO condemn them. II they should strike
at U.s. we would strike them back again, aud though
alarmed at the unexpected movement, they have made
Iush at the helm of Government, and il is still unde
,ermined whether they will Lot secure political author
y 10 declare il still prostitution. Still they have
tten checked by men at home who start up 70 NEE;
them We have furnished in our attitude and arsu-
nens TO our friends at the North the motive and the
issue upon which 10 help Upon that issue which
tender they are not ready TO permit despotism.
The steps reaction here have caused reaction even
the agraran tendencies Of that region cen be
rested within this Union, will be by the more athletic
and controlling energies Of the Pro Slavery sentiment.
We are not prepared TO ascent to the proposition,
therefore that in urging one OF the simplest measures
in supp ri Of institution we eIacerbate the feeling
of the world against u.s. On the contrary, believe
We inspire feeling of respect-thst men will regard
Us tie more they believe are in earnest and that
il il BY such measure, which has shape of COM
prome that we can the best advance TO the perfect
Indication and establishment Of our institution.
THE SLAVE-TRADE-THE CONCLUSION.
Fros The ChGysstos StahGGrd, Oct g.
We come at length, to the conclusion of our views
upon the save-trade. We have shown, or We have