New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-28

The "shibboleth" Of " Abolltsonlsm hangs o'e
item like frigbtful spectre. AS 10 tns tunes -
witchcraft. he who first succeeds In charging MS
neiohbor it'll il il sure 10 get the advantage Oh nun
II l. no limited CHARGE; no welldehned enormiIy
Those who use il and tbose who fear seem W "
alike ignorant of all il means. Shoud nau uar "
say that Slavery extension Is wrong OF inipoh.i.
it lie AbOlitonism." shouiu ne conuehn IN u,ar.
iswIess iprosds ON Kausas or the violence and mur-
der which are their fruits, be 10 lat bottom al
Abol;tionistr Should be venture to express au
oniron that the political well-being OF the country
!! NOT ssfe in the hands Of these INSCRIPTIONS null
lifers then he 10 a" dangerous Abolltlonist anu
:. roust be spotted" The would-be politician VINO
thinks be has talent and has little leayen OF lurk
ing ambition for some official station dreaGs tne
clarpe worse than be would the foulest felony
The merchant sensitive for his profits and bis Gus
tomers if be has one spark Of true Republican
nolicv in his heart, concesls it as he would de'
foruity and. If he has enough OF the deInaeogue'
Joins in the cry against others that ne may haPv
escare suspicion himself. The man OF properly
vbose instincts might lead him to condemn suen
policy and such lswlessness, remembers 'nas Ine
bsn6 ~ the political incendiary is sleepless and ac
~ and he also knows that there is no law IN
Western Missouri to punish such incendiarlsni'
A. The clese of every outrage which has been
oour,;,ted ON the settlers OF Kansas by the
Rorder Rufisns, hopeful people nave SAID, wen,
!, l. .be last-tLe Territory will soon be qulet.
Strange delusion! that expects quiet when the
causes Of disturbance are more powerful and ac-
t;re than ever and when no steps have been taken
bv Government to prevent it. The secret FRO
slavery organization is more powerful to-day thau
II has ever been heretofore and it has more money
a. lis disnosal Kansas will not be rehnqulshed
witlout the most desperate struggle II is not
Kansas alone they are fighting fort is Missouri.
Their ultimate snd grand object is dissolution OF
tbe Tpion. and with Kansas as Free State, MIS-
souri would be lost to the contemplated Southern
Conf,deTacy | make DO rash assertion, and give
ntterapce 10 no Oyer-feariul doubts | have
watched and listened to this faction carefully and
have. had too good chance to see its workings TO
be mistaken. ] assert and time will prove the
truth Of nv assertion, that one great cause OF the
protraced struggle for Slavery in Kansas is the con-
teupated dissolution Of the Union by this Nullify
ing party. do not say that the people of the
Slave states thus act and feel. / am happy in be-
lieyiDg that majority of the people OF these
States would reprobste and condemn the Border
Rufian policy in all its phases; but know it is in
Missouri and | fear III other OF these States,
ptiful fact, that they have allowed these men to
gain the ascendant and to speak and act as their
expOneuts; and they may learn the indoent and
COW ardly crninality of their own conduct in thus
Welding, at time when it is too late to avert its
fatal consequences.