New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-04
its poniAssr mex. year. Who shall effectively re-
sist tby appeal

fatal fat Are the man owners Of this Republic
luIsiics Have the dealers in human flesh and
blOod and alas in human hearts and souls, in hui
man hopes and ASPIRATIONS, determined to reject any
Northern asnce in the least vau,be for its ability
or ts rsspectsbllity' One BY one, as this he,dy
fight proceeds, the champions Of Slavery in the
Free States are repulsed by the rapacious and ex-
oibitsrt demands of the South. TIE apoogist of
"the institution finds himself left without an ex.
tebustoD; the loeiciAn discovers that all his pre-
misses are attacked or at least that al his conclu-
sons are distorted, by the mpulsive philosophers Of
Charleston; and the Scrp.ural commentator learns
that his saving clauses and guarded interpretations
are of small account in the exegesis Of Doctor of
Divinity who owns three hundred fellow. creatures.
All this Inconvenience is to be ascrbed to an absurd
attempt to reconcile fslsebood with fac; to the
tmidity with which excellent men have temporzed;
to the parslytic vice of trimming which has shat
tered the nerves frozen hearts sOfened the brains,
pa sled the tongues, bronzed the cheeks, and cap
tured the understandings of those who were not
bad but weak, who were all for peace without
just sense of the everlasting prophecies upon which
peace depends, who have forgotten the imperial
magnitude of truth, and have crooked the hinges Of
their knees to compromise.
The great sham. formula which came in with the
Fugitive Slave law is now steadily trodden under
the feet Of events Men of culture and of conscience
are driven from the support Of Slavery, aud, in
truth, are gOaded into saying very pregnant and even
peppery things about Slavery by the inevitabepjus.
tce with which their limitations are treated by the
sectiopslists of the South. These masters of ours
are ike the daughters of the eech, and are contin
ualy crying "Gve Give" Time and the hour,
it is raid wear out the longest day; the guttOny of
concession, the morbid appetite for dough which
shareholders exhibit, must in the end tire the pa
tience and prove fata! to the equanimity of every
one at the North whose creed is that " the safest
path is the middle path" When Mr. Justice Cur
It's 1evolts, and the Rev. Dr. Dewey shows signs of
inpatience, there is, strange as it may seem, hope
that the Rev. DR.. Lord may abandon his cast.irOu
stupidities. We do not despair of witnessing the
moment when the defense, dil ect or indirect, of
Slavery will be confined to the obiurgatory mouths
Of tide walters and ~ bar-roOns in which only
Democratic drinking is permitted.
sn Address at Sheffield to rebuke the repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise. He certainly did it very
carefully; and, if our recollection be correct, he
hardly said more, nor was what he dill say uttered
more strongly, than what has been advanced even
by public men of the South upon the same subject.
DR.. Dewey, so fpr IS AntSavery discussions were
concerned, has always been regarded as the most
nJ NJ of maj
element arose upon the passage Of the Fugitive Slave
Law, he apoloeized in his lectures before Lyceums
for that barbsrous enactment. We do not intend
here to question bis sincerity, nor even his wisdom
in doing so He may have been deceived, aud he
may have been frightened out of all philosophy and
out of all genuine philanthropy We do not pro-
pese to say whether in our opinion he was in the
right or in the wrong; but we do declare that
there bad been nothing in his course, nothing in his
doctrines, no hing in his public ministraHOns,
which should not have led the most bgOtted slave
holder to regard bis remonstrances with the utmost
respect. But the mapner in which DR.. De~ey's
ADDRESS received, afforded another and
uniquely. curious instance of the lunacy Of men who
are desperate in the defense Of bad cause. No
sooner wac the Doctors ora ion sent from the press
than q ready. writer in Charleston was commits.
stoned to assault him. The method of the attack
was extremely characteristic. The Doctor had
visited Charleston; be had partakeD Of Charleston
dinners; he had lectared to Charleston audiences;
and, By reason of the dinners ard of the lectures,
be should have considered himself forever debarred
from saying anything sbout-the repeal Of the Ms
T.G;po ~ for ta1 hat
man who has been at the South (~ithout being
yncbed) has no business 10 emit anything
ing Slavery, this ready writer has felt it to be his
duty to charge Dr. Dewey with most OF the crimes
recognized by the code of religion or by that OF po-
htt nes, controversy has ensued, which DR..
Dewey, on bia part. concludes 10 letter addressed
70 he editor Of The Erening Post.
1t is curious TO notice how in this communicat on
Dr. Dewey still endeavors 10 preserve the middle
grouI d, which has been the chosen stand point of
meD of his Glass; while the whole tone Of his episte
shows that he is laboriDg under violent suspicion
tbat Slavery after all, is not thing TO be tolerated.
The passages in which he denounces the system,
afford new and welcome specimens of his grave and
sonorous eloquence. His Charleston asssilant
hss at least succeeded in diminishing if not in de-
mol sbiDg DR.. Dewey's respect for the Fugitive
Slave Law. He says nothing now OF sending bis
relatives whether mother or brOther) back 10 |
Slavery. On the other hand he says: 81 would |
50 run away if l were a slave-you would-every |
.'nsn would." He csnpot understand how any |
one can pronounce Slavery "a right, just, beautiful
and admirable thing" To be sure, this is rather |