New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-01

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columns 10 reek Ike the shsubles. Yet we should
q: the seine time be sse to our duty, did We fail to
suggest that peace Is only 20 be perpesussed bg the
wisdom Of rulers and that its con.inusnce can only
be secured by fidelity to justice. While Par. Con
ferences ere going On-Thile there h no end ofc'n'
| troyessy about Btsssrabis while morning news
papers are frothing Of the intentions Of Emperor
sad Of Gar of Louis the Lite, of Saldnia aad Of
Austria, il may be considered certain that Europe
reposins upon , volcano, and that nothing can
save il from pursssion of FIRE and Of blood. sa7e
| remission OF the absoutst theories which are
now crushing it, Pile treaty, If you viii, 1pon
treaty; plot and psa 81 pleasure; bargain and
sgree, and bargain and agree again. You viii find
In the end that the human race will not suffer il
ief 10 be made fore7er the plaything of kings.
| Everywhere there are signs Of change Louis
Napoleon still occupies throne won and kept BY
means unworthy Of a hehwayman; but who
does not see, in the financial troubles which begin
TO environ him, the end of career stained BY 90
many vices and so full of treachery and falsehooi'
Already the storm is whispering 10 Italy. Large
thoughted Germany viii not be slow IN responding.
AZ We remember history. revolutions seem 70 be
prectiiated; and we forget tina. il is only By slow
degrees that they reach eliminating point. Men
foresaw the French Resolution for more than 8
quarter Of a century; snd he must be blind indeed
Who Ar De IN the present condition Of Europe no
pOr ent Of chspge snt Of a change benencasl 70 So
ciety.
To-day we especially remember how human az
f,ir liz hnU
come to conclusion and may De considered fu-
ished Ard we feel this TO be particularly true in
regard 70 the great controversy which has sgtated
and ia It'll agitatiog the United States Of America,
and which has been so important as 10 attract the
attention and excite the sympsthies of the world.
Upon that memorable Twentieth Of Nay, when
Mr. Charles Sumner pronounced his most msgnif-
cent Grafton on Kansss, and the nation vas
reused by the finest parliamentary denuncistions
since those of Burke, the distinguished Senator
remarked in conclusion that the controversy
would "sOOn be transferred from Congress to a
broader stage"-"tO the people, then upon the
"eve Of exercising the elective franchise We
hare appealed against nameless crimes and un-
speabsb'e injustice 10 :" the mnltitudlnOus might
Of the ballot box and the response has not been
such as to crafty the benevolent and hopeful heart
With strsnge faulty, the people of this country.
protesting to be governed by LIBERAL principles and,
in fact, devoted to a theoretical democracy. have
endured IN absolutism which might have originated
in the brain of Mr.. Pitt and have been carried into
practice by a Sidmouth or Castlereagh. No Ad-
mirstraiOn over departed so widely from the prin-
cipes Of the American Constitution as that of
Franklin Pierce. He mas been the great Republl-
can Bonba We have mad during the year which
is now closed an espionage aud military despot-
ism which would have been considered the hight OF
policy by MesterBich and the gressest wrong by our
oWn jefferson. 1t seems incredible that the Dem
ccratc parry should swing 80 far from ito prnci-
pes, or party which lad ia origin in desire 10
protect freedom IT Thought should finally sink into
the support of the wOrs, tyranny.
But, AFTER all, there Is cause for cbeerfulne.s in
review of the year We have failed, it IL true; but
We ! ave failed under circumstances which the re-
ht ctive cannot but regard the happies. auspices
If we have been beaten, We have sii,l maintained
the battle CALAMITY. We have, more enphaucily
than ever before avowed our intention, N spite OF
quetsfs and Of a'armists, Of false conservatives
ard of timii toad eaters Of discussing the question
of Slavery. Great States have spoken for Free
dom Large masses Of earnest men have uttered
their protest against Slavery. We still uphold the
standard Of right in the face of so opposition which
contains in Itself the elements of its own over
throw. As We write, men hope much for Kansas
from the new Administration. Certainly, We shall
be glad to find it forced into path less tortuous,
and into cOicy less bcsotied. than those which
we have been compelled to witness. But upon
this occasion we desire 70 record our settled con-
yciion that the Slavery question is not to be ad'
justed by tsmporiziug, and that no course which
does not look to the ultimate extinction Of the
faest and fOOlisbest institution Of modern society,
can be considered the right ons God forbid that
we should print single syllable calculated to pro-
woke yol, nee, or necessarily to endanger the per-
pe,uty of the Federal Government But how can
we be blind to the evils which threaten u.s. How
can we cry peace when there is no peace How
could we answer il to Heaven aud our own con-
science if we were TO disregard the plainest die.
tates Of the simplest political philosophy, the
mesgerest sxoms of the vulgarest political econ
omy, if We were to talk of thing as sound which
we know to be rotten of thing as just which we
know to be the least defensible of wrongs,
of cheat, shame and delusion, as
of something TO be nursed, cared for
tendery, and perpetuAtedi We will not thus 'tul-
tify ourselves. And certainly the character OF the
opposition, which dur the last year we have en-
countersd, has not tended to preserve 10 US any
delicate equanimity. The last has been year OF
unusual yC'ence in Iblic at irs. The supporters