New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-25

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the FEDERAL Government: does !. pr1p 10 20 s5oisb. /.
ssy- no:t og acsst slavery 10 he Distric: of Cou
ois' Dofhins sgsLs he vice ssse .rads which Is
carried on under the lsss Of Congress; nOhrg 81 ing:
The iers'aie slave trade. II lets the thrice Infamous
Fugitive Slave Act have lie couse Wna, party FOR
Al Aboliiionist TO iin And ehst pxrsy foi him 20
r'Dain IN Is that which Jei's him with lnmoas lred
SON Nov that the Republicans have %. the votes
Of the Ab0l ions's thy can express tt.r contam3.
and loaibipg Of them With entire hnpuDity. roald
seem 10 he leading ooec. with the Rp1bic &c orao
III Cor gres 20 commend themselves and Their party ID
SHAREHOLDERS by showing how much itcy ds'pi-e and
shrink from the Al li'ioniss, seoa'or rnnbGl spoke
but a. ot0er Republic members of Congress spe.k,
WI 81 be said the pre- on, No. only ht Pre-.
don't bu. S.nsttrs here may abcse the boil iou.ts
"roundy they please and they will neye- H. me
defender Of them ON aDy ocaasiol II i, il tue
thai people have been kaovn 70 be kicked into
self respect then il there hope that even the Addition
lis may attain 70 this virtuf for there Certainly
was people moe extensively fav )red with econ
| TO The humilIaing process.
So far from lie beng au Abolition party, tie RepIb
licsn patty is in one very imp lraa. view 1)ns mich
moe tran auy o'her TO fGstea Slavrg on The III pa
Not that II 20 ptends but bee being IN sJme de-
gree an Amt Slavery par y IT'S ossoas in behalf OF
Slavery have ihous 70 more force than tn greater
ctncesoDs Of the Pro Slavery par will detiin
you with but single Illustration OF hese concessions.
Republican PLATFORM add esses resout ms orators,
al seem to have taken the memory Of Z" the + thers
into their especial keeping All of them abound 10
vDcicaticps Of tie Fathers" But hcm such vini-
c6tions good Lord deliver them.
l honor and love the Revolutionary fathers; the
guiding aid controlling spirits In those mosi important
twenty years from 100 TO 1890. Compare then with
tie great ard good men of any age or any couotry,
ard they will not suffer IL the comparison. Hence
filled with giief and Indignation at the wrong which
il done them by these Republican versions of their
decds and purposcs tsese Republican f4.ifciti,n of
heir hittcry. How uLmerited ard cruel reproach
upon their memory Is the admission that they LEFT to
Slavery place among the social aud political nstu
tions of The county and that they recognizei the
tight Of ibe Satcs to continue il at their pleasure
II is true that Republic insm tells US that the
Fabers" did not leave avery {, be iOnal In u
hor. Why however, should it tell 80 as lopg it
admits that they left the whole nation to be hanting
sroOnd r savehe ders and that they required II not
the General Government, nevertheless the safe GOV
ents to promote the recapue OF fugitive slaves
But what care We 70 have Repubcanism dcny that
the Fathers left Slavery to be Rati0nal lns tuition,
long it admits ta' they left 1t to be sectional
TO the end Of time, if any State or section OF
the nation shosld desire il Most wicketly does Re-
Iublcansm wrong the Fathers" III holding them re-
spoI sible for either national or sectional Slavery Tney
lett Slavery 10 he neither national nor Il sectional
Institution They LETT it to be no institution at
all. They left the piracy and outlaw 10 perish.
| say that they heit It to be NJ Institution a.
all. They hsd not earned it has since been learned
II th'JB God that ! lever learned III, TO disay TIE
mochl 80 piracy ana tie naked outlaw with The lane
of m il stituiion.
Where is the least evidenc. that " the F4ttsts" al
lowed the estall hmth lat of sectional any IN re than the
estsblisln emf Of national Slavery J. il il tie C'n
si'uton SGNly DO lawyer hos the oronteryto claim
that this paper when sub eced TO the legal nterpre
tatiOn TO which sber law papers g, saJs one word
for either national sectional avery contain, oven
The slightest allu-ion to any Slavery. Every lawyer
knows that law Is TO be interp ced IN favor OF any
form of Injustice unle It's terms expressly clei'y
uDavodab in favor of it. How iIiinitey nbsuod
then 10 say that law for the supeilavc io Isce OF
Slavery is to be found IN paper, which - nowhere
polluted with the word Slavery which nowhere defues
tie {, III ibirg d Which lose who drew rup deter
mined b. forobaud should where recognize IL re
over the Cor stituon is full of pOwers TO abolish Sliv
cry. What right To- life the demon have in the
face of he words :" No person sail BE- dcpdyed Of
life Liberty properly, without due process OF law
kpoe it i aid that these words ret,ic the Federal
Government OILY. Bot both the letter a0d the history
of the Constitution require them 10 be applied as well
to state Government 10 the Federal. Both forbid
TIE Legislature of Verm' mt, equally with tue Congress
,f the Unite Sstes to authorize black halrei men to
n b or MURDER CT which is worse. 10 cns!ave white
bali ed men How deep the delusion in regard to Safe
soseieignty If rccoect 1t lie tbs accom- pshed tdi'
tor of The National Era, who would rather slavery
should continue than thai it should BIO overthroTn IN
wty dspayagng 10 STAT s0vtTeigDY Aud, II recoi-
sct it il 5. paor Wilson VIII would rather lose his
life Than have the darling s;ranged III any such wars.
But these worthy gentlemen should bear In MOD tni'
not ony does natural Justice set bouncs % sac Sow
eIeienty but thai it s 80 overapped oy tue C"hsttu-
ton az 10 remain little wor'by OF so denihcd name.
Pretty svveiesnty il that which may not com Elk
| puce nor " enter tito an Ggre3medf Win auo'ne.
State And what nonsense t, say that sich varied
thpg is competent 10 the higher than Heaven post
by of turi ing men into cha'tes! On "hea WIZ even
| our W re men b. gin TO get rid of Their non-eose'
seid hat tic Constitution Is full OF powers 10 ao)i-
| i.h slavery The writ of uabeas Cops Is one OF
| thcn-tbat wit which Blackstone clhs the mos.
celebrated writ OF gland, aud the Chief itwark OF
the Constitution; aud which one OF hs editos say
| " MAKE, Slavery impossible in England. AUD what
rielt has S,aNeiy 10 live undar the Constitutions pro-
hbcn of every BIZ of Atairder! For su.eIy there u
no otler go phac asinder a. Slavery. The 'Wef
OF Copgrtes to make citizens OF VII III y VIII auo'IS
Con st,tutonal poser 10 overthrow Slavery . AGO
tic rover of Coz GEES to suppress Tie ts
slave rade To deny 'hat it has this ser to cut the
yory iuguar of Slavery 10 deny that thad the po yer
to abolish the African slave trade Again, Inc C0ns'i'
futon clothes Congress with powera utterly tc)mpAt'
lille with Sl.ve,y in, sInuch Slavery does AREA
serou.y hinder The exercise of these powers ani mgdt
| fatally obstIuct il. -.
dpcc that ''the Fathers allowed tue esta' snmc1t OF
a,y Slavery We have tist i Il not - be i)una
| 10 he CoDsti ui,p. Where t1en ish J. ~ We arc
told, in the hiSfory OF tie Coz ttGi4n. ID Il u l, VIC
Cop,titufion and not Ia his oy Waicd IA )ud SoVerd
MOI II history of law ba the Law 1t ell, IL The law
| II il sLsme tibet educated Uel, ald esen laFye;s,
should keep telling Us to look int) tho history o IA;
Cor sttutiCn 10 leah tie gill OF The pc p "no aloed
il and TO ascertain the lsgil nights OF S'a'ory For
! lie IKE OF tie argument, however em wlloy ID
have the order of thf - reversed AMI 10 nav INC MS
tor, Of the Cops'ir ion take prec deace o hs Cons-
| tuition itself Come then. -puDIcan, Deui,cfa'
Naive American 10 the history 0f the Constitution
and ifyour cause iwhh far "a the Coo.titut'a IS
cr1oorned is nohpg else than 6ucdle Of ian mes aed
f,e oodf dcosnot fafe IS badly thefe a. " ooes "hh
" mr.. cIcts of the COatE:Jl then Is thoe 10 iO1c
in ld.ic ,rd no trath il tiuh Come thsn repeat,
70 TIC History Of tie Constliut on. HAST tSol ap-
"ptal,d unto Cgsar Un;o CrsIt shat thou CO.
Host thou appealed from The letter Of ths Constitution
INTO lie history Uno s history shalt then %. II -.
lLou found Il ct I" the letter kileth Slavery Thou
| slalt 81 that lie history also hilleth 1t.
| LIS claimed 10y tdoSe who argue the Pfo-Slave-y
y .te CabtitDijcu from lie history fNat tue