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

,.;., ~ Ia ,.0,o 10 treA.onabte; much move any
alteration in the laws Of one S,ate VIM ves 70 49,
,hs Of another or 10 impede the enforcement OF
that lsw The Missouri Compromise, and any sslts1on
" eItradition Of fugitive slaves, are thus uDsn-
nj, d.poeed Of In snsas, nnforus cry mace me
hs.fl 6.id Of this disIOyal agitation there n'gst Nf
ncht he p esident knew be irregularities in the oec
ion; there were certainly overt sots With view 20
alter III. Federslhw. 20 ssys Mr.. Pierce WIN ne
former he bsd nOthing 70 do. They were the an1r ~
The STATE ittelE The latter Il was ME outy 70 feg'.
!, l1bsN Of the UDion s. be did. The rerut OF the
Fre side pii. election the vercict Of The whole pop
uaiion in favor Of bis policy and his view OF
tionsl law. Hence!orib, then all Is p'Sn Sang.
There ought 10 be no dispute Sing then, Srncut eH
the sopg CT unbouuoed property from sea 10 sea ron
earth 10 heaven with evsrgTOwlDg everorlghtenhg
future; embracing new Stats, dD1ospg new IaS VI
pace and humanity, teaching even toe iaegau mo
rsty Ct the Old World, yupersediDg lie camps snd
sru.s lie feet, ard It's crusers Never rss 60 much
eaLvass spresd, bright sea wan 80 i,r "ihd'
10 10 delightful haven. But, Mr.. Pierce. fros-
perity Pierce they would call you IN TINS fasu nous,
slaIderous Old-WOrld country OF 0ur.-bO" ao'u,
these three million negro slaves You have drip led
of them at all the points Of your argument logically,
ooDs,itutioDslly ooIroversialy and, on zoe "n.ie,
very cevery but, prscucalIy Hhat 10 10 Oe oille VI
them and their masters Ga this point you cave Us
a. much in the dark ss ever we were. We admit you
are going ahead very fast We could envy your psce
But this ocean fog This night dark A. pte1! These
ctbeIgs floating sthwart the very PAIN oil your pros
pe1itvl You will certainly encounter them one day
or other.
Here, then, is TIE significant omssion in the Nee
sage The fatal blank which alone would be more In
portsnt than all its actual contents On TINS slde lne Az
antic Net word about S.ayery-not syllable az u
apy hope or design of ts g1acua mitigation or s hns
extinction 1t only appears under TIE deDcaVe
eupheInsm Of the domestic INSTITUTION, end IN mat
way casts its hideOus shadow over the whole domestic
sphere over the matrimonial and tue parental relations
over free service and all that ODst utt Tie home In
one place, indeed, the President iaune the Noithern
party with want Of confidence III their o@n principles az
= sD Y
,pread NO as 10 require acs of Congress- and geoaphl
cal line TO within bOunde aud one could almost
hot Mr. Pierce himself Of opinion ihat Slavery had
ONLY 10 be lett aOI snd il must die cut Yet the great
probability is that Slavery will continue much In It's
present fOm It's present plumbers, aud IT. present necs-
sity TO tie value e the Southern States tll the day
when the United States Will con'a three or four times
their prestnt population and more tan tia. proportion
Of increased wealth aud power, while the slaves VIII
not have increased by more than mlll0n or 20, aud
their mas ers in much the slow proportion Tbs
day must come when the Slave States VIII De ounud-
bered and outvoted by the Free Meanwhile, opinion
will grow also and still more. The sentiment which
Mr.. Pierce attempts - crush with the terrors
Of the Federal Cor sttutiOn, which he denOunces
as ipsoltnt cislOyal and fruitless, Il mu b too
vital and 100 deeply founded 70 be repressed. Right
or wrong-and We not ourselves among those who
think Slavery Incompatible with humanity or the
Christian Iegion-be hated Of Slavery, aud the de-
sire 70 repudate all contact and compromise with II,
are feelings that endure extend and viii finally pre-
vail So then, we have TO 10. for ward 10 the tme
when deep al burning sentiment VIII be armed WIN
overpowt Ting numbers AMI influence. When this shall
he the case s il sny fort security 10 be told that
the sentiment thus 20 Ferll will BE- wrong 1t
be upconstitutioDa-that il will not be able TO con-
p8ss s ED without treason, conspiracy ana vlpeHce
Does Mr.. Pierce mend matters by telling us thai II
looks toward its end over devastated fields burning
hoesteads ravaged hearths and total diTolu,lon OF
society Grant 1t, and do grant H. Mr.. Pierce
only prophecies terrible page in the fu ufe history OF
the Sees and does not offer one ota OF advice as 10
fInfr q
procIajms the law he stg natzes the uehson; he de
nouIces the offenders, ard there he stands, pointing
his finger, mute guioepost, to inc cert"ln lhough
NAV be still detaLt disaser Yet he is r bit. He
do nothing else. He has not TO teach the several
States their duty or their best wisdom. II is
no mans Office there. The Union is Mezentian;
II links the living and the dead the free e"d the
slave The former of these s at the mercy OF the lat
ter and must bde the process of that decay which viii
involve life ard death in mass OF CORRUPTION Lie
may not puffy death IN the States, for 1t Ia not the
Ftdersl law, but death will inject LIE, Tor, though not
The law it is the way of nature That IL the solution
which threatens TIE great American difficulty. Toe
social mseies Of Slavery and the resent neut hey
rouse viii Continually and rapidly increase and tue
greater the resistance offered by the law the T0ite Tor
the peace OF the Union.
From The London Daay News, Dee. Is.
The last Presidential Message Of Franklin Pierce
has little political significance regards the past and
les az regards the future. 1t is simply an attempt to
"bipg down the galleries by al indifferent actor on
leaving the stage for the last time. He has been
tnrned ont of Office tor only single term Is
with American Presidents the exception, not the rule
by his own politicsl party tie has no power, aud ID
not ev ell exponent OF any section OF pubic Oplnion
Ii would be sheer waste OF time TO comment on hls
opinions or bis policy The next four years OF the
North American Republic will be a stirring epoch,
pregnant with important results We must TX our at
tenon the zeal and practical aud Lot waste IT in
curious metaph steal dssections of political moment tes
As regards America the most important inquiry that
can be at preet instituted regards the drift aud pres
SINE of public opinion One instructive indication OF
weekly newspaper Issued in the United States since
the Presidential election and o0ably IN consequence
OF (which now lie spon our table. II IL csllei me
EuTOpedn and il 10 he intended cblefy Tor the
service Of native Europeans sdent IN Tue states
lis ,biect appears to be to give complete add en-
Tightening view of American affairs such as IS daily
ne eded by that large immigrant portion OF the popu
ten which has not been brought up Ike the nause
American portion, in familiarity WIN parties ana ther
Hames, and with the political history OF the Sales
for the last eighty years. Such paper may, II
well conducted become useful to Europeans 0n thls
side the Atlantic the other and Bee Dg the dfcuo
10 most people England of unders dDdlng Americad
new spapes with their party language snd necessarily
obscure illusions, We must hope that the EaToP'da
will be well managed and attain vigorous lie we
mentil It's advent chiefly account OF the contents OF
its frf Numbers very large proportion OF rs spsce
is occupied with the topic which is rapidly becoming
the DR. minert throughout the Union-the proposed
res'oration o. the African slave trade. AZ the first
enton of this subject readers may be apt 10 ex-
claim o that tiIesouc subject We know all ab,ut
that We were tired of il quarter OF century ago;
but very Little experience will show that the tspc has
become wholly new, and certainly far more imp tant
TO the welfare Of the world than II ever was before.
We will undertake 10 promise our readers that they
shall not be afflicted by any revival of old appeals de-
scriptons arguments and emotions. NOBODY here
wants convincing persuadDg abou, the cruelty aad
impolicy of negro Slavery. But it is of the utmos'
Cnns, IN xh
the United States are like TO remain nomually and
become really, Democratic Republic, or 10 assume