New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-30

Strange % it may seem, the call lately issued for
q Republican Convention in Massachusetts, docs not
altogether suit the taste and fails to secure the ap
probation of The Boston Courier. Opposition 70
the aggre ssons of the Slave Power does not 90 The
Couri.r thinks, afford really tangible basis of ps-
liticsl action upon which the voters of Massachu-
sets can At this time be fairly rallied. The idea of
danger from sby such aggressions The Courier re-
CARDS as pure chimera AS TO this point il thinks
the people of Massachusetts ought to be perfectly
treasured by speech of Mr.. Yancey, q Member Of
Congress from Alabama-whom that journal, for
this occasion, 10 pleased to describe a. eloquent
"snd eminent" which we never heard of before-a
speech lately delivered at Bethel Church, Mont
gomeIy County, in that State. According to
Mr. Yancey in all past controversies between
the North aud the South, the North has
never yielded ahythng-sxcept her denial Of
Southern Rights. Mr. Y.ncey complains, on t,e
other hand, that the South, by not having always
got quite all she claimed, has beer ssdy trsnple1
upon and oppressed. The Courier cites a. concu-
sve prosf that the talk about the aggressons Of the
Slave Power 10 "nonssnse intended for public
'deceptior," tie lamentations OF Mr.. Yancey
over the fact that with but fifteen out Of thirty.
two States the South sees not . foot Of public
domain out Of which ste can reasonably hope
for the formation of new Pfo-Slavery
State, while the North, with seventeen
States in the Union, enjoys almost the eureprospect
that all new States admitted will be additions to her
strength. This statistical and numerlc Il statement
is relied upon by Tie Courier decisive by proving
that the Slave Power is now, and must be still
more, "a comparatively Insignificant element in
our politics" and tba! the people of Massashu.
retts if they are willing to listen to reason and
irresistible conviction" viii utterly disregard
the call Of the Republican State Committee to rally
in opposition to the aggres,ions Of the Slave Power
as altogether baseless and untrue.
But, upluckily tor The Conriey, this is question
which does not depend merely upon treason and
irresistible conviction" but also upon facts; and
when the history of the last GIteen yesn is called
to mind, the aggres,icrs Of the Slave Power loom
up IS but too formidable q reality. Within that
pe,i,d, the idea has been openly avowed AID mott
vigorously pursued of converting Slavery from
merely State and local into natons, Institution.
10 De sVuLC on TIC Sotec-tAas Is ~ uifc
no obiectoTs TO the extension and perpetustloa of
Slavery. aud TO be ready to sacrifice TO the conven.
ience OF slave .ca'ehiDg the right Of trial BY
Jury, the writ Of habeas corpus, every safeguard
of pe,oral liberty, and every yesise of s!a.e rights
has been made and is 1t tbs moEeLt al indis.
penrsble Iequitte for the holding Of any cfhc, IN.
Der the Federal Government. The Boston Custom
Heu,e oficeIs axe selected, rot 50 mu.h with re
gard to their qualifications or the opinion enter.
taped Of them at home, as with view to reward
ing, encouraging and disseminating Proslarery
opinions, and to proyilieg the Save Power With a
bard of interested mereen,ries ready for any dirty
work that msy be required Of than. The FEDERAL
patronage in the way Of Advertising is exclusively
bestowed on such papers as The Courier.
The Slave Power, if it embraced NOBODY but
SHAREHOLDERS, would doubtless not be an object of
dread. Unfortunately, it las secured the control OF
The Democrats party, and just now it is aided
in addition By lVge body Of respectable and
well to do dougbf.ces, especially 10 Msssachu,ett,.
whom tie CT, go 'sduousy raised, Of the Union