New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-16

cess lie pushes to results ,pite G. hls Ollacers
maityrcom. Tie negro qaes1cn, ho"eFer, always
sicl.Ds Governor CIrt, 80cu, sbd Le has losla ned
from it " aoly from hyeeli, considerations. Let
u, tell biu then. tia, ,rc DO not al ate, Vs. have
not seitated oguO:,s issJ Tie conversion "i
m.n TO cIstlels s ty force that work; constantly
, again; that Lstural aud divine law that makes
| them men. Men develop normally rs men; -
tak.. force To- max them sl.yes. The disposition
, 10 rem.in men begets Doolrnoe. nsolrcce, resist
snce. sasactJ Behold Jour inevitable Art
slavery, and the nuisance Of your negro question
! IN It simple for.u But 10 make and keep race
If men slaves. r..y1.e force IL feeble instrument
| Hence pubic force. as expressed in laws STATE
, and national, must b. appealed to; the opinion
| mus. b. suioIned that it is right to make men
sla.es: fugitive from Slavery uut be sent back or
laid for: Territories must be- acquired to extend
Slayer The foreign .lave.'radc re.opene1 to feed
it policies anI messur adopted to favor Il. per-
pe'uate II, and make it profitable and powerful
THIS transfer of he restraint of slsyeholding upon
third parties neither shareholders nor slaves. pro-
yokes resistance, a. the natural sentiments Of man
Kind iead them 10 pity aud belfiend, and not 10
betray the weak. Behold, again, your eternal
negro oue-tion in ia complex and political form
TO got nd Of thIs question 1t becomes Necessary
10 reorgsnize society and reconstruct the human
heart. We believe i1 the od iurGica Lana urge,
tie legal torture OF crimoals upon TIE rack 20
inouce confession was called the question. Who
ever dreamed that the first person to complain Of
that question w0ud be one cf the Iaqui,ltors,
weary win turning the screws'
Let our h0umable Senator look az what IS trans
pirlca. the present wr.ti-g: Tue other day brace
Of speeches, ty Senator's se6ari and Hammond,
ever body reading th-o, all on this same sut-ct.
But yesterday Jefferson Davis and Nc. Orr gave
their views OF the negro question. All last sum-
meg political joust in Illinois, the nation look
ing 90, pertaining 10 the inevitable negro mainly.
The last Congress debated the fortunes and fate OF
the African and bis sdjucts. The mex, vii do
the same.
Who can help It ! History is progidental.
power mighter tban We throws ttcss questions
upon us, and We canpot eyadc them NJ man
raised ibis storm; 30 men and NJ grand c nveu{ous
can settle IT, Those state smen who hase believed
that the whole subject arose n the uneasy mlnd' Of
q few enthusiasts have believed that it ccaId De-
settled by some cApcdient or compromise, ani have
more than once proclaimed it settled. Vne ever.
growing greatness .. Tie question has mocked their
sagacfy Parties have not the choice OF issues.
They are forced upon then. by the eygences of the
times, and The providence of history. 1t Is nearer
the truth to ssy that issues make parties thau that
parties make Issues. \ party must have relations
to the pubic feeling and cmboiy hai or ese it has
no vitality.
A.tes Our Revolution The people were found too
constitute two classes. Wealth, birth, snd pstri.
cian manners, III Virginia principally but more
less all over the count had created ,rstocracy.
Tie ideas of the Revolution aud the pccuniary dis
asters tia! accompanied it, id not displace that |
aristocracy The mass of the citizens enyied it, |
were Jealous of it, and sought to level it To- their
own grade The mutual lealolsies ln these classes
gave birth to the first political parties in this coun'
Try. The wealthy, educated men Of family and |
their dependant became Federaists, the rest ofthe
citizens, Democrats. In the struggle between |
these parties and policies nuctusted, but
the feeling that divided them gase tone TO each. |
TIE Democrats succeeded; the result Wa. the aoro-
CATION Of thcae social distinctions which prevailed
10 tho colonial periods. After the Democratic IN |
fuence bad effected the elusizatlon of rank, the
Democratic party had no further function 10 per-
form. II had no antagonist, 10 body OF men to |
resist its demands or dispute Its ideas. Still, tae |
recollection of tie Old feud kept alive the oh |
names snd tie Old terms long after they hsd ceased
to have any reference 10 the actual condition OF |
society.
What Mr.. Crittenden designstes AS the negro |
question basis itself upon two great elements OF |
naonsl feeling, tbe one layorng universal freedom,
tie ether the enslavemeIt Of the blacks as IN in-
ferior race made To subscrye the interests Of their
supcriors. This de,ided feeling furnishes legi. |
tlulate basis for political divisions. For parties |
csDnot be built upon specific measures, but upon |
sentiments underlying measures, and cut OF which |
they spring. The Democratic party has lis only |
vitality Oh the remembrance of tha. old uprising Of
the common people against the pIetensions Of |
local ,risOcracy, and although tina; aristccracy dis
appeared S generation sso, and the whole contro-
versy mas closed, yet il VIII b. al Oyer-marcA for
any political organization that trusts itself upon |
any specific measure snd does not reach down aud |
lay hold of some permanens sentiment passion ia
TIE popular Heart.
Now, no man csn contemplate the deep hold this !
Slavery question has taken Of the feeling, Of tie
American people, its universal discussion, the in
tense social and personal animosi;y it has caused,
witbou. perceiying that !. forms IA inevitable |
ground Of political division lnto these two grea.
cIooye. vorn b. the rush and struggle of.wo grea.
interests. two erest opinions, t"o srea. Philcs- /
phies. We msy ssy indeed two great civilizations, !
the political inevitably falls in spite of all edor:s
= I. Iai. e i.x.sncc Mr I.n.arsa., |