New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-05

S0ulbeln orators and state sIneD We teeo NO. re-
quote. Suffice to ssy that throughout the Sou,h
the sts,us Of the working msn which up to that
tine both opinion AID policy had dictated to the
Democratic leaders TO tress ~ honorable, was pro-
nou1cd to be fl for slaves. We do not he'ita'e 70
say that io DO coultry in Europe, Russia not eI'
cepted, would such opinions be put forth. As the
Ilsh and German voters who constitute the greit
bulk Of the sham Democrat; party North do bo'
read the Southern jourrsls, il was only necss-
ssry for the Cut.om. House and Post-Ofiics
Organs here TO ignore or falsify the fs,s and
that perticn Of the party could be kept in the
traces For tie American Democracy the dose Of
Outrage was too strong, and consequently all the
Northern States with hardly an exception, changed
their front. However, not to be too widely dis
severed from our Southern brethren on the delicste
question whether the DeclNation ia a fsrrago Of
nonsense or not, Mr. Rufus Ckoste volunteered TO
say that il vas collection Of sittering generali-
ties, which opinion is adopted by the Boston Gus
tom House aud Post Office, and Mr. Cboate him
sef is going to Indulge in some gittering general
ties Of his own to-day before those disinterested
bodef
As over two.thirds Of the entire supsrfcies OF
tie United States it is held now, after lapse ef
eighty two years, that George Washington, Thomas
jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, BeDjamin
Franklin, and the other " immortal sgnsrs' sim
ply maintained f,rrsso Of nonsense, and pledged
their " lives, fortunes and sacred honor in its be-
half We see good reason for the diminished ia-
terest In the national anniversary.
Beyond this grand generic denial BY the reigning
Democracy of all human rights, might be enumera-
ted as hostile and prospectiveIy fatal fact that all
tie principles of honor ard honesty which were
supposed to undere Government during the time
Of Wsshington's administration, and which imme-
diatey reflected the spirit Of Revolutionary times,
are secuted and trampled upon. The independence
of officials, the economy Of administration, the due
retcence tf Federal authority, all belong to pact
age; and DOW we have Government unsurpassed
in the arena Of Chrstendom not to say of heathen-
dom, for tyranny over its employees, who all hold
their places by denying the rights wbi'h are set
down as irrefragable in the Declaration; for corrup-
ton, which has ceased to be secret OF obscure and
has become open ard eminent buying up the peoples
Repre- natives as human cattle and fer the growth
Of centralized lnfluehce py winch tne eAPcuscso W
the Government are increased nearly hundred fod
over those of the frat national Administration
The Supreme Cou-t, too, instituted as the
last appeal for freemep, has degenersted into
0 mere register Of arbitrary despOtism; aud
its last great political declaration is unmatched
fer turptude BY any recorded in the annals Of judi
cial despotsm. No court in Europe-not even in
Rus.ia-could be found to enuDcate such nhunan,
atheists DEGREES SIS those of the Dred Scott deci-
zion While in addition, the decision of the Supreme
Court of Virginia, in the Pointdexser csse, which
denies the right of the slave to choose frsed"na,
even if left free by his masters will, reaches
possible still lower deep.
With such fruits after eighty-two years OF
national independence, we cannot but find the
popular neglect Of the Fourth of July legitimate
effect OF On alsuifcient cause; and so surely as
that the false Garnet forever preclude the true, and
shame usurp the place Of honor, We must either
restore the principles Of the Declaration Of Inda-
pendence, or tine Fourth Of July will be numbered
with the past, along with the nation that gave it
being.