The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-27

Ihe Hon. joshua II. Giddinss W. the Adj
l. lninasszssiun and the Slave Power.
That venerable abolition sinner, Hon.
Joshua r Giddings of Ohio is out with q long
pronmncidmiento to his constituents, chiefly upon
the Kansas settlement of the late session of
Congress. He justides his course in voting for
the Crittenden Montgomery bill, upon the
ground that as his party could not carry through
any bill to make Kansas directly free State
their only alternative was to prevent If posi-
| bic, the administration aud the "slave pc over"
from admitting her directly as q slave State
| Upon this ingenious point Of defence poor old
| Mr.. Giddfngs beats about the bush in a very
ingenious manner; but he fails to shake the
fact that with condition precedent" he
voted for the Lecompton constitution, and thus
voted to make Kansas slave State, not once,
but several times, and SO with the whole repub
licsn party of both houses of Congress- They
have thus 30 committed and stulti6ed them
selves upen the Lecompton constitution that
they cannot consistently make an issue with the
''slave power" upon that question.
But, having made his defence upon Kansas,
the amiable Mr.. Giddings brings up the follow
| ing terrible bill of indictment against the ad-
miHistration and the ''slsve power" Hear
| him -
But the establishment Of slavery Kansas constituted
ton An before stated, the acquisition Of territory in
Mexico and Central America the restoration tho foreign
thus obtained the Of Cub" sss Cououo y
Hsyu and subectpg ito people slavery, Of
tho more important objects for which they striving
Ru tn
army must be increased for despotsm harmless
without the physical power 70 enforce it, DEGREES AZ
Mormoas. account Of their poyg.my Vas suggested
although the right OF Congress 70 prohibit "that relic Of
whose v.un.s MAXIM had been III the psoUs Of Fsz
rtory shave the supreme right TO establish their
domestic institutions In their own way"
Now, the actual measures, messages and pro-
ceediDgs of the administration in reference to
Mexico, Central America the slave trade, Cuba
and Hayti, form q sufficient answer of facts to
all this electioneering rubbish of reckless
abolition agitator. He knows, too, or ought
to know, that the rebellious attitude and acts of
| the Mormons last fall, and the indications from
all quarters of our Western frontiers of i'm
pending Indian hostilities at the same time,
were the causes which led to the call for an in
crease Of the regular army; and he knows, too,
or ought to know, that the simple object of the
administration in this call was to make sure
work against all those possible contingencies of
war. We can also tell Mr.. Giddings, in this
connection, that to the decisive attitude
assumed by the administration the country is
indebted for the prevailing symptoms of peace,
both among the Mormons and the Indians
But the venerable gentleman from Ohio
says "the defeat of the bill for increasing the
army constituted the first step towards the
overthrow Of the slave poser" We ask, how
ever, how can this be 80, when among the most
prominent advocates of this regular army bill
was Senator Seward, ofNew York, while among
its most violent opponents were Senator
Toombs of Georgia, chief tumpeter of the
''slave power" and other Southern democratic
ireeaters? These facts, we think, knock the
underpinning from the venerable Ohio aboll-
ZIONIST on the army question.
Recurring to the African slave trade, the in
dignant Mr.. Giddings lets out an important
Cabinet secret, which Is too good to be lost.
Hear him.
The attempts made In the Senate 10 withdraw our naval
human esh nav be there carried on sss net nth .'snsl
defeat the message OF the President which had pre-
pared approved By he Cabinet and ready 70 be trans
mttcd 70 Congress- recommending scquston Of territory
and Ration Of Cuba, quietly the executive
portfolio Tho mad career Of the slave power has been
stayed.
This is certainly very curious piece of in
formation; and as Mr.. Giddings seems to know
all about it, be would really oblige us in more
particular statement of the matter. "Acqui-
sition of territory" Where? Annexation of
Cubaw How? We cannot understand how
Congress was to have undertaken the work of
annexing Cuba except by opening the way to
the nlibusters; and VIC apprehend that the scve-
raj messages Of the President actually sent to
Congress on flibustering, give the quietus to
that idea There Is comfort in the assurance
that "the mad career of the slave power has
been stayed" and we think there Is not much
to be feared from II hereafter, considering the
facts that the free States now stand seventeen
to fifteen slave Slater, that before the end of
another year the free States will be nineteen
against fifteen slave States, and that by the
year 1860 Nebraska and Washington Terrific
ries will make the list Of free States twenty
one, against fifteen slave States, with two or
three Of these latter rapidly sloughing of the
institution Of slavery. We may, then, safely
dismiss all further fears of the aggressions of
the "slsve power" for II ceases to be North
ern scarecrow.
The Hon. Joshua r. Giddings must be reduced
to desperate straits in his district, or be must
have precious community Of abolition fana-
tics and silly old grannies to deal with, or he
would never have descended to such stuff and
nonsense as are the charges and specifications
bchas srrayed against the administration and
the "save power" But the old man is some
thing Of fanatic himself; and fresh from the
exciting scenes Of the late session of Congress,
be may believe that he sces or has seen every
fhinr which he dcscriboa- ala ra nauor,, .,Ia.s