New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-16


say j. broken ut and tie Pro-savery party rests oh
iut snci que.t!ons e. have formed the foundation o.
all tie epheIneral governments that nave eve.
or the earth to curse mankind. There can D. % a.
nia of this position, not even on the part - me
lss Depiolrats for their fundamental dogma j. iliai
tf rgkf exists with the people of the TER tofe- al
certain period 81 their career 20 e-tsblsn seNeIE gu
free territory. And thy tru.nphanily AK me Iue,
ton A. p knock-dOvu argument, " VII yon mol an'N
that the uope Of Territory or State have Ileht
~ f-n and mould b. allowed 70 form their own ln-ii-
tutiore ." The idee therefore j. a. III anon. lhr
pougla- men a. the Buchanan men. that the n'cilh1
of eoua human rights part of the creed % modern
Democracy. To this alarming eKien, hes the pe'D'-
cratic party repudiated IL ancient prncipes'
A. Republicans, take the Declaration OF lnne-
peudence a. = is. and says repudAiins me con
.tr-ctou Of the Federal Court and We take ,he roh-
itution end interpret i in the light Of 'he Decara-
ton aud in f1ll harmony with H. Under our inierpre-
ts.ior the Declaration s a rock If adameni and the
Constitution structure placed thereon which shan
defy the ravages of time. Under the construction %
the Court the Declaration Is reduced to g''rTlhs
generality" saving thing and meaning another
triAng with one u the greatest problems that affect
and influence humanity; and the Constitution = lrh-
dered utterly worthless a. a bulwark " hofIty.
Under the Constitution. We iet slavery aiohe IA tle
sJaveholding State. Under the Federal jurisdiction.
beyond their limits, theory j. 70 suppress II
under The exrrc-s grant 4 tie Constitution, whira
saw "Cou-rvss irly make sl nee1il. .si 6i; fr-i-
lafiols for tire 1eTrit0ric-, which clrs Judgt MAJ
shall. the -gto' LZLf ana lLtifl A--llith
dence has construed and declared 20 convey the
combined powers Of the state and Federal Govern
nents " in other words to give absolute coatrcl over
the whole subject.
The reason why We would prevent the bishInenf
OF Slavery anywhere outside the limits OF the Shave
States need not here be repeated. Suffice II 10 LAY
that Slavery is unjust system, l. nuisance of 81
gantc dimensions and which, once established, seems
to be- under government, neradicable, except by
the harsh and inhuman process O sale and eXtrsdi0n
~ fh. la Cr he
States where il gets full foothold. Maryland would
like to get nd Of Slavery to-day, but -he cannot; so
wonld Virginia. The cancer Is upon the Southern
States generally. So far human vision can discern,
it will never b. removed in most Of them but by
social or political convulson, ending in the ruin OF
generations Of men, and the ultimate surrender OF the
country where it prevails to the dominion Of the
blacks.
The evil lies 90 deep and the prospects Of i,s
moyal are dscoura ging and depressing wherever il
has gained firm hold that they form the most urgent
considerations against its further spread. Slavery in
the Union is TO be depOred the sla pited and the
masters position commsserated bu, the mode Of It's
removal in most Of the States where il exists is
problem which the wisest have not yet been conpe-
tent TO solve.
People who have always lived in the Free States
have as n general thing, but a very dim conception
Of the actual condition OF the Slave States in social
and political point of view. The slave region is. in
the language of Hamlet:
-"An unweeded ssrdeu:
The notion is prevalent that Slavery is simply "a
noxious thing, lying the surface Of the Slave States
which like any offensive material object, be-
moved al pleasure when the will exists Ia dOit Never
was there greater error. Slavery has IT. root lying
deep in the ultimate sources Of society II il entvned
about every social, political and material relation of
the State. To II is to disturb the foundations
of society in manner in which no society ever VIII
disturb Hsdf. | speak of communities situated ike
the old Slave States where the seryie population Is
numerous To abolish Slavery in a State where it is
thoroughly bedded and interviewer with every growth
and neres; and relation of the body polite in
Southern States, must be- the act of some external
power 10 the people OF the State ITSELF the result ot
some overpoWering necessity on which hangs the life
of the State. The deliberations Of the wsest, be-
eve within the limits OF the Slave States lead Ia this
depressing conclusion. Mr.. Clay hoped for the peace
able absorption OF the black race in the white. But
the day for that hope seems rapidly pas ing away in
the multiplication of the blacks. Other Southern
statesmen, Of far-reaching Views without any
hopes for the future of the South except in the ultimate
Surrender If the whole lower country to the blacks
Under such circumstances, is il possible to excuse
the madness that would spread this frightful evil
There are two points IN the present discussions Of
parties that must briefly advert to in this connection.
One is the constantly recurring suggestion that the
Shareholders treated unfairly BY excluding Slavery
from the Territories, whose acquisitions the result
ui mutual efforts and mutual expenditure of blood and
treasure. The islacy embraced in this mode OF put
ting the case which SONS air enough is this: The
assumption is made that the Shareholder must neces-
sarily desire 70 spread slavery. Now the STAKEHOLDER
may have no such desire; and say if he is sound
statesman and a true patriot, he viii have no such
desire. At any rate the exclusion nequal-
Hy between the parties for this reason-they both
stand upon the footing, each do what the
other do and neither more nor less II il absurd
to say the sla yehoder excluded from the Territory
or that the men of the slaveholdng States are ex-
cluded. They have precisely the same rights, and
stand upon precisely the footing with the Of
the Free States II is Slavery alone and not slave
holders, Ia whom the exclusion applies, and the eX-
clusion j. made for the common good of all.
The other point is the of which 50 much j. made
in recent discussions the Lecomp,on Constitution.
This is in relation to the rights of the people of the
Territories when they cone 10 form State to estab
lish Slavery The argument i made in the form o. sn
nterrog aory ana lie bare enunciaiion il deemed sui
fcent To insure the approval at the doctrines involved
Ii Is triumphauily asked. 'Nin you not allow the
Z" people Ia frame and establish their own nstitn-
tons NV answers. Certainly would. But yet.
| would not permit where ! could prevent the esisb-
Eshmet of Slavery admit anywhere al anytime the
right TO establish II IN any free country eartn. And
the night cannot be admitted consistently or logically by
any who holds to the Democratic theory at Gov.
ernmen. and the doctrine which this government -
founded. The whole force of the argument given
III the question, rests "n misuse of terms Have
not the people rtsM To establish their own in,titu-
tions :! They have. Why then may they not right /.
fully establish slavery Ny answer is-SlGcery ls
net an iastfVioa of Government in any proper sense
of the term. slavery sf0'f aud condition. Slaves
are the sHC eef OF state. IN bondage 10 masters.
Serfdom is not institution. Nllaiuage Is not n-
stiuiun. These terms a. well a. Slavery. express F.
sfafes aud condition, of men. who subjects OF the
State. They deScrib. the political status oi portion
of IN. population. slavery, being thus state and
condition, and not institution, does not iegi-
timately fall within the limits Of the prpposi-
iion. And we say il j. state and condi-
ton Of self-evdeni inequality and injustice.
which is Inconsistent with the exercise OF the very
rights which the proposition claims, for part of
the population is much par. of ' the people. a.
the other Being inconsistent with the rights Of man
AMI with popular rule il cannot therefore b. permit; ed
without a tsgrant viola;iou oi the very right. Tor
which the proposition contends. The only admission
that can be made in the =, that state has the
pocer 10 establish African Slavery. 81 i has tue
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