New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-01

rgtifulress Of frssh inpoitstors OF slaves VICE
ever sny State shall see ct We can imagine none
that ]. not either 81 ssssni, or adssA OF the prem
i.s. on which they lest their justification ot tie
Nebraska bill.
Hence We are rot surprised to fad 10 ''s South
trn Cul,irator i5r August an elaborate argument II
favor of reopening ire African Sls7e-Trsds, by its
editor. Or. Daniel Lee, formerly Whg in BufAo
ard AZ American editor 10 r chester, n. \. Ine
DR. seems to lave got bra7eIy over the rsdcAism
Of bis Ceerer days, and thu. ex9a'iates;
"The ucs. strkirg features ard apparent defe ,ts,
in Southern sgrcuurs labor, have their origin not IN
the pa.ure OF regro Slavery but ID legislative resfc-
tiers end proLibidcrs, by which tbs system oi po-
ductive industry vas ted down in ISIS, and IN iiy
made piracv BY sn sct OF Congress II wS gratdi.
tovsly ASSUMED by Mr.. Jefferson, Or. Franklin, ana
other enirert petIiots of tie Rsvo.ulon, thS tue
curse Of an offerdei Deity rested this system OF
labor and 70 fulfill or st esst give the semb!ance of
tuth 10 this sinister yaticnaton the five reat po Fes
ofEurope every Adrinistraon frem ina. of Washing
ton 70 tne present incluave, the literature aud the
clergy OF the civilized vord, have conbined the pest
Efforts for the last half century.
Truth and the God Of truth have alone been a1e-
qusts Gef, at the Ant Slavery purposes OF the lead
irg Governments Ci the CIVILIZED world since they
Pronounced the trade in African negroes crime, and
sfixed thereto the ou..s wing sld death peraty
awarded to pirates. Ii was assumed at the close oil
the Revolution that lsboring white msu were better
than African whether slaves or free, to develop the
agricultural resources Of the whole continent ard thst
reUoes were curse TO tue country. 1: wasin tnis
spirit at time when twelve Of the thirteen Original
States held slaves, that the famous ordnance ot i.c
intro cuced into the Continental Congress by Mr Jet
erscr was passed which forbid the holding OF slaTss
in sll the North Western Territory and from which
tie Free States CT OHIO, Irdisns, Illinois, hichigsa
ard Wisconsin have Stree been formed. lnsesd OF
allowing Southern planters to go into tue markets Oh
the world 10 purchase negro aoores on the pest terns
they could find, the supply OF these labore's was
rudtly cut o. though to buy slave for sgric 1ltu-
raj purposes was one Of the worst OF crimes. Inis
fsIaca diciation has ever kept tue supply OF plant
irg operatives at the South far beov what Il would
have been had this gres, industrial interest been
wisely permitted TO regulate it, operations Dy the
iust ard natural avs of trade By despoicsly setting
aside these sslutary laws of supply and demand our
tage processes have been carried on 70 gres' dssd'
yaItage and one CT the most obvious scss has been
a continuous effor. 10 make the most of q conpsra-
lively hle labor by extending it over too much sur
face Of SOIL
There are three or pagesof The Clhrator
in this vein, bat We need not quote them to show
The drift of the article We desire only to show
that the purpose Of reopening the Slave-Trade is
seriously entertained by strong and rapidly In
cIea,irg party at the South, and that the arguments
they use capnot be answered without selfconvic-
tion by any logical advocate of the Nebraska bill.
Here is one more passsge, with which we must
close:
"If TO buy or eel the labor of apprentices for life Is
immors then Should be at once discontinued but II
1t is rot wropp the advantages to accrue theeirom
shoud be not less available in Africa than in Virginia.
The Ssye Trade s either carried atrgether too tar Tor
cur credit and interest or not far enough to do any
thing Ike iuetice to our system Of agricultural indus
try. Either give it q fair chsnce to live, and grow
with the commerce ard influx Of Europeans, or else
carry out the AntiSlavey policy of the founders OF
the Republic The former is the wiser of the
two; and it is one which is most likely to prevail"
If that be not as full Of cogeucy as an egg is
Of meat, We are greatly mistaken. How long can
a msjority be expected to hold out against it In
Slave State, and especially in young thinly' peo-
Piled, resro buying Slave State