New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-04

s1Suld W hir NtNttf GU
ia Economically rpeakiug, their labor T. entap-
80 /, 4 rprrlns oi it, Uuccr improved conditions
q scCiety lite liowe louccc Hd men nu't'P'y ldsteI'
MsIs, .ich .omctimcs "STie t!cn'' s'"N s "ss ~,
I,sut 6hd les de-iruCtlvt, Invention Il cohthusiy
1o5uct machines and Ct giues, artificial ltOofcrS,
IIo,dire them from fed Of industry to another
ouno,c from the Eastern regions OF this cnht'neot
. he W, t. cNcInVrc from ne oNcrcrowdcd Bl tern
"S, ni tn the pra.lo. Gnd the wildcrnc-scs IN our
90 Be- 90 oct see an. such oveh wing of the
VVIcsn slave po ,unt"u in this country, even where
70 70 unrces,,G. Free Labor hes been obstroclrd III
r.,hs Ihtfc are. LeNctthclcss, 'V,OJO or bl,OOj
iosa.,n there already; gathered there within four
~ Slave Labor has been FREQ Ia mporta-
- There are Only 100 to 200 slaves there.
TsEt,ie aud oceHpy 4 new slave S:ate any
LAT IT, ydTi pOssu, 10 depOpulate old slave
sss Whence, ther, the supplies OF slaves to
,So,. stc low ? Only BY reviNng the African eaye
,sde. Rut th.r il 'orbidden. Ni'Onare' DIRE in that
htprobibtiou can be repealed. The idea IL insane.
iRrnVbi!c of ttirtv millions Of froeincn, with tree
hae sL ring population 80 dense already to crowd
asbristenc To- b. br, uGht to import negroeH from
AEcs to sup liant them a. cuiyators ana 10 To- SUD-
- Themselves to starvation 1hougo africa l. yet
sgsniztd, and unable to protect ltseIf, stlll mas
sady cxch aged u u large degree, its wars to1nake
Asycs and it's commerce IN slaves, for legitimate az
srture and trade. All European States are inter
std in The civilization Of that continent, aud they
n not COZ sent that shall arrest it. The Christian
Xnrch cannot be forced back two centuries and be
,sdo 10 sanction the African slave trade q mission
n enterprise.
Every nation has always some ruling ldea, wnich,
sry eI changes with the several stages OF it, deyc
sneet A ruling tdea Of the colonies thi, cOnt-
ot two humid ed years ago, labor 10 sub iue and
slsim nature. Then African Slavery seized
"a employed rs an auxiliary, under a seeming neces-
IS. That idea has ceased forever. II has given
ace TO new one. Agefandizemsnt of the nation
indeed as i. was, to make small State great,
Il TO make State alreaoy great the greatest OF all
stes. II still demands labor but it is no longer the
soraot labor of barbarians but labor perfected BY
,owledge and skill, and c mbination with all the
seDsfc principles Of rnechan SIN. Ii demanfs, no;
10 labor of slaves, which needs to be watched ana
sfe nded hnt voluntary, enlightened labor, stimu
ued py interest sffection and ambition. IT needs
lat every man shall the land he tis; that every
sead sla be 6t for the helmet and every nsnd ht Tor
he sword, aud every mind ready ana quahned ior
,ounsel TO attempt to aggrandze a'country with
slaves Cor its inhabitants, would be to try to make
,srge body of empire with feeble siDewS ana empty
veins.
Mr.. President, the expansion OF territory to make
Save States will only fail to be great CRIME because
is impract able AID therefore will turn out TO Do
.upendous lubecility. A free republican Govern,
nept. like this, notwithstanding all ts cOn7ttutiohh
thecks cannot long resist and counteract tne progress
Of society Slavery, wherever and whenever, aud ia
whatsoever form it exists Is exceptional, local. anu
sh0rt-lived. Freedom is tho common right, interest
snd ultimate destiny Of al mankind. All other ma
tons have already abolished, or are about a00iSllnS
Slavery. Docs tnis fact mean nothing! AL parties
this country that have tolerated the extension OF
slavery, except one, have persisted for that error
frehuy. inst BsS One-tnc DcUOCrdJW phIlN
huTrying on, irrctrevaby, toward the sauie fate.
ALI ADMINISTRATIONS that have avowcd this policy have
rome down dishonored for that cause, except the
present. pit deeper and darker stu u
pening to receive this Administration, because it
ans deeply than its predecessors. There
meaning IN all these facts, which 1t becomes
10 to study well. The nation has advanced another
asge; it has reached the point where Intervention by
me for Slavery and Slave States, Will no
ouger be tolerated. Free Labor has at last appre-
Ieuded its rights B interests, its power and Its des,
inv and Is organizing itself to assume the government
f the Republic Il will henceiorth meet you Doiuiy
ind reaolutely here; il will meet you everywhere, IN
he Territories or out OF them, where you may go 10
sxtend Slavery. 1t has driven you back in CSNIorna
and in X 4ntas; il will invade you soon IN De!s"are,
MARYLAND Virg ins, Missouri and Texas L. VIII meet
YOU in Arizona in Central America, and even IN Cuba
fbe invasion will be not merely harmess, put oeheh-
cent if you yield sessonaby TO lts just ana moderate
demands. Ii proved 30 IN New-lork, NeW-Jeisey,
Pennsylvania and the other Slave States which nave
Already welded in that way ~ ts advances. You
may indeed, get start under or near the tropics,
and seem safe for time bet 1t VIII only De a snort
time. Even there, you will found states only lot rIee
Labor T. MAINTAIN and occupy. Inc interest Vi 1no
white races demands the ultimate emancipation Oi al
mea. Whether that consunlmstion shall De ailoweu
to take effect with needful ami wise pT'catlohs against
sudden change and disaster or be hurled on Dy Vlo-
lence is all that remains for you 70 decide FGf
the failure of your system Ot Slave LhDoI thlougu-
out the Republic, the retponsphty VIII rest not
on the agIators You condemn, nor Tue po!t'ca1
selves but ii will be due the inherent error OF the
syste tse aud 70 the which thru5s II t0r Eard
10 oppose and resist the destiny, not moIe oi the r
cnn than that Of the white races. lie white man
needs this continent 70 labor upon. His head Is cleg
his arm is strong, and his necessities are hxed he
must aud will have it. To secure 1t, he VIII o0ige
he Govern of the United States to abandon inter-
yenton favor of Slave Labor and Slave Statcs ana
10 backward forty years, and resume the original
oooy of inter venDon in favor Of Free Labor and Free
,tates The fall Of the castle of San Juand Uloa de-
ernined the fate Of Mexico although more sieScs aud
eyere pitched battles ntervcncd before the capture OF
he captAl of the AZtecs. The defeats you nave en-
,ounteled in California and M Kansas determine the
ate Of the principle for which you have been contend
Dp IL is for yourselves, not for US, to decide how
ong ard through what farther modification ani dis
sters the contest shal be prOtraced before Freedom
Sbsll enjoy her already assured triumph. would
hsye il 4 rded now and would have the wounds of
ocety bound 40 and healed. But this Can be done
,nly in one way. Il cannot be done oy
)fieIng further resistance, nor by any evasion
" partial surrender, nor by forcing Kansas
nta the Union ID q Slave State against her VIII,
eaying her to cs,t of Slavery aiterwGrd she best
may; nor by compelling Minnesota aud Oregon TO
wait aud wear the Illuminating costume Oh Iorrtoles
st the doors of Congress until the people oi hausa
or their true defenders here shall be brought 10 dis
honorable compromises IL can be done only by the
simple and direct admission of the three new states as
Free States without qualltcat on condition, rrse?Va-
ton or compromise, and By the abandoninen; OF at
further airmpt~ to excpd Slavery under the Federal
Constitution You have unwisely pushed the contro.
versy go far that only these broad concessions VIII
now be accepted by the interest OF Free LABOR ana
Free States For myself, this fact, perhaps
the moro distinctly now because have so long fore
seen II. | can therefore counsel nothing less than
toose Concessions. / know the hazards incur IN
taking this position. know how men AMI parties,
now earliest aud jealous and DO may fall away from
me, as the Controversy shall wax warm, and alarms
ana uaoser', now unlocked for, shall stare them
IN Tue lscc, IA men and parties equally earnest,
bold. ara zealers, have done, in like circumstances
before: bu' It u the position took in the case
of Calif0rDia eight year. 40 N l. -. ssrn m ain