New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-23

ereroe Of kortberp St2,e- "a nc colIe~Nlo-J
vel say The bstte i over; and Il DIR. fe'eeooe' 10
sres 10 confne the benefits Of free ~ane "oO' 70
the section it DOW holds, be msy vel say lna' nc
does not Intend 70 interfere With slavery '''
Slave States; but al must zee that such P0tNpu''
whether 20 Intended or not are sectional sein1N'
and recresrt TO human progress. Psrissh- aod P'o
men may be cODtentto wear The honors thy na'e
but the peope viii no, res. ssti.ed with the dehgats
| Of any such Cspus. To-day We are strasgAng hs
no Missouri present Slave State 10 give a.! is va
leys TO cultivation by fre white cilecs rele'e1 Iou
slavery competition and we are tod thai such eno''
meets no indorsemert at the hands OF men 'oo n.''
heretofore held 70 broad faith the progie's %
institutions. Very vel, let i be 20. We shSi 80 ,0'
| ward, nevertheless, and may say with Ne-s'n' "hen
sighted by admiralty dispatches, some day We 'HAi
| "have gazette of our own" We are struggling 10"
and here 10: for theoretic preponderance OF free o
in the Federal Government; not for mere Territorial no
cries 20 guarantee free labor expansion, bat aso y
| reclaim Missouri from the i-advabtages Of '.aVe
stem that s para zng her energies and crppAss ne
| advance And we make bod to say furthermore,
that our sympathy and our service ara Io; cohnne1
within the line that separates state from adscen;
| States: but that al efiorts 10 confer Ike oeh'
| eft upon other commonwesths-to elevate and
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citizens against the depression of servile toll, vii ever
meet with our Jealous cooperation In Kentucky, u
Tennessee, in Virginia, in Maryland, the same move
ment in behalf Of free soil for the free labor Of free
yeomanry is transpring, and we hail it with emphatic
cpgraulstion We know that it viii be said in ylndi'
cation Of the positions assumed by Senators thai Con
gress and the Federal Government have no right to
| interfere in such work and that the Republican party
has no mission 10 constran the expansion of free pn'
cipes in Slave States This in part IS true but It does
not fully meet the case. Practically, Congress ie de-
tern ming now the existence nonexstence OF slavery
in Kansas under the shadow Of dominant party OF al
| Administration and Of a Supreme Court that do not
recognize the power of Congress over the question OF
Slavery in the Territories. Il s the influence the pa
tronage the moral weight the protection OF the Fed
eral Government that affects the subject even in the
absence of direct intervention II has been go in Kan
| sas; il is so in Missouri. All these now thrown
into the scale against free labor and for slave LABOR
| Moreover, it is the role Of political organlza-
tons national and otherwise, 10 formulate distinct
| policies to give momentum TO great truths, 10
achieve victories everywhere in behalf Of the night
| To this end the extinction of Slavery in the central
graingrowDg Slave States is one of the first steps IN
the path of progress-a step that to be accomplished
through the nstrumentaly OF their own swelling popu-
lations doing the work, is DOW being done IN the
territories and elsewhere and sustained in so doing by
| an embodied public sentiment throughout the nation,
call party whatever name suits, that will cheer and
uphold their sefadvsncement. 1t idle for leaders,
in their isolation to ignore such manifest outgrowths
| The shoots show forth the vital sap in the trunk
Whether therefore, present organizations oy s"e nj
TO accept the appointed mission of chershng Tree prn-
oplo-, extending protecting egs over Tree enigra-
tion, and vindicatiDg the OF free labor every
where as moves from cline to cline, Is matter OF
small consequence; for the masses Of the people Of
| the United States will not long want combination
expressive Of these great ends whenever the same
| becomes needful. 1t is moreover thus and thus
| only, that a true nationality will take the place
I Of mere sectionalism for it transfers the strife
/ from conflict between States to contest for
populations. 1t substitutes physical development,
cal elevation and home sggrandzement for the issues
Of prejudice repression and disunon whish now obtain.
1t subordnates the Slavery question to the popular
will, and makes appeal to that will legitimate field OF
controversy. The Free-Labor movement as 1t has
taken body and shape and form out of the late Terri
toral and ncipent State struggles it has found It's
strength in colonization and its development IN thick
ening settlement as il has gathered in its hand the as
praons Of the heroic, the hopes OF the economic the
devotons of the fanaca and the calculations of the
speculative has manipulated the tide of streaming
thousands who pour forth from their hive, and directed
here there will dominate the future of politics
in despite of all opposition. Those who are with it
may guide TO benefcent ends, and cheer the heart of
patriotism with its miracles and its gospels those who
are not with will be crushed beneath its momentum
and left upon the shore bleaching wrecks to mark
| foolish anchorage.
Let us hope that the words We have commented
upon are hasty expressions which the speakers seeing
the attitude they place themselves in will be the first
to retract explain. If not, shall write with deep
regret their withdrawal from the coming field of future
victory, but no abandonment by parties politicians
shall induce to trail the banner that has been
urled in this State until Missouri shall be possessed in
fullness and entirety by free white labor.