New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-04

"mors, intellectual and material influences and
"results Of Human Slavery such sre the ques.
tions whch underlie impel AID fashion all OF tas
political and much Of the social sad moral activity
of our country and age In vain do specula.on and
tratfickers in theology, government or merchan.
disc, contrive the most skillful compromises and
nice adjustments, and Ito them) satisfactory sctt!s
ments-the crater, carefully filled up and grassed
over, begins forthwith 10 vOnit fre aad lava, ~ Of
old; begins ali the sooner, because Of the careful
stoppage of the crevices TO s.ihe the unpleasant!
noises and vapors hitherto furtively escaping
Not until the National understanding and coz.
science shall have decided the essential right
or wrong Of slaveholding--the right OF mn
to degrade hi, fellow man into brute and
chattel-the right of one man TO compel Cd
other to spend bis life in hopeless, unrequitA
toil-not until the Federal Government shau
have distinctly and finally taken its stand for Of
against Slavery rightful and necessary restioa
can we have biing peace. There may be !ull,
in the storm which the short-sighted and shallow
will hail as its Examinations but soon the aus1
shy and rising gale viii give token that the calm
was deceitful and that, for some reason or otAef,
the tempest is at its hight again.
"What do you know sbou. Slsvery'" is tho
habitua, taunting query of the champions d
Human Bondage They argue as no one could
determine, unless from personal experiences
whether to live and die the sport of anothsrt
caprices, hi, unpaid and ccarsey fed drudge. tho
butt of bis temper and the toy of hi, last were
essentially desirable and fit for human being
And Northern people visiting the South are habitu.
ally made acquainted with the sunrier side d tho
peculiar institution" while its auctions and its
foggngs its forcble separations OF husbands from
wives, young children from parents, and its oon'
slant exposure 60 and terror Of falling into worse
hands or being torn from everything dear and
driven to some fsr-Of cane-brake or rice-swsmp,
there TO wear out the miserable remnant OF life,
are all kept carefully from view. The aatte'ed
and feasted visitor sees just as much Of the slaves
condition as the masters choose 10 exhibit, then
returns to write Southside Views" and to swell
the chorus Of complaint that those have most 70
say against Slavery who know least about it.
Now and then, Fugitive from the great prisos
house gives forcible picture OF Slavery fromths
slaves point of view; but nice people in silk sod
broadcloth turn up their neses at the idea Of
"nigger though descended on one side from
the race Of mastcrs-hsVing bis ssy on tho
subject. "Niggers," we al know, are lazy.
ungrateful beings, who dol't know what 10
good for them, and $50 ualke white men)
don't appreciate the beauties Of working bard al
Isr IN th. taf
cosrsest food, and getting fogging at night fof
pay. Only from whites, who have grown up under
the influence and are familiar with the workings Of
Slavery, viii eyidence to its character AID conss-
quences be accepted By the fastid!ous.
Yet even their eIactions are satisfied ia The
IMPENDING CRISIS OF THE SOUTH, BY Hinton
" Rowan Helper Of North Carolina" Of which ws
gave more than seven columns Of extracts When
the work fret appeared, aeary eighteen months
ago. Mr.. Helper is q native Of the South, where
lis family have been settled for more than
century. The Gold Fever drew him thence 70
California and thus brought him into contac! Wiz
a community in which Labor is wholly Free. Btu
young and not invircibly prejudiced, he saw, and
reflected, and compared; aud the resul. wa
profound conviction that Slavery wn every way
wrong aud pernic;ous-the curse and blight Of no
far region i blackens and rules. Returning 70 tS
Atlantic States be pursued the investigation tAas
nc;ted, hs accumulated facts, and finally wo's
them into the volume referred to above. ThS
volume has already had large circulation, AID ~
everywhere been hailed With enthusiasm By tss
opponent. of Slavery. Could it be read aroma
every American hreside, We should rejoice Il 'ae
confident hope that the present century woaA
wi,re.s the death and burial Of African Slavery.
But it is not possible to give universal currency
10 volume Of facts and arguments whicn co''SA
dollar, and is devoid Of the allurements Oh netoa'
/. can only reach the intelligent and sPinsed ie~
while il is essential that il should aso be read sns
pondered by the many. Especially is it impor''n'
that the non. sla,eholding Whites Of the Soutn'
far as they can read, should be made sequsan'e'
with the truths so We'll presented by Mr.. deip'''
The Southern Press is, with scarcely an excepso"
the servie mouth-piece Of the shareholders, Psnas
ing to their sppetites and echoiss then s'.s
ments, while the great body Of Free Whites Id
South who OWL d. slaves and are lot evec '''
dependents and satellites Of those who Co. have Nv