New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-19
rw.vonx DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 49, 1858


bullying by which they are backed by the a'Ior-
ney, in fact of the Slave Power who sit N the
White House and the State Department al WASH
incton' And does he not comprehend ths' all
these seemingly diverse agencies are working 10
one end, namely the acquisition OF more sis'r ie''
ri,ory and the eaggrandizeme OF the Slave Power
"Weu." ssys Thayerite, what we mean o!
n.Interyention is that al this must be stopped
And so. TO effect this, you abandon an issue ana
formula that every body understands, and adopt ia
stead one that VII have as many meanings AZ aa'
vocates. and which cannot possibly AWAKEN throo
in the popular heart. mo more Slave Terri
tory ut is in substance the platform OF the
Fathers-of Washington, Adams aud Jenerson-
none can mistake its meaning nor It's proper apphca-
ton. IfMexico. OF Central America, or Cuba, or
Canada, or an part Of Polynesia, wish TO enter
our Confederation, let her make application II que
form. and We will consider whether our respective
interests are to be promoted BY such union But
we have Slavery enough now, and will have no
more of that. We will keep the faith pledged BY
our fathers, but new engagements TO hold men ID
bondage. and butcher them should they rise to as
sert their God given right 10 liberty, we cannot
abide. II is enough to "bear the evils that we
'have."
We have said that Intervention is sus-
ceptble of a variety OF meanings. Senator Dousias
ssys he ia for NonIntervention, by which he means
that be is utterly Indifferent whether Slave Labor
or Free shall prevail in any embryo State. lie
thinks Slavery will only be found profitable IN
tropical or semi-tropical regions, wherefore he
believes that it will not establish itself in Kansas
and New Mexico: but if it does he cares not.
This is the sense in which Non-lnterventlon will
be generally understood and accepted-the sense
of utter indifference to the spread limitation of
slavery. How few viii steadfastly advocate Non
Intervention as the National policy without giving
in to il as their local AMI individual policy like
wise Mr. Thayer Of course does not mean this,
but there are thousands to-day repeating and
applauding his utterances who mean nothing else
AS he mast perceive if he reads the Buchanan
journals. Let US :" hold fast the form of sound
words"
But, even if there had ever been possibility of
genuine Non Intervention, We insist that the Dred
Scott decision has demolished it. That decision,
uncounteracted, makes all our Federal possessions
Slave Territory. and not merely all we now have,
but all that we may hereafter acquire. Any slave
holder may, by virtue Of that decision, take his
slaves into any Territory and, though every other
resident thereof be hostile to Slavery he may new
ertleless hold and work his slaves there, and the
Territorial authorities must protect him in so do
ing. Here is practical, positive. most effective
Intervention by the Government on the side of
Slavery, which can only be thwarted by aspirit
and an attitude on the part of the Free States
which no preaching of Non-Interyention seems to
US calculated to insure.
We object, then. to Mr.. Thayers new crotchet,
not 50 much as essentially wrong as practically In
opposite, and as tending to demoraze and disinte-
crate the e-Labor interest while it's terms will
at once be seized upon by trmmers and doughfaces
to confuse and perplex the public mind. We be-
lieve there must be some better employment for
Massachusetts Member of Congress, and especially
one representing the Heart of the Commonwealth
than getting up such bubbles as Non-Intervention
Heating tea-kettle with snowballs has been pre-
gumed a rather difficult feat but We deem it more
hopeful than the task of arousing the People to or
ganze and struggle against the constant aggressons
oi the Slave Power by preaching NOn-InteventiOn.