New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-06

rp.e.h he liberty # cor .cepc. a,d re rga: OF the
citizen 20 exercise some q the eonrOne1. p'ivues
every dsy maintained and enforced 10 evs'y s'~ -li
/ rrtTy # the Union. Submission 81 bcn Isippu
sisnce ia morsl ocwaraice, snd sn oi 'iAi A''seoi
TO osar he y1ke Of q moe: wiling di4grsce.
We 81 n5t propose % recount tae er. - ne
and acts Of violence which bavs been CO nn'Ft79 .
Kansss. They s,e his.oresl sDd We are gneVeh ,
believe rev, al Of che dsrks.: ehap:sf- ana iSo
dsn;s II the poll, al hie q TIE GOvsrlmsn'. ~
bsve been C2pr-heDsive u the sbd ION t1e U
nirg, ,pd un.il within the fes week. oe't -, w.
fes,s we're ths. ne question might be d-cglel ~ 30
sectional grour5s AID nader be susp'ces o. s-et,l.-'
feehry o: ps-siJD. No giea;e: cilsuiy cah oe's
patton 'oan the ascision Of any s.O]eo. " t:i
Daiora interest upon the bssi- OF IT. geogr'p'
repyesen.atier The dread o. such -esnl. awaks1ei
.be seepes: so1i..y of Washington, ADD 10 t1s h1
lowed name Of poble patriotism, snt oy t'e 'o'e o.
our common country sod humanity, ne Nd "e
whole pee pie to avoid :his rock OF personal
and certain political disuniOn.
tives 10 Congress- thai this consuming tire hss Deen "a
tDguisted, and its c ,nseq1en,-i wholly N,nifa u
fromtbe issue ofthe Kansas debsies sDd Vo'e. "eCTe
il 70 tht tha, in four of ou- S0Cthern Sates ices
bave been eect1sy beard Der OF .he rig tss
p ople 10 frame their Cons'itu,oD % maze 'ner
own laws and 20 reg1iste their owo f'rn OF SoEsIh-
nept. We owe 10 them 10 the popular oranca OF 'He
National IAgisls pr6c'ics! vin1loanonoi OF the o'C
trre ssaied in the highest places OF power oy n.ary
the ertne administrative and monetary force oi me
Government, that the will OF The People, f1Iy a9a
corstutionsy expressed, Is the supTetne Jaw o Tue
lard. All honor then, TO the two Senator's from Men
lucky and tennessee, and TO tho sI Represent aye5
from May land North Carolina and Kentucky Tor the
calm u,t and national stand taken and nslnt 'ne1 oy
item tor tbe pre'ervaon Of great principle oil COL
sttuional Liberty.
We feel also ihat we owe deep debt OF gratitude
10 all those members os Congress- and not ie's 70
Republicans than 20 Democrats, VINO voted upon this
question with lefs regard TO the demands oil & paTy
than TO the claims Ct their country There ere cccs,
tIors WREN party walls must be thrown d)Fn, 4n1
when all in whose hearts burn the fires of true
liberty nus unite their voices ard action "a defense
of the rights of free people and the a1;noriy ot
Constitutions Government. 1T to-day We singe oat
one cas- II from smother, j: is because We lee.
that the highest honOrs belong 20 those w1o, coTntg
from section OF country arrayed by the seton o' it5
representatives almost in solid column against mea-
sure of common justice, have had the moral courage
to stand alone, and regardess Of all persona corse-
queIces yindcste principle Just in tse and there
fore ct 10 be mended 70 The patriotism and good
sense of the whole American people. We trust that
that the constituents OF this small but united band OF
patriots from the South will sustan the patriotic action
Of their Senators and Representatives in Congress-
We belong Ia party which makes no war upon SOUTH
ern rights, Southern institutions, or Southern men
This indeed is not question of the Slavery of the bsck
race. but Of fberty for the white The South as
politically the equals Of the NOrt1, but rs numerical
weaker party Of the country, have the deepest stake
IL such struggle for the supremacy OF consntuh ona
right over Executive power and against the undue
nhueDc and sggIessons Of his appointed ministers
As nationO citizens we only be governed by the
Constitution as sn article of admitted faith and gov
eminent and by feeling that n it there tha. common
shield of 9Th and that common source OF protec
ton which fOrbids il ustice, aggre eiOn or sectional
action from either party. Leaving this landmark OF
our fathers like a ship strained and tempssttossed,
without rudder compass pilot or master, we dIif
Inevitably TO shipwreck and ruin. One stranded and
lost, human power can collect and bind together
tie fragments of once great united, strong and pros
porous governn ent.
We are all American born citizens and represent in
General Commit zee, many thousands Of our native
deepest interest in everything which belongs TO the
peace Of the country the happiness of the people ana
the perpetual endurance OF our united Government.
In this spirit we speak-in this We hope we act, and
TO this end we adopt the following resolutions:
Rsoesd united thanks Of the American
Con of the City of NewYork due and
hereby endesd all the Members Of Congress who voted
admission Of Kansas the basis the Lecompton
Constution and that especial debt OF gratitude TO
Senators and Representatives. in Conges from the
States Of Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina and Maryland for
their rational and patriotic during the consideration o @
question.
ROred In token Of our earnest convcon OF the good
upon the Kansas bill, and OF our respect Tor
their manly and Just ciion Of time OF sNs national excitement
and result that the members OF the Gener,
their TO the foregoing report and
.ions send Senators and Repre-
elaye Congress through whose great instumentrhy snd
sreucy in part. the Leconpton Constitution has been 20 far
Cated
ISisned by Esrus BROOKS ZoPnAR Mills. HIRAM CoH"'~
ANDREWS, ISAAC J. OLIvER, }. B. Pol
LOCK- THOMAS McXsGHT and thirty eight others,
being all the Members Of the American General
Committee who have opportunity to do so