New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-19
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LETTER FROM HORACE GREELEY.
NMy PnIIIicAL WINS"


forria cave been repeatedly requested 70 sf1fe-'
the peope of this or that locality the polite, o! the
aay and have 10 three or four instances, compiled.
have now many such requss's before s,s, winch an
unable 10 obey, patty because 1 mus. commence nay
home " ard journey the moment / physically abe
a. undertake il. Meantime, TepOrS vi nay remarks a.
Auuuru and Sacramento have been Published, "hicn
certainly DO injustice TO my cOpyc.lo1s, aud an coz
fdsptl 10 ny sts.enents xsl and, on the stfeIgtn
OF these reports ny views have been sdltoriaIy AZ
raieptd nnsOurd and inconsistent ns1e 30 reply
and shsll make noue 10 those mistaken crlucIsi bu
i sees simply just to myself and 10 ny friends ina
snoud briefly got forth, through the ule nam 81 the
pub ic pfess the views which actually cherish, and
have eLdesvored III my political s1dreS-s 70 coueHi'
Win gard to the vital questions underlying our cur
rent politics, ttey e. iolows: ..-
l. hold, with Thomas Jsiisrson IN the DecIs!a- on
Of Independence, tina, human governments denye
"th.r Just powers from the consent Of the governed
that il is their proper funehon atd imperative ouy
protect every rational, innocent numaa oeus "nI
Their respective Jurisdictions 10 the full enjoyment OF
their "inshenabie rights that among these are
"IAfe Liberty and the pursuit Of happiness, ~ any
means not prejuoicisl to the public veil-berg.
ii. hold, consequently, that "a government Naicn
instead Of uphclcrg each ra'ions non cnnnaI ctzeI
or subject ia the full enjoyment OF these lnshensoie
rights DEGREES connlyes a. Their overthrow IA tne
case Of minority portion, or even oae Oh Us suo
jects is recreaut to It's moe; sacred oDg@loha snd
SO fer false usurpne, tyraunlcsl government uHue
rerviug Of respect or obedience.
Ill / hold, therefore, that Thomas Jefferson vas
exactly right in reporting 70 the Ccntneota
Congress Of 1884 I'll ordnance for the government OF
this United Tor Confederated States, ard in providing
by said ordinance that Human Slavery should, after
the year 1900 be forever prohibited, not merely IN
those Territories uhe Territories but IN the Stae INTO
which lie proposed pIOvsiooaiy to divide thtm-eighs
OF thOse embryo States covering the territory 10"
forn1iY the States Of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama
ard Mississippi sLd then belonging 10 the States OF
Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia.
~ Mr.. .JeflersOns Ordinance AFORESAID having
toll tor ,f reQQired nnOugn
members voted for it. enc Only seven against h h0'1
That he last Continental Congress was entreiy rsht
in passing the glorious OrdlI sDce OF l'o', whereby
Slavery was forever excluded from the territory
bounded By the Ohio. the Mississippi and the Lakes
then known 81 the NORTHWEST Tsr1tory"-nOw form
ING the States Of Ono Indiana, Illinois, Nisc0nsn, ana
Michigan only regret that its author, Na'hsn Dan,
did not with Mr.. Jeilersons forecast, make his Orc
lance applicable TO the government OF Territories
thereafter 10 be acquired by ces-ions from Stses or
from foreign countries. instead Of making apphcaole
specifically and only 10 ali the teHItOiy lheh pOsessei
bv the Confederation.
". / held that George Washington and the frst
Federal Congress were night IN reenactng snd confirm
jng the express Prohibition OF Slavery IN the Federal
Territories contained in the Ordinance OF 81, as were
subseauent Congresses in unfolding and cpntrming
that Prohibition in the several acts Organizing sue
cessvely the Territories Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin.
VI 1 mold that the Congresses of lSO!-3-i were en-
tirely right 10 denying the report OF Joh1 Randolph,
G. Virginia saveh0lder, the petition OF the Governor
ard l. gislSuIe Of ln1iaua Territory then embracing
all The North. West Territory aforesaid except the sat;
of ONO to be permitted to hold slaves for hmed
period: and Ina, said peIempory denial probably
saved the Moth West from the scourge OF slavery
VII. hold that policy devised by Thomss eiier-
son, limsef stakeholder and representing slave'
holding state sanctioned by emaoty OF the Cong ess
OF 1857, when most of the STATES were stu Slave
States; ard again by that OF l1s NTH tue president
ial ranction of George Washir gton and affirmed oy
the Corg,ess of 1923 the report OF john Randolph,
IL. chs oi
justice, even pausbillty, be now s'igmn,lzeu as
Z" sectional the part Of the Free States mch up
hold it, or warning on the rights OF tue ooutn.
Though older than the Federal Cor sttntlon the pohcy
of Congressional prohibition of Slavery may be truth
fully SAID to have grown with the growth OF thst IN
sti umeIt, after having received the sanction o. Tue
growth Of the founders and devisers OF our present
Federal Union.
am not aware that aught which lie herenbeiore set
forth or assumed as fact ia denied by any welniofmed
press or persop And while there will always be con-
uoversy so long as pubic justice s'ahus oPP3sed
seeming personal nterest, it msy be sell to bear the
above facts freshly in mind during the pendency OF the
question respecting right of expansion nov eel up IN
behalf Of Slavery-remembeting also that .
II is not denied that all the territory covered by
the Ordinarce of ~ has since been gradually and
quietly transformed Into Free Labor States while most
Of the Territories organized without prohibition oi
Slavery, therein have grown into Slave States.
9 II is not denied that the Ordinance oil o. gave us
peace with respect to Slavery to the extent of its ope
ration; while Texas, X ansas and New-Me1ico tthe lat
ter lust transformed into fufedged Slave Territory
under the most nhuman and internal Slave Act which
dsgraced any statute BOOK prove ,ha' W Tue ao
ssrca of Congressional prohibition we have ae naked
choice between submitting to Slavery extension or be-
ing driven into what lie virtually intestine war
VIII A word, now, as to Popular Sovereignty IN
the Territories:
Congress may enact any laws for irs own government
not iuconsis' ent with the "DaleDabe rights aore-
said and such only Iprotest against the assumption
that the vote OF A. aud b. can fasten on u that deu
tutjon of all civil rights known Slavery even u he
allowed to vote himself on the qdeslon--snl less,
where be is not allowed any voice IN the prenises
deny tina, Josephs brethren had any night TO sell nun
into Egyptian bondage ever though 'hey were zen 10
one; snd hold that the buyers derived no night OF
valid title from tie transaction. In other words, hod
10 Popular Sovereignty in the Territories only 30 lar rs
is exercsed III accordance with the dictates OF Elef
nal Justice Of Insiensbe Right; and repudlate II
when set up to legalze fortfy polygsmy adultery,
Slavery or any other species Of robbery or wrong.
Such is the political creed which commends the
Republican party of the Union to my ahecnon snd
.uppUt-which / frd clearly outlined III the fh,a,
deipbia Republican National Platicrm-oIt whlch
have not seen distinctly se forth ID the resolves OF any
State Convention held this year in Caiornls OF com.
mended il the addresses to your people q any eel Oh
candidates. Individuals amorg them may nave pro-
csimed the old true faith but, 80 far As can Judge
from the newspaper reports of their addresses, the
Republican candidates seem to have wed WIN tnose
on the 10, IecoDpton Democratic ticket m proclaim
ing their devotion 10 what Is eurfentiy iesisha'eI
popular Sovereignty"
Such being the facts do hot perceive the necessity
Of California persistpg in the support OF Two rlva
State tickets In opposition 10 that Of the Lecompton
Democracy. III, a Republican of tie old school, who
cling ~ the faith of Jeers and shngton and H.
sst the Congressional prohibition of Slavery, could
vote--as aid most heartily yote-to return John Is
Haskin, an anti Lecompton Democrat, cannot see
why any Republican III California, standing on the pst
form of vour late State Nominating Cow eution shoud
hesitate TO support Joseph c. McKibben. Unless
party oryauiz atons Of accoup. than tunda-
u I ~ v be