New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-28
sOUTrasstS lpOLIFICs.

So f as the 81 y-hsidini STATES are concerned,
there esex to be osly two thing.whch excite, at
the present moment any liz ely political interest
Both t,sse subjects Of intcn st Include the doa OF
the e1. asion of S.svery and of he expansion OF
the bas . on which re Slave Power rests Orc Is
the protection Of ssye5cldinG in tie Territories OF
the Ur.ted States by the poi ltlve intervention OF
Congress for that urpose II thu enactment a
Territorial Sayecoae. The other - the repe-sof
the lavs prohibti,g the Ar icaR slayetrade, end
the lee iBg it to tie States the mseSes to determine
their ON = policy % that m,'tteT Upon the arst
Of tn - points-ths cooperation 4 Congress-, IN
comp st,pg the weis which the Supreme Court
has .san-there easRs to be Z great unan Iaty
not oey in the Democratic paf-y, so called but
amo-z almost all sbJee who as.t sr To take any
part In the poasicsz control o. those S.ates
Not content th.t the Dree Scott decision
prou,s.s 10 ope2 &c. them an asirsnce in.o. all
the territories W ieh the United States at present
posIcss OF may hereafter acquire, the slaye-hoid-
ers unanimously asst that COns eass shall nC-ony
reeapuize that secision, but sL40 act IN the spirit
OFT. by enactiag. laws for the ozotecton fll Sc
eg;ty of the s,a1s property ca fed INTO thcIerrl'
.o-ies under Is authority. This proposition IS
.,-eed in the aa.thern Slave States, no, merely
with view Ia .ae political sasequences 10 result
rom an incIexss in the numlsr of the Slaie States,
but also in TieS Of the spec.hl benefit which may
accrue 10 tAe.p us savebreS iers by an extension
of the marAot In this po.b. OF view, - interests
Of the cotton, growing Sta.ss might soAA to be IN
the other direction. The; claim tina. lie price OF
slaves is good deal too aigh already 1eightiul as
! it is 10 Virginia sls5s breeding imagination I,
Contemplate the sale o. good feldae-.as at 50 Ots
head. the idea of purchasing 8. ,6at price is ros
| quite So agreeable 20 the slave buyers. While
urging therefore Tie extension ii the msrke. FOR
the sellers. they SEX to proyi- Tor the interest OF
the buyers BY all wing them j. make purchal1s u
merely in Virginia MaryaE.a, and the O.he. slave
producing St.seS but in Ai.,cs slso. The agitation
for the rePe of the laws a.nst tie Afraan slave
trade has spread wiz sort of revolutionary
rspidiy through the States Of Mississippi and
Georgia and may now be said 10 - the leading
question IN both those Ststes Candidates for Con
grsss put il forward IL their speeches AMI circular.
as the ground OIL which they seek 81 election
Public meetings are held, sad associations are
formed, for the purpose Of giving to the movement
an impulse and sanction. The Southern
Rights press, as they call themselves, have
enlisted almost in body in this agitation. i
would be easy 10 give a long LIST Of Journals
which have entered with great Zeal upon this work
Nor are advocates for the revival of the African
slave trade wanting even in those States who's,
mere mercantile interest seems to lie the Othe
way. 1t j, deeply felt tbs. the basis on which tn
nsttution of Slavery stands is altogether too mar
/ row. The number of slaveholders is quite to-
ANAL in proportion " that Of the Iep slsveho.dsrl