New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-30
4 WORD TO CHARLES oCoNOR, ESQ

SIR: you are reported correctly in your speech
at the late UDion meeting, you said:
gentlemen If Il could be maintained that Negro Slavery
Il thus IN conflict with the law Of God and nseue nsn De
mauhea sn 70 whom slusion i frequently made, and cay
there hgher law hch compel. ps TO disregard ths
tfu and tTape beneath eet as wicked ana unhoy
compact"
Now Sir il yon nterded by these remarks to charge
,be ;ostr;ons Senator of New.York with the utter
ance Of uch language as you mpute TO him, we say to
Won that Mr. Seward, in any of his published speeches
never uttered such language nor expressed such a
sentiment.
we challenge you for the proof and until yos far
nish IT, intelligent and rght-minded men will hold you
responsible for gross and unpardOnabe ignorance, or
for the intentional slander Of living statesman prom
inent before the country as candidate Tor the hghes
honors of the Republe--a slander utterly unworthy
your own high position the American Bar, OF which
Mr. Seward il also a distinguished member
We append the patriotic and eloquent passage IN Mr.
Stewards great speech, III the Senate OF the United
States ON the admission of California into the Unions
March H. 1850 On that great occasion, which did
him immortal honor speaking of the public domain, he
said;
be Constitution regulates our stewcrdsbp the Constitution
dotes the domain to union justice defense to welfare
aud 10 Liberty; but there higher law than the Constitution
which regulates authority over the donn and deVotes 10
the noble puTp0es'
This noble sentiment alike honorable 10 his patriot
ism and his statesmanship-th eloquent avowal OF
harmony between the DlNlnc BzdW anu lut
Constitution, in promoting the great ends OF govern
ment--has been, through party viruence and vulgar
abuse perverted and distorted from Its plain and obyl-
ous meaning, by unserapuloas demagogaes, and been
made the theme of more vile and oathe0me slandor
than any other which disgraccd the country, n,
perhaps we except that miserable and polluted 6ll-
fngsgate the stale hue and cry of "bargan and cor
rupon aganst two of the greatest and purest states
men of this or any other country.
Is il quite in keeping Sir with your dignity TO stcop
from your high position as a lawyer, and gather mp
the vile droppipgs OF party pollution with WmcH 10
besmeM the garments OF great statesman whose ex-
ated virtues and talents have endeared him to large
portion of the intelligent masses of the Republic and
won for him the respect and admiration OF the world
BE assured Sir that such unworthy efforts, even of
yoursef will wholly fall and only tarnsh your repu-
tatioD. Leave such low and vulgar work for unprn-
cipled eemagOgncs and bRr-r00m politicians.
In sober earnest, Mr.. O'COnOr, we call upon you,
and upon all the traduceTs Of Mr. Seward whose great
talent and exalted worth eeem TO be like hon IN the
way of the Pro-Sayery Democracy, to point out, IN
the eloquent extract above given from Mr.. Stewards
great speech, single word which gives the slightest
ground for the thousand and one changes rung upon
the charge of inhdelty which it ncucaes to the moral
or political obligations of all good citizens of the Re
public. And yet this miserable perversion, this scan
daous imputation yOn yourself have stopped to make,
and thus given the sanction OF your own professional
reputation 10 of the most base and Infamous mis-
representations which dsgraced the lowest SINKS
of political corruption Sir if you choose to slime
your own reputation with such filth as this, no honor
able man, even OF your ONH p1itgj WIN ONOi
thize with YOU in yOur own degradation.
few more such Union-saving meetings, a few more
such speeches. and the Republican party have nothing
to fear Publish them, and let the whole country
know the Pro-Slavery prociyity Of the Un0n-savlng
Democracy Your abuse Of Mr.. Seward and your
craven advocacy of ultra ProSayery doctrines are not
the first instance on record where distinguished counsel
have been found cOnendDg against the cause oi their
clients We heartily sympahize with the Pro- Slavery
Democracy for the damage resulting to their cause
from your too great ProSlavery zeal and the Repnb-
hcan party might well afford to pay you literally for
your efficient aid.
We tell you and the whole South, Mr.. Fillmore,
in his recent manly letter told you, that of the
North are all Ant-SlayeFy men, and more than this,
we tell you, what you and every Intelligent man
knows, that the Republican party neither claims nor
desires and has claimed desired 10 interfere
with the constitutional rights of the South but we will
exert all constitutional rights 10 prevent the exten
sion of Negro Slavery into the Free Territories Of the
Union and let tell you further that for this frank
avowal Of the Republican party the whole South, with
the exception of few noisy politicians, honors the
Republican party, while they oathe the hypocritca
peaDs in praise OF Negro Slavery, sung by ProSavery
Democrats Of the North. JuSIUs.