New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-16

Ard tie go. COO Radicals vino voted Tor 'sn p'ie"
IN l545
Having taken one false step add jostihed II on
u.t.nsb.. ground it easy tc induce the pei'iot
r,cy of IN. North 70 taxi another N TIE same d.
rec;ion Itwss suddenly discovered th't Cons res
sionsl prohibition WAS not coly ineSp'"Nn' III
eiy,u ~. of circumstances, but wss unc"ns''u''oa-
ri under oil circumstances As The oou'n useN
Ger. Cs,s, a Nortoern Democrat, to sedace tue
Northern Democracy INTO TIE brst do"n"sro s'c9
in ls4.-JO. 20 1t used Judge Douglas, another
Northerp u, mecrst TO be uce them into thu sec-
end fslse .tep in 1876 TIE former led them 10
the brink Of the prrcipice. The latter pushed tne"
down its steps Notwithstanding tass the hau-
sss Nebraska bill, rrpealiug the proh'i'ory clause
Of the Missouri act, had declared TIE uncons''u-
tiopsiity Of Congressional inhibition II stl seemed
10 leave the people Of the Territories perfectly
.. flee" Ia admit or exclude Slavery from their SOU
was tbs provision that made TIE me'sure toice-
able ard even palatsble to Northern Democrats
Tb,y tired to console themselves or rataer 70 cheat
heir better iud gment into the belief thst Freedom
Wa more Likely to via the field In contest on tue
Western fiopt,ers. updcr Popular Sovereignty,
han under Con gress;onal Intervention. Though
bs ou,rsses in Kansas dis yel.td this d-uiop from
all eye, not willfuy blind to the Legitimate workings
of the new policy. and though tens OF thousands
repndsiei IT, is sutbors and sbetors, the n'sss of
Northern Democrats, reasoning on the hypotte''s
Of ttei, prototype, Macbeth, that, orce d. II Were
better to go through than 10 turn pack plunged
down the declivty and &owed themselves ready
TO follow whereSer the Slavery Propaganda would
lead
Az the election of Pierce was Claimed as poPn'
Tar ratification Of the neAPediAnc! d prohioitcry
legislation for the Territories so thar o. buchanan
wss cited a. 3 national verdict in favor of the
uuconstitutionality Ut such legislation. Inc
Democracy Of the North were now open TO new
seductiuns and ready for another lapse ieom
the old paths The Leccpptcn jugee Ignored
Popular Sovereignty. as e1pounded oy Douglas
The attempt to force this. swindle through Con
cress and upon the people Of Kansas, WIS tao
iyitiatory step toward another ssagc in this Road
:. TO Ruin" down which the Southern Democracy
are dragging their Northern dupes Having In
Juced them, BY threats sbd brides, TO successfully
repndiste the power and the duty of Congress to
prohibit Slavery in tho Territories, they low insist
that they shall in one breath affirm the power aud
duty of Congress to plant and protect the iusslt'l-
ton there! The South has done with negatives.
She now demands pOsitives. The North has
| Welded her theories. The South now requires her
white ssrfs to reduce them to practice.
As in each Of the successive steps in this sliding
| scale of scourdrelisn, a few have refused to 90
| further and have turned back. while the mass,
after little hesitation, haze plunged down the de-
cvity, so will it be low. Indeed, the vast ma
iority of Nortbern Democrats have already yielded
the main question 10 controversy. and only AK that
their infapy may be inscribed IN ambiguous char
scters in the order of the day to be issue1 at
Charleston. For pelf, place, and power, they are
ready TO fasten Slavery upon sill the present and
| prospective Territories of the Union by Federal
| legislation and, if need be, by Federal bayOnets;
and they only beg that the record of their rascal
| ity may be cotsmpOrane0us with the diabolical
| deed And whether their taskmasters shall grant
them even this small boon, is the only point in this
part Of the Presidential programme which the
Southern Democracy are discussing.