New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-01

"Tb, tb. IL tbe land OF the free, the SSpreme j.
dcatuie Just proclai ns mast be sarrepnered 10
tie doctrine ~bico makes Slavery nau ma, aoc Ia
spite Of the viii Of tie people opens no a.! cor si' D.
nee 10 BE- the home 81 the slave IL II ths de-
Gee reversing the principles Of oar revolution and the
pol " Of our Government from rs fo"bcst"p, sap
ported by the Executive power apd s,cuonsl on
esrchy wbch bas at last reached, through Einy mt
bof cor trove,ses The grand issue or viii the desGy
Of II c races Of this c nineit dePenos. To- meet It
in such way 10 avert TIE p0renOe1 ms
IL every mems cobcero, and this must be my apology
for Offering any suggestions abou, i. 10 common
Affairs men Understood Lord Bacon philosophy ing
h. fore spphed n toe advaDcemen, Of toe sclenees
The prudent and sseacous CONSTANTLY look on the past
portion Of lie TO learn from It's experiments what to
puIsue and what TO avoid. So stste-Ineo, ~no have
the Welfare Of races COMMITTED to their care shOdii
lock to their history TO guide II the aooPiou o. sy-s
10 promote their prosperity Inc founders OF oof GOV
erImeut were wise and good men, ADD cllSd " ihelr
AID iu foYmiug our institutions tne experience OF al
ebl shttned nations, especially ttat ut the oo'bei
country and that Of Their own ss Cofies NlihonV
exception the whole body Of ssges aud pa.nois e'n
bracsd the Declaration If IodepepdeDce es yiok o.
the base OF Cur whole poy, AM held nat tne iosi rec
Of msIkird were the surest sodrces 81 ths v. u 49,
power ard happiness Of q c0mnuu!y; ,,.yy
universally pronounced the curse OF Tue COUNT!
tre blo. on IFS fair fsmo-was only tolerated 'i
Tie ,irne bec,use time wss Necessary - eH-c'
a cure of what chrome disea'e, ~nieI
hssty and violent rtmedies wouid assia'a 'o nn
,iott m. Ike mortal. II 5000 however, reduced
f,, It's xfeLred bOuuda ies and al VI" country 'o.
hen ~ ouged to the Ubio ald which It's |-r e'ad
reach was d,dcsted t. freedom, IN IN conud ht hple
tIst ia growth under the inv gOT5t ~ power ~oaI'
in the course Of years produce teeHiog popusthon
the ofspriup Of nee l4bOr-that WJul0 ~ Tue over
fow Of ito numbers msds prospe Oh. oy iDdusty anu
1c0r INV by degrees remove the African tuerlcau
race 10 G mCre cODgeDial and tree home VII liG 'Y
t,onics This expectation woal1 have bsen real Red
IN .ce e1t.pt by this tine bad not vast scqustion
of terri.ory ,lreay stccb ed with saves beeu added
to to. Union. Tins opened up Wy for tue ol'per'
az the uutipyirg millions il the Sou' and prevented
the mischief from ber fit of 1etsibips sncn an over
shadowing crowd of slaves t. d GUY or s'arve out
oil the Of the white race, II even the were
abs 10 hold their places aud the nsgroes 10 supecu"n'
But the policy which has bnIt the tier Of Fee States
from Il A liant to the Mississippi. Will sti accom-
oil IA its grand cesgD il the patriotism ind Courage
which began this movement rcmalns among Us
to urge it. If oil the territory of tbs continent nov
fee is mail aimed in its freedom the S-ve Po"ef,
which rectvedl It's new in pul,e from the political sm-
biiion awakened by EXTENDED dominion, mu-t rapidly
Shrink uu0er the of the robust strength OF nee
lsbo, ow strong within the Slave STATES as do nes-
tic element of opposition to the competition OF slaves
ard Decor irg irresistible as political Influence be-
yoI Their limits TO rush those aspirations OF ambi-
iiOus n1p who found their schemes of suhectng our
popular institutions upon the prevalence OF the ltstta
lion of Slavery lpropose, therefore, to the trends
Of the great cause Of popular rights and free abo, on
this continent TO resume the coDquerng march IN IT'S
behalf fret indicated by Jefferson defined and estab'
lished by the ordnance Of 49, by all the States IN
II Congress Of the Confec GRAFTON, and finally sane
toned in the Cor sttuton. That lice of march termi-
rated on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River,
tecsuse there terminated the Territory belonging to
the Union. THE voice Of the majority IN Congress and
the nation on tie acquisition Of tlat region watch
opensd Tie way 10 the Pacific was in fsvOr of tie ie
sun p,ion The fort asdeeaed by the ntrpos ton OF
Is 600 slaves in Miesoui aid the th att dissolve thu
Union, urless permitted TO constitut it Slave State
This was The fret attempt TO deeat the degos OF the
Al Il
polluted by Slavery, to the white race, aud opening
the career to Freedom over the great West beyond
the Mississippi. The desperate struggle for haasas
has resulted more happily. There intiigae, menace,
violence and bloodshed all tried 10 ven against
the cor stapcy Of brave and patient people, uphold.
i,g good csuee. This triumph over all thu bad acts
OF bad NEE, abusing gOvernUeht - tler sinister
aims, will store Missouri, even its enemies admit rs
Ink in the chain Of Free States TO Crde the md lie
Of the continent from TO ocean IL is this grand
cor tummBton which Is TO remove, 10 removing the
cause all the sing controversies ttreaeuing DIS
rupon between the States dis'irg ushed now bS bite
al bls, labor the esyang the industrious pro
Queer, the other degrading the most useful employ
nept by he opprobrium attached to the slave. Let
me nl er lee and take survey OF that glorious line OF
prCgess murL ed ont by the mester minds % early
ftatesnen. ard argue from the past what are to be
the results OF that system througo which they hoped
to happy destiny Tor the various races 1t e-
br6ced at Is Inauguration. Or ~ the regions adapted
10 foster the cueTgies intellectual and physical OF
that whiCe rises from the valley Of the Mssiss ppi
along the temperate central ATTITUDES Of this coUti-
pen,, ascends the Rocky Mountains, where Pixies
Peak commands its views and stands as the standard
bearer beck ing the rstOn-which descepds agsin
forms the great basin Of the cott nebt the West
Elm Iin-the Sierra Nevada making the border
liehs from which II looks down California and the
Pacific Ocean. have trod much of this vast scene
lie great plain on the east with its meanderng rvers
spreading outlines of forest shades, AMID the linn
liable pr, spe tits mountain grandeur, on the slopes
clothed IN lnNuraut grass and wild vines, the eeNa'
tons with lofty woods the crests c0nblpg ont al some
places with ich minerals, at others crowned with tur
rois of rockthe highest with inperishabe snOw-the
parks and valleys between, now the Winter homes OF
the Wild tribes ar their horses, watch they sweep
the p!s MS in their tu-ts and wars, at distant
day TO become the birthplace Of pobler ard farer
progeny than Crcassa boast the Caucasus from
which II is the pride of our race to have descenRd
IL is remarkable that the b ssrgs which Prov ience
has prfpsrd this ntnent for civilization seem 10
emerge al Of sudden TO the view, as the condition
Of society he's rescued the point to make appropria
tion possible. Tho gold loTg ghsteued III tue sand
ard quartz Of CaoTnis under the eyes of the eager
gcld-huLting SpniaId, unseen. Ii was reserved TO
feed the mighty commerce To spring MP, when the
energies Of the Ango-SaXVn race on the North AneI-
icap continent, haG tanned IFS Atlantic wiliernesses
When is inventive genius had found the means TO
leap through space bs the steamboat on the sea- and
the rGilrosd by land; 70 Gnnihilate it as OBJ
strucOn to thought by conveying j, on the lightning
over contpeits and oceans The same moment seems
frs. 10 have revealed the Unreasonable treasures of
the great plains and the mountains OF the Interior
which colossal paii is 10 besir ie with foot
each great ocean, sending with Is co nmerce
both the blessings of liberty and civilization. Ii is said
that Puritan Fix rims first reached this shore,
they se1t out pioneers to atcctln how far westward
tie land eptble of cultivation They returned
with the good tdlpes that the selvsge Of :oe CONT
rent fer at eSst twenty miles back, was hsbtabe by
an agricultural people. This vas the utmost sspira-
ion of people who, for religion and liberty, gave
what to them the world TO seat themselves on its
mere margin. Their pross naE ploM the waves OF