New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-31
Spk,ECH OF HORACE GREELEY
70 Mas 'sssing Of citirens Of Kaasas, sstsaaing
the Rs,uS dcan convcntion at ossvassnis,
May 10. 1859.

PUBLIC ~ CONVEX ton Of the Freemen OF kausu. IL
seems 10 ue At ard ds sirabie that you Ahcud ir.cs
to statement Of t,r origin. history. principles ~
objects Of the Republicss party Of she Unl.n; an
| such shsll endesvor, so fsr my wesh voice and
this high wind will allow. tc set plaisy before you
The struggle which followed the intrvduction and
attended the progress of the Kansas Ncsrasks e0
though Congress in 1884 gave tie hrst unequiv-
ocs evidence Of the decline aud decay of the rvh
political parties which had fos the prroedng
twenty years. divided the country That decay al
ready existed in fact. bu, no, So palpabe ~ b
compel general recognition. Bat when the ME-
sour; Compact was ruthlesslJ brvken, 10 the amaze
| ment and consternstou Of the houghtiuA ccnscco-
tious conservative citizens Of whateyer party
or section, and the Wing party failed to rsss
united and ,mph,.c protest against il. as be-
ceme party holding the position AID pcstisG
'orh the CO, ,servative, fathkeeprg professicos 81
that parry, its tate sealed. Tho fact thSt oos
If the great laodmarks of our history bad been OBJ
| l,ci sted, and compact which had long been no
esided rs only less sscred than the Constitution.
had been waltorly torn up aud scattered TO tho
winds, with scarcely word Of remoastrance.
show If resistance from Southern Wig statos men
so rryrrrd and couidcd 10 as Clayton, and Joha
Bell and CIittenden, and Badger while the pre-
t,sts of cur Northern Everett, std Withrop. snd
G,snger, ard BARNARD. and Washington Hunt.
were either utterly withhelt. or so tilidly.
hesrtlessly, tcrmall! euterrd as ~ be- scsrcv-
ly heard aid totally uhheeded. Was the kneH
OF the Wing patty. And wheu the few South
ern Wings whv cared resist the clamors of s~c-
uons gred and Inst stand gallSuty by the
fsith hch & cir fathers had pghted-sli honor to
the names .! Theodore G. Hunt of Louisi,ns, En-
a Al A IL Quill. 81 n.
asd their nute compatr ,ts were deserted BY
their constituents aud driven from The National
Councils, along with Democratic Bcuton OF Mis-
souri, because they bad been thus faithful snl
'es LEES. il was Plao To oil but the willtuly bind
that the Wing party dead. and in psssios
need u the rites ot ttecent burial Ii had 10 moro
more a mission abov. ground. While its devotion te
the Rights of Property remained unshakep, had
failed IN devotion to the precious thd nnlenable
Rights OF Man While had remained true To tho
interests OF Labor it had forgotten to be faithful 10 tho
esse,tal Rights of Labor. Aud that error fatal.
lspeak no. urkindly Of the whig party. It had
been great and poble party, and hsd filled an hon
ored place countrys history. had, OF coursc.
many ADLER advocates than | was, bat not one more
| constant, more industrious. more devoted SIR.
laid The I, ryid Cratan. ought to know something
of Irish indr pendence stood by its cradle; fol-
% lowed its hearse' So |, defyug the OF the
nalevoent aud epurniug the mock humility f the
| bypccrte, VIII say here-because 1t seems ut and
necessary that i 81 oud be said even though by me
| reyI,iiyI the Wig party. was moro devoted - ns
principle o, more uIselp-hy solicitous for their tn
umph through all the long years of its substs tive ex-
iaence than he who here says to them, The tbin9
you mediate il beyond human power. You cannSe
make those dry boneslive. The Whg party rcceIved
its death blow when most ot its Southern stacsmee
vote Ia break the Missouri Compact IN orcer to Az
grepdze the power or to silence the clamOrs OF the
| slave breeding interest, wDilc the Nhg Press ana
Parry OF that section actively urged tscitly sus-
/ tanned that fragrant wrong. Wbatevcr secminR ~
1 t,ny haxo i'm rt.Sylrc tail ~
will nses~ssrly prove ioca trsssstory. sessr'vc y
might wei, attempt To revive the Ninth Century.
vived simply becsuss this Is the Nipetsenth- ~
undertake t. restore TO mortal life the ccfined moier
| ing dead. Hs'"ry will not conseut 10 be thus READ
backward, m the inexOrsbe march Of events 10 be
reversed at man biddng The shadow goes not back
Oh the dal moved by the finger Of the Almighty.
| As to that wh',ed sepuchre, that grnning dcsthA
head thst deD Of all abomua,iou-. which mscslls H.
self the National Democracy II could not die OF the
Nebraska InIquity. simply because was not morally
| alive. II could not be killed by auy wrong perpe-
traed IN It's by Ito leaders, because was never
expected by aoy save the mort gbvrani and stod -
hold itself amenable 10, or be guted by the laws q
eternal Right. II has n safe Million of Voters, who
will vote Tor il because II calls Itsolf Democracy, ED
because they suppose II the parry that they have
always supported ~ did their fathers before them.
IL may change its esery principle aud mensure-may
pluu itself being National, wheras the prophets
Whose too'bs nov pretend. to bald we're shocked q
the very shadow Of Natonsity-revolted at the iteA
Of he:ng Federal even, aud devoted To the ndc-
peDdsuce and the sovereignty Of the states Between
the National Democracy If our day, and tho Jefcrsc-
hah de 90 ia which preteuds to be grouo led there
is heaven wide diversity, utter antagonism. Yea
this Million 90 voting whatever ticket IL given them
suihep,caly labeled Democratic, and will do w TN
they die. Add 10 these the tens Of thousands toe
clever to be duped by this chcat bat not too
honest 10 profit by it, including the coubte-s multitude
Of Ofce-bOdes. Oiceexpeetants and actual Or would
be Treasury lecchcs generally and then supcrnposs On
this combination further mutual proftnble Offensive
and defensive alliance with the great Slave Power rop-
rcsen'Dg Three Thousand Millions, woth Of pro iuctiSe
but uncertain property aud the combined strength Of
the three Is very formidable. The Democratic party
cannot Bic, Smpy because so macy profit by keeping
it alive. II may become even more corrupt and nox-
ious if that be possible than il now is, aud still "the
cohesye power ef public plunder will keep osteo-
eby in being like dead King whose attendants hrie
his decease fearing to proclaim hi: heirke the usnd
Lama who IL ssid TO de, bat simply to chooee
Sso0ns Si,. and he'h ''ay whenever MS ''' ono '
OF course 20 one can nationally look to this dead
alive party to oppose ary barrier 70 the successive en-
| croachu eIts If 'be Slave Powcr Oo the contrary,
having lorg fiutd in tbs po-sersion Of gotten sway
acquired aud retained solely the strength OF s int
d ate and loving alliance with the slavery Eu7nnouls
| il can never be relied nor expected to pursne
a, dift rent course from that has found 50 sdvAa-
tageous. Az in the case of Texas Anoexstion-ss
ap ain in the passsge Of the latest Fugitive Slave Law
Ias more recently ia tue overthrow II the Missouri
| Compac,-as with regard to the proposed ouyiog
| or .feanf 2 of Cubb--o in the future With rcfer-
euce 10 the proposed formal reopenng of the African
| slnve-Trade-the National Democracy may be safety
counted on do .D the utmost the biing ofthe slave
Power whatever the required service nay be. Andt
| as the atteupt to revive the Wig party IN f"w o.
the b. rider Slave States has already been sgnsiiseA
| " uaueuyers oa the part Of tho Opposition cani-
date- and canyasre5 T. get TO windwai ot her Dcm-
| oeratic oIpOp. nts tue PIo-Siaseiy track, w0s
! tie co, trjyers of this notable device that
| bound to fail Mr. Gosgin in Virginia and ~.
Rel in Kentucky mag take extIe ne PfsSAs.