New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-20


BY vo,ss-thers being l6 IN favor, and as>.sss It.
These are facts which either Mr.. Dousas did ros
brow, in which case DC had DO rsa. 20 sssams
them 10 be 90; or be did knoS, 10 seicn ease,
he hsd other Purposes IN yIe~' James sa
i:on ard the Congress Of l1S both Asserted
that the Corst,uloa vas meant 70 De ne srsas
charter of human liberty. Mr.. Stephens of Georgia
said in June tbs, the -rg of the South, IN the
.Sy history OF the country, we're against ssveryi
but be thinks the qaest0n wss which they could
rot thorcug understand ~ that tine. Mr. EiwNd
Everett. in his or alton on Daniel Webster, all tna.,
in common with ell the s.s.e-mer OF the is. eeosra.
tom he believed that +" fee labor voud ul,smxely
prevail throughout THE country.' Mr. Everett s
ssS 20 have suppressed chs passage The rex Tine no
delivered the Grafton, which only sloss .aa' the Ma.
s,cbu.e,.s eta esusn vas and was the Nsssaehnssts
ors.or ia Mr. Curtis referred 10 the fsct toas al the
Leading statesmen OF the last generation, with scarcely
al exception, believed in the doctrine OF oooiy
conflict be;seen the rights snd wrongs OF men. feeps
looked forward generally 10 the grsdaA sooA-ion Of
enabled the negro 20 pick o thousand pousds
Of cotton where before he picked one, S.sNsD
received . new impulse, and became posave
system ard q conscious polt cal poSer. rW
tine IL deprecated the evil Itself II folded hs hands Dc
murely, and said, :" saen dreadful thns; how
unfortunate tina: exist, bu; here | am, and what
E" can be done with me T. SO il remsinei al the gree,
Missouri debate came up and then uen saS the srearI
was chapged-thsy reused the country and the Old
American love of liberty famed on. sgsin; the spnt
OF John Knox ard Hugh Peters Numbered Lightning
from the pulpts. The land vas loud With deoate and
the struggle came and Slavery tnamphed and, With
Southern chivary politely called the victory eowprs
mise TeXss Was oeded to FLORIDA and taken back
when Slavery ready; and IN due tune tue Misconn
Compromise was broken. Then came the Mexican
war; and the Fugitive Slave bill. when the tendency
of saving the Union raised till people wondered
If the USion was worth than liberty, the purpose
Of the Union 7 Then came the sad kAnsss story; ard
Mr.. c. ssid he thought Mr.. Stephens Vas right wen
he calmly congratulated himself and his friends that
hs1 fat ar "a IN
Concerned, for which they had strven. And nov
what is the spectacle Seustor, who voted 20 rob
the public mails in favor Of Slavery sitting in the seat
of Washington Judge sitting seat OF John jay
who declared that slaves, though held by the laws
" man. free by the laws Of God, ana declaring
that one seventh of the population have not only No
rights men, but no legal rights ~ citseae We SEQ
The great offices of st ate held by the friends Of Slavery,
ard nearly all our Embassies, so that men laugh
the bitter anomaly of our stem OF Government We
see niority on the side of Slavery in Congress- and
Discussion denounced that floor We see every htue
Postmaster protesting loyalty to Slavery, or holding
his tongue a. the price of his salary We see Custom
House officers expected 10 carry the primary elections
in their pockets, and insult at FourbofJuly Dinners
the men who quote from the Declaration OF lndepsn-
dence We see Slavery interpreting the Constit1noe
for itsef; the public mails robbed; the right Of
petition denied; we have seen free speech 10 tho
person of q Senator, struck down; We have
heard c,ergymen preaching implicit obedlsnce
10 the powers that be, insisting that Gods tribute
shall be paid to Cesar and denouncng every mother
of Judes trying to her chid from the sword OIL
Herods soldiers. We have heard popular orators de-
clarng that the Declaration of Independence pes
sionate manifesto and its doctrines Rltterng generA
ties; ard finally We hear the Attorney General Of the
United States declaring that one seventh ofthe popua
ton property and the object oil Goyernmsn. Is 70
make property secure; Mr.. Douglas declaring thss
the rights of matters to be settled oy meJo'
ties and last Mr. Stephens announces that the Coasti-
tuition must be subject 10 higher Lac, and the Con-
stitution does not establish Slavery, It's friends must
betake themselves to the higher law OF God, which
does SO vast has been the change In the position OF
Slavery Slavery is too ssgscious to DO sudden, and
therefore, ike the hand on the dial, 1t moves 70 ~
figure, but no pace Is psrceved. Inc recaii OF sne
Missouri Compromise. the Kansas outrage, me Dred
Scot decision are not Illogical measures Slavery hsd no
reason to fear taking one step every iew years. II
Freedom will bear piDcn, they SAID VIII bear Q
blow; if a blow, kick and If kick, We viii soon
cripple and throttle it. The burglar entering mouse
sees no reason why he may not take one more sep,
and 20 on he mounts another, and another no alarm,
no noise but at the last step the master OF the house
awakens springs TO his feet Craps his Weapon, Ams,
fires Do you think be will sleep again Mr.. Cur
ts gave dss nip.ion Of Mr.. Cslnoun-ths most sad,
severe pagan Of our politics; and Of Mr.. Clay, the
great compromiser. lie said that they had the com
promise all ready, everything al night; the bashsl
basket Of national prosperity filed 10 0vero sing then
the bottom fell out Then the people of the country
began 10 awake and perceive the truth OF what the
Aboltionists had bsen fighting for since 1888; they
bad fought manfuly; bat II Was said let Slavery set
own destiny. The clergy said our friends are quite
fright, Slavery is Dreadful but tho only way IL 10 lot
=" it alone. Amen. The contribution will noe be
." taken up TO extend gospel privileges And when
the Aboitionsts fought against the returning OF
slaves, they were met with the repy, Cant
you hush We have nothing 10 do with Slsv-
ery we cant touch Il; and II you psrsist In this
agitation, you act Of pesent fanstios who de-
serve TO get your heads broken" And the battle
ragged for loi while. The Aboitionsts struck hard
blows, but they we're outlawed; the merchants OF Bos
ton mObbed editor for reporting the Declaration OF
independence; New. York quietly looked on while the
present United States Marshal insnlted q noble
woman az Florence Nightingale. Bot they held on,
with incorporating voice. and when 1890 came, and
Slavery found it convenient to show what u mssnt,
the who said II was no business OF his found the
fugitive clingng to his knees and the slavery ofcer
and he felt God knocking at his heart Whose d'sth
it unto the least Of these my children, d0eth It
"unto me-" At this time the great work OF the
Abol.ionists was so far sccomPl shed thsy hsd
blown the fire for long time while the water vas
lukewarm, but now the canldrop boiled over. Toe
country was divided between Why's and Demo-
crsts-tbe latter, now, on 1.-The aide OF Slavery
and the Wing party, dodgng the question, vent dosn
in a moment clear out Of eight" like the Royal
George, leaving only few blinking In the wafer, say
ing they had better try another voyage. Out Of the
chaos OF 1850 rose party whose idea "a the original
idea Of human rights which contends that Slavery 10
wrong and unjust. Mr. Curtis spoke Of some length Of
the principles Of the Republican party. lie seid that
Slavery no longer deprecated the evil, but boldly d.
Tended il as right and SIM and insists upon CON
struction Of the Constitution favorable TO Il While
Massachusetts invites Mr. Toombs ~ come 10 Boston.
and show what Slavery IL, the Slave States allow no
free speech there on the subject at all. 1t assumes
there are are no original human rights. Slavery mis-
represents history, and declares that our fathers
did not mean what they said Bot the way
was 10 aRitate, sgltate, agitste, TIL the baprems
Court should reverse its dctlm, and al the ooontry
shall cry amen. He himself did not fear He did not
think God bid this country 80 long, - spot whore
nation should be planted, that should wither away In