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

doetii O. ipt.rpclated into orr I nsrou.n, .;aiss
re,oit render Slavery s;1u ~ Iii
Of our fe. government. lhis snocAus IN "a.
wien elm il .ysry ieaIt not dead - AL 'ne
s.utime,t IL of lnmarry, toat csIoot p9t a. Jus p.
opinion eve,ysber :" rrvor. 10 -. e. ,a3ncsI
IN. u pulatioo % the slsveholdins o,.s.s. ~,
r. a., lass orch performs the I1boI sho VIZ. we
.I,t ~. SAL is Stripped 81 RE su'ou.ee OF
r,sr and reafes "a have sfy rsh's .ess
o,graaht,op ..ac IN time 70 al "uo Ao 49,
to labor in the 'sivG- o. ,tep state OF hps,i,
1885, in ,ee slaveholdi,g States whco sanlees
- bts l.horsr to TIE samo acsolut' aepeh1ehce %
,hs ,mnI yer as the black The tate OF oae oecpn
~ -. - the other aot neither VIII have r'gtG
- oss boldls al power 10 the State are oodad
,,ssos.t A lss NJ press Ia Virginia mas alfe siy
ar, oppced this dOotrIe, ana late oeosN Va ao
gi,lsture Of Georgia eVi' Geo toat thls squirt *
,".s,,d d.spotsm las utdeis,ood 10 be the gin oil
tho striving to reduce al woo labor to the c,noidor
of slavery, by Opening the slave rsde y
6ll all the channels of industry with such ss woeh
work for slave wages, OF, In othef "ods, ioi
bare subsistence. The proposal teuding TO open tbs
,aystrsde by Legislative action vas defeated, ate
str. nuous debate, orsuue1t that the slaves Ios
increased faster chan the VOTES aud that II al
sooiliopa influx Of Ahicaes, by openiig the slave
trade were permitted, the wsg.s OF Tree labor woae
b. reduced as to destr IT'S eAl'tsnee. ms al
mitted Argument sdIiis, also, toat a. the slaves
multiply ole rapidly toan the whites. tine VII pro
doce The sane result without imF ortatlan. Already
in South Carolina the slaves are nsaf two 70 one
the whites, ana to this complain. all must come
last iu those that foster tue slave Institution
II is eNi6. nt fl the sho~iug of the causes tdat fre'
and slsve labor csnnot suhsst together through
lore tact Of tiue. NugIia presents the moot favor
state that sxports TIE black laoorer AID has cmats
peculiarly inviting To the immgfetton OF free labor;
set the whole number of fee ~bites engaged Ia agn.
culture in 1850 was ~ iji while Der slaves amounted
t. Az 5.S-resr bait nillion nov, doubtless, more
Apd W.T. 1t has been the result OF ha ,eDturys eAper.
newt Of black sni white lbo together upon the later
and opan tie States prosperity comparison NTH
free labor State will show. Virginia, VITA the ad-
yaItUges OF soil climate, extent. AMI more tnaa dcase
u o. pusticp of NesYork 10 tie beginning hes nov
fallen for behind her rival. In 1880 tue population Of
New.Y.rk more than coubled that OF |irgais, and
the census of her real and personal properly was
Triple. This half centurys expen meet, tnsn, sove
the problem TO what mast be the result Oh ree sna
slave labor ON the destiny of Statss. Tue snerssoe
y bite gettratioDs of Nrg MIA abandon the o'"G
escape from the bligherg preeenee OF slavery las
imug grafton of free labor an1 tue capi."i II Woua I
b. with it, sbuus the ato from the sahe hpase,
ard Iow unless reaction occurs TO afrest this a@
tendency not The once Iesipg State OF tue Union
doom.d TO perpetual iDeronty oy substituting the
black race for lis fair and noble progeny Hsd
Vu.iria, like New-lork, gradually abolished slavery
snc thus opened its gates To free mm'SrI lon ana ~
tanned h,r o~n chiien, who were driven oat AMI di
pchised lest their would uosette the dlyM
IL stitntiun If Slavery las II is row caleo who ca
doubt but that its greater white basis at tue sian
would still have kept ahead OF that OF the Northern
State II this be co. then for halt million of slaves
Vrs Lis has exchanged more than two millions
C liens animated with her own blood, gallant spn |
ana lofty intellect. The vaunted opinion OF the ~
preme Court which converts slaves into brutes, make
Lo amtLGs for this loss. With Der two millions
free mep Virginia has lost 100000 900 OF real ha
personal property the difference between the ASSESSED
value Of hers aud that in NewY0rk; counted q, cast
tels and not men, slaves make no compe lfStlon 70 |
Virginia for the loss of her freedom chlLfen-n
l.. r. pAaltI
Neither the heroic the CnIsliau sI.fit nauVe 70
the Southern bosom cau in client thought, brook ths
sad sopbstry Of the B,ucb, nor the false CLOSES
con0l conventions, Disgusting the fa,ai iciaeuoe
black bondage. They see and feel tie run aioani
them in toe poverty and despair of their unenp'oy~
countIymen and in the wasted fsce Of tue coanuE
They know that mischief must fall their poSsery
when the laud is surcharged with hosts OF slaves
WELDING the physical eLergy OF the Country snu es
oppressed white race which may at some tim, turn tus
haued now nurtered against the Instruments when
deprive them Of Tia. r bread to those whose opueDo
and power founded on the subsection OF both suoor
iiDse classes. The gIowiog evl 10 m,rkei ~ tae
ar ee,pg forecase Of the OigsIchy not only Cd the
tables but the atmosphere that signs AroGp&
lem But they meet il in the SpIi OF darlog men-
political ambition whispers, aud as fronthe begnnisg
is i1audbe breathing ssells tne bo ON OF the proud
md aspiring with the thought" Eyll be toen my |
,oeo." This maaJy Of the South is to be cured,
be chevaliers thick, by the sw"ri. Its first move !
nent was by combination and diplomacy to make h- /
ida LIS, Pr SIT aspr ats ut The Noith oreak GU
Dscts seize Kansas axe black line across the con-
inent and spread the cobtagion OF Slavery ovTM 1
he south Of the continent and its islands, AMI make
entail empire, In imitation OF The Ofieotai En-
pres Of Timour and Mohammec. Sue ,ess seemed toss
~, 10 the first vel directed push bit Kansas at lk
proved stumbling block, aud nov schemes Of d.
-ect and immediate aggression, under Executive aus
pices with arms, medltlted. Iae shades OF Cotes
md Piano visit 10 dreams the couehes OF number
ess Hilary chi,ftairs with the spOils of Mexc,,
south America and CGba in their hands and Satrsper'
nith crowds of vassas held of some victorious Coo.
lueror Ise in visions to put our plain confederatea
RepOblic Of free citizens to shane. Il
Bat this age unbappily for all military me.eors, 10
unitarian. The sober Diods Of our counirymea see
DO advantage in ravagirg Mexico or Cuba nor 40
hey think Slavery such blessing that they should
the disgrace of buccaneeriDg ~ bring Tree peo
pie upSer tue ySEs Is ss1Gst the genus ro,o a.
by fragrant wTong and, especially, by wrong having
s greater one for IFS purpose the establishment Of
slavery in q neighborlDg Republic which fought |
Dravely and successfully ~ abolish It, Tas schems
or IlevistiDg plague by vsitipg it upon snoths
people is not Just, will 1t succeed.
There is another remedy, deriving its force from tho
satuIe Of our Constitution. II Is, indeed, its healing
primo pie, curing wounds otherwise irremediabla. b1
Freedom. II is the deliverance OF two ncongs a1 =
races from unnatural connection and setting esn
rec. That fable race bred in the pestence OF Ahcs,
Is blot on the fair prospect of our couatrg fhsic
titutiOn which grows up out of its ser9 isade is p
sonous excresence, which sucks the vitality out
hose to whom il clirgs. II 10 An institution whiea,
IN making the slime mt II the whole society 10 wbichh
exists deperd the growth of Slavery, makes this
last tbe lot of all who are not the masters.
Deliverspce, therefore, from.a people who csnn''
assim .te with our people, the subjects Of insttt
ton utterly abhorrent'o free Institutions, is t
atu al ard asy mode Of restoring symmetry " 20
hticsl systems and equality among the people asd
States OF the Union.
How happily might the genius and generous entha.
sasm Of TIE leading spirits of the South accomplish thn
grand result il the patriotism which Lies at the bot
INN If their hearts youd hold in check their headJ