New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-28
tu,e. Such WA the posi,ina anii.guiAeily
s~umed asd vsbemeetiy uaBs.iued BY DosSAs

By P-ch by-stusrt, ssf BY Brodcdck. Each and
,l declared in this debate that tie northern wing
Of tie DemOcra Y could tot and would uot submit
10 sty such Interpretation OF the Kansas NebCsssa
bill. II would be- degrading 10 submit 10 Il; but
worse thss thai. il would BE- fafai IL was dcclir
I'd by them in every form of expression, that the
Democrats OF The North would b, shattered aad
iuiuto utterly snt irn,rieyably BY such sobnis-
son.
| need not undertake ~ state the points Of dlvis
ion dvelt upon. They are the oid differences dis
cussed tor year back. Douglas, Pugh and Stuart
main SIued that the L emOcratic patty in passing
the Kansas Nebraska bin. stipulated sud agrr-i
ttst Congress should delegate 70 TIE Territories
perfect aud complete legislative authority aud con.
tid over al their domestic concerns Agreed
Ibst that authority should nyt be hmltei or re-
siisIsd By Congressional action. Agreed that IN
only limit which should b. placed upon it w,s
The limitation 10 be imposed By the Court, who
ere ut liberty to say, aud should say, what the
Territorial Legislatures mi, BIZ DO and what they
might not 60, under the Federal Constitution.
lis they asserted was the true intent AMI meaning
OF the Kansas Nebraska act, expressed clearly aud
AR, seryedly in those terms Of toe oil, which de-
clare that the people OF tho Territories shall be
LEFT perfectly Tree 10 form their own Institutions in
their own way.
All this was made very plain, aud we all Know
that under a PIO-shyery Administration at the
Federal Government, nd the bred Scott decision
II gives Slavery every possible ad iantage IN the
Territories. Carrying IL there by Fcicrd troops
sud msihtsinirg IL there by Federal biyourts, Il
I'll il can thye more, ADD this "a really what the
Southern men clam when they ask for Federal
laws 10 protect il. Messrs. Hunter Davis, Mason,
Brown aud Company, declared that, ia crDseutiog
20 the KsI sas y ebraskt bill they not Olly d. lot
surrender the right of the Slave States O. carry
slave toto the territories bat they did not surrcr-
der the ipbt TO demand all necessary protection
for those slaves wheu they got there. Ii this pro-
lection was desired by the Tsrr,,o-y then they h,1
Iigtt 10 demand it from Congress. la this way
only, could their constitutional right to csrry aud
hold slaves 10 he Territories be protected. And il
Was not only denial but a mockrry of this right
TO contend that they had no remedy against the
uniUeuiy i-g, latiUn or BOn-actlO1 OF the Ter
rioial lel slStures, except through tbs appeal of
individuals tn the Courts.
A great fact disclosed by the discussion is, that
tbe lebotrs Of the remnant of the old Democratic
party in the Free States have become fu ly CON
yinced that the nominal Democracy at those States
cannot be held tOge ther under urtber iostalme0t
OF Pio.SayeIy tactics. They lok with DISNEY
ulOn the gigantic and daily growing power Of tho
Republican party. Ii some sort OF stand W not
at least nOmDally made in their ranks 10 the en-
croschments aud demaD l. Of the slave p'wer, they
see and acknowledge that their dwlnding party
will soon siI toto oblivion. Those leaders. taeo-
fore, in this contest are fighting not oulj with ear
ucstIess, but with desperation. Aud while we
know how weak they are in Congress, aud how
weak, Therefore, in directing the policy an Meas
ures of Government, We yet know that they will
have great relative strength in u future Convention
o. the party.
As TO results they are sufficiently uncertain to
ma tain tle animation of the contest 10 the last
7 be policy Of the Slave Power Away has ttiumpsd
hitherto 10 the Democratic ranks and We rnay sup
pose It will do 50 hereafter. II bas never been
thrown ficm IFS leadership, and it has no idea OF
any such result nov.
Mr.. Loyejoy OF Illinois mado an uncommonly
effective 81 rlD speech TO Il very large audience
ON tuesday evening. Great directness of thought
su,tnined ty slluebce OF imagery, and extraorji-
nary command Of language, enable him 10 semi
his satire, his ssrcasns, his arguments and bis in
yectves, through and through the subjects at
which he aims in The most striking manner His
resonant roll Of effective diction is backed by an
energy and impusiveness of spirit aud of delivery,
that carries all before it, He came into Congress
with bisb reputation for popular orAtory, which
be has fully sustained thus far in his Congressional
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