New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-17

ou, .tio,: A.d IA ,hnr time their party was seat
,,.d The, y,rrr ur.rr oi.c, able Ia ynr together
far Speaker. TIE oeathcrn minority would not
60 ittu caucus with tL"-c from the H"flh; tAeI
must have plrdgrs "r n platform t"uching thr
Slavery aur-tiun. Ol ccnrr, ttry were at oncf
broken 10 two, and gradu~llj br"Fen mp :"
would be If fifty or sixty Old-Line Wing Men-
berr sh.nId nos be- chosen. They ""l!d 60 l"
Washington prcncGiug peace aud harmony. ana
,,,,,ld not b., there IA fortnight without breakup
ON the Slayery question. If Hiram ke,chum and
Dbnirl d. Barnard we're members circi oi our
next Congress. they would sOcn find themselves
involved in Il collision with such other " oid-lne
Wings IS Humphrey Marshall aud frin r. H"i-
lirnAeI-a collision Lesulting lrom Slavery, ana
that aone. They might Try ever ~ hard To ifatef-
ME On that as ON otLcr questions; they might Tor
h season achieve d seeming success; Tut IL The
end thcy would split and Slavery would be the
c.u.e. Where Edward Everett and BeIj K
Cmiis baye failed, it Is not worth "h!'c ior any
lesser lights of the same school to repeat tter at
tempt
The Democratic party from the force OF ITS dts
PrrpsQsbdn. its almost total monopoly oi ttr unrf'
nca,rd yoiers aud ui all those al whose pnlit'cai
system negro-h1ling is The cornerstone, ana 10
Whom the notion Of cuLse!rlce having anything l"
60 with politics is rharisaic cant or nioncmtniac
drivcl-is much better situated for dealing sue
c,ssfuily with the Slavery qnrs,ious constantly
sii,ne than any other great party OF former days;
but It appears to have gone ti length o' i's ifh'r
on this subject Not 10 speak here Of the defeats
and oy.rihiows which have nearly extinsuished Its
pnwrr hrou ghnui tr Free States, The Prrnion TOR!
symptoms Of its disruption aud dissolution are most
ps!nable IT. politicians are alrrad! CLEARLY aNid-
cd iuio three s,c;Inus:
/. Thoae " ho hold with Senator Douglas 10 the
doctrine on which the Nebraska bill was originally
advocated and justifed-this, namely. that The
People Of Territory have al the inherent uehi'
of the People of u State, and may therefore admit
or exclude. establish or abolish Slavery a they
shall nt any time see fit. True. the Dted Scott
dicta of the Supreme Court have seriously I'M
pinced upon this doctrine, so as to leave to the
Territories, according to Mi. Douglas, onl, the
r,eht Of "un.rendly legislation that ~. the
pow er to legisl'c il such manner as to deprive the
Shareholders conceOed night to take his slaves in'o
ary Territory of ai' practical value; bul The ir"g-
mept left Of il appears to be more offensive to
the South than even eur views, since II IN one
brenth comedies their claim Of night and teaches
how to evode and nullily il.
III. The doctrine of the President and his organ.
The Constitution that the right OF shareholders 10
take their slaves into any Territory, even in de-
fance of itr People and Legislature Is already per-
feet, ard that under the Drcd Scott decision and
the unseeping guardianship Of the Supreme Court
no further legislation can be neccssary
Ill That OF Senators Ma .on, Jeti Davis, Brown,
&c. which calls upon Congress for an explicit and
formal Slave Code for the Territories, recognizing
md npholdng Slavery thcreia, the People ond Ter
| rtoriul L. gielatures to the contrary notwith
We do not know which Of these schools is the
IT. orgsst, tboug! we believe IT, la.t will uitm4tty
be found 80. For. once admit the right OF each
STAKEHOLDER by virtue of the Frderal Constitution.
to take his slaves into any and every Tcrrtory aud
hold th,m there even in defiance of local sentiment
| and legislation mud it would be difficult 10 show
WIS THE right should not be upheld ike other
property rights, b, specific, Affirmative, efficient
law. To show that il mry be defeated aud rcn-
dertd Of meme effect, is to prove that laws should be
enacted to preclude such subycrson of II constitu-
tiona right And the advocates of the Buchanan or
middle theory, who assume that no legislation by
Congress is nced touphold thu Shareholders alleg-
I'd rights in the premises, very clearly conccd that
such legislation should be- accorded whereyer it
shall have proved or become necessary. These
only give us respite from the demanded Slave
Code until circumstances shall have dcmonstra ed
that the slayer, eAiersonist, need or can make
some USE Of il.
So with regard 10 the revival of the African
Slave Trade A Northern Democrat Of either
schwl only meet this quFsiinu ID! asserting The
udsp0sition of the South have any more slaves
imported "Yes, Sir" you reply; d" bur, in spite
Of that alleged hostility at the South tn rc"pcn-
ing OF the Afrca Slnvt Trade. cargoes OF slaves
recently have been and are being imported ard
" southern Jures fail to indlct or convict the
culprits Tie advocatcs of reOpeniDg this
fic are mauiies'y increasing Throughout
the Gulf States Now sappase Alabama or
Texas rere to demand legal immunity aud
protection for the African SaseTr.de, what
" do You propose t" da about it , VIII
',ou maintain your laws against slsee'tn-
porting II Yes. what brcunrs of pular
-. So,eIcignty, or the right cs each Sovereign
I" State t. upheld or condemn Slavery as she shall
zee fit What becomes of your concession that
Slavery is guod thing ior The Tropics, thnugh