New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-28

...syrst in our pOillcs. Even u DIR. Curry sh0utt
-..o,ed in proving to the satisfaction Of all the
.-.rA that Africans Ore not men, and therefore
-.,enttlrd to any humane or Christian sympathy,
!, 10 sry of the rights of human nature suppose
1. .lould be able. with Mr. 0'COnors help, to
,se the entire North over 10 the opinion that ne
.,ces are properl, classed with horses aud oxen.
.od ,hat in a moral point Of view they are entitled
a no fur'ber protection from the laws than such as
!. sven 10y the statutes against cruelty TO brute
,sjmsls, even this would not shake in the
last the basis upon which the Republican
,arty stands, nor at al diminish the necessity or
srcb on organization. Though slsvehOldog might
he ever q innocent and ever So benefcen, an inst-
tusioB, so far the negroes are concerned the
sdeniatlo fact would still remain that, as relates
70 The white population, it is essentially aristO
erstical institution tending to concentrate all the
wealth, education, meaus of rising ia the world
AID political power the h'nds OF Che small class
Of shareholders, and outing the most serious OBJ
s.ucies in the way Of the non-sayehOldiug class,
Who even in the slayehodng States, constitute the
creat bulk Of the citizeus. Now, the p)lit-
cal sentiments Of our people are most
decidedly democratic. Even the most rabid de-
fcnders of Slavery sill admit, we believe, that all
srhite men are bora free snd equal, however they
may SEX to exclude men of other coors from the
benefit Of hat declaration. But the institution of
Slavery for every negro that il introduces dspaces
and drives out at least half dozen whites, by to-
tally destroying the demsnd which would otherwise
exist for white labor, and especially for skilled
labor, while it reduces the comparatively snail
number Of white labOers whom it suffers to remain
TO very low grade of compensation and to a com-
sratiyey small chance of rising in the world
The great resource of the white laborers Of the
Slsve States has hitherto been to migrate
TO new Territories where they were MT
subjected to this degrading aud dispiritng co npet
ton. But, unforuDateiy soOn as they had
oreDed the county for settlement, shareholders
bave followed them into all those Terr TORIES except
those from which Slavery was excluded BY the
Ordinance Of 1887 and the Missouri Compromise;
ard. along with the institution of Slavery, have
introduced all its inevitable CONSCIOUSNESS 10 the
volitical, ecOnimical and moral degradation Of the
mass Of the white population. 1t Is the perception
oftbess eyils-It is the interest Of white labor and
and democratic ideas-nOt the Sham Democracy
rsc,-wbich has raised up the Republican party, of
which the Fundamental idea is, that save-holdmg
sbal be allowed to exeDd itself no further, but that
all the remaining territories of the United States,
and such as they may hereafter acquire, shall be
exclusively reserved for tbe benefit OF Free Labor.
This il the issue wb ch is at this moment presented
TO the American people. TIE Republican party
plants itself on this ground aud 1t is as iinst this
truly democratic programme that the slave holding
interest and its ck-spttes at thu Northlauneh taelr
threats of disuniOn and revolution.
The truly philosophical and statesmanlike view
of the political struggle now going on IN this coun'
fry is with Mr.. Curry's permission, 10 regard 1t as
nothing more nor les, than form Of the struggle
which for the last century has been gong on
throughout the civilized world, and which Is still
ever, where going on between arstOcracy and de-
mocrscy. The political position which the North
now occupies is the Inevitable consequence OF the
policy so long pursued by the statesmen OF tn
slavt-holding States iu encouraging and upholdin
the srread of Democratic ideas at the NORTH Ih
object of the Republican party is to protect tn
rights and interests of the great body oi the ac
kuowledeed citizens Of this UIiOn against the usur
patton and dOmineeling control oi an aTlS'ocIaeJ
of wealth During our former party contests tue
property interest has been divided. The differ
ent views which have been taken by the
sasebcldeis of the South and the mercantile AMI
manufacturing capitalists of the North as to their
own special interests, have prevented them IRON
uniting against the mass Of the people, aud have
driven each faction in lis turn 70 court Its AID.
There is now plain tendency to u union between
the slave capitalists OF the South and the moneyed
capitalists of the North, for the purpose OF giving 10
property a new and controlling ioiueuce over the
Government Eternal changes are rung upon the
rights Of property. The rights of Shareholders are
enlphatieally urged, while the rights of non-slYe-
holders are secuted or overlooked. Democracy
now, as understood by the party 10 power, means
The extension and .stentatiGn OF Negro Slavery.
To write or 10 approve book in favor OF the rights
and interests OF nOn-slayehoders, is denounced as
rank treason and rebellion