New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-17


Twenty Milous per nbom might BE- saved from
our pre.ent sggr~e.te Military and Naval eEpenfE
tore, and devoted to building the Pacific R,ilr,ad,
improyisg our Rivers aud dsrbor-. &c, &c, All
tia, f. years of this policy would country
10 a higher position among the nation. than h'ty
year. Of successful FiDibu-tering could d. even
though il were TO give Us dominion over the entire
coutrnen. and all the Wet Gndes Sach is our
conception Of true National POlicy-a conception
which npels us TO oppose every proportion to III
cresse the Army Navy to enlarge the pay Of Con-
rre.s or of auy class Of OficehOlGers &c, &c, not
merely as wrong in Itself bu'ss tending to.efect the
Federal Government further aud further from ia
true policy-a Gomez t'on which. We infer from bis
votes, Ia either not fully sbsred not con.i.teotly
deferred 10 by Gov. Seward. Our own view on
this point has been always frankls set forth ADD
upheld in these cOlnn0s, and would be though
Gov. s. were this day our chosen and oninat-d
candidate for President. We do not require OF
candidate whom We support al eutlre conformity
t. our avs; ard while we are willing ~ support
even stakeholder for next President provided pc
be- un.qmvocaly right Gu the Main Que.son-s
believer with Washington, J-fer-oD an Clay, that
Slatery not good 10 be difus, aod pecpetdsted,
but Gu evil 10 BE- borne and restricted, and ultl-
nstely tradicated--we are not likely to oppose
Gov. Seward because on single point he Is not in
advance of the great msjorlty Of our statesmen.
Not on this poiht; but on VIVA. other does he
fall b. hind the foremost Where Is the other
possibe candidate for President whose public
utterBnces are 50 replete with wise Hum.nlty,
generous Philanthropy, a StatcsuansniP entitled
to the proud designation Of Christian Who else
among our eminent men has az ear 40 open aud
heart 70 responsive to the appeals OF toe desPsed
the outcast, the downtroddenl AmOog all our
living statesmen. whose speeches and writings
taken as whole, will so largely reward careful
study by the great body If oar youth his
Whose are so well calculated 10 make the student
not ouly wiser but DObler snd BETTER We haze
enjoyed pretty wide acquaintance with eminent
mep, especially those OF our own country; and ~e
are sure if the world at this cay contains six
sincere, genuine democrats-men willing and anx-
ious that all shall enjoy equal rights opportunities
ard immunties with themselves--one Of these 10
William ii. Seward.
And While We differ decidedly from Mr.. s. on
a single but important feature Of our N,tooal
Policy, We do not know any ore else likely to be
candidate for Precedent with whom more fully
sgr,e II the pending question we're one of re-
Wsrt ing with the Presidency tho sbest aud most
deserving Republican, as So many persons unHi'elJ
assume il TO be- instead Of Of selectisg tina.
statesman mo.t thoroughly imbued with the Repnb-
l. l.. 81. 20 hat.
alt.d trust We should probably deeu Gov. Chase,
next after Gov. Seward, fsiTly entitled to that
proud dist notion. And Coz. Chase's views with re-
gard 10 Poblc Expenditure, swe CLEAN them from
his speeches and votes are more nearly in accord
with ours than those Of Gov. Seward But on a
subject even graver aud more vital than this
that Of the development and diyershcatlon
of our National Industry, as the natural
and necessary antidote 10 Human Slavery
we have no reason to believe Cos. Chase's views
So nearly sccordant with our convictions are
tbo.e Of Gov Seward. We know many excellent
and determined Republicans who do not lee as
GO, ard as the Slavery Propaganda has c,mpre-
heuded for the last quarter of century, that the
Protective Policy and their schemes ore 10 deadly
antagonism-tnat Slavery will be undermined aud
overthrown in this country, as il was in Europe,
and must utinately be everywhere, through that
rpepipg and perfection Of National Industry which
renders the ignorant human machine minus guam
tty Lot worth the cost of keeping 10 condition for
service-tbus verify ing John RandOlp pms prediction
of coming time IN which the masters would
run away from the slaves. We're this country
70 produce il. own Metals, Cloths and
Wares steadily for even quarter of a century,
there would be very few slayeslt in it at the close
of that period. Slavery would thus pass away
without CONFUSION without collision without spo-
hation, by the simple process of making the laod
and the machinery essential 10 lis cultivation worth
more with Free Labor than the land, machinery
and slaves together, could be with unin'elligent
constrained labor. The silent operation Of the lsE
here Indicated has rendered Slavery already man.
fleet impertinence and nuisance in Baltimore aud
ST. LOUIS, bs il soon must be IN Louisville, Rich
IL ond, and even New-Orleans 1t is the quiet,
steady growth Of Manufacturing or Skilled Indus
try il Russis that is rendering serfdom pspabIe
anacbronsm and sbomlpatlon there. The truths
here barely glanced at are better understood by
Gov. Seward, as we gather from bis speeches than
by almost any other Of our prominent Republi-
cans; and, as PenDsy lEaDia is clearly destiaed to
be occe more the pivot Of mOmentous PRESIDED ial
struggle, they are not unlikely to render him the
most available Candidate for next President. But
We do Dot here assume TO pry into toe future.
Sufficient unto the day" are lis carer and duties
When TIE time shall have arrived for selecting our