New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-20


has abandoued the exercise q" such poser Voud i-sve
the South entirely without remedy, against sD abnl
op aggression upon the part oi Territorial Legis.a-
ture.
| Such An abandonment Of power csurot he shown
tn have been nsce boy The kalsas act. The South
never hes asked that Congress SHOULD legisAte Sav
ery into or, in other Sords crsse It 10 ferit' rY
The declaration therefore, ia that act, that Congress
lad no such de.igo, had fuuoc at0a in any fact
showing such wish upon The part o. the South, bat
was only designed a. meet the cnsaon made by the
North that by that act Congress mcaCt to ieg,-late
Slavery into the Territory. Slavery exists nowhere
by law Of CopgTessits basis Is a much higher Las.
The law to protect Slavery from elonious aggression
Is not the Jaw to establish Slavery. Slavery can EXIT
a. fact even withou; necessary sEs to preserve IL
from aggression but toeXs' IN s Pereciior to claim
the full rights 20 which II lis eutrled, It demands that
protection gans felony to which every other species
og property IL ebtite0 and winch mas Dsen grained 70
every other species OF property Therefore Ia Ter
IitOria Government there Is 10 rgnt un1er the FED
eral Consultation 10 such government ~ discriminate
against Slavery. II II pase any law 70 PiV'eG' aoy
species OF property, slavery has erght 10 the oeheut
Of such q law: refusing II such eqaa oencu1 Is anne
Unconstitutional and unjust.
Mr.. Douglas asserts that Territorial ieSl7afure
may rightfuly make Slavery the subject OF saca un
lust discrimination. We meet this proposition DY "e,
handing the same protection by law for the nights OF
slsvehO lers which IL given by law for the protection
Of the rights Of the holders 0t any o.her species
property. The 5 Juth makes demand for Il slave
code. She does dewand-sbe vii nsist upon II, sne
will hsve y, an equal protection - Slavery "lth thh
given to al other species Of property. II she cannot
get that protection III tue Union she will have out OF
IL. Bat Is said by here a. the South that tns
is bu c)rteLdug for al abstraction. H. m4y be go.
When our Constitution State ana Federal were
framed every hight secured every wrong prohibited,
was but abstraction. But, ne nevertheless, how i'm
portant it was that these great abstract questions
should be wisely ard properly settled. All rules for
the future conduct aud guidance, whether Of govern
rnsnt individuals, Dat abstrections which in
the of events become practical IL is good
reason, when wrO rules and principles for the gud
ance OF Government asserted by those havicg the
power TO maintain then, that tue party against whom
they are asserted should fail to meet these assertions
Of wrolg, but should quietly waive decision upon
them until the hour for lho proctic asser hon arrives.
The time to the danger @heo presents Itself;
tbe place 10 meet it is the Threshold. This Gov.
eminent is largely influenced by public opinion, and to
Law silently by and permit pubic opinion to be formed
against upon any question, however abstract at
present the hight Of political folly ana weakuess.
IL the party VINO ASSERTS that t6ese principles as
serted by Mr. Douglas are but distractions, the III
that they will come into practical operation,
they in fact thereby significantly assert that tue South
has not vitality ana power enough ever again to make
IL practical question whether Slave State can be
formed out % the p0bhc domain. IL this doctrine of
Mr. Douglas is 10 become the settled policy OF this
country, iis practical operation will be that every
new Stste admitted into the Union will be Free State,
and that the South practically denied any expansion
Of her institution. IL wi not 40 to say 10 reply to
this that il the misfortune of the South II she can
NOT keep up with the North in settling the Territories.
n is not the misfortune of the South but it ha. been
by the action Of the General Government that the
South has not this ability. Under proper inter
probation and action upou the Constitution, the South
could have kept equal potion with tine North IN set
ting public dOmalu. UGtii the year 1893, the
South did pOssss equal powers with the North to settle
our wild Lands. The oty difference between the two
was in the fact that the Constitution allowed the emit
grafton Of European lab ,rers, which Invariably flowed
INTO Northern ports settled Northern lands. while
the same Constitution allowed to the South the inpor-
tation of her Iabnefs from the Continent Of Africa.
IuD n .tt he SuufI
until the year lSOS, limited only by IFS power Ia pur
chase. The Only hGitaiOn upon The migration OF free
labor into the Nort ern Sa a. was the ability OF the
oppressed in Europe To- paw for their passages to tins
land. But since 1903 TINS power to Increase its labor
las been denied TO the South by the act of Gov
erLmept; while, during the half century that has
fr elapsed the stream Of European labor has con-
stantly flowed into the North, sometimes reachlng as
much half million year. IL ie this advantage,
thus obtained by the North, which has built her rail-
roads dug her canals, excavaied her harbors cut
down her forests, and extended her its from the At
lantc to the Pacific O,can. And now in all the tern
tories of the United States out Of this vast restless
aud laudess population Of the North any number
smgYaais eau be bad at day warning To seize upon
the new Territories, and, by the and OF the Douglas
policy TO pass aggressive acts OF eglslation against
The South before sufficient humber OF Southern men,
with their slave property, can move to the Leftores
Are we TO submit quietly to this doctnne-thls policy
10 become the settled rule OF Territorial legislation
AZ We do, we give up all hope OF expansion We must
be oou a, TO exist like the grded tree, lingering out
feeble VI ShNIt bhO w uio "iu'' 'AN ~
f,uenoe Of such policy.
Is Il not most desirable that the South should ex-
papo IL il the law of nature that our institu'
lions are quite right that we could expand is II not
the natural impulse OF evefy human being inst ne
sbould be allowed to grow, to increase, to make nis
influence felt far aud wide We have settled for our
selves the question that our slave institution aud the
institutions resting upon it, form the best govern
mental policy in the world. Tnat ours Is the highest
degree of civilization, having the most beneficial elect
upcn society, both moral and political.
II is one of the principles implanted IN nature, this
p,.a, prpcipe of expansion. Ii Is OF the lave OF
nature bs where the orTeLt Of expansion is denied,
II will force its way. Man himself feels 1t stirring
mis- own boesn. With ole rghtiully constituted, II Is
a yearpipy which he seeks to lGdulge. Nature
abhors its restraint and mao, too sbhors al rcStc.
tiors upon his own right Of progress confess that
with my,eh il has become intense passion 10 see
severed from my native land ano ITS institutions these
unnatural a. well Unconstitutional bonds winch cor
fine them 10 their present status and restrict their pro-
press in that direction their interest as well as de-
sire TO confer their blessings other lands invite them
to expand. That feeling perhaps has become stronger
in my bosom land must be similarly felt 10y every
man who has stood uncOuipr0Insngy by the rights OF
the South owing to the fact that my long ana earnest
struggles IN behalf of this great night of my section has
brourh upon me- individual, similar restrictions
TO those winch are fastened by law upon the South.
On account Of these opinions, conceived oy some 10
Conflict with the harmony o. the great party 10 winch
have been at aChed, party despousIn has affixed ts
mark upon me- too ana those yearngs to be usenl TO
ones country in capacity 80 natural 10 every one
who loves his county, have been sterny repressed;
ardI have for years stood upon the SOIL oi my naive
earth under tine ban of as stern ana unreeatlhg parry
restrictions as that which denies growth aud expansion
10 INV section. BE Il go. wish for no bstter tate
than that which shall be accorded to her, be for wea
or for wo. o.. ,
We see vast neghboring domains inviting the
,-oc,,ss of our institutions. All this magnificent
~ a 18th nj I.FfR