New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-12


the ideas ncucaied, must have their logical develop
:, ent and result The Lord George Gordon riots Of
I7sn when London was in the possession Of nfaris
led nob beaded by q mailman and when the proceed
ms of Pari, neDt were almost suspended when civil
authority Wa prst,ated, when the people under
the influence q tie ssvsge cry Of No Popery, are
but a fair illustration Of the effect OF fsnatcism and
folly The recent invasion that has been made into me
Stale of virginia although disavOwed and repudia
ted as have no doubt honestly and eonsclentlousyi
by noet if not all Of the gentlemen that side Of The
House. IT, in my Judgment the necessary, logical IN
evable sequence Of your principles and your dccrine-
propose to address mi eeh calmly and Dotfenslyey
to the House and TO the country. Properly apprec-
atiDg nv responsibility and the high position which we
hold shall not be Tar recreani a. to what believe
to be due myself and 10 my constituents "a 70 VIC
late that rule to-day. propose TO show the effect and
the necessary consequence OF this AntiSlavery aga-
ton and feeling. am conscious Of the fact that there
are in the Northern States two distinct An-S'tyery
or4anizaiionr--one Represented by VIM Lloyd Garri-
con- Philips May and others the other represented
by tie Republican party Of the North; and L repeat
sgsin that do not bold tie Republican party person
ally responsible either for the doctrines avOwed OF for
the measures advocated by the Garrison party have
different purpose in the remarks that viii submit
that h to demonstrate 20 those Of you who shrink from
the doctrines ayowes by that party. La 1872 IN an adj
dress issued by the An-Slayery Society OF Massachu-
setis participated in by Dir. Lloyd Garrison and Others
Of that type OF An-Sayery men, md recorded these
sentiments That they were not willing to secure the
emancipation OF the slave at the expense OF the safety
of physical resistance the part Of the oppressed;
and that they would sacrifice the life OF single
"elayeholder TO enanepate every slave IN tho onited
Staies." That the opinion that was promulgated
officially BY Garrison and those whom the gentleman
from New-York (Mr Clark affrms arc the Abolition
lists proper. In 1859, Wendell Phillips, in his speech
in Brooklyn the other day used this language IN re-
gard to John Brown and his incurslOn INTO Virginia;
II is the natural result of AntSlavery teaching For
tore ex pected IT," That is the position to which they
have been driven by this volume Of Antl-Sayery sem
4 - 0. -. IN fta
National Convention resolved that the compromise
MEASURES, including the Fugitive Slave law, were
fnaty in principle and substance. In six years from
that time find the great State OF Ono through the
Republican Convention resolving that the Fugitive
Slave law should be repealed as destructive OF the
rghts of the States and subverye OF the moral sense
Of mankind" Even Democrats were driven into the
enunciston of extreme principles and doctrines RON
which but two three years before they
would have shrunk back with alarm and ndig-
nation. The Fugitive Slave Law had been
nullifed. They went far in Massachusetts rs TO
aIpOint commission 10 defend slaves IN the courts OF
that State and any lawyer who accepts the Of
claimant TO be struck from the poll Of attorneys ana
to be incapacisted from holding Office In Wisconsin,
also there il similar statute, nulilfylng the Fugitive
Slave law and which prevents ITS execution IN mat
State so far az the whole power of the State Govern
ment can accomplish that purpose. | state this to
show that the Republican party were driven by events
into the assumption OF doc'rines from wnicn le"
wears ago they would have shrunk But that Is not
ALL A distinguished Senator from New-fork boase
in this capitol that hundred representatives OF the
reople and some fifteen Senators held these sentiments
sentiments which twenty years were not enter
tanned by twenty men in the " hole Northern States
and vet we are told to be under Misrepresentation,
10 feel 10 special alarm. When these are the sent'-
ments of the people OF the North we nave GOOD ground
for apprehension. MIR. Curry referred to the law
giving negroes the right of suiTageto the operation
Of the Is Underground Railroad and to the
frequent resistance of the Fugitive Slave law, ana
argued that the South bad good to be under a
CHI "A
there was more Territories 10 people and that there
fore the question of Slavery Slavery IN the Terri
tories not up for discussion. But was not the he
publican PARTY organized distinctly avowedly, and
solely for the purpose Of preventing the extension OF
Slavery into the Territories lyon do not mean 10
insult us, or if yOu do not mean 70 interfere with
Slavery dissolve your organization and put out oil your
row er in that respect TO do injury ask you,
put ii TO your hearts and conscience, If you had the
power would You not repeal the Fugitive Slave law
There is no negative response TO that. If you had the
power of the Government to abolish Slavery and rem
der slave property insecure would you not do 1t
Mr. XII GORE-No, not the Southern States.
Mr.. CURRY-Why, THE Free States no legislation
would be necessary on the subject, but you Woula
gradually narrow and limit ground until all would
have to fee from the country OF eur occupancy ana
residence These are your ayowed opinions, through
the uewspapers and through your representatives IN
Congress; and still told TO dismiss our apPre-
hensions and entertain no fears ~ to the results
say boldly that the snmatng principle OF the Kepuo-
can party il opposition 10 tie extension OF slavery IN
II
| heterogeneous mass together. Without that, you
would ial to pieces al once. Mr. Curry then went on
20 show that Gov Chase, in speech recently deliv-
cred by him at Boston, suggested that every Gover
| ment official should be person imbued with ANTI
Slavery doctrines and tina, that principle should be one
of the tests for getting appointments. lie aso referred
TO Fillmore Albany speech in 1886 as Justifying the
poson which the South now assumes, ana continued;
III the North elected Mr.. Seward Mr. Chase, or any
other member of the Republican party on sectional
platform such an election to be resisted, to the
destruction Of every lie which binds together the great
| Confederacy. lApplause from the Democratic sde
TIE election of such men would indicate hostility 70
us that would be assurance Of our subugaton and
deprivation of all security IN the future That would
he calamity, indeed; and 10 submit TO II would be
| calamity embittered by disgrace
| Mr.. ETHERIDGE lof Tenn II wish to ask the
gentleman question for information, and in order to
| Guide nv futur,, conduct. He avOwed his opinion a
| Momept AGO as TO what he will do in a certain con-
tingeucy if certain person Is elected President OF
the United Ststes. j derire to know whether or not
| the honorable gentleman from Virginia, for whom he
| votes for Speaker, is of the same opinion
| Mr. CURRY gave no Response, but continued. lie
said referring 10 the recent Union demonstration taI
though these were or less gratifying, as eVncng
Il returning sense of justice at The North, YET tney
| amounted 10 nothing. They were not the true INDEX
| of public opinion. The test OF public opinion was
through H. ballot box and looking to this tet ne Ionhn
that New England stood here array ed IN soma phalN
asnst tie cor ttutoua rights OF the South tht New
York stood lere with but four or five Representative
disposeF - beirend the South and southern nights and
| the same true III a greater or less eA'ent; IN
regard 10 Pennsy wanna. Ohio and other otAes. nen
he look ed al these indications he was not 10 DC Iued
| into security by demonstrations al Union meet
ings The patriotic decai atoms and eloquent yndi-
cation OF the Union were but as the singing OF Gree,
the voice Of the charmer, charming never so wisely
uling the South and deceving the North in regard 10
the eiurerdOusness Of the present crisis. IL they were
in earuert in these decaritons LEI them give to the
South something practical, substantial and tangible