New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-09
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE
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GENTLEMEN, how are you to Jao', I
e n. uu,pOses Of q psrtyi By hunnog the |
..h.s az small men who wsnt 70 carry peiShbor. |
n~oav,e7 By extracts from farioos eiitors of email |
..,,,s who ,hipk they are pe7' saio unless they
Hs,opo The mast exuene ~ their n,ighbOrbooil Are
ve TO jsdge Of men o. Unions by the imPut ons OF
tA.ir enemies nd cir exsggera'icns Tor parP'ee
Are we - sonosse az our ffsnds afe black because
,hsi, an. as sab them hack Or are we not IA her
s1ok a, the facts and to renenber tha' among the
;nops e hs North there are men as wire as we are,
a. honest az &c are, as well educated as we are nav
iperests at stake in the perpstuity OF = le
U.,nas We have aud az earnestly and honestly de-
s.sA 10 the inieSri Of the Consultation as We are,
ana thar thsy are not likely deliberately to invt civil
-. ,e;hs,s,rly 70 moot Questions which are wholly
n.,s,e,s. whs,ever their opinions may ee on them.
-, q, lssst give them credit for common sense and
az heir de,ls sons rather toan the dee araious Of
,A.;, enemies ard of our enemies. Ia q Democrats
t,,ssebuept eydsnpe sgsl's anybody on question
cfpo,tcs Laughter, aud cTise Of mo, no."l Now,
all tnoy that there are men who are faIiOus AZ the
su,b GA the negro ques ion, and thre az the
North who are fur.Ous on the regso question am
,hiekirO ttat thy are in equally small mi
ysrity 10 both scIions, Th'lT 20 ger Is cIamor. l
DO rot believe that between them they coud sets
rsiun,nt in the field, even II they desired to 90
10. AID, gentlemen, II a eous'tIsI prVot Wa re,
Sgbed Of BOW far the conservative masses o. toe
.rty oy rather of the whole body Of the Opposlt ~
n 10. Nor.h to the DemoSra'ic parry, are nisEegre'
SEATED there would be no better IT more eon'lncug
no fthsu in the 'ac thai viii he whole bods Of .ne
RspnhIcan perty are deuouDced ss Aboliionists the
An mopis,s thee selves very qaety refased 'heT
snprort and orgso2iDg separate ncke,s Tor them
,tkes Laughter aud applause. Ctn or. Breekin-
y;doe'r fr ends say as muh Of the DiHnonistsl Why
are not the AbotioDists easd with the represents
Neps n our South RI brethren They cannot want
ANYTHING more Than 70 inv .de the Soutn they caQnot
VA an thing THAI q lie utb our hfesdssi they
ssppot want any hing than TO break up the slave
psde between the States. They cannot want sny-
thing more than sceoes OF blood and des racuon
fhyoI obopt the country. they cannot want anything
more tfsn b repeat John Brown crazy and bloody
sxploi, by he thousand tines a year. That Is what
We are taught by leading 'rators OF the Democrats
to expect, if not the result Of sst purpose the
tendency Of TIE conduct Of the Conservative mil
hsrs of the North Ard that, 10 the face of the
feet that, great was the storm raised by th4t
isa1ity Of John Brown, and reck ess as weEe tue
kupntsuoDs upon gentlemen OF oertao pohnc9,
spiLious throughout the whole North, yet, with all
he powes of the United States 10 rake evidence from
enc Id of the county to the other, with dbgent OK
snnsiioD, tXtst dung ihrougo m"nhs, Oy INT o9ha
of he United S,atss, by an 8ble and hoDorab CON-
uittee beaded by Mr. Mason of Vrg nis, aod ale a
saT.ful exsnjpatop by the Legislature of Virginia,
tbee was no evidence fOun1 that imp cated am body
OF col federates any botlOg Pou al posiu9 !,
IsITiDg 10 ho0 any pOtluOuj III IIe
Eortb with that insane pedorma' es ltl., as have
SAID tefo' o. stead Of being souce OF dsq1'etqd9
The mo 0piepg Of al the OF the last bait
century L. has lifted tle vail If misrepresentation,
and ell abb US 10 What peu ere doing. Ill that
event ocsurrsd aud til these Investigators were bad
Euch NE iformity Of the in, utston OF eStreme
Anti Slavery opinions 70 great body Of men Ut the
MOTIF and Of al earnest detsrdnaion 10 in'ermedde
with ulhern institutions 10 their damage, III It geate
men. even Of calm minds were perhaps jas lied in
having doubt, or even perhaps in forming opinions,
,ds flepo Ia anltis NhR IN
Raions were made, after that occurrence. subse-
qnent TO all the prov 'oaiions, all tie serles OF
euirsgss in Kansas Territory, where Northern
men we're allowed 70 be hunted down by tae
hundred during believe, more than year, toi
the express purpose Of extending Slavery i1&
IL BY Border RuiaI notwithstanding sl that excite
ppeIt nobody cOold be found Implicated, except those
at Harptrs Ferry, directly with Brown, and one OF
two aecomp ices who bad fed. No man of nan not
even sty Of the leading Adolf ioOists AZ the North
wac fouid CO. cerned in IT, Why, II Is as gene 30
thing uue that the Aboiioniss at the North, so IA
from exciting rebellion are Of the Ql4ksrs opinon
that is wICrg to shtd blood, and are the most SAGE
able and quist, If the shest aud most mised OF peo-
DIE 10 The world Laughter.
Gentlemen have stated what l blieve TO be the
COZ orion Of affairs at the North. Il with these vie
sfSr Lincoln and his adiog friends, they should sue
setd IN reaching power, my opmonls that they ~lu &C
upon these OPINIONS aod unless the gu st m s forced
ihtm by being 4ised by Democratic agitation, they
will let il rest where bee use they have nothing
accom- lb and there is DO reason Why they SHOULD
Ieettn the question: and they declare that their ouly
pur is 10 oppose the extension of Slavery into
ritOry DOW free or in the worts Of Mr. Bat9s-wh) is
entitled 10 speak for thtmn rati' the opinions
~fMr Lincoln his personal ald political friend, " his
oJuiots are that Slavery ns itu ion 10 the States
OF the States which ehoose to haveit AID itexi Is with
10 these Ststes beyond the coDtr of Congress tina.
Congress hss preme bgisative poSer over all the
Territories and may discretion allow or forbid
the exs epce Of Slavery within them; that Congress in
ws6om aud sound policy ought not 81 70 exercise its
power directly or indirectly, as TO Plant and estachs1
81 very in any Territory heretofore free, and ha 1t IL
pnwise snd .mpolc in the Government of the United
States TO acquire tropical regions for the mere purpose
of converting them into Slave States
Tier ntlsmen, over all the present Territories OF
tbe United States unless Democrats sgiae to exteod
Slavery IN fact il is seU'd according TO the lnfes
sone Of the Union party according 20 toe confession OF
every body, exeept MT Douglas upon one lie, and
Mr.. BreckiDIdg- upon the Other Who Is in favor OF
acGuiripg more Territory 10 reopen the questl I
3D. lot. Are ytul No. no. IL JO1d Be1} Is
Edward EVeiett ? Is Mr Lincoln Not one OF them.
Which s the party that does not FROM on the bus-
teri or if not qoe hat what party Gains 10 be toe
party OF expansion Whit parry proposed TO buy Ca.
ta a. an expense Of $500 900 00O-a small i,em of
SIS 600 eco interest per TO be sadtlsd you
and me Who proposed take military possession of
Sonora and Clibu 4hua, which, if gotten would
never be given upl Who wss neg ta,lOg tre,ty
which virtually naUgora'ed prOtectOrste over Next
CO. which us later resolve isef toto con-
gu st and annexaonl Not those Opposes to the Dem
OcJasic party.
The democratic lesdeIs are the persons who alone
propose to acquire additional territory. II they do
auife it, they must take the responsibility Of The ata
ton that viii aIife Of il That it will be fierce is
certain hat il can be settled is uncertain. Tnat the
acquisition can be prevented and ought TO be prevent
ed Of all lbiogs the most clear. II great luterna
tioI al ecestts should force upon us, contrary TO our
will add tioDa fenitory. take i. that irrespective Of
the al ssct opinions OF this parry or that VIII be apt
Il n de Ta tta