New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-28

Ii erler # our party guilty III that mailer you Ano"
II or you do not know IT, ifyou do know n, You ere
nexcu,able 70 no, designate the man and prove tho
fact. II YOU DO not know II, you are ineXcosaVet 10
arter. IT, and especially 20 perss, IN the ssaerion alter
ynu have tried and failed 10 mare the proof. ron
need not be told that psrset,Dg ia charge which one
eoes not know TO be true, Is simply malicious SANDER.
Some Of You gdmit that no Republican d9sgneoiy
aided or encouraged the Uarper's Ferry AFFAIR." ont
stll insist that doctrines and declarations nscss-
sarily lead TO spcb resns. We 40 not believe we
know " bold 10 no doctrines, end make no declsra~
toms which we're not he'd 10 and made by orr fathes
Who framed t7c Government under when we nVo'
You never dealt fairly by in relation 70 tds auar
Wbep Il occurred some important State eec"ops were
pesr 1T hspd end you IN evident giee WIN ths
belief that by charging the blame upon "a, you cond
get Gp advapta.e OF us in those elec,ions' Inc
elections came and your expectations were nov quo
faIGlIeJ. Every Republican man knew tha', ~ 20
hin self RI Lean: yonr chsrge was Islander, anu no
vas not much inclined By il 20 cast his vote IN your
fayo- Republ can doctrines and declarations are
accompanied @ith continual protest e Yuaa
any interference whatever WIN ySuI n'H.,
or will yon aboat your slaves. Sureiy, tnls
does rot encourage them 10 revolt. True, we 40,
in common With cur fathers who framed toe doVsrh-
inert n der which live, declare or belief tha o,AV
cry il wr,Ds but the slaves 90 not near us uec'ai9
even iris For anyhIg say or do the slaves wouu
scarcely know there ie Republican party. believe
tie, ,ud not in fact generally know 1t but for your
risrey eniatiors of u.s. IN their hearing La your po
biz al contests among yourselves, each faction eha8es
Il Other with eymld amy WIN Ddch nSphDtiN
and then to give point to the charge, defines BACK ne
publcsrsm to SIMPLY be nsurrection, blood and tnuh-
der amor g the slaves.
Slave In directions are no more common LOW than
they were before the Republican party was orgaiDsd'
w hat induced the southampton in3nrrectlon, twenty
ei. 1T can ago. in which least three times ~ many
hives ere lost as at Hafpers Ferry 1oueah scarcely
stretch Your very elastic fancy TO the conclusion tnAV
| Southampton pot up by Black RepnohcaniSu. III
the rresen; state Ct things Ii the Unite States 90 not
IN uk "
reetiop is possible TIE indispensable concert OF ACTON
car not be attained The slaves Rave no means oil RAPID
communication; nor can ineeuomry rec men, avn "
vhite sutpyit. The ex plosive materials are every
where In rarcels but there neither are, nor can Do
| eu, ii 3D. ;bo iudisp ensable connecting trans
Nneh IL said by Southern people about the affection
Of flves FOR their masters and mistresses; anu pa1
of IL a, least is true. plot for an uprsDg coulu
aca ,c,ly be deveed and communicated TO twenty ina-
viduals before some of them, 20 save the NE OF
fayorte maaIer or mistress, would dvnlge IT. luis 10
The ru: and the save-revUution III Hayu was not an
exception 10 it, but Gaze occurring un1er peGei.a'
! cr,nms,apces The guDpowder plot OF Bntlrh histo-
| ~. though net connected with slaves was more IA
pout IL that case only about twenty we're adui1teu
r. he secret and vt one of them, IN his Anxiety 10
save friend betray ed the plot TO that friend ana
| conerqnepce averfd the calamity Occasional poi
sonnps from the kitchen, and open or ftealtny assSs-
situations In the field and local Tevolts extending TO
score or co. Will continue 10 occur as the natural TO
suits OF slavery; but general instruction 81 slaves
rs think can happen in this country Tor long ume
! Whoever much iears much hopes, lor such an
! event will he alike Disappointed.
/ In The LANGUAGE of Mr.. Jefferson, uttered many
wears ago II is still in our power 10 Greet the pro-
cess of emancipation and deportation, peaceaoly, an9
, il su h slow degrees, as that the evil VIII wear on
ms, psby: and their places be, pdrt posa nl"d up
Inv .. W - lsboiers IT, on the contrary, IT lie iet
TO force tsef ON, human nature must shudder at the
| prospect held up
Mr.. Jefferson did not mean TO sayi nor 40 l, tnat ts
mower of emancipation s IN the Federal 6oEefDinehs'
lie 81 che of Virginia; snd as 70 the power OF enan-
| cpation. speak of the slayeholding States only.
! Tine Federal Government, however, az we insist,
bas the pow rot restraining the extension OF the IN
st,utior-the power 10 insure that slave lns1rrecuon
sLall never occur on any American soil which IA now
| fee from Slavery.
John Browns effort was peculiar. II was not q
dave instruction. II was an attempt by white men
In get no n revolt among slaves, in which the slaves
refused 70 participate. In fact was so absurd that
the slaves with all their gporanee saW plainly enough
| II could not succeed That affair, III It's philosophy,
corresponds with the many attempts related IN history
at tie assassination Of kings and emPerofs An en@4u-
sast brOo6s the oppression OF people, tiii no
| fal eies himself commissioned by Heaven TO hoetate
tbep he ventures the attempt, which ends In little
re than in his own execution OrsinIs attempt on
| LOUIS Napoleon and John Browns atte npt at Har-
pers Ferry were, in their philosophy precisely the
same The eagernees TO cast blame on old England in
the one case and on New-England in the other, does
| not disprove the sameness of the two things.
And how much would il avail you, if you could by
the use Of John Brown Helpers book, AID the like,
break up the Republican organization Human action
con be modified TO extent but human nature can
| not be changed. There is Judgment and q feeling
against Slavery in this nnt,on which cast az least
million a half of votes. fou cannot destroy that
ifdgms Mt ard feeng-that sentiment-by breaking up
the political organization which rallies around II. 1ou
can scarcely scatter and dispense army which has
been formed into order in the face OF your heaviest re
bat you could how much would you gain by for sing
the sentiment which created out Of the peaceful chan
rel of the ballot box, into other channel? What
would that other channel probably be Would the
number of John Browns be lessened or enlarged by
| the operation J
But YOU will break up the Union, rather than submit
| TO N Genial Of your Constitutional rights.
| That has somewhat reckless sound but il would
he palliated if not fully justified, Were we proposing,
by the force OF NUMBERS 10 deprive you OF some
right, plainly written down in the Constitution. Bot
| we are proposing no such thing.
| When Won make there declarations, you have spe-
| cfc end ~ell-understood auson to assumed Con-
s0toDal right OF yours, 70 take slaves into the Fed
era Territories and to hold them there s property.
But such right ia specifically written in the Consti-
tuition. That instrument IS literally eient about any
such right. We, on the contrary, deny that such a
right has any existence in the Constitution, even by
| implication.
sYour pu5pose, then, plainly stated is that you will
| destIoy the Government, unless you be allowed to
and enforce the Constitution You pleaae,
all point. 10 dispute between You and You will
| rule ruin i'll all events.
Tbis, plainly STATE ID your language to us Perhaps
you viii gay tho Supreme Court has decided the ds-
| puied Constitutional question in your favor. Not
quite so. But, waving the awyer9 distinction be-
tween dicum and DC cson the Court have decided the
question for you in SOFT Of way. The Court have
sDbs sntaly raid, it ia your Constitutional right to
take slaves into the Federal Territories, and 10 hold
them there as property.
when say the decision Was made in a sort of way
| mean il was made IN Il divided Court by bare
oriy Of the Judges and they not quite agreeing with
OLE another in the reasons for making IT, that is
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