New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-26

attempted to be practced upon them. They
are perfectly well aware that the policy Of
Remembering the Union, whatever favor, durinI
years of discussion and agitation it may have
acquired in the Cotton States has constantly
been repudated by the great body of the inhabi'
tants of the Northern Slave States as pestilent
political heresy. They understand that there has
been no real change of opinion upon this point
in those States, but they hope and expect that
the device of using the present agitution as
means Of intimidating the Republican party aud
inducing them to yield up, through fear, the posi-
ton they have attained after years of firm and
steady resistance to the Slave Power will secure
q temporary cooperation, under cover OF which
the Cotton States may succeed in getting out OF
the Union.
This policy of precipitation on the part OF the
secessionists it only remains for the Republicans
to meet by falling back on the Constitution and
the laws as the binding force of the Union
As for the concessions attempted to BE-
extOrted from them under the spurious
name Of compromises, there is abundant rea-
son why they should hesitate long and
consider well before listening to any such over
lures. As regards the Northern Slave States,
from which these 0vertures mainly come, the
those States in the Union. They would no
doubt like well enough to avail themselves OF
the present emergency TO extract from the Tears
Of the North still more stringent or ut least a
more available Fugitive Slave law; also compcn-
sation in money for such fugitive slaves as they
shall not succeed in catching or whose value IN
money at q liberai appraisement they may prefer
to the persons of the slaves themselves
They would like very well that the North should
freely concede 10 them that bone of contention
for the last six yesrs-the liberty Of carrying
their slaves into the Territories and of holding
them there under Congressional protection; or,
if quite so much could not be had, at least the
appropriation to slavehoding use of oil territory
now in possession, or hereafter TO be acquired,
south of q certain degree of latitude. They
would like very well surrender Of tho constitu-
tional power to abolish Slavery in the District Of
Columbia, the privilege of travelling through the
North with their slaves, and of awaiting them
selves of our rivers, canals railroads, and har-
bcrs, as conveniences for carrying on the domestic
slaye-trade; also pledge that Congress should
never interfere with that trade as between the
States. AL this, and great deal more, the
Northern Slave States would be very glad to
have if it could be had for the asking; but il is
not the denial OF one of these things, nor of all
them together, that s going to drive those States
out of the Union. On the other hand, it is not
the granting of any or all Of these things that is
going to pacfy the Secessonists, and convert
them into loyal citizens. They insist upon
great deal mere. Their great grievance is
not anything which the North does, nor anything
they are prohibited from doing themselves, but
the way the North thinks and feels. They cant
endure a union with people who are not willing
to look TO Slavery as the chief cornerstone Of
Republican institutions and social well-being
Nothing will satisfy them but that, upon this
topic of Slavery, we should suppress liberty of
speech, liberty of the pulpit, liberty of the press
aud liberty Of thought, and in addition to all that
should formally subscribe to their view Of the
subject. With men in such state Of mind it is
useless TO negotiate.