New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-24

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s,einal warfare uion the institution OF H.herio VI
slavery, with view to is ultimate extinction through
out Tue land. sectional war; 20 be waged cnsH the
COTTON helos OF tho South shall be cultivated by free
A0or, OF Whrhl and rye fields OF MASSACHUSETTS, shan
oe cultivated by elayo labor. In farherance OF thid
silce OF their creed, you find their political organiza
items not emily sectional but whoee vitality depends
upon exciting Northern prejad &c, ambition and pas
SION against Southern Institutions and Southern people.
lie had some experience in fighting this element and
ne found the source OF their power to cons m thus
exciting the pejudices and passions of ono section
aRane another. They not only endeavored to excite
the North against the South, but they iri-
tated the South sszal and traduce the North.
Abuse by violent Southern men against North
ern Statesmen rs essential 10 the triumph OF the
Republican party. Hence the course of argument
which has 70 be net invites Southern men to assai US
that they the Republicans may justify their assaults
on the South under the plea Of solfdefense Whom he
returned TO Illinois, in 1853 to CANVASS the State, he
had to meet ths "iuepressble conflict" True, the
Senator from New-York had not made his Rochester
speech, and had lot given the doctrine that precise
Dame yet the principle in existence, and had been
proclaimed by the most fearless of the party. He
wished to call attention to single passage in speech
BY Mr. Lincoln who Was nominated for the United
States Senate by the Republican Convention, and
which speech mad been Previously written aad agreed
to in caucus by mort Of the leaders Of the party:
crisis s have BEEN Iesehed nd .ses n House divided
agrst itself stand believe this non endure
70 iai but Tect il viii be divided Il win become all
thing the other Either the opponents o Slavery must ar
yntI will become alike lawful in st the Ss well In the
North AZ in the south"
Mr.. ID. said the moment he landed the soi of Illi
nois he took direct iseue with that Doctrine ~ being
revolutionary and treasCnable. SGch was not only
the opinion Of Mr. Lincoln, and the Senator from New
York. but, far he knew, 1t s the general opinion
of all the members of the Abolition or Republican
party. They tell tic North that Slavery will 0verrun
the whole country They tell the South, unless they
rally as one man. the inevitable consequence will be
fls .hnliti nf IN al he
doctrine is held by the Senator from New-fork
in his Rochester speech, when he tells us
that the States Of the Soath must become
free eIse t. States of the North must be overrua
with Slavery In order to show that he did not misl-
terpret, he read extract from Senator Stewards
speech st Rochester, in regard to The "Irepressibe
Conflict" This, he said, was the theory OF the Re
publican perry that there is conflict between the dt-
ierent institutions of the Sates-not OF the same State
but of the Free States AID the Slave States. Their ar
gumeDt s, that two systems OF st es cannot perma-
nenry exist in the same Union without sectional war,
fare must continue to rage, With increasing fury till
the Free States shall surrender OF the Save states DC
subdued. Hence while they appeal to the passions oil
one section their object IL TO alarm the people Oh the
other section and drive them TO madness IN the nope
that they will invade their Northern rights, as an ex-
cuse to carry on AN aggression on Southern rights.
He appealed TO the candor oil Senators
whether this not fair exposition OF the tenden-
cies of the doctriuee proclaimed by the Republican
party Tie creed of that party he SAID is founded on
the theory that because Slavery ID not desirable In
their States it IL not desirable anywherei and because
Free Labor good thing with US, 1t is good thing
everywhere In other words, that patty rests ON the
theory that there must be uniformity in the domestic
institutions and internal poy Of the several States Of
this Union. Here, i'll his opinion, Is the iun amenta
error on which the system rests. While III Illinois, he
der led and now repeated it, that uniformity IN the
domestic institutions of the different States either
possible desirable On that iseue he conducted the
canvass at home and he wished to AJAX the Senate II
such was the d, cne Of the trainers OF the Consttu-
ton He wished the country TO bear ia mind that,
whom the Constitution was adopted, there were twelve
Slave States and one Free State; ard, sup
pose this doctrine of uniformity on the Slavery
question had prevailed, would Freedom have fiumphed
over Slavery On the contrary if the test had been
made and this doctrine then proclaimed, would not
have resulted in the Constitution fastening Slavery on
every inch Of American SOIL North as well as South
Was il fair for the friends OF free institutions in those
DAYS to claim that the Federal Government must not
touch the institution but wait until they geta majority
and then WELD that majority 10 abolish the institution
in those other States III uniformity was Desirable, II
might have been obtained by botting out State Gov
einments and by having State legsations conferred
on Congress and power over the mupclpal ana domes
tic concerns of the people in the States as well as
over the questions affecting the whole Union Bot the
trainers Of that instrument knew, IA well % we know
that country large as this there IL great variety
of climate SOL, and production, and there must be
diversity Of institutions and domestic regulations adapt
ed 10 the wants of each locality. They knew that oar
liberty depended on the right OF the people OF each
State 10 establish their own laws and lnsutuos anu
control them at pleasure The Constitution, therefore,
was based on dssimilarity OK domestic INSTITUTIONS
and domestic polty. The Constitution was founded
on the idea th,t each State had peculiar wahs, wncn
REQUIRED peculiar legislation distinct from every other
State Hence said Mr.. Douglas lasoert that THIS doc
trine of uniformity is repugnant to tho CONSTITUTION
and revolutionary in its character ana eaclng arecuy
to despotism. Uniformity in local affairs IN any c9un.
try to suy great extent is despotism always snow
me CentraIism prescribing uniformity, and VIII sno
Won despotism Odious and nsutferable as tnat oi
Austria or Naples. Dlssimllarity therefore, ID inc
principle on which the Union rests. Give Us such a
law as the Constitution contemplstes and authorizes,
and will show the Senator from New ork tnst thero
is Constitutional mode Of depressing even the If
repressible conflict" He would open the PRISON
doors and tell these conspirators to select tneir
cells where they are to drag out a miserable
life as punishment for crimes against Inc peace %
society. Can any man say there is no danger OF the
recurrence OF the outrage at Haipers Ferry Is not
the Republican Is" party no 6ed sUd proclaim the
creed they did before this invasion IL Is true that
most of them diaayOw the acts oil john Drowh. lam am
Glad they do that am reloiced they nave eono hu7
FAR but must be permitted TO Say IL IL nos enough
tbat thew dsayow the act, unless they also repudias
and denounce the doctrines aud teachings "hS. PIo
duced the act These doctrines are promulgated IN Inc
shape OF speeches and pamphlets ana oooss. Inc
causes which produced the Harpcrs Ferry INVASION
are in active operation. Is il time that the people OF
the Border States TO have their hands ed as 10
the rover of self Defense and remain patient under
threatened invasion in the day or In the night Gan
Won expect people 70 be patient when they dare not
law down 10 sleep without rst stationing Sentineis
to zee if band of marauders and murderers
are not approaching with torch and pistol II requires
nkre patience than fTeemen have 10 submit 70 such
rtate OF things. If we wish 10 preserve this Union,
we must perform it's guarantees, and we must remedy
every evil within the Union in obedience TO the Con
stution for which the Union would iurnsn remedy.
III the Federal Government fails 70 act, either from
choice or from apprehension Of want Of power It can
not be expected that the States will be content 10 re-
main unprotected. Then, sir see no hopes OF peace,
oil T..l,