New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-02

the North supporting Jobu Bel were shs nfss 70
fater the TeXss question TIE rst TO surrender the
Win OF Provso he fret 70 We'eoa ard appisnd vac
Couprc mise Meas ures tie fret to sequiss 10 tue fd
hive Save set ard 10 execute II 9Th naGrly,
Does he not kr Ow that in al the contests oil the iast
fifteen wears these men haSe come teiore they were
called, and before they sent 10 90 lhe Ooa'lB
of slave. Ioassrs7 Does he Lot know thal ta@y II III
opposon to the sac Power at all have bsen the hrst
to erit their flag and either . coo persfe win 'ne
Slave Prop Ddists or to acquiesce IL their acts
Surely Dir. Stev enson-if he had forgotten now tue
Southern Wings batled seven years against the right OF
pettiop how they VOTED against the Wilmot Proyiso,
how they voot for the Fugitive Slave law Tor tne TO-
pal Of the Missouri Compromise-uight at least nave
nbered that they voted in the cosog days OF tne
last Congress agsinst the admission Of Kanss, into t1e
Union "a Free Sjate-agsinst that great measure OF
btne6ceDce apd Freedom, the Homestead 0ilt-shd
sgAnst the repeal of the cruel and outrageous law OF
New Mexico, which not only perpeuslly ensisves lne
black man. but authorizes the employers TO innet as
graciug ppnishments upon white laooring men ana
women and cloees sgaiOst their appeals for proectOn
and Justice the judicial tribunals.
Mr.. j. Thomas Stevenson is more fortunate In his
reference 10 The record of the men Of the Union party
than be is in bis appeal T. the rec rd OF their canoi
date The record Of the supporters Of John dell III
the South, with exceptions Is record OK unlatsr
ing fidelity to Slavery, of fealty to the Slave fropa'
gar diss and Slave Perpe'uaists. Tbs imperlsnaole
records of the Republic wll bear TO coming genera
tons amplest evidence that they were ever sWlit
do the bidding of Slavery. The record OF the North
ern supporters of John Bell, with some few e1cep-
Tors IL record Of fuctuatiDg purposes, wayering
cOunses and inconsistent action, sho wing TO this age
ard coming sges that while they were false TO LAD
erty they were rot true t. Slavery.
Men of old Pu -itan and Revolutionary Massachusetts,
upon whose pathway the star Of duty casts s radiant
and steady GRht-yOu who believe with Bsnjamln
Franklin that Slavery is au atrocous debasement OF
human naiuIe"-with John Adams, that " consentiug
10 Slavery is sac'iegous breach Of trust T.
with John Quincy Adams, that g Slavery taints
the very sources of moral principle with Daniel
Webster, that Slavery is continual and per.
manent violation Of human rights" opposed to
the whole spirit of the Gospel and 10 the teachings OF
Jeus Christ reject pray you, reject with lo4tolug
II false and guilty doorne that IN this crisis OF toe
R.pubic (" it is the part of patriotism and duty to
recognize no poll ical principle from candidate
whore II cord blurred boted and stained visa words
end deeds for Human Slavery-spun with scorn all
utilization with men who in the South are veing with
tbs Democracy in feay to the slase propa-
gandistswho in the North scoihog and Jeerlng at
the sacred Of liberty organizing Democratic ald
societies pe0ding and dckering with Dem )craiic FAC
tiOne, 10 defeat men whose only otense II thsu un-
swerving fidelity to the of human nature now Ia
peril in America, and "consecrating In the words OF
Whittier,
-" their baseness to the
OF Constitution, Union, and the Laws"
Rally, men of Massachusetts to the standard OF
party that procl ,ns its principles and its policy-a
paty that would engraye IL letters OF living light upon
the arches OF the skes that the nations might read
IT, ts und wing hostility TO the domination aud extension
of Slavery in America Rally TO the support OF e can
oidate for the Chief MagistTacy Of the Republic who
pepned these noble words: This is world OF com
pensations and he who would be slave must consent
10 have no slave. Those who deny freedO TO others
deserve it not for themselves; and, under just God,
cannot long retain it,