New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-23

Presidential Election show that $4,000 legal vot-
ers in The State Of New.York, aud over l 300 600
in The Union, do "care about SlsverJ"-do ear
nesly desice that Slavery shall not he planted in
tire Federal TeTiH res and shall not be forced
uyon the Free States. Yet to-day Slavery is right
here in New-YorB, tyiDg 10 compel cur Courts to
recognize its egalt, here il spite Of our laws ex-
pressly excluding it; while every Federal Territory
is held to be Slave Territory, ard slaves are
eey transferred to and held in every one Of them.
Even Konsas, whcrefrom SLAVERY has been fairly
expelled by her people, is still legally Slave Terri
tory; while Nebraska, though her Territorial
Legislature passed an act sbolsbiDg it, has had
that act vetoed by the Federal Governor. New
Mexico, through Federal influence and dictaton,
has recently adopted most atrocous Slave Code;
and slaves, to our personal knowledge, are to- day
held in Utah. How idle to cry " Peace! Peace y
until the Nation shall have oOnclutiyey settled that
this is or is not to be
Although the Unionsts would seem to denOunce
10th the great partes, without indicating any mid
die ground Ofiheir own, yet the manifest drift and
tenor of their lulm nations tended las in the above
quotation from Mr. j. NJ. Haris) to inculpate th9
Republicans as walton If not kDaysh disturbers
of the National peace And yet, OF their letter
wIiters-tbe Hon. James o. Putnam, two ye IRA
since American candidate for Secretary of State
truly writes them that
If Union canrOt survive the conflict Of opinions on 1ns
subject ST. there j. hope OF its salvation ro 30 @
Slavery exists especially as an aggressive orcns
In the Language your address that we are In 'he most o.
c do not spPrhsnd it win seriously iTpai. tue
who have prscip.ed upon u.s. den'emen hTd the Den
a six wears vie dcd the whole power the Federal Govern
ent subvcr the free principles Of the Constitution and
car Labor has employed untold millions public patronage
10 corrupt where it could not ntimldse 1t has had feoera
doctfiDe;'" '''
Such being the case, what hope is there for
peace, what reason to lock for it, until these for
midabe attempts "tO subvert the free principles OF
the Constitution" shall have been defeated?
How are we to escape agitation while the Federal
Government is welded for such nelarious purposes,
with 60 Federal judiciary in active sympathy with
"the new and alarming doctrinesY' Why should
not even James W. Gerard zee that such state
Of facts is utterly incompatible With the calm he
sigbs forl
Even Daniel d. Barnard-blnded ~ he ia by BAT
fled aspirations and mortified ambitiOn-wrltes to
the Unionsts that
"The Democratic party deseH e1esIaiion Tor the
in which initiated Slavery seton and tore open the
ciosizd wounds Of the country atr he success 9l
ard settlement cf 1880 It, insane eo 10 carry slavery by an
invasion into regions rom which God and nature shut Il
out down the throats Oi whose gorge rises
the name make sufficiently ooious to honest men IL
party hich has shown itself utterly unpnncped IT. the
highest affairs Government and reeks with corruption
True enough Mr.. Barnard and why do you
so act as to keep that utterly corrupt and mschiev
Gus faction in power! If that party is what you
truly Represent it, it ought to be baushed from the
high places of the labd. If the Republican party is
also faulty, as you say, Gene in and help ID make
il better Its cardinal principle is simply this
Si0Ueryha no legal eristencc outside Of the Stare
States. Do you net, both as a lawyer and as
state smaD, assent to tbsl If you do, what should
binder you from taking your place in its ranks, and
aiding to Undue its counstlswith purity, moderation,
and reverence for law Is not this the clear dc
tate of patriotic duty