New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-26
NEwYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER se, 1860

in the very oct Of Secession, to ask those states
TO name the terms on which they will consent 70
remain in or return to the Union. Does not TINS
proceeding clearly concede that tho North is the
appresSor and assume that the South will be JUG
fitted in Secession if the North does not comply
with her exactons1 Would it not look az II the
North regarded the Union as boon conferred
on her by the South to be retained during Norm
ern good behavior, and Withdrawn upon
forfeiture Of Southern confidence VIII not
New.Jersey virtually decide the cuse in favor oil
the South in thus proposing to act az mediator
Has Capt. Maury never heard of Northern grew
auces or complaints If he has, why has no no
word for these1 Did he think mediation neces-
sary to turn aside Northern indignation conse-
quent on the passage or the fruits OF the Ne
braska bill
CAPT. Maury continues:
Tho Conventions of Alabama and Mississippi are, bedeTe
the h to Urge NcwJersey to be present there as e
daor in the person commissioners Suppose she draw
ar u,iusu from each which differs from the other or which
the other souheru States object Don't perceive then
that you viii have commerced negotiations and consequently
gained lime that may Oooy and deliberately on
oil will be well"
We have perhaps as good an opinion of the
utility of indefinite talk as Capt. Maury, and
have no objection to seeing 1t insugurated. But
we insist that "pain common sense dictates
that those who cherish grievances and demand
redress should inrits negotiation and discussion
not be coaxed to listen to it. II ours Is indeed
Union of equals, then it can be no more sa'
erifce of Southern dignity TO propose such dia-
cussion than of Northern dignity to have North
ern State send her best citizens from one nest OF
Secessionists to another begging them to name
the terms on which they will consent to abide
with US. We have no objection to Southern
"ultimatum," provided it be spontaneously sub
mitted. but dozen such, however elected, would
be q surfet If any State is to be called on for
an "ultimatum," we insist that every one,
whether Free OF Slave, shall be. 1t is quite pos
sibe that States whose citizens have been kid
mapped, and robbed and lynched, aud hanged, for
no offense and under no legal authority, may
have propositions to submit as well as tine other
sort. Possibly, Massachusetts, may require some
assurance that, when she next sends one Of her
most venerable and bonored jurists to Slave
State, there to initiate legal proceedings to test
the right of said State to imprsOn and sell her
citizens for no other ofense than their color, he
will not be driven thence by mob, hs life i'm
periled, and acts passed to punish as felony any
future attempt to test even in Southern Courts
the validity of such laws. Of course, Massachu-
sets would not present an "ultimntum;" but
might she not reasonably propose that, whenever
redressing grievances shall become the order of
the day, hers shall at least be considered
With Capt Maury's permission we will pro-
pose our remedy for the evils he deplores-our
safeguard against the dangers he apPrehends.
1t is q very short and simple one, to wit:
Let us quit the business of Union-Saving, and
attend to our own if we have any, or to finding
some nseful employment if we have not. Let
us each, when beaten in an election, take off our
hats to the victors and say, " 1t is your turn
90 this time gentlemen; it may be ours next; be
pleused TO rule az you will Wish to be ruled"
Let US forego all experiments at tinkering our
Federal Constitution, and try to perform our
duties and fulfill our obligations under the Con-
stitution we now have. Let the champions of
Slavery be satisfied with having the Legislative
aud Judicial powers of the Federal Government
in their hands, and not grudge us our prospective
hold of the Executive. Let such laws of any
State as are deemed offensive to the sensib-
ties or prejudical TO the interests of any other
State be subjected to Judicial scrutiny and deter
mination, and let those who refuse to obey all
constitutional acts be subjected to the legal penal
tee in such cases made and provided. Thus let
all 90 to work on our farms, in our shops, in
our furnaces, our Offices increasing the wealth
of the country, the comfort of its people, the
power of its Government, feeding our little ones
and paying our debts, and Che Union will take
excellent care of ITSELF without further inter-
State embassies or protocols, while Capt Marry
continues 10 draw his liberal salary from the
public crib Gf the expiring dynasty should not
insist on stealing the Treasury itself as well as
its contents) and all will 90 right. Such is our
programme for stanchng the bleeding wounds of our
Country; it is not 30 ambitious as the Captains,
but We deem it relatively not a whit deficient in
I" plain cOmmOn-sense