New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-04

.g;u;ous n 10 the inherent nature and ultimate
so,, of slavery. neither Mr.. Lincoln nor the
Republican party thereby pledge themselves 70
allow saveholding no toleratioD. and to throw
tIemselres hcndlOng into n crusade Tor us IN
slant abolition, wherever it exists, regardless OF
MI obstacles, and of the exclusive right OF local
LEGISLATION on this and all other subjects secured
by the Federal Constitution to the States lei
snch is the course for which, according to Dir.
Cushing's representations, the Republican party
stand ready. He represents the election OF LIN
cou as amounting to an asowal OF that pohcy.
Such is his first movement toward quoting eA-
istnp agitations and preserving the ion.
Next our orator takes mp certa paragraphs
Of speech Of Senator Wilson's cOngratulatlng the
Republicans on their recent triumph. Mr.. wilson,
in the metaphorical style in universal use on such
occasions describes the election and Its results In
liz. terms app opriatc to physical struggle. he
s1eaks Of il as a contest between the a" cause OF
equal. universal and impartial liberty on tho
or, hand. aud I" the slave power and its minions'
North and South on the other, the result being
that iho slave power LEA oycrthrown with the
heel of the Republican party upon it, crushing IT
ard grinding it to powder. From these rhetorical
acurislea. the ordinary and well understood Ian
guage Of election orators, Dir. Gushing hastens to
conclude that the Republicans, instead OF limiting
Themselves to the lawful and constitutional fruits
of their political victory, intend literally " TO
90 tread States aud citizens under foot, to put
" their heels upon them, to crush aud grind them
a. TO powder" To quiet the alarm of Mr.. Cush-
inc. who seems to be little frightened for him
self as well as for the South, We beg leave to
remind him that Mr. Wilson does not speak of
what is TO be done hereafter, but of what has
been done already. The treading under foot,
the crushing and grinding, which fill MIR. Cush.
ing with such horror, consist entirely in the
election of Mr.. Lincoln, and in thereby stripping
the Slavery extending faction OF that Federal
Executive Influence which they have so long pos
seescd and abused. Personally, Mr.. Gushing is
perfectly SAFE lie has only lost his chance of
another foreign mission, or another seat in the
Cabinet. Neither does Mr.. Wilson speak OF the
victory achieved by the Republicans as in
my way triumph over the institutions
OF tHe Sibft Gtutt-. II" spthho uciViJ WI III"
overthrow of the slave Power" meaning
thereby the destruction of the pernicOus and un-
constitutional influence which, of late years, the
saycholding interest has exercised over the ad-
ministration Of the Federal Government. With
Slavery as State institution and while it con-
fines itself within the limits of the States which
choose to tolerate it., neither Mr.. Wilson nor
the Republican party have anything to do. All
that they propose is to prevent it from over
reaching the limits of those States, and giving
ProSlayery character and coloring to the admin
istration Of the Federal Government.
To Judge from the tenor of Mr.. Cushings
speech thus far, the object OF it is not 40 much
to quict the revolutionary and disorganizing spirit
Of the South, as, by stirring up aud infaming
that spirit 10 bring about political revolution
at the North by which Mr. Gushing and other
politicians of his stamp mas profit Under the
garb of patriotic concern for the permanency of
the Union, there sticks out but too prominently
tie cloven foot Of party politics and personal
promotion. A seat on the bench of the United
States is just now vacant, and Mr.. Cushing's
mime has been mentioned az one of the candi-
dates to I'LL il. 1t must be confessed, however,
that his pending GRAFTON, Mt NewburypOrt, re-
minds one much more of the ingenious advocate,
not TO say the INSCRIPTIONS advocate, than of
that judicial impartiality which used to be
thought an indispensable qualification for scat
on the bench,