New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-23


ios. - Mae Of nv parents, BE honored iaoor
and waakver the industrious poor man s@tUas'
friend " recently heard Southern member OF Oon'
g1essfey tba, white cond not labor IN tne oou.u
in cur executive hiatt and hepce ne aGgueu rao 10
sity of Slavery. What u conclusive snswer
uis assumption in the healthy faces ana nae
forms of orr ;aborpg whpe r'en. lso bv
tte lTss OF Oul eE aud sun and firmly sst
by iore.t oiiiin their exempt N from whole elass
Of diseases, includns o' vepsa, govt, inaamms.Ory
rbepna'ifm psinS 20, delrium tremens, andapopexy
which go ohe. sict our idle aristOcracy. Bat were
the asu pon true IL ud only prove thai this is not
the - ace for white men, and that we should seek
a0tbtr sphere Of action with all convenient speed iof
the great command TO gain our bread 0y tue s"ea' Oh
our brow includes Of coUrse, the less drecuon 70 %
where we can live al labor with IMMUNITY. AS an
important auxiliary in eftectiDg other reforms, we
should secure instead Of our present viva Voce hOoe
of yotiug the substitution Of the ballot IN accordance
with the practice Of the mott progressive and engnr
ened States of cur Union-ar beDehcen 10 every
reepect securing greater degree OF order at eecuoD
ard altogether favorable 70 the exercise OF the Dasea
ard independent judgment of the eleetor and wen
calculated to prevent the OverbeariDg influence wncn
the strong are prone 10 WED again the weak and help
ess And wi at he agencies required TO eect tose
necessary changes Can 70 lance be placed on enoer
of the great par les which have heretofore ruled the
Southern aes The rank and file OF both are I'M
doubtedy right, but are the leaders TO be
trusted? Would TO God that instead OF the H.
ouiry with regard to candidates at the last election IN
this State, (Which is soundest in the cause OF sav-
cry \" we could hear the encouraging question,
(Which is most faithful and devoted to Freedom
Which most resembles our own Washington and Jef-
feTsonl That might zee in our political contests not
mere struggles between the outs and ms Tor the spo5
of Office struggles of the many for the benefit OF the
few; but dew ton TO great and benevolent principles
of action. With Democracy, the genuine Democracy
Of Jefferson we will have controversy; for It de-
mands universal freedom. The greatest good OF the
grfateet number. 1t demands equality OF rights and
equality Of taxation. But the Democracy which has
80 long ptrsecuted knows no other duty than that OF
supporting and exepdn the waseful and destructive
system Of Slavery. That system, pregnant with such
weakness and CURLY as 10 permit mere handui Oh
invaders TO hold of fOurlshing towns nearly
two days and until the forces OF the United states
could be brought from Washington TO dislodge them.
Democracy which, not satisfied with such degrada-
| ton-not satisfied with compelling us who
are non.slavehoiders to pay annually tens OF
thousands of dollars to support public guard solely
TO protect the Shareholders peculiar property ana otner
tens Of Thousands pay for that portion OF ths peculiar
property annually hung transported for breaking the
laws Of Government to which it had never given s
sssent. Not satisfied with havcg this year taken rom
our exhausted treasury some GO0 parish Single
offence against this peculiar properly end 1000 OOO Tor
aru to defend the sysiem hiss establish constitution
al bulwark for the STAKEHOLDER, preventing his peculiar
property ment for the purposes OF taxation
at more than one.fouh ihs market value and has at
the same time tag ed at full value all the non slayehod-
eIs means together with most odious burden on his
income from daily toll and has by an extortooate
license system loaded our Merchants with four times
their due share of taxation, and thus driven much OF
oar commerce from The Ststs How different this from
| that genuine democracy which procIAlns equal ana
exact lustice to sl Neither will contend with true
Amercanism While cherishiDg lively sense OF graft
tude for the debt we owe a Lafayette, Pulaski,
De Kalb Steuben, and many other brave Europeans
for their labors with fathers in the great struggle
for national independence-whilew we would welcome
ell true men who from the land of ancestors,
either driven bither by their love of liberty simply
BY the hope of improving their conditions and while
assuring 10 them perfect civil and religious freedom we
ETH hold that America should be governed by Ameri-
cars either native those who have been qualified by
laws duly guarding the purity OF the right OF suffrage
aud that should prevent the monarces and despo-
isms Of tie Old World from making our country gen
eTal Bot6ny Bay and pouring into our teaports tue
public paupeIs and criminals they should punish or pro-
vide for at home. AS Americans Ge ought not TO for
get however that we are but wards for the beneh
Of our race intrused with this Wild magnificent and
inviting country, demanding cultivation aud created Tor
an asylum to TIE oppressed and persecuted of the
kindred aud crowded people OF Europe with whom we
are bound by the most sacred ties OF humanity 10
Of brotherhood furnishing them homes and privileges
as becomes children OF the came Almighty Father
Nor thould forget the benefits 10 our country aud
our own poseIity, resulting from ho5pitabe welcome
to our European brethren. Not to speak of the OBJ
vious ard immediate increase Of national power and
wealth from immigration, the statesman who looks at
the effect Of what farmers call judcious crossings OF
mDglrg the blood and mind OF the different European
families as shown in the history Of the Ango-Saxon
peOVs-the rrodu of Roman, Danish, Saxon aud
Norman inteTmr Cling with the native Engllsh ana
tie still greater ComningIg of races in our own land
pIoducr still nobler condition OF physical, mental
end moral endowment, Will see in these instances OF
obedience TO the voice of nature an encouraging re-
ward for generous discharge Of duly. Looking on
the other hand at the eieminae deterioration of
tons and of families that yielding TO the narrow ideas
of exclusveness and aIisocrscy have confined their
sympathies and associations 10 their own limited cir
ces the folly of selfish exclusion greater
hon he a a lV ma he
seen in many Of our proud families who refusing
ell connection with the prOane vulgar have married
10 and in, until their present representatives have little
than half common sense, and hke all other proud
flesh, have become we're hsn useless execresences Of
humanity.
Let Us he Americans in the truest and highest sense
welcoming to our heart Of hearts every man VINO
shows n genuine love Of liberty and bis fellow
Influenced 10y fuch Americanism, while beboding our
fellow men all ranging the seme earth, breathing tie
same air. baskiDg IN the same sunshine, and alike re-
ceiyng the smiles of the Almighty Benetactor,
we shall be spt TO regard the place of birth ess in
pOTant than the conduct ard character of fe especial
ly If ws remember that the maDger Of a stable was
IL place Of the most ueions birth that pleased
the word. What, then, remsi0s 10 us but TO fling 70
the freeze that banner beaiug upon it's folds the in
seFiptiCD, "PE4CE, PRoGREss, AND PRorEcTIOs,'
ana now proudly Heating over our neighboring free
school sister States Of Ohio Pennsylvania, New-Jer-
sey, New-Yoik, New. England aud the mighty West
aud with our fellow citizens of those States march
forward % the work Of the elevation, education and
equalization Of our people on the hand adhering
tmly 10 the doctrine Of State Rights and the reforna-
ten Of all domestic institutions exclusively by the &C
tcn of our State LeeeatUrts; on the other hand let
us be guided with uDfnching fidelity by the noble SEN
mtut OF one OF orr most distinguished aud lamented
stgieEmep, Liberty and Union, now and forever one
aud insepsrabe." Let 10 distinctly understood
that all ame0rations ust be effected solely By appeals
10 the Iuogntnt and humanity OF our feliOw-otZens
uT0ugh legally constuted authorities, and in strict
oonpLauCe with our State and National Constitutions
We must reFel the nlsny slauders against us by the