The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-18


after OF only thirty four years, posod be effect
Ne only II its concessions slavery, while As greater
guarantees Of freedom were found unsy aing and worth
less History the compromk Of $50 was neces
sary 70 save the Union from dHruptfn do not dispute
history nor debate the settled oral questions OF the
past. only lament that II 'oeceesary II indeed il
MAS 90 History tells that Ole course then adopted
wise DO not controvert t. only mourn the occur.
q even one case, meet certainly the only that
10 be AFRO the way OF eassnness the path Of peace
u was IN 1899 therefore, that the national deviation
began We have c'r'inNd ever since the divergent
course then 80 inccnsderaeiy entered until at last
haos reached fosM aoeye, AMID confusion teoiider
nass and r'esIo examinations, alike impossi
be 10 90 fo7sgGrd rp We added Territory
after Territory and res after region the
~ bodnefs Of feeoy resisted lurors, not merely
nseleclSg TO keep sAyery OUT Of new possessions,
but Actually removing all the barriers against II whioh
We found standing at the times OF conquest IN doing
his haze d.f<d the moral opinions Of MANKIND
ed hetr memories By declaring that As uneIaed and
glorious constitution mhich nev gaze soth t.
a. 4 attends eagles, not freedom and personal ri3s
10 ne offresstd tt drery and HATEFUL and b1ld com
aopcs uhererer lon conquest by sea land
orr ne Uaole hatttate GLOBE.
/, seems bold suggestion to say tina. great nation
ought 70 reconsider practice o. forty years daraton
but forty years Of nations life are equivalent TO only
year 10 the life OF individual The thought IL al
least with political philosophy Tor II 10 not more
true that personal persistence In error ads inevitably
W than II r that every nation exists by obedience
the moral LAWS which direct individual lise that
they written in tie original constitution and II must
C0LtIUAly
ass perish. Ny humble advice then fellow citizens,
IS, lat return and establish the original policy Of
the nAton and henceorth hold, as we did in the begin
mig that slavery aHdmu be only purely local TEN
porsry and Dtional Institution, confined within the
siGye states where u already exists while freedom is
the general, nor nal eadariug and permanent condition
society within the jurisdiction aud the
Of The constitution OF the United Stass counsel Ia
for simple reason incapable OF illumination Slavery,
however may be at any time or Ia place excused,
is at all times aud every here uojust and inhumsu It's
very nature; while freedom, however may be at
time IN any place neglected, deIei abused Is 10 it's
nature right, Just and belencen II under any
circumstances be wise to persevere voluntarily in
tending or ortying an Institution that IL intrnsicay
wrong or cruel
Certainly, therefore, hare need and for
african Slaves the federal Territories % you say that
want sugar cstton Iad therefore mu.t
have more slaves and more eaye lab answer nrst
that cass Or race Of men have right to demand
cotton any other comfort u life wrung
em through he action Of the federal government from
the unrewarded cad compulsory labor OF any other class
race OF men.
anewer, secondly, that we have sugar aud cotton
enough already for domestic consum pton and
o. tte latter of expor alton without auy increase Of slave
territory. DO you say that Europe and
cotton than supply reply, let, then, En.
rope send her free aborers hther into Italy into
the West Indies CT into the Fast II sal. them bet
ter, let them engage the natives Of cotton groSing
in the Old World 10 produce cotton and sugar volGn
iAriy and TO- adequate compensation. such course,
instead OF fortiyne and enargng tie s.ay Of slavery
here VIII leave free favor It's gnsdus removal II
viii renew or introduce civilization 90 the shores Of the
Mediterranean and hr Jughout the coasts OF the In1aa
Gee Christianity, more fully deveopet and better
understood now than heretofore turns wish disgust and
horn. fro the employ ent CT force AID piracy
necessary ago-cv OF the Gospel
Fourthly All Inc tile evasons and plausible political
theories Witch have herc.,ore been brought into the
argument for extension Of sossrS ase ~ ass oeeu
found faaco4s and frivolous.
II ia utavaiirg now TO say tina. this government was
made by and for white Only STAGE slaves owed
with white men, AID we're equally sbsoivet frcn /, by
Tie Revolution and not only held W aiee ian % now
uoder laws but are also subjected TO taxation and
scus representation in every department Of the federal
government No government can Itself from the
duty Of protecting the extreme rights Of every buhan
being whether foreign or alive born bopa or free whom
conpus orily holds within rs jursjston The great
f-y realized that the Arcan rae. here Is
Ign AMI eebl. element IKE the Indians, incapable OF
imitation but not the ess, therefore, entitled 70 such
care and protection a. the weak every where may re
aure from the strong; that W Ia pitfIl exotic
unwisey ADD unnecessarily ansplaated into our deis,
and which IL unprohL Ibe to cultivate AT the 81
the deeoaon u the native vinegar Nor will the argu
ment that the party q slavery 10 patona and that o.
freedom sectional any longer avail when u Is fully under
stood that 50 far as 10 founded in truth, is only
retut OF that pcrycrsnn OF The constitution which hes
attempted TO creumsrib freedom and 70 mako slavery
universal throughout the republic. Equally do tho
reproachcs nveoves aud satres OF abe advocates "
slavery extension fail, since aud elt that truth,
reason and humanity work right without fsuati
cisrr, and bear contumely without retsa0u COUNSEL
this farther because tie combinations II sldgey
brclsr Up, and b. ren>g.d trifh su-c>ss
Any new combination must be based the principle OF
the southern democratic faction, that slavery "a inherel
iy Just and benescents and ought 70 be protested
which can longer be tolerated In the Nortn: e.se
principle the Northern democratic faction that
slavery Indifferent and worthy Of FEDERAL protec.ios,
which Insufficient 10 the South while the national
nd has Is pasfed ond both Of these prn
cples and ia settled IN tire eviction that sldcery,
'cherer ard hoesvv e-iss, ezss only % te regretted
and deTlor,d.
this farther because tho necessity for
return TO the old national way Ia, become al last
new Territories, and crtse slave ststes only By
opening the African slave tradea proceeding which by
the country and their increase woGd bring the North
and the South into complete unanmiiy IN favor OF that
return.
Finally, counsel that return because statesman has
been des gnated who possesses, Ia eminent and
satisfactory degree, the virtues and the publications
necessary for the leader IN great and generous
merit and feel well assured that Abraham Lincoln viii
fail 10 guraie the ancient constitutional policy
In the Of the government suc ,essuly be
the republican party as~r ample experience has
last acquired the courage and the cousapcy necessary
- sustain him, aud bccsuse satisfied that the people,
At last fully convinced Of the wisdom and necessity Of
the prop sed reformation are prepared 70 sustain and
give u eject
In Lansing. the capital Of the State Of Michigan
Mr.. seward addressed an immense assemblage on
the 9Th 81 September, and In the course Of his
speech thus illustrated the same general idea
Slavery and freedom cannot erst 10 the state;
they Incompatible there q an "irrepressioe
Ia eesnse1 them aosS,sr is,rod,es slavery
viii sooner Or later die II has been always my policy
TO take care that every new state should be free STATE
cousitutcph action, tse decrease aud dminution OF
Aricsn slavery IN all the States. (sppalse.D That Is
the Whole question II I am wrong, then 1 eyre.
riousy vronF aud you may abandon an my Altsrns
tivss. u am wrong IN ptonogrciug slavery inexpc-
dent you will q course sccepi u. When you ever
Rad Of state peoplei exclusively by ircemen
that was in any danger at home or auoai' Never.
IL there slave state, state that ever ga, slave
state, on the continent of America, and which sl
retains any vcstge OF slavery, that does not day
fees e 10 be In danger Of domestic lnsgrrsctonl Not
one A handful of mad meeting 10 Chatham, aud
going with few pixies add spikes and spears, alarm aud
iery the odct and proudes aud tie greatest and
leading state IN the federal Criou. With The panic OF In
1rrscion and civil II comes back 10 yol In every
state ksntucsy eSpes the free 100 defends free
tom within Der limits and Tennessee Subjects 10 the stake
nd target The slave VII, 0orcs ~ Freedom not from
beings of cruelty but from alarm for the safety 81 the
tate And whai DO we hear from Texas now, but that
nat new state stl than Michigan, bat having, -
he thousht, terfold tho elements cf wealth and
irtnsth and Jrosrerty convuissd with panic oecause
slavery being brought into debate among portion OF
Ter otzensi But you viii asa me, what have you 10 do
with ihsi why interfere in that subject why no.
dopt the opposite policy OF non ntervention, aud
= tnoee VINO IKE slavery have u, aud those