, 1860-01-13

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Probably there are few Of our readers who
would like to b. smeared with tar and then
equipped With covering of feathers. Nor
would many Of them, We fancy, be much de
lighted With receiving thir,y-ninc lashes viii,
q cow-skin, well laid on. A ride On rail might
be less unpleasant, but VIC doubt whether many
Of them would think it IN agreeable diversion.
To come down to matters Of less moment, we
do not suppose that they would take pleasure
in being sunn'arity expelled frou, the country
for tile offence Of speaking their minds respect
ing pollticali aliostitu!ion VII eli tbry desired to
reform, or that they wotstd be eyen satisfied to
have the newspapers for which they subscribed,
withheld from them by the creatures Of The
government. 4 reasonable man, let linn live in
what part Of the country lie might, woull, we
are sure, pardon any Of our readers for hot
taking funcy to be treated in either Of tue
ways we have enumerated.
at1n saying this we but state some Of tile ol,jec-
ttons to the extension Of slavery which have no.
hitherto received the tttentiun tlcv deserve
We of the free States object to '1e::allz;us
the relation Of master and slave in the terrific
ries, because, If Slavery goes thlther, we are
not to 90. 1t Is true that those who favor
the enlargement Of the area Of slavery tell us
that, although the5 claim the right of carrying
it into the territories, yet tue moment the in
habitants Of any territory in which it is eslat'.
lished frame their constitution, they have tie
liberty to abolish it,.
That is not trnc; cveFy mail that we receiye
from the slave States brings evidence that it is
fuise. Wherever slavery goes, whether into
Territory or State, there is no longer any lib
crty Of speech or even Of thought in regard to
that question. 1fany man denies its benefits,
the practice Of the day is to mob him, to STARE
his head on one aide, to push him of . railway
train to the danger ot As life, to tar mud feathcr
him, to give him public Gosging. II he simply
cnnles from the North, and endcavors to escape
this rough treatment By observing prrIent
silence III regard 10 slavery, his trunks are
opened, his baggage searched for inccnliary
publications; il u northern newspaper is found,
lie is subject for lynch law; Il the search be
frutless, be is warned to leave the State it,tne-
dtately. j. bare suspicion Of Aboliliouism is
enough to cause The unfortunate traveller 10 lie
elected from tha community without further
ceremony. A man selling maps, who never
troubled himself to know whether lie was au
Akolitionist or NOT, is adn,opishcd that lie il
regarded as dangerous parsonage, and Obliged
to decanp with the next trnin. Commercial
travellers who Intend Union meetings at home.
nnd do their best TO keep on good terms with
the Shareholders, ale met by committees, who
tell then, that they will snve their friends ut the
North good de: o. 81 ETY. By making the best
ot their way back uyaiu,.
Is nut the theatre iu which these enorpitics
are acted large enough already, but must we
open to them all that. mighty area rf TERRITORY
which lies between The states on the Atlantic
aud those On the PaoiHc coast: Arewe, as Cit
liens Of The free States, comprising iwo.thirls
Of the whole population Of the Union. ready to
introduce into the Territories system which
will bar the wnoie OF that vast region against
us and against our children: Are we willing
that the Territories should become part o.
the country into which Ne cannot enter without
the certainty Of Leiug mobbed aad the danger
OF losing our lives; in which we cannot express
our opinions on public questions with that free
institutions; i'll WHICH VIC caunot read what
tookswe please, and into which the newspapers
Of tho free 7tates, for the very reasons that
discuss public questions freely. are mt allowed
to circulate: Are VIC ready to establish over
those extensive regions Il censorship Of o1in-
ions and censorship OF tue press which shall
make residence in them Impossible to north
ern man deserving Of the name Of freeman.
let this is precls. ly- what VIC arc asked to do
1hc Institution Of slavery, when il reaches its
full aud consunB1ate growth, which it NOW
seems 70 have done 10 the Southern States, de-
1nauds NJ! these sacli6ers, all these ubnceaiions
OF personal liberty. Wherever it goes it es,ab-
fishes q cruel, relentless, remorse1css despo.-
ism. whish exActs : conformity Is rigid a. Is re-
9n'red in the absolute governments Of Tie Old
World, and punlshes men on mere suspicion
with the game fefoc!ous severity.
No. We must keep the Territories open for
fseedou--open for freedom Of speech, open for
freedom Of the presR; hospitabty open for emf
grants who carry with tGem only thcir own
strung arms aud their lore Of liberty; freely
open to the commerce OF the free States, and 10
all the civi1iziug influences of the older se,tle-
ments. 1t we allow, upon anv prcte1t, the in.
st'sntion Of slavery to be established in them,
We sign away our own birthrisht md the birth-
right Of millions Of f1>cmeu besides we rirc
them up to be tie patrimouy Of m oligurchy
which will remorselessly exclude Us the momeut
they have 1t III their nnssession