New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-02

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-,i,c stuck of slaves IL not sutf0 'ea' 10 supp!
a. demands of those States IN which ''''''' 90
d. e,ists Once establish the do,t-'ne mat
svcrv i ta have the right to 90 into all ferr'or-
,. aud the Shareholders VIII immediately '''"
1upd and tell US that to make that rgLt a'ailAbA
.bey must have the liberty 10 bring IA more slaves
rom the coast of Africa. Nor VIII they hno the
east difficulty in answering The homily on the sub
Get in witch Mr. Buchanan, as if to quiet tee con-
science Of the North on the subject of the extension
of sayeboldiug mo the Territories, has seen iiE 10
Indulge. To his enumeration OF the enac,melts
in prohibition of this traffic, passed bet"e'h ihe
wears 1884 and IS2l they viii rcpi! that len was
a long time ago-that the men VINO Pas'ed 'u'Se
acts. aud Presidents Washington Jrdcr-
son, Madison. and Monroe who signed then'
meant very well, bat that they were sad!
in the dark upon the subject Of Slavery, aud that
those laws were passed dudcr a total misaVPr'A'"-
sion OF the facts Of tte case. The African slave
trade was prohibited, on the ground that slavery
itself is Oh evil, wrong, political oiuhuef' H.
consistent with the fundamental ideas upon "hich
our Goyernmept is based, whereas 1t Is now proved
10 be in accordance with the laws OF nature aud OF
God, and the only Grm basis upon winch sound
and lasting social aud political system eau be
built They will add to this that the indeielsible
right of slavehodng to extend Itself into the IeTri-
tories, Of which Mr.. buchanan is himself 80 " arm
an advocate had not then been discovered.
The men OF that day went upon The prnci-
ne that Congress had the right to prevent
tine extension OF Slavery into the Territories.
Even those who opposed the exclusion OF
Slavery from the territory west OF Missouri did
not base that opposition the ground that Slavery
had right to go there. They urged, on the other
hand that, by thus scattering the slaves, the evil Of
Slavery would be diluted and the time fastened
when the whole thing would come to an end. II
having now been discovered by President Buchanan
and other great uriss that the extension OF Slavery
is provided for ard guaranteed by the Constitution,
ii follows that whatever is essential 70 the carr! lna
out of this extension must be consistent as gGaran
teed at the same time, that the laws against The
African slaye-trade may family be regarded not onl!
as inexpedient ard UNJUST, but as unconstitutional
But Mr.. Bucharan's Jealous support Of the riglr
of slayeholding 20 extend Itself into the Terrtoio
is not !he only aid and comfort which he gives +,
The revival Of the African slave trade. He earnest,
insists on the annexation. Of Cuba country IL
which the slayetrade actually exits, AID Which
possesses the greatest facilities for carrying 1t ON
. The annexation of Cuba would furnish new anC
strong argument for egalzing the trade, Oh the
ground that it would be impossible 10 realize zoe
contemplated Improvements IN that island, ana 81
get back return equivalent to the outlay II
would cost us, except by the introduction OF large
amount of African labor Mr. BGcAanan's idea o
taking Mexico under oar protection looks the SAME
way Protection means occupation co"q'
The very object aimed NJ Is '"0 "''A'o
-, Slave States. But, IN order to dc
ans f1c slaves must be Lad, and of ,bese compe-
tent supply can only he obtained from the coos'
of Africa. The policy OF the Democratic party IS
ia oi,e TO the slayenOdmg system strength enough
TO elable it to maintain the political control OF tins
Union. Acquisitions of territory by the slave
power viii be of comparatively little consequence,
without the slaves to I'LL them up. States with few
slaves will be constantly exposed to the danger OF
some movement on the part OF the non-slayehold
ers for the abolition Of Slavery. In order to gave
frmuess and consistency TO tie slave power, eaci
Slave State must have slaves enough to give th(
Shareholders a secure ascendancy. But WIN 'H'
large additions to the Union which the ann'Aatoi
,oI,cv Of Mr. Buchanan cOntemplates, how can tha
be done, except by reyylDg the African slave
fradel