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


u,t 7 do not vote for separation. If it comes, L
would accent It. and make The best and most OF " bD
Wise orecast will not fail TO see the yexng
which would grow out Of IT, and the dangers o. Dogiy
fr,ernal STRIFE au for action under the tonstitn-
ion and through ia FORMS and thereby the donation.
alizalion of Slavery. | would talk, snd vote, ana
reaeh and WRITE and scatter the truth thicK az Au
tumn leaves and trust the rest TO Him who hods me
nations in the hollow OF h.s hand. ~ may DC .o2 a
for the standardization Of Slavery through the iofins
of fLe Constitution, but do not believe II as yet.
do not forget the profound aphorism OF Macahay tI
in proportion to the length of time the demon possesses
the political body, must the BODY Dc ieut anu Vo.
when the demon comes out OF IL. Strange That tbe
politicians would not see long ago that brute conseF-
atism ia more dangerous 10 the Union than an army or
agators; that this alone makes agitation pos6e !ne
Pores and their French tyrant necesated The Slcan
Vesuers: Charles and STAFFORD made the lfampdens
ard The Cromwela: the Hapsburgs made the Kosauths
and the Garibaldis and Mr.. Pierce and Mr. Buehanan
with their legalzed bandits, created John Brown III
American craftsmanship rW regard Che pulse OF
humanity itself and the action OF the moral sense OF
mankind as the flicker of some local fanacism which
can be snuffed out then the moral forces OF the age
must have their way through connections and penis
But yielding gracefully to them, they are most peace
full and benign. Three honest words from chares tpe
First would have saved England the sDlflsions Of the
great rebellion and the revolution. Slavery might
pass away az the SHOWS dissolve in the Spring hme
and human nature rise 10 lis enfranchIsenlens wIth
none Of the baleful and perplexing omens OF change
the founders of the Republic meant and they hoped
and thew shaped the Constitution, they thought, 70
as 10 have it flexible to the universal spirit OF Liberty
These are rather heads and hints OF discourse than
discussion of the great question you have opened But
send them they are, as IL u not likely can 10
present at your meetng and hold 1t the duty OF every
one on these questions speak ont the Thought that Is
in him. Yours, respectfully, f. H. SEARS
The Rev. Henry Highland Garnet writes
4 hath ono car y
be abolished although il 10 not difficult TO state how 1t
might be done away. Nor Is 1t maj ter OF great in-
portance to the Christian and philanhropiat how the
foul bot and stain shall be wiped from national
cutcbeon God will surely put end to the crime in
his own righteous and just way Our great concern
should be to act mp TO our honest convictions and 40
vised by human wisdom will be found to be perfect.
Tie most we do to keep our eyes upon the signs
of the times and cooperate with the proyidences OF
God an they shall be developed, and act IN the vlng
present Had it been my privilege to mngle IN your
council should have urged the Importance OF phan'
thropisi and christians all proper occasions Of bear
ing faithful testimony against the FIN OF Slavery.
should have alsO endeayOred 10 show the beauty ana
power Of union OF Anti'S slavery Preeept ana exam
ple in respect to the dealings Of AbOtioniss with free
coored people of the North the purity and sincerity
of which could be clearly illustrated by assisting
them in honest labor trade commerce, education, and
in the principles of pure relglon ana nn"eied poiore
God the Father"
Mr. +. y. Sanborn of Concord writes that he intends
TO be present, and adds among other observations:
TO the colored race, the present condition oil Aeri-
cen politics offers many hopes. Amid those eonfuslons
which the cowardce of the North and the blindness OF
the South are bringing upon 1t cannot be that the
coored people of America will suffer worse con-
dition than their present one Either by concession,
or bv neglect or finally BY their force they must
obtain of their natural rights than law and odious
custom yet allow. And our own fortunes, which are
40 implicated with theirs cannot in the end suiier
hahn from their prosperity"
The Rev. Gilbert Haven Of Cambridgeport sends
letter, from which take the following:
- should, if were present and permitted TO speak,
advocate q MdRumasstoH Aid Society, as the most
efectus aid for the present time to the work OF aboi
shpg Slavery. About seven years ago conceived OF
the idea of helping, by Northern subscription such
masters as were conscientious in this relation, and
anxious to get ont of it, but hampered by two
difficulties: First their act woud completely impoy
eish them, aud their conscience was not up to that
point of sacrifice second, they could not free their
slaves on their SOIL and they had no means OF trans
porting Il EN- TO Free State or OF giving them start
there"
Mr. Haven relates his efforts 10 arouse attention to
this subject by articles in TIE - Esetd RlpnbIcGa
Thc Zion's Hcrold, and The Liberato1 and by cor
respondence with Genit Smith, Elihu Burritt and
others.
''As to methods, we may safely trust 10 the vital
Germ the organization of its flower and fruit. have
no doubt that when Sayeyis abolished the manner in
which il is done will be matter OF aston hment even
seemed to me that If all lovers Of Freedom could plant
themselves on any one manifest duty relating 10 this
evil, and actually maintain that stand, Slavery could
not withstand it, Suppose that stand Were resolve
that not another fugitive from bondage should be
tufued, under any circumstances, even that would
presently make the Issue perfect that il must be de-
Cided; and we know that every real and permanent de-
cisOn that ia made in this world must be on the side OF
The fugitive. If we could only have some one of your
best imprisoned in massachusetts for disobedience
10 this law--say Emerson or Longfelow, or Lowell,
either Of whom would harbor fugitive-a glorious
point would BE- made with the people, who love their
poets more than their preachers"
7. w. Higginson of Worcester saws:
Every day Is confirming the position taken By the
Worcester Dsunion Convention nearly four years ago
that the Free States and Slave States Of America are
not orc nation, but two naions-between which har-
mony impossible and ultimate separation inevitable
A dissolution of the Union il, in my opinion,
question Of time. II viii cone whenever the North
takes firm Anti-Slavery position, however mild or
moderate, and holds TO it. The longer il is delayed
the greater will be the accumulation OF mutual hos
tty and the probability Of bloOdshed. wish, there
fore that the Slave States might fulfill their present
threats; 1t must come to that, sooner later, and
every years delay only embitteIs the feeling.
Z" The Union being dissolved the fate of Slavery is
in the hands of the slaves themselves. The day of
peaceful emancipation has probably passed Tha he
ing the case it Is impossible 10 show WHY resurrection
is not much the right and dny Of the ncgrves of
the Italians. Aud this principle carries with il the
Ight and duty of aiding instruction, in both cases.
In forming our judgments it is necessary look not
merely at what Is desirable blt what is practicable.
have been accustomed for years to look forward to
three successive steps the only conceivable destiny
OF American Slavery |
81. The formation Of detcpSrc Aui-Navery ssas |
a. the North, and Its tnate srilmph. lsi, hs pow
OccuuTl.
SO. a. division Of The Uion, through he mu,oal an. /
tagoni.m thus brought 10 is;-.
- The forcble abolition oi Slalsrv over large |
part OF the present Slave Territory, by Of in