, 1860-04-17
4)rfaa Tribtllle.


AnurkHit sI'lit'.
Ws .,p uulrr giase obligations IL a''e 11oh'
!, 4, Ats>1EnNAAp f,r the pamphlet which Il"
ss., NJ. ,t.y ..alptale, laolAl'ly) entitled;
As''''' rSTsiAi nrANa'rn!Nr.
!s,.tAx,.4 Aa.tr..xi.e lpnorat u ''oto 1m'na'
,x4t.tta!. and Il t~af kadstal lssae Ha'ssd.
This .oeu.nsnt ap!vara to have bea'. tssasd
III tho trat i,tsssnee BY thu Democratic E1"eE'
tive u,.4.nstee Of rsnnnylv&nia for hons c"a"
n,.4rtici,, but being found to otnbedy ideas
>,uits ~ woll adapted u the wants ol the
Northwest m edition has boon run through
tho Yr,ss ef i.o,a,,sl Towers, ut Washington,
md il t,is,s tt,.,,ked 70 Illinois ty Nj. McCler-
.,s,,.. and his t,r.uo>Su&ic Nllcasuea,
Ne Ar, rss,isr,i TO lind til" Democratic party
.>,.a.ng ul'ou thu ground maintained ly tho
writer cf this pamphlet, to wit: that 1t III "
,u.s,skv 10 s,.lI'oso all ,neu 10 have boon o'c-
s.sa elup}-a mistake to suppose tllat AmerI-
ea,, slayery is morally wrong, We aro rlea6ed
Il, nh, tho issac thus being narrowed down TO
il, legitimate proportions. Wo arc glad to
t,uA thu authorized exponcnts Of tho Democrat
il. ,ul, il, tile North, AZ we'll Us ii. the South,
.ir.,,r;ng Terlilorial a1stzactions," and trails
;,s y n,sr,> r.dcal issue" II is IL circumstance
for graduation iu Illinois That our members Of
Congress- et tho Douglas persuasion, arc CIV
;ny sp,,,s OF their tinc 10 tho disscmenation OF
xucl. doctrines. Mr. Il. J. Anlleman, "Chair-
man Executive conmittce," '" whose name is
appcn;lcsl to the document proceeds to argue
that tile idea underlying the Republican party,
and giving it its unexampled success, Consists
..iu Vague belief in tho equality Of all races
"of meu,'.-a belief which has obtained de-
rice ol currency aud strength III the United
States quite .uwarranted by any premises
which have been established by history, re-
licion, or COMMON sense. This idea he says
was Grst Lcrzlded by the French philosopher
and sceptic, Rousseau, through whose brilliant
writings tho popular mind Of France was in'-
pregnatcd with the notion Of "1iberty, equality
and fraternity" so.called, tue whole resulting
in the Revolution Of '9s, tie slaughter Of
hundreds Of human beings, md the enthrone-
mont Of the goddess Of Reasonl The Ameri-
can idea that 1tall men are created equa], !"
found in our Declaration Of independence, was
derived from this bloody parturition in France.
Mr. unldeuan is rather misty in his chro-
nology at this point not explaining
how the American Revolution happened to
come on twenty years before the French. He
holds, nevertheless, that Jefferson became in
bued with the dog1na Of the equality Of all
men from his association with Frenchmcu
Thus, he says, s'ttis abstract opinion was
aadopted by the nation, and vague belief it
"tle equality of all races has floated through
uthe national mind OF America from that dus
tito this.'
The purpose Of the pamph1etecr is, ITO re
"ply b; the proof that such an idea is thF
"conccption Of moon-struck theorists ant
"builders Of castles in the air. 1t is for thi
purpose that he recites the incidents Of til
French Revolution, whence, he alleges, tn
notion Of the equality Of mankind was import
ed to America. lie proceeds TO argue that tn
African race has been enslared from the periot
Of remotest antiquity the negroes hav'
never given evidence Of a capacity for ciyiliz
ton, not even by borrowing from civilize
races with whom the: are brought in ZOE
tact by trade or proximity Of territory. tTb
Inference Is, Of course, that the whip is the OK
II reliable civiliz;rg agent ttp be applied to th
African: and 'picklirg" the only sure NEAR
Of grace, by which he may be brought to ii
knowledge Of eternal things) The chssm be
tween this train Of ideas and the extreu
3outhern creed, that slavery as it exists
norally right aud socially beneficial, is easi
skipped over. The pamphlet ENDS with Il
assertion Of the broadcst Calhounism.
We shall take occasion to notice this ne
movement in the march Of despotism agai
For the present, we merely repeat our snti
faction that the Democratic party is coming L
10 the only logical ground for the extension nj
1'crpctuity Of slavery, aud that the issues b
fore tho people are being thus narrowed dow
TO tho comprehension Of all.