New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-23

diTfetly interfere with Slavery IN theSt3tes whose Ia
permit Our doctrine is that the States are cove
egn snd Bds pendent except far they have cede<
she rriebts 10 the Union. We believe that New-Yorl
Re- . -oore r. bi to unmake s'ave in Virginia thar
/ Viz int he 10 make a slave in New.York. We &c
farther W., reQsYo all the States not only az legally
competent TO IL mausk ement OF thelr o%o concerns
bnf "a morally 90 peten the best judges Of what
is for feir own ooid-as en- u1s 10 rights and 10 es
alton ga entitled tn fraieni respect as truly as legal
Difference. b, no mea5s, by Ia y,
by violence, by the pressure OF eteIna puoc opr-
ion wouDd we attempt to them into change OF
al Of their Institutions Ybe Republejn PARTY Is not
o DsuDiOn party. IL loves the Union, Dot with a
cold, celebrating love, but a warn heartfelt deToon.
Applause lsves IT, for the her1ic past; loves II,
for the glorious failure The traditions Of brotherly
hep and counsel The bjsOry ofsacrces and snceesees
side by side are stored in the memory "a all Republic
cans. Applause Every consideration Of duty, in
tereSt affection, binds Us 10 The UDou Of these States
Nay, we believe not only that tbe On on ought 70 be
preserved but that it clnpot be destroyed Loud APP
Ilause If, in the madness aud folly of mo-
neut here sbould be an attempt to sever the Re-
pnblr, partially successful, it could not remain
JisuDned. The Almighty hss stamped his law upon
the bills and rivers of tbis continent that they shall be
governed by snd under ore rule. The valley
of The Mississippi can no mere be divifed than the
great river itself be cut IN swo and tie half Of 1t
Tuned backward They who own the upper wsters
will own the lowe also let politicians Disunior -ts,
conventions, States even, say whst they will. Load
applause The Republican is not sectional party.
What IL meant by sectionalsml Net. surely that the
majority Of those who profess particular tcne's, or
even all Of them, live in a particular section
That ight happen, nay, must happen in an cases
where q movement IL not from the start universal.
The philosophy of Plato and the jurisprudence Of
Roue we're never sectional though for centuries the
one was shut in Greece and the other IN Ealy. The
Republican party Would not besectiopsi, though for
cer'uTy rot single Republican should live in tiave
Stale. The test If sectioDalism is the OF the
teIe's winch the party professes, and the con0uct
n
6ts or orr conduct which incomp lfibe with Sorth-
life and Southern institutions. There we Repud
cars good and time in Kentucky and ir MissoE1.
There might be the came in Virginia or m Georgia
let state what it is what il processes asd what Il
aims to accomplish. It's most distinctive oyneple :s
0ppus!t to the extension # Slavery. With existing
institutions it oOes not icteFmeddle; but, believing
SlavCIy 10 be a moral social, and political evil Il vii
legsste, when il eeislaes az all on the subject IN f.
Of the good and AGAINST the egil. Appla7sel
Uuon his principle viii enf-rc the laws against the
st ve.trade; it will punish the slavetTader ass
pirate, and keep a feceTal SOU ldrCn on the
Coast Of Africa TO intercept and SUPPRESS
the Infamous ard cruel afic in human beings. UO0n
the principle, 1t will protect the Terri cries from
the spread Of Slavery. Whistler it shall do this by
prohibiting slavery by act Of Congress, or by giving
full effect TO Territorial laws Of exclusion the motive
and the end are tbe came. We believe that Congress
bss the power Of legislation over the Territories and
may exclude Slavery. Whether il shall 6oso actively
OF leave the subject to the Territorial Legislatures one
thing is certain il will never consent 70 al act of Con-
gres extending Slavery 10 the Territories, protect
ing it there. Loud applause, and cries of "Never]
1t is plainly the unalteTabe determination of the
Republican party, that Congress shall never again
pass auy law in favor Of Slavery nader any crcas-
siarces whatever. Applause. 80 far as il is to-
be protected and encouraged the Ststes must do Il
for Themselves. end within their own borders; aud
there they shall be left undis'uEbed either by
the Federal arm, or by their sister States.
sec0Td principle Of the Republican party il the msiu
ferauce inla, of al the rights of the States. The
Iric he def
ztp. Such is the general theory of institutions.
The freedom Of the citizen is mainly dependent upon
the spirit dignity, and authority Of the States. To
these unalterably devoted. We. Of New York
for example, mean never to allow Slavery 20 conc
into Tins Free State no matter how many laws
Congress the other States may pass Appa~-e.r
third principle of the Republican party is, devotion
TO the sw ard legal methods Of redress in opposition
10 disorder and violence. II holds with hfexihle
epacity TO the doctrines that Cor all legal wrongs the
law furnishes the only legal redress; that disorder and
violence ale the symptoms of decay and pressges Of
revolution.
These principles are as old as the Constitution it.
self though the party which processes them is new.
They have been taught fromthe cradle, we have
read them in every voirme of history; and when
the occasion for Indicating them by acts q whole
people sprang TO their feet and the great party, OF
which We are speaking took possession of almost the
entire Moth. No wonder that Il movement so general
and spontaneous fbonld have been made. The ReDub-
GCan creed can be extracted from the writiagsOf Wash
pgton and Jefferson alone. We are aiming nj nothing
preserve.
defend the Old; is the true conservative party.
lAprlanse.l We siaud upon the Goctrines-we pursue
the policy Of Fathers Their principles tried
in the fires Of the Revolution; their policy shaped
ly the troubles Of the Comic dersOn. Under the first
Presidents, ID the first Congress- when the immortal
man, W BIO had led the veterans in and framed ts
Constitution in peace, were living aud acting,
framing the laws and establishing the poll
cy Of tie Republic, then were laid down
The maxims Of government wh Oh the RepubG-
to-day profess the creed Of theFspsrty.
BY them we ready 20 stand. We cannet fail For
il the language Of that simple and sublime. hymn
which is The 10Y Of all believers:
d" The night IS right, as Goa is Cod,
To doubt would be disioyaIty,
10. The nerf PTeSid vii show That wheu the
the power the vii TO eOe .dbnisson to his stGins-
ton OF the Government.
Responded TO by WM. ". NoRrHBoP, esq.
H. sra noble cityshe wi 10! always be 'l spoil OF
the Sham Democracy.
Responded to by the Hon. JAMES NJ. Cross.
r. The Press and me Bao-The two weapons Of re Repub
Hcaus with which they will fraud anu SO-
Responded 10 by ROBERT A. WEST, ESQ.,.
10. Agieltuys CO@noss, McHEiaesrr' qHG re eehIrs
y-ihe foundation Of a our real Independence me sresi
meut be wscbGii OF the best interests OF each
Blr ELLIOT f. SHEPARD replied TO this toast. He
said that Agriculture, Commerce. Manufactures and
the Mechanic Arts the pillars Of material In
dependence, and the only Sasons that coald under
nil The edifce were that one OF SOtn-bentng be-
tween the pillars of Mechanics ard Manu- aeures- aud
that che Of War between those of Agriculture aud
Commerce When Nar.and Sloth become our pa'lonaI
characteristics then and notTD then need we es tue
fall OF orr independence. The Repubictn, hsd
nauguTated the grand principle OF lana TOT
the landess. The most commercial s'A'e
Of the Union was Republican State, the nome Oh pur
Manufactures was Republican New-Enslano. Inc
Patent Once showed that threo-qna7eTs OF sse IN
Movements of the Union came from Republican " ltes