, 1860-06-27
THE PAfkTlES--Dl<UNEON.

TIE igrt LOW gni.g on in this country is
not oae ~h ch affects Slavery in the States
where it il eetaolishsd ty law, or which
touches, except remotely, The gus ssiou ofeman-
cipat,on. It is struggle which arises cut cf
new Interpretation Of the Constitution wllrh
the Sou.ll has procured from the Supreme
Court AID winch The North opposes.
Thas int. rpr1tAtion sssumes that the fnA-
damenthl law # tie Republic 1ecre-
nizss property in human 1eings; aud that
assumption tho Republicans depy; hence
zhe combat. The object Of the South is to
procure an Endorsement of the Courts dictum;
and OF ,te \ nth to set That dietum aside, By
verdict Of the people. The parties in ua-
struggle are thrn represeIt=o respectively by
U1co and Dteckinr .dge-D,ug as aid ti~
tribe Icing oily charlat4ns whose dcc'1inesin-
volve these manifest absurl.tits: a. Under
the Constitution ,htre Is pr perry in man;
{o,) Under the Cons.i' uti. n this pro er1y may
b. carr ed into every Territory Of the Unued
Stst:s; a. When in Territory by foEcs and
virtue o: tue usutu:iop, it may he Put eul
BY II Territorial Le:i laturc; 1t nee 4 P"pu-
lar s~eei. my means that the LEGISLATURE o'
= Te ri,r!, composed Of i bak'r's doz:n ef
squ4,ters hee-hulters and back ~oodsmen, is
aumrio1 10 the Corslitut on which Tie Fa.Nrs
made. We take 20 ac:. uut Of nny such non
asnse; mi wonder how it should have ever
quilted any selsiGla men.
The ul e1i,r purpose Of the South is the !e-
gal permission, in defence ofary law Ct Con-
gresr, to take the slaves (pup-r'y) 10 any @:
The Terrt ,,i. g. and there huld tuem without
ftae OF hipdrapce. The feet Of which Would
b. the Attenuation Of all the public domain
In which slavts could Le p::ithbly wo'ke3
anl tbs inevitable degradation Of free white
labor.
TIE Republicans aim ut tue preservation Of
the Territories to Tres labor and their settle
nspt BY free NTH. Bryond til Il cy do Lot
20. Tla', 60 lar as tie Slavery QUESTION is
concerted, limits The controversy; and though
the Platform ii the parry coItalus o.l,er cnua.
cia.ioos Of public pulley, lhty a1e the Gu
growth Of pseeent demand, and are not, uu.
less we may except That which relates 10 aD
honest aud Economical administration Of rus-
lie fairs, to be elevated to the 1atk Of price,
ples.
Here, then, we hare the issue clearly de-
daed I'D directly presented; mud from it we
aee that the real contest is between The repre-
= natives Of the Moth and South; and hat
tEe question whca has so long agi,ated the
country is 10 receive, ly The vtte Of the people,
its Gual luton. We do not fear that Dit
unicn = i'll be the rtsult-no matter winch pail
II uiumphs. The acerbity ard, if We mny say
II, Il faouticism, which marked the action o.:
zach section immediately after the repeal o.
the KAnsaa-Nebsaska bill, las passed aeay;
aud amor s men o! oil shades Of option there
has arisen tie b-l,ef that The Union is ueces-
aary, ard that its dissolution tor any insufficient
cauas ~hatsoever would ha the origin Of evils
the e1,ent and duration # which M nan can
now foretell. TIE North would gain 10 hing
for the advancement Of its active and promi.
neat id=a-tho restriction Of Siayery-be~
CAUSE, out Of the Cn;on, every nan in
1hs Sou,h would become a prop.ga.dlst.
Toe South would gain noti lug because her
slave prtper:y would hnve an inevitable atd
irrea,st,bse tendency on, Tie free soil b1rdel;
and az sooa as au; State became ftes, as .Ke.~
tu Ky, Virginia, Missouri Delaware aud Ma
ryland certainly would, the idess which cou-
troll The policy and shape the action Of tic
North would tske possession Of The groun'
which Slavery vacated, ard there renew the
a.ruRge Tor tbs supremacy in the government
whatever it might be. We believe then that
the cry Of Disuuiou is only trick Bipartisan
shin aud that III government in fpi e tf lhe
Efforts Of alarmists and fanatics, is sure to re-
main blessing to ail Who come within its
saa1ow. Ii 11sco1s is elected, the S,uth may
uaurnur but Will submit II Breckenridge is
auccessfus, the North may NOUN tint deca.
deLca Of tic popular sentiment which revfrses
tho action Of The fautdsra Of the Constitution
aud nat'o- -s]'zes the sys,em Of Cna,tel saye,y.
but subrne:ion willfoltow. Iu y ord, there
II now prevailing conviction as mr.
found as 1t is ~iss, that tlls question Of
Sase,y is not a naattor 10 be settled by a,p-
pant atump~spesch, the result Of ainele pol,t-
seal eampa gn, or Message Of the President
ef the United stltee. It is question demand.
ing the exercise on one side of the LARGEST
Charity and on the o.her Of The grta'est for-
hear4nee- We may hate the institution with
never 10 much insenaity; but to dis ,oss Of It
in breath a.d not bring return Of chaos. i.
n task wh ch no party will undertake, But in
the honesty OF ABRAHAM L1scoLs, in his re.
gard for constitution al obligation AID the rights
0 lEee labor, for the unfortunates Of the black
TAcA and tho danoera and diMa4,1t;.a .z.h;.h