New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-14

rely of manufacturing aud commercial mining aud ag-
there must be little variety of Freedom and Slavery,
IT While and black labor; and that seems to be ME
svorile mixtureG bis cardinal fundamental stne qua
vsrieiy aud not only have we no rgtt TO essab
ib iiform free labor BY encroaching upon the rights
OF the States bat quite as general thing, the extiec
10 If bis favorite ety "woud be neither possible
~, desirable" He declares 1t to be IA fatal heresy 70
troclajm that there can or ought TO DO unfor my
amepQ he diTsrent States Of this Union. IL would,
tep sec riding the Judge not be desirable mat Tree
labor ,hould prevail everywhere, Tor tna' w0nd ere
ate uniformity and uniformity Is the DEAL ., rreeuom'
| And now mark that wonderful muiolo OF oouseuso
| in the head of that "greaest Of living Statesmen -
our Liberties rest upon our Federal system OF Govern
uent; our Federal system of Government resls upon
tie variety Of instiintions that variety OF institutions
conris of there being Slavery IN some OF tee oaes'
Slavery dssRpeaIeS that vGSSy T svstsm Of Gov
eminent would disappear if our Federal Sysem OF
Government disappeared the safeguards Of our iiDer
| ties would be destroyed-oons' quently, Slavery
| disapresrs liberty disappears aso. 49,,
| Agsin If all the States we're free there Wouio DC
! Uniformity; but uniformity in local and domestu
sifsrs would be destructive of personal n6erty-Ina'
uniformity lie prevented by the existence OF Slavery,
consequently the existence Of Slavery prevents the
obstruction Of liberty or liberty cannot be preserved
but ~ the preservation of Slavery.
What benefactors of our humanity were those VINO
introduced Slavery into this land for they FURNISHED
the nsterial out of which the necessary variety was
made, without which our liberty cannot exist III they
had lot done co. thep all the States would be tree
there would be unn ,rmity, and we woald al oe
slavee What nonsense to abolish the saye-trade'
TIE more slaves, the yaretythe more variety,
the more freedom.
How we must pity the unfortunate nations that have
no Slavery among them; for they have no variety OF
institutions ard having no variety OF INST toons s1ey
among hem; they can never be free
IL is little eur prsing, however that this great aud
luminous doctrine of variety should have been 30 lit
| H. ant
organized snd the Constitution framed There were
two dividusls living then who enjoyed some ltue
reputation for siatesu anship, one OF whom said u
" trust We sbal have Ccnfederaey OF Free Safes
and the ober said, Nothing is more certaoly written
in the Book of Fate than that those people meauiog
the sayesl are TO be free" And they were called
statesmen What al immense progress we have IN sde
in these seventy years They would De called simple
tors or traitors now for they either koew nothing OF
The great doctrine of "rdriety which was very
foolish or if they knew il, they plotted the destruo-
ton OF popular freedom by advocating uniformity
which certainly WAS very treasonsble by the way,
the name Of one WIS George Washington, and the
name of the other Thomas Jefferson. You will be
obliped TO confess that you were very much mistaken
in those two men, What PITY Judge Do1glss ara
bis crest doctrine of vdriety about their ears! How
he would have taught Washin gon what the definition
| of our Federal 81 stem is How he wou have told
Jefferson what the great safeguards OF liberty sre'
But alas such statesmen are sometimes born not
oply cut seasOn but also out Of place. What pity
Judge Douglas does not live in Switzerland the Oldest
| Rer1blc now exaDt. Those benighted people the
Swiss have been for centuries INDUCING in the foolish
delusion that they free, ard that they had fed
| eral system Of government, Why there is no Slavery
IN Svi zrland-there is not the necessary variety Of
| irst; un there. Their States are all Fres states
The s uniform ty there How can they have federal
institutions with uniformity? How can there be
hbery without variety Impossible. Poor, mnocens
sous they think they are free, aud have no slaves
Let the Judge 90 at once on m-slo iary expe1iu0o
10 Et.rae the Swiss He will have opp Tt1nity to
try ,ha, other great original idea of his that any po
"lt cal creed must DO radica ly wrong which cauno
"be proc aimed eyerywhere." | venture TO predict
that every honest Swiss boot will lift itself and kick
the great variety Douglas respectfully from Alp to
Row look at the strange consequence into which $
variety doctrine inevitably leads bim The necessity OF
ureser,ipg Slavery FOR she sake of Libery-hat is Of
eseryir The variety Of nst uons-was the princi-
psi ground upon which he placed the necessity OF pas-
ne his Conspiracy bill. The same man VINO tells US
that Slavery must be preserved be ause ts extinction
stou'd birg about uniformity which, in s turn would
produce consolidated dsspoti, govern 1.-THE same
man advocates the passage Of essure inyes!icg the
governments with pow which putt. upon the coorses
Of COL sodsoni for without the grant OF these pow
es without that act Of coDs datioD, Slavery cannot
| be nsintsttd. Slavery, according to him, must be
prteeryed by measure which is nee sssIy to popu-
lar liberty for if Slavery Is not preserved Uniformity
will epsue and the Liberties of the people will bs 10
dsreer in oLer words be tells us that the existence
of Slavery Unnecessary for The preservation ofour rights
and Liberties and then he tel Us that measure under
mining our rights and liberties is necessary for the
pe rystion Of Slavery. The variety must be kept up
for the purpose of maintaining liberties, and our
liberties must be put down for the purpose OF keeping
| the ysriety.
We are, indeed, greatly indebted to Judge Douglas
| At last We know what Slavery IS good fof, and why
it, extinction is either possible desirable. Even
4 the black msn in lis suferngs VIII md soothing
| consolation in the Judge philosophy. When Ssmeo
| is fogged DOWN South, and the whip l'seratss bis
| tell he
that be bss got be whipped for the sake Of variety
| llaugtterl; snd Ssmbo will smile in the sweet con-
scousrets Of being whipped for very great prtuc-
| pie. Renewed laughter And when the Jodge
bill bss pasted, he has opened for you the prison cells
wherein be blaDdly invites you to dag out yOnr mis-
eratle hves," you will with pide rene pber the old
Roman proverb, DRlce ct deoornna est patrta MORT
| and improving upon the text you viii excl dm 1t Is
CIT sweet and honorable to de for vsris rs sake
This, then Is Judge Dougl 90 philosophy OF COVE n
meptj not an idea occasionally dropped in a speech
bu bis great original conception. Tn SD slow, redlc
ulOus childish sense is what he emphaticaiy pro-
claim t. be the fur damentai doctrine OF his VIII lie po
| liticel wisdom Oh, Douglas Democrats how proud
| you must feel Of your I" greatest Statesman olive
PerD me 10 offer you, in the name OF the Republican
| par Y, our sinetIest n aulstions.
! c. ntls men: You have ACCOMPANIED my ramarks
! with come e, dence Cf merrmeIt; and indeed, it
car not lie denied that Their. of tho profundity of
the illus rous Dogbery in Mr. Douglass philoso phca
doctrines But this lie serious matter do you not
ihst TO extent the Inr OF the c0unty 10 io-
yovtc in IT. That gentleman stands before Us as q
candidate for the Presidency aud he represented be
! the "greatsst An sricau Statesman Aud now, en-
treat you, plore you soemnlyfor there is no man
| here who has the reputation of this country moro
! deeply IT heart than / have-l mplore you, do not
IKE ibis K put lie ridiculous in the eyes OF the whole
| world by st'enttiI 70 crown that Dogbauy states
msnship with the highest donors Of the Republic.
sp not jesng; am in deep and solemn Ga nest for
II Won look over the lat of those WI o, tho
| off ha ReF I'd