New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-17

bPgefr,7 generality about Ibis statement, sad
Abont eli Mr.. Wintbrop's statements, which is
really remarkable. lie is Master Of Arts, AID.
by in plicatior. Master Of Logic; but bis yisw
of public tfoiIs involves the dresrest Of all porsi>
be cottrSdct0ns. "Squa'ter Sovereignty" is q
no conseqUerce; the {" bred Scott decision" 10 Of
no consequence; these oj1erences OF opinion s:s
Of no consequences and yet tht discussion OF this
dottite, OF this decision Of these Differences is 10
De iol owed By TIE most moUentJU5 coDaquerees.
Does Mr.. Winthrop mesn to gay TO the intelligent
COZ st't1eLoies cf toe North and of The South the
doubtful ctmiliuen. Of saying that they are dis.
putig, 10 ,o'r eternal political ruiz, about nothcg
az aL Does Mr.. Wothfop mean 20 vro'e,s him.
felf, IN thtse stirring tines, a mere Nothioz.
brIan Is be for Squatter soyereisst, Or
ogo.r.t Ia he with or agai.st The sop,ams
CcuIt On the " bred Scott decision ?" Ia. be-
orce pubic sursart, and It'll public teGcteros
ro,tics, 20 opitious Gu these topics Or. having
hew Is no AFRAID to utter theul Aud desirieg %
tier them, during some miraculous eccss Of Do
ilical courage, would he wish to be told taot 10
was running the Republic
The truth is, ard if Mr.. Winthrop we're not
blinded by hjs lssidicusness ard by srlfesteem
not of al fasioius, he would see that tsis very
warmth OF discussion, which be odsprecates, is our
ory saeJ against tbs ideutca catastrophe tue fear
of which embtters Mr. WinttrOps E0rnygs and
erenirgs This j. not our idea, bat that Of John
Quincy Adams, a gentleman who kept his senys
during scenes which were far uore y;o!eot tssa
bose which seemed 10 have stJltifed Mr.. Winthrop.
Twenty three years ago, Mr.. Adams said, N
Fourth Of July GRAFTON, at NewbdrJport; " Free
" Dom # speech Is the only s,fety-vslye which.
urdsr the high pressure Of Slavery, can preserve
a." sour political butler from fearful and fatsleI
f" plosiob." AID yet Mr.. Wiottrops psnsoes ],
that all men shall become instantly dumb. He Teula
tie dow thu saeiyvsSe stir up the fire, drive the
pnLlic machine to the acme Of velocity, aod then
seating himself upon the boiler, with a cheerful
s,oiIs lsmbertly PLAYING about his s2ectac'es, cal
Upon tis .eiow Creatures 70 observe how hne
turn afa;-s had taken! Ard this ia called states
marship, Net vulgar, c)aree, everyday states
man.hp Of tee streets the shops aud the polls; but
state,msnship refined, leccIdite aod philosophical
the political s6om Of the library and the draw
ing room.
1t certainly .eems to us that there IS higher
wisdom than this. Public peace Is not 10 b.
had for tie askrg Truces ale Of small ;sbiiitj
when men sre il earnest Wars are not terminated
b. the mere wishes Of those engaged Ia them. DIT
Winthrop, it Is true, says that there Is 20 rea
cause Of contIo1eisy; but re knows better, IA ~
III j,.. nd uUa n pItiyan A
South Caroline, with bread fields full Of big n
grces. We do lot think fiat we should thank hi,
for his estimate Of The importance Of the contllc
At TIE stue iiue We hope, even under these u
favorable circumstances, that We should hayess
grace to fgtt cut the feud fairly, and to aequiess
il defeat With toerable equanimity. Thus iar, te
South has hid things very much its own way. :
has been petted by Presidents and coddled by Ca
dresses. ard continually aided by the Democrats
party. until il has CT NE to think, as Mr. Winthre
has, Il at ittre is Only one side to any question T.
yoIying Slavery. That self-delusion q nos
in fair way of removal. We are t
know whether the political power
this country is to reside where the Constitution
places il; or whether We Dre 10 80 90 acqniescic.
n measures exactly Ike those which Mr. Winthrop
himself, in the House OF Representatives,, BY yOti
snd syeeeh, opposed. Until this can be decided
there will DO difference Of opinion certainly but
thee is no reason in tie world why there should be
what Mr.. Winthrop so weePs at, viz: BID
-" blood, bad language, AID blows" Njr IS it
whatever may be asserted to the cOntrary-tte
fault Of TIE North that the Sc elements have ntcGeed
ION tie discussion. In trath, these are the
features of that peculiar kind of political discussion
which the South employs; but they are not neces-
ssry, and they would Ee less frequent if Mr.. WIZ
th;op ard men ike him at the North would not 80
often teach the South the language of pstulant
c. mpaiut. 1t is this idea which fancifal cOnser-
valves create aid foster, that the South is suffer
ing under sons grievous wrong, which makes
slayehodDg Representatives. impertiDent sud IN.
reasonable. Heaven knows they have cause to DO
in coed humor, for thus far they have lost n0tniog
az haze CARED everything. Nor is this contrc.
yeTsy by any means the sectional one which sane
white lips declare it to be. South Carolina hasa
friend in Mr.. Winthrop; Kentucky has many
friends in Nr. Winthrop's friends and Mr.. Everett
10 tUe rilenu vi III habAthu' Inc hcPuVh' on
party goes into 10 contest at the North in which Is
does not encounter the Aunkeys and hsnchmen Of
Slavery. While we are far from enumerating Mr.
Winthrop among these, we must consider his &C.
QUESTION BY the Bel.-Everettes as tending verJ
strongly toward the Preservation of Things N
General
RELIEF FOR KANSAS.
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