New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-02
SENTIMENTS CONCERNING SLAVERY.

,nnI ING through t1entysx years in the Congress of
the II, tied States and avs these assembled thousands
of the treemen OF NJ sslcbssets 20 8eeTriDe Whether
Mr. j. Thomas Steveus En- ia "monoman,as, 70 use
hia o .n words, or whs hsr he means 70 deceive.
mesp gentlemen. to "put 10 shame his al egations,"
ar the pert uittrances Of HE c0of.dera'es.
Jobn Bell il q lavehoiisr. lie works many slaves
"a nscl ence or abor.r g. iron foupderesia Ten
few we, ks after tho PFe.ideatia election Ia 1870,
cor mpla,ed nsuTrectiOn OF slaves was dlscovtrsd
Many were arrested, tried by Visianee Committees
and adden and brutal mObs, iDhum iDIy lashed and
tortured az d many of then executed. Some of John
Bell slaves wers charg with beog engaged in IN 9
attempt rise, and tried and executed. Ihe soul
sicbeDs az O. ueies Ie' peraed npOn the helpless
vicims, chiTgtd with ipsurIectiona'y desgur, by ex-
cited alarmed spd msddened men. John Belle slaves
may not have been engaged in that wi attempt 10 ie-
bel against toiling UithoW Uages, but come OF them
were accused of it, tried, and PIT 10 death Mr.. D.
Thomas Stevenson denies that John Bell is Pro-
Slavery man. I" His re ord" he asssTts, puts 70
sfame the legation" If John Bells dying slaves
had sgreed with SteveDson--if they had known, as
Stevenson processes 10 know that his record puts 70
shame the ALE gaiion that he is Pro Slavery man,
they D ight never have joiUed in that conspiracy
sgsinst Pro-Slavery men, who demand and enforce
work without wages.
Bot John Belize record ia without bot, exelaims
the emp hattie and awebspiriDg Stevenson. -.
In a speech rum ing through four days IN Juy 1870,
John Bell made one of the elaborate deenses OF
human Slavery ever uttered in the halls OF the Con-
gress of the Unit Sa'es. j. Thomss Stevenson re-
Uels the allegation that John Bell is Pr0Sayery man.
Listen of Massachuss te-you who believe o,a-
very to be crime against man and ain against AL
mighty GOC-tO the words, not VI the Sevensons aua
the toDstslla but of John Bell uttered on the hoor
Of the Senate ten years ago. when tne ls5us WAS
whether slave matters should be permitted 70 carry
their bondmeD into the vast territory won from Mexi
CO. or Wheeler it should be the home OF Freedom ana
fire., institutions foral Standing on the h'or OF tne
American Senate, John Bell uttered these words In
vndicst,on of Slavery and its results in America;
IN The la,EfDin
Slavery whatever rsnzd % fanatic p'e or more se
msy preach, whatever they az af
Christian pncepts moral and religious responsb es-"6at
Interpretation Of the law Nature or oil AImshV
they may doc nea or theories Of the squa
es Of bur rights Of the different Of mankind inn
del pbanbropis the disciples Of ups endenal creed o.
any Kind hold or teach-ho- ever they may uSs na
upo this by pohsss and declare to be violation tue
Of Mature for any race to snbugate those Of an ios01
n IN their condition well as In that Of masters or CON
,hsll be enlightened by revelation m higher source
than hsn sey Pu't claim the Ps sg 81 q
the earliest period of recorded time un ontradicsed BY
DiVlne authority
"s Masking all due allowances for American enterprise and
energies Of labor with all the nsong advantages Of or
avofite syssm OF government cOUbt uhbey The Pocsr and
,orees f ne cou ~ tcoui hare attained than half
fh,,prent ezt'ao,dnayg Psoyns Sat ST ne 90 much re-
and internal your navigation your commercial marine
the ery Of the military your p ar5 e oPen5S
dies al 10 mis- f1stitutoa, heU pespyfng
Their pre'eHt gigantic ProPorf'oHs"
Sir the tabled birth Of Minerva leaping in full Punopy from
the bead Il Joye n truth and fiction woad seuseyts
more rdsIful or greater mystery without the clue which
African slavery urni.fe. for the solution of IT,
Yet Slavery in every form IN which IT has existed from the
primitive period Of organized ociety-hom it, earliest and ps
form h time IN every quarter Of the globe aud IN all
10 results the magnificent result OF African Slavery IN the
Vet Slavery and all lis ben,fcent results
be against IL VIII Of God by those who claims
seen TO y weak faculties Is rather arrogant and pre-
gmPpog. @ Of the Tsy . Of t y 5oS
permitted to sx from the beginning among men aud
nations IL conrdrt 10 lie piHp
John Bell tells The Christian Of America that it
is an arrogant and pTesumptuOuS drTd1gnment 81 tie
tr0zs Of PrOUideHce 10 declare that Slavery as con-
fyGrv TO its trH Entertaining sentiments like these
concerning human Slavery and its results in America
he procaims thst humanity to the slave as well not
less than Justice TO the MASTER recommends the policy
of difUSiOn and extension INTO any Rsu IeTrP0ry
mnts in favor of Slavery s results aud lite expansion
no wonder he Tects the theory OF the power OF the
people to legisIate that question He declares that
1'the people of TeITitor', when they came to form
their State Constitution, and then only qualified
TO establish their domestic institutions He also de-
caIes that the Constitution, T0T'o Uigore, that the
flag of the Union protects the citizen in the enjoyment
of his rights Of property OF every description recog
nized IS suCh in any OF thu Sates, on every sea- and
in every Territory Of the UnioD'
RIGHT OF PETITION
John Bell entered Congress in 1877, and united IN
the cry aRainst tho Administration Of John Quincy
Adams. MIR. j. lb0maS stevenson JeFs us ludl ne
stood beside John Quincy Adams in his long contest
for the right of petition. l. us turn TO that record
In January, 1886, Mr.. Jarvis Of Maine introduced
resolution the effect that any petition praying for
the abolition of Slavery in the Di,trct of Counbs
ought to be laid the table, without berg referred or
printed. This blow, ain ed at the right OF petition,
was promptly met by John Quincy Adams. lie
moved 10 lay the resolution the table. This was
the beginning OF the great and memorable contest
which for many years ragged IN the House OF Repre-
septatves and ccnyulsed the nation and in which Mr.
Adams won unfading lanrels; which even now cal
for b the praises OF the billiards and Seyens0ns OF
Massachusetts,, who do not fs to affirm that Hr. Ad
ans was right At Worcester Mr.. Stevenson signi-
fed approval Of the ceDIse of Mr.. Adams aud en-
deavoreo to make capital for John Bell by asserting
that he " stood by" Mr. Adams in this bitter contest.
But fellow citzens, let me ell you in what way Mr..
Bell " stood by'a thing Mr.. Stevenson forgot to do
he stood by" Mr.. Adams, and voted AGAINST his
M ton to Icy that Infamous gag resolution the table
Henry a. Wise then as now q fiery champion OF
Slavery moved TO amend Jarviss resolution by deny
il the power of Congress to abUls IA Slavery in the
District of Columbia. Chiffon Allen OF Kentucky
the table, Adams, jackson, Hoar, Lincoln, Gushing
iggs and the ass Iciaes true TO the ssndDeuts and
opinions Of Massachusetts, voted for this generous
proposition of slayeholdiug Kentucky, while John
Calhoun - stood By ard voted in the negative.
This is the manner in which John Bell stood BIZ"
John Quincy Adams on the right of petition.
In May, 1886 PiDckDey of South Car lima introduced
his resolutions sganst the right of petition, aud these
resolutions sianRlng the rights of the people, passed
The House. being forced through under the pressure Of
the previous question. John Bell again stood By"
Mr. Adams and the right of petition by lodging the
vote.
In 1885,, Mr.. Halves of Kentucky introduced res
olutlOD, that all petitions, memorials resolutions
propositions, or papers, relating in any way or TO any
extent whatever the subject of Slavery shall with
out beng printed referred be laid the table and
that no further action be had thereon" John Bell
and the representatives of the Calhoun Democracy
again "stcod by" and voted for this resolution Jobu