New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-19

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threat of disunion, so otter
made by Democratic Member
Of Congress without rebuke ant
with applause from their politi
cal associates and we denounc'
those threats OF disunion, II
case Of a popular overthrow o
their ascendency, o. denyinl
tho vital principles Of a FREE
Government, and as an avows
OF contemplated treason, which
II Ia the imperative duty of 81
indignant people strongly to re
buke and forever silence.
Fourth; That the mainten
ance inyiolate OF the rights o.
the States, and especially the
right Of each State TO order and
control Its own domestic insti'
tutions, according 20 its own
judgment exclusively, Is essen'
tial TO that balance Of power on
which the perfection and endur.
anco OF or political faith de-
ponds, and we denounce the
lawless invasion by armed force
Of any State OF Territory, no
matter under what pretext, ss
among the greyest Of crimes.
yUM: That the present Dem
ocraiic Administration has far
exceeded our worst apprehen-
sions In Is messureless subser.
yieney TO the exactions OF a sec
tional interest, as Is especially
evident In Its desperate exer-
tions to force the infamous Lee
compton Constitution upon the
pyotesting people of Kansss-in
constituting the personal relation
between master and servant to
involve an unqualified property
a persons--in its attempted en-
forcement everywhere, on land
and sea, through the interven-
ton of Congress and the Fed
eral Courts OF the extreme pre-
tentions OF a purely local inter
est, and In it's general and I'M
va wing abuse Of the power In
trusted to IT by conhding peo-
pie.
SiTth That the people justly
view with alarm the reckless
extravaganza which pervades
every department of the Fed
eral Government; that a return
to rigid economy and accounta-
biity {, indispensable to arrest
the system of plumber Of the
public treasury by favored par
tissns; while the recent start
ling developments Of fraud and
corruption at the Federal me-
tropolis, show that an entire
change Of administration Is i'm
peratiyely demanded.
Seren;h: That the new dog
ma that the Constitution Of its
own force carries Slavery into
any or all the Territories of the
United States, is a dangerous
political heresy, at variance
with the explicit provisions OF
that instrument itself, with CO.
tenporaneous exposition, and
with legislative and judicial
precedent, Is revolutionary in
it's tendency and subversive of
the peace and harmony OF the
country.
Eighth; That the normal con-
dition OF all the territory Of the
United States is that Of Free
dom; that ss our republican
fathers, when they had abol-
ished Slavery in all our national
territory, ordained that no per
son should be deprived of life,
liberty, or property, without
the process of law, it becomes
our duty, by legislation, when
ever such legislation is neces-
sary, to maintain this provision
Of the Constitution against all
ettempt to violate it; and we
deny the authority Of Congress,
Of a Territorial Legislature, or
fanny individuals, to give legal
existence to Slavery in any Ter
ritory OF the United States.
Ninth: That we brand the
recent reopening Of the African
slave.trade, under the cover of
our national flag, aided by per
versions of Judicial power, as a
crime against humanity, o.
burning shame TO our country
and age, and we call upon Con-
gress to take prompt and efhci-
ent measures for the total and
final suppression Of that exeeTs'
bic trefiic.
Iaith That In the recent
vetoes by their Federal Gov
elpors OF the acts of the Legs
latnres of Kansas and Nebraska,
prohibiting slsyery in those
Territories, we find q practical.
illustration Of the boosted Dem
ocratic principle Of non-inter-
vention and Popular Sovereign
ty, embodied ia the Kansas and
Nebraska bill, and a denuncia.
tion of the deception and fraud
involved therein.
ElereAh That Kansas should
Of right be Immediately admit
ted Is a State under the Consti.
tuition recently formed and
adopted by her people, and
accepted by the House OF Rep |
resentatiyes.
T,ceJth: That while provid. !
ing revenue for the support OF
the General Government by du.
ties upon imposts, sound policy
requirrs such IN adjustment of
these imposts as to encourage
the development Of the indus
trial interest of the whole com.
try, and we commend that
policy Of national exchanges
which secures to the working
men liberal wages, 10 agriculture
remunerating prices, to mechan-
les and manufacturers an ade-
quate reward for their skill,
labor and enterprise, and to the
nation commercial prosperity
and Independence.
Thirteenth: That we protest
against any sale or alienation to
others Of the public lands held
by actual settlers, and against
any view Of the free Homestead
policy which regards the settlers
rs p1upors or supplicents for
public bounty, and we demand
The pessage by Congress Of the
completeand satisfactory Home
cad measure which has already
passed the House.