New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-20

tund, not oil tho people Oh the country but OF tes9
separate States and TIA each could withdraw i,sslt
rom the political firm as its interests choice might
dictate. AS consequence, il was contendsd there
could be no constitutional legislation which did pot
operate for the equal benefit OF all the Sates ana
there were the dissatisfied State States could WITH
draw. II was needless 10 remind them that no IA "
had been, could be passed which might not op9rs
uneqnally 60 that somebody, somewhere, may 20
njurously affected. That over the territories =
gress must have power nj der the ha,a ali the
existed nowhere. The right oil state 20 NAY s III
territories open 10 Slavery, and 70 seceSJ ,,aI
Union for the want of ID he old Calhoun ianscyh W.,
revived anew; but the Wing party, ana NO
portion Of IT, ever ado yea ae of Yet dnrine
the csmor and threats of secession wncn ioio
some of our public said that provision III .e .es
ri;oria lave for securing the same 70 eeuVm was
less-or in the language OF Mr.. Weos'erl IL was nu,
reInoc,;na the laws OF Cod But the Constitutional
mower was universally claimed 10y the old Nnge ana
large norton Of the Democracy North aud Wes tnd
conceded even by some Of te men S' nJ of
Slavery from all the Territories newly acquired, as
we'll north a. south Of So 30. The claim OF power
was never abandoned. The doctrine, a. Wing doctrine
and Democratic doctrine, by many of the Democracy
was held good to the last The only doubt was as to
the policy Of it, exercise.
posed for practical purposes, the condition OF all or
Territories and the National Conventions of 1852 as
senipg to the Compromise Measures iinality. 1t
was hoped that this question OF Slavery for the time
being was at rest.
But the country had hardly drawn breath afoer the
painful excitement Of that controversy before the same
question was revived in new shape. MIR. Douglas,
who had introduced a bill for the organization oi the
Territories of Nebraska and Kansas offered an amend
ment thereto which contained in the somewhat coarse
but expressive language of Col. Benton, " a sump
sreech in its belly Che object of which repeal the
Missouri Compromise. BY this i'll timed and unfortu-
nate act of legislation the condition OF all the Terrific
ries of the country, north as well IS south OF 80 81
wss unsettled and we were thrown back TO the starting
point But seainst this large portions of the Dsmoc
racy most earnestly protested and the Wing party North
and West was united TO a man. They adhered TO the
principle of restriction north of 80 O and opposed We
henently the repeal of the old Compromise ] should
here add a fact which, in this connection, should not
he forgotten, and that is that Mr.. John Bell, then
Southern Wing, voted for the abolition OF all laws or
usages in the Territory of California which would pre-
vent the introduction of Slavery into that Territory,
and although voting finally against the Kansas Nebras
ka BILL he did not vote, as has been 80 often said
against that important provision by which the Mlsoar
CompICmise repealed. On tue contrary, ne r0ted
for the amendment rhteh feeared t1gt compromise IN
Oprotire and U0id reference TO the proceedings OF
the Se1ate of the 18th of February 1874 will verify the
truth of this statement. He is chargeable am sorry
TO say with share of the responsibility OF that act
But if there were any question upon which the Old
Wings of the Free States were united, aided as they
We're by many of the Democrats it was that OF free
dom to TIE Territories and the right Of the majority OF
the representatives of the people in Congress assembled
u decide lnat question IN otler WoTds they Iopu IL
aed the old aacy of Mr.. Calhoun and his followers,
that State could Judge foritself Of the consuonal,y
of Federal Law or withdraw itself from the Union for
any such cauCe, IS was claimed.
The Kansas trouble followed as the inevitable conss-
0lepce of the rersal of the old Compromise. The in
mediate and violent efforts of the Soath to force Slavery
north Of that line produced correspon dng Efforts on the
other side The extraordinary conduct of Mr.. Pierce
and Mr.. Buchanan, and their Administrations respect
ivey in their endeayoIs 20 aid the proSlavery cause
Nk.,, a..wl.g Ia and th1
Democratic Governors of that Territory, appointed BY
toe Presidents themselves, yet fresh in tne lecoec-
ton of all who hear They form dark page IN TIE
political history Of this country.
shall not stop TO review that Struggle but we look
only to the Iesul-the reputation Of the ProSavery
Constitution by majority Of more than ten thousand
Of the legal voters at a subsequent election, heid
under the authority of law, ana the protection OF the
army of the United States. Can any fair man, or eny
aw.abidiDg citizen CONF plain Of tlo conduct OF the
Republican party in unfolding the rig ITS oil the MAORI
y against tine frauds and violence by winch the rgnts
of that majority were endea7ored 70 be crushed out
can any say that such conduct, however much we
may differ about its details not in the main constr
tutional, conservative and inst.
The platforms and principles of all branches OF tue
Opposition in 1856 denounced the Democracy for its
proceedings in kansae.
The platform of that party which me. at Bait more
on the 18th September of that year, which assumed to
call itself Whig attributed the distorted condition OF
our national affairs and the fact that portion OF our
of our population embittered against each other to tho
culpable neglect of duty by the then tona Admin.
istiat on TGey only deprecated in their resolutions All
attempts foment strife AID TO encourage geograph-
zeal divisions. The platform Of the American party,
which met at Philadelphia February l9th Of that year,
had double aspect one looking indirectly TO the
recognition Of the rights Of the inhabitants Of the Ter
IioTes to frame their own Constitution and aw,, with
a view 10 their admission as States he OiherannJUc
ing their opposition 70 the reckless and unwis1 poll
cy OF the then existing Administration, shown
smong other things in "reopening sectional agitation
by TIE repeal Of the Missouri Co npromse.
throughout the campaign that followed the support
ers Of Mr. Fillmore constituting the body OF both these
parties proclaimed throughout the North and hs West
that he was IS sound upon this question as tue best
Republican of the time. TINS Jio staple Of their
public haraugues and their party addressee Without
this he could never lave received from the Wings OF
the Free States or from the Democrats who sympa-
tnzed with then, any considerable support. To have
given it upon other terms would nave made them false
TO their professions and false TO their psf history.
This sketch Of the proceedings and conduct OF pares
brings mp 10 the commencement OF the present caai-
psip: and res oectfullv submit that the conduct Of
the Republican party has a, NO tins been otherwise
than CONSTITUTIONAL JUS end vice; that II has grown
naturally out Of exgenCes forced upon the country,
aud il Glands upon principles known ana recognized by
the father Of the Co. sttuion and by conservative
state smen from the org nizaon OF the government 10
! the present time.
1t now remains for ne to inquire whether there is
anything in the present position Of the party which
should Jepe from it the cordial support and cooperation
| Of all branches of tie Opposition.
It has heen OF eced that the party, as now const
tinted, is fanatical radical and revolutionary; that it
ignores that conservatism which is essential 70 the well
being Of the country. deny tie whole arrangement;
aud ask before it shall be permitted 70 affect the
minds Of thinking men, that il be made ont by proof
AND this proof should be drawn, Ho from garted eX
tracts OF the uterances Of individually but from
| thentic and oiicial sources. 1t IS said,
l. That it il the declared policy of the Republican
party that no other slave ate sna ever be admitted
! into the Union.
Whatever NAV be the vieyr Of individuals in refer