, 1860-12-12

cal expcrimcnts,) Republics, squabbles and ab
surdities have bccn, for the last hundred years
demonstrating the fact that She lies too ucaI
the tropics for permanent EclEgovcrnmcnt
whilc her Northern nelghbors, the United
.* There we pause. Tint word brfngs M to the
matter that hangs like cloud over all our
thoughts In these days, In the application ia
the future Of tho lessons Of the past, the stu.
dent Of history secs portents that he has scarce.
| u the heart to utter. God forbid that the
States, United or Divided, or any section o1
old story OF the influence Of latitude on poll.
tics. But what do We sec? There is one sec.
tlon where the invcnting, writing, md, in flct,
the free labor of oil kinds, is done. There Is
adofhert whereof Tic Characteristics are bowie
knives, dnels, political speaking and office
sccking,-where labor is the last possible CT
| pedlcnt By which 10 get living. And the men
Of the lattcr are insufferably insolcnt In their
bearing towards tho men Of the former; and
are win, vain beyond belief. Their vanity is
driving them to ruin. This 1t Is that makes
political defeat into!crabe to their souls. They
would rathcr rule IN Hell than serve in Hcav-
en-. They would ritlcr be first In South Caro-
lima than second III tho U. S. What future
to look forward to! The vasaries Of Mexico
Bln be forgotten in contemplating the yicissl.
tudes Of Palmetto" 1t seems as If the part
of humanity would be for us to hold them.
with kind tjzmness, from tlicir crazy progress:
but, alas siall We t1y TO struggle with the de.
ance, fortitudc Or sound Judgment within
thirty degrees Of the cquators Z.
The Absurdtty OF Pro-slavery Pre-
sunaptfon.
Editors Chicago Tribune:
We hear deal Of pro-s1ayery clamor abont
the rights Of the South" and "the equality
Of the States, P" the absurdity and impndence
Of which may be shown By an extremely SIM
pie process.
Suppose tho 400, 1000 shareholders and their
100000 slaves, instead Of being all south Of
the Ohio River, were ratably distributed over
the Northern as well rs the Southern States,
and their places South flied by IN equal nun
Der Of white men taken from the present free
statesi would 1t, could it, be pretended that
those few shareholders representing, with their
families, about 2,0o0, 600 Of white persons, all
told, La. any constitutional right, or any right
Of any kind, to carry those slaves oveE the un-
occupied Territories, in opposition TO the will
Of the great majority Of the e, ,000, 600 Of non.
slarcholding whitcss To PROFOUND the qucE-
tion is to answer it. The assumption is bold
and impudent ono. Well, then, arc these
shareholders Of any more importance in the
eye Of the Constitution, or Of common sense,
twothirds Of thcm, and their Slaves, were to-
day living north Of the Ohio River: Nhy,
then. shall they set up any more lofty pre-
tension in the actual than in the supposed
CASEY
No, it is not "thc South" in any proper
sense Of the term, that demands the extension
Of slavery. The great majority Of the whites,
even Of the South, have no interest in that di.
Tcction, and it avails nothing in reply, to cay
that they are silent, inasmuch as they are not
allowed. under penalty Of martyrlom, to open
their lips in opposition to tho tyranny which
conlpcls their silence.
s.}Sonlt;,;,sos 10; Il is only & dominee5ins elaSs.
imperious by tho long use Of power
which requires, yea, demands, with the
very sublimity Of insolencc, this cow
ardly concession, at the bands Of an omuipo-
tent North. At home, reuorselcssly crushing
the dearest rights Of frccmeu, liberty Of speech
and Of the press, compelling unwilling and nn-
questioning obedience to their mercst whims,
silcncing even the Eintest rcmonstr.nce
against their cruelty, By the use of the blud-
gcon and the haugmau's moose, they impudcut-
II clamor in the cars OF Northern millions for
what they arc pleased to term "their rights"
as though any Of their actual rights {constitu-
tional or other were withheld Or Us If it were
ID the mouths Of tyrants who persist in tramp
ling the essential and inherent rights Of oil but
thcmelves in the dust, to ask others to regard |
their pretended rights, which, in the eye of |
reason and religion, arc simply stupcndons
WRONGS. To bc snie, even they are possessed |
Of certain actual rights which it beilooycs Us |
and NIL to respect, not because of their clamor,
but because VIC are commanded Of God to |
render 10 every man Lis due. Moreover, even
sucl unequal and unjust privileges a. are /
granted them in tue Constitution Of the United |
States, should be duly regarded, but only to |
the extent Of the letter Of the law, and not |
hair's breath further; and this, not because |
those privileges can, in any just sense be con- |
sldeEed as rights, but only because It is s.
written In the fundamental law, by which both !
they and We arc to BE- governed as long rs we
continue one people. And here let inc caution
Ill wcck-knccd Republican congressman, If
[hero be such, who, frightened BY Southern
hreats. may bc contemplating an abandon
nelit OF somc portion Of the fruits Of our re-
.cnt victory for the right, to beware. The Re
oublicans in the la:e contest were tre1ucndu.
>usly in earnest, t:,cc arc more so now; thcr
lrc stronger now than on tic 9Th Of EoycEl-
,er, aud In their righteous indignation. will |
grind to powder" that cowardlS Kepresc1ta-
I've who now darcs to tetrsy his tru.t We
an better afford to lose my one or nll of tho
lave States, or hold them 1t the cost even Off
var, than &c acccde to any Of the wicked and
|esgrading concessions demanded at cur hands,.
1t every Republican member Of Congress re-
member that the path of absolute right, "thc
,atA If duty is the path OF safety" ami never
orsei that fortune iarors the brave" II.