New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-15

rake of an extended elton trade, and TO purchase
the favor Of Charleston and Aikdgeyl'e by
recog1 izue what has been called the yotberDal hw,
which myels African labor toward tie tropics Tho
other ride Of tie Atlantic VIII the suspension OF
Ta!men's In srece improve the credit Of the rccnst
States, and viii independent Misunderstanding provo
an economical expedient 70 States who have hitherto
borne very mall share II the pnble pnvcns These
considerations thai may lie drowned In the passions
Of tie hour, bnt which viii, We still believe, assert
orderly. We have efnhdence not only In the discre-
ton Of Mr. Lincoln, but IL that OF Mr. Buchanan who
in TIE rem aining months 81 hts Pre.dentshp may do
much 10 mitigate these desperate and rninos coun.
sels. go
OF ore thing the Democrats may he wen assnred-
tbat The character and prestige Of the sevsra United
States IN the eyes of Europe depend on their Federal
Union Lord North saw this when he -kinlly proposed
conpromise which would have bad the ehsct OF is,-
hating some from the rest, and Burke resisted his
scheme of condation on that very eronnd. roc
Io,p, ret-the stubborn and mutinoas spirit OF mo
South is falling INTO the tac ofthe euemes OF Ansh-
can indeIendencc Let there be- no mistake "a - I'm
glish public opinion this snbjee. Ii we have
Paid q sincere homage 70 the riinag greatness OF
America, il has not been 10 that which the South
ene,s are 80 anxions to conserve, onn 70 .nes
Which they are striving 10 destroy. All that rs
noble and venerable in the United States h asso-
cised with its Federal Constitution. II Is not tne
enorstratiors Of Southern rufhaBis In CpngreS or
The Mexi,an annexafions downward, or the Fugitive
Slave Law, the bred Scott Deci'oD, or the Kansas
Nebraska Actit is not these any other triumph OF
Democratic irsoence during their ascendancy OF BAH
century, that has commanded the sympathy and nd
niIation If Europe We have Judged tese things en-
emily, ms the actions Of great and great nations
crph 10 he Judged, became knew the perkins con-
di,ons under Which mighty an enteIrriss ss
the civilization Of America must Of necessity be
carried ont, and have confidence in the pruc-
teal good sense of the American character.
certain lectoiipg tone, arisng from the exnte ant
consciousness Of health and strength, Il charac-
terrific of adolescence, but such allowance is
made for deliberate acts Of lawless violence. Even
row so long as the agitation is confined 70 Bullying
and insulis, to "retaliatcry laws" and indignation
meetings in the form of conventional shall not des-
pair. High presenre, moral well mechsni al, Is
tie rule in America and threats OF civil war may be
used there in a strictly Parliamentary sense Bot Il
tlis rough sparing should by any chance be carried
too far and tie threat often uttered in est or wan
should be repeated in earnest and lead 70 blood
sled 1t is comfort that the aggrcssors will not DO
tie stronger party Mr.. Lincoln oil in that COM
and majority in Congress, and viii carry with him
the support Of all those who however tolerant of Sa-
very will rot tamely acquiesoe In its becoming tho
basis Of an Illegal and hostile COME ieraion.