New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-29

sOulh the iabOreT forbidden 20 thlOk, lest ne mink
100 much Ter thought eDgenders aspirations. La ign
ter and applause. With u.s. progress and enterprise
ctHVe thelr main support, their strongest mpnses,
from Tie intellectual development of the working
eases. we DO not dread the aspirations arising rom
III ~ II the source Of property AID az the same
time, OF our safety Our aboring man must be free.
mtn, IN order to be what he ought 10 bean intelligent
ao,reF. lhsIeiore we educate him for liberty by our
system OF pn0hc instruction. In the South the intel.
lectua dey ejOpDent Of tie labornp classe
for intelligent labor would cate aspiratons d,n0eT
Gus to yoOr domestic institutions. Your aboring man
must be brute in order TO remain what YOU want bo,
10 be-a slave. Therefore You withhold from him an
means Of intellectual deyelt pment. Among oar farms
and workshops there stands institution from which
our system Of labor derives its inspirations: that is
our fchOolt ouse where free abofers educated
On your paItaOn-elds there stands another nstitu-
ton from which your IS stem Of labor derives It's in
go rstions and at il your school house. where your
slaves are hooged And you speak OF establishing tho
commercial and Industrial independence of the Save-
hOdu Stated Do you not see tnai IN order 70 DO
his you must adapt your syem Oh TABOR 70 tnal Pur"
pose by making the laborer intelligent respectable,
ard at the same time aspi iogf Bai II by making inc
laboreI int gnt respectable and aspiring you aempt
10 force Industrial enterprise, in large measure upon
the Slave States do yen not see that your system OF
slave labor mt It Yield To foster commerce aud IN
dnstry in Il Slave States for the purpose Of protecting
Slavery. Would be Ike lei Ing the sup light into
a r, ON which you want TO keep DARK Hence tne
Slave S at can never become commercially and ln-
ouelriay independent as long as they remain slaVe
others an others will do their carrying trade. at
present they do tn ir business with friends, who are
united TO th, m by bonds Of Union. They speak OF dis
solving that Union; then, now they VIII be obliged
10 transact the same business with Us, their nearest
ueigbborg for If they could do otherW they would
have done go long ago. Would they prefer bJ ina
dissolution of the Union TO make enemies OF th2se on
whom they will always % commercially duu HAouSIp>
ally DEPENDENT
ihns, Won See would the dissolution Of the Union Ia
all points of dispute defeat the very object for which
the South might feel Inclsed 10 attempt II. IL would
effect iust the contrary OF what IL was intended Tor,
and indeed if there s patty that l0gca ally and
consistently advocate the dissolution Of the Unon it
is the party of extreme AbOliOnlsts who detre 20 e1
tnguish Slavery and 10 punish the South by SUDDEN
and violent crisis But to the Slave States as long
az they have sense enough understand their inter-
ests and appreciate their situation, they nay thank
II cir good fortune, if they suffered ID stay IN tAa
Union with confederat's who are, i.dsed, no. Wiling
10 trce their principles and interests TO Say-
eTy but BY the radat influence OF their own growth
aud energy will at least, draw the Southern Statee,
ALSO upon the road Of progressive development.
Blu we are tod that people of the Slave Stated
are warke race and that they will gain, by force,
what we are unwilling peaceabIy TO coDcede. War!
What q charm there IS 10 thai word for people or
colonies and generals Well, since that old German
monk invented that insignificant black powder which
blew the stronghuds of euJalsm into the air falls
more and more the head If mathematical fences.
Don Ouxote who undoubtedly, would have been q
hero in the seventh century, would certainly be tha
\ u
TO say about the bravery of the Southern people for
aught care they may be Drawer than they pretend to
be- but invite them candIdy TO open their eyes, le
| fensible men.
will lot compare the resources Of the South, II.
men and money TO those of the North although sats
| cal statements would demonstrate the overwhelming
superiority Of Tie latter. We can AFFORD to be liberal,
ard argument sake admit that the South Will equal
u North in numbers; az If they insist upon it, excel
us in martial spirit. Bnt it requires very little kDowl
edge of Military matters to understand that aside from
| numbers, equipment, courage, and discipline, the
strength of army consists IN lis ability . concens
tate its forces all times, upon toe decisive point.
Providence is the side Of the big battaons, said Ma
| poleon. That not that victory will always be-
with the numerous army, but with that which is
always able TO appear in strength where the decisive
blow is to be struck An army that is always scat
tered a large surface is, properly speaking, no
army at all. Even by much less Numerous, but
c,DtIated enemy it will be beaten in detail division
after division; il is defeated before having lost pau
| This Is plain
The South thinks of going to war for tho benef. and
protection OF Slavery. But Slavery is not merely an
abstract principle; Slavery consists materially in the
| individual saves-n and SD many millions Of hui
chates scattered over ~ and go many thousands
of "a rare miles In order to protect Slavery, it is
sentI that The shareholders be protected 10 the posses
| SION of their slaves.
say, therefore, that Slavery cannot be protected in
general without being protected in detail Bot how
can you protect it in detail BY guafdog fifteen hun
dred miles Of northern frontier, and two thousand
miles of sescosst, against enemy who is perfectly
free in his movements and aided by extensive rail-
read system always able 10 concentrate his forces
wherever he pleases IL is IMPOSSIBLE; the dullest
understanding se's It, 1t may be said that il will not
be recessary indeed for the Free States it would nct
they may in order u concentrate their forces, expose
their territory; for the damage done by invasion il
essily repaired. The retreaUg invader cannot carry
the liberties of the invaded country away with him.
| Cheers Not wi h Slavery A northern Anti
Slavery army or even small flying corps invading
! SavehOdiDg State would perhaps not systematically
beTate the Slaves but at ali events would hardly
! squander much time and health in catching the rua-
| away. The probability therefore, is that wherever
a Northern army sppears, the Slaves disappear, and
| Slavery with them-at least for the time being In
wade Free State and the ion of liberty, after
TIE attack is repuised requires o.y the presence Of
fTeneD But the restoration Of Slavery will require
capital that capital consisted principally in The slaves;
the slaves have run away, and with them the capital
| necessary for the restoration Of Sagery.
The Slave Sa'es therefore, cannot pose their ter
ritofy without eavi uuprote the institution for
| the protection Of which the undertaken. They
have to thousands and thousands of vulnerable
points, for every plantation is open wound every
negro cabin sore. Every border or seaboard Slave
State will nsed her soldiers more too for her
own projections and where wi be the material for the
concentrated army Scattered thousands Of miles
without the possibility Of concentration.
Besides the Slave States hsrbOr dangerous enemy
within er own bound lies aud tha. ia Slavery ieslf
Iusgne they at war with an Anti Slavery people.
whom they have eXasperated by their own hostility,
What be the effect upon the slaves The du .stion
is not whether the NOrth will instigate slave Iebe on
for suppoe they will not the question is whe her
they prevent it, and think they canuot. But the
mere anticipation Of a negro instruction land the
heated imagination of the STAKEHOLDER Will discover
symptoms OF rebelious spirit III every trhe) will
paralyz 20 the whole South. Do you remember the
effect of John Browns attempt The seyerest blow
he struck at the Slave Power was not that
hp lisfnr hai nd hut