New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-30

pudiate il. England and France nave soohspes
Sa,e in their colonies Russia II abohshing SER dom
in her EmIire, and the Slave States Of AmeD' !. are
with Srsin alone defenders and upholles Of the svs
en- II not only under these circumstance does noa
require any peculiar conscientousness o, nice moral
feasibility, 10 have growing sense OF The evil and the
wrong If Slavery accommodating IN the Free States
but must even suppose an eU raordinary obtusity
If conscience there, to account n the slo gathering
of the reisiiLle feeling VIII n at length SHOWS s
head to the world. The Api-Slsvery feeling Of the
North has been undennbly tardy, Ii must be owned,
not without shame that the present feeling on this
subject in North is ess the spontaneous sentiment
of our own people, than the effect of an ir-
reSslbe pressure. of public sentiment belonging
to the age ITSELF which has at length broken through
al the Obstacles which Immediate interest prudent
Councils, and sincere sympathy with the South have
mteIpCsed 10 Its manifestation. The existing public
sentiment Of the North on this subject il not the work
of abolition Conventions, the result of poLti al
agitation and contIivea policy. The AbohtOnists,
tInal sect not without noble objects, pursued
oy reckless and under impracticable lead
eIs, have been long striving 10 drive the North
into hatred of the Shareholders and TO break the
lOnds of our Union. Whatever influence they may
have had in earlier days since their policy fully
understood they have greatly hndered the growth
constitutional Ani-Savery sentiment, and induced
millions TO repress their real opinions, lest they should
seem 20 be avoring theirs IL is in spite OF the great
EFT antlathy 10 this small and fanaca band 40 dstln-
gusbed for their INSCRIPTIONS eloqueDce indetatgbl
zeal, aud political folly, that the Glow, cautious an
w.ghty sentiment of hostility TO Slsvery-extension
the North has rpened into political action, and steppe
into power.
And this slow and cautious growth of opinion, an
opinion constantly resisted among by the wealth
and weight of the North, an opinion which we have
tried 10 delay and evade Which Of the coet-
of avOwing and acting up TO, has caused 10 be
subjected TO every torturing doubt and every trying
test say, the low and steady growth of this opln-
ion is due its own merits, its nvincbe truth, its
harmony with the received ethics of the age and the
Christian Religion, and has come over us, not by the
will of man, but rather against it, and by the will OF
God And that is the real ground Of alarm at the South
It's the POPULAR the proyidentia theprophec character
Of ttis manifestation of sentiment which sends sense
of doom to the heart of the Slave Power. They might
fight against party against odds against politicians,
or priests. But how fight against destiny How
fight against the moral sentiment of the civilized and
Christian world How fight against God
Am | not right in saying that the Anti slavery
movement in tLis country is Irresistible We have
not created IT, On the contrary, we have checked and
reproved it, IL has overcome us. We OF the North
did not make the Christian Religion nor do we p0ssess
an ethical system Of own. Our thoughts are not
what we WILL but what the laws of minds impose
Our moral convictions not voluntary, but are such
as plant themselves in hearts under the general IN
huences of civilization Nor have we created the
great North West, and made the prodi4 ons political
POWER of those new States which have dragged on
sgainet their will the older and more conservative
States Of the North and really forced The present Issue
OH the country by pure force of popular graVltloD
political attitude. But cannot appreciate the sui
deeper necessity Of ours If Slavery be proWdentlii,
il is not more prOvidentia than the moral convictions
Which through the North. and throughout the world,
pronounce il wrong, impoliiic, and predestined to
decay
1t is inevitable, then, whether this Confectionery
hapgs together not that this continent IL, from this
time forth 10 BE- governed in the interests OF Freedom
The relative position of the Slave 10 the Free States IL
raj idly becoming such TO make their control OF the
Fedelal Government impossibilty, and their control
of the continent equal impOssiliGy The South IL
quite justified in fearing that nothing but its consltu-
tiOna and strictly equitable rights Will from this time
be conceded in the Union that twenty OF thirty States
do to surrender their OF what In the per-
manent policy of the country 10 ten, and that The
doctrine of equilibrium If the Constitution were
contract between two sections instead of between IA
many independent States there shall be stars m
our nag is and henceforth abandoned. We cannot
change the law by which the territory Of free institutions
invites population five times fast slave territory
We cannot reverse the edict by which freesoi accu
mulates wealth, power, influence, Intelligence, and
popular authority aaroportionately to sllve-soll.
Political circumstances 90 the slow operation of our
governmental machinery, have kept the operation Of
these laws out of sight for time but they now vind-
cate themselves and forever and no power on
earth can prevent the natural preponderance OF the Free
States in q COnederaCy Of free soil on the continent
if the Coniederacy is dissolved. We have not got up
a state of mind hostile TO Southern institutions, but we
hare state of mind which il the normal state OF the
mind Of Chrstend0m, which has grown to be our ma
Iower we have TO prevent the extension Of Slavery
And this we do not intend to do, so much We feel
that it will be DONE without intention by the natural
gravitaiOn of our institutions. If this IL ground for
disIicn, it must come, for IL is morally impossible
in my Judgment, for the Free States to take single
important step backward.
stand awestruck before the sublime Issue which
Providence has forced upon us for believe there Is
no possible escape from the attitude of anyonsn III
Which events beyond the control Of South or North
have at length brought the slave power and the free
instincts of the American people. But my brethren,
it il time when the North feeling itself TO be the
representative Of proyidenGal necessity, and the
South of prOyidential misfortune should cultivate
moderation, humility, and gsufteing-loavihg yio-
lenCe Of speech and excitement of feeling where they
are far cNcusable.
am not pretending that We are any better than our
Southern brethren; / do not proudly say that are
not in position TO be seriously injured by their pres
ent threats, and still more by their carrying them into
effect We are suffering severely from their
dictionary proceeding, and shall doubtless be called
10 suffer more and, my brethren, if the action of the
North depended upon the cities, would-did gee any
necessity for uTge you, who must suffer 80 much more
than the country, still 10 suffer patiently and not per-
nit your losses and wrongs TO make you reCant your
opinions and alter your conscientious policy But when
you reflect that change your opinions and alter your
POLICY on the subject as you may, it could make no
essential difference in the feeling and political action Of
the North, which is ruled now from the country; when
you reflect that you are now committed, by Destiny
and by Providence 10 all the consequences of Anti
Slavery policy, you will feel the Immense luxury of
yielding TO the generous and moral interests Of your
souls and declaring that, cost what 1t may to your
and commercial prosperity you will abide in your
lot, discharge your duty to your country and 70 Cod
and take the consequences!
To our brethren of the Slave Staes would say, ia
all candor, you certainly are perfectly justified in Ilk
ing the Northern feeling dangerous TO your domestic
institutions not that the least intention of interfering
With your slaveproperty, or with your constitutional
rights, exists in any great party in the North, but
simply because it is dangerous 10 have kind of prop