New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-05

want OF an adequate supply OF free labor. IL was then
thought an exercise of Christian benevoence 10
the African heaihen from eternal suffering in q future
state, and through the painful path OF earthly bond
age 10 open 20 him the gates TO the celestial paradise
Bu all this is changed. We at last no feeble
or sickly colonies but great, populous homoyehe-
GUS nation, unsurpassed and unequaled IN an the
elements of colonization and civilization. Free Ia,
Dor here continually increases and abounds; ana
il fast verging toward European STANDARDS u
value. There is not one acre 700 mucn ia ua,
broad domain for the supply Of even three geusrf
tons OF our free population, with iheu CERTAIN
Immigration from Europe IL GROWING our 0mn 5ana
into the western region, and this movement. 10 uaIy
augmented by the application OF new lI - WI a,
ro;,;ub;oo mechanical ard even AGRICULTURAL laoor Az
tba varv moment Congress after long ana obstinate
reluctance finds itsef obliged to yIed nolnestesa Jaw
10 relieve the pressure OF labor IN tne atahHc
Certainly therefore have no need ana no room Ior
$50 sIavea in the Federal Territories DO You say
that we want more sugar and more cotton, aud there
fora mnst his We more slaves and more slave LABOR
answer first, that no class or race OF men nave rsue
70 demand sugar cotton any other comfort OF human
life 10 be wrung for them through the aetlOn OF the
E.deral Government from the unrewarded and CON-
nnlsory labor of any other class or race OF men.
/ answer secondly, that we have sugar and cotton
enough already for domestic consumption, and sur
pus of the latter for eXporat0n without any increase
of slave territory Do you say that Europe wants
more sugar and cotton than we can now supply L
reply let then Europe send her free aborers hher or
into Italy or into the West Indies, into the East or
If il suit them better let them engage the natives OF
cotton growing regions in the old world to produce
cotton and sugar voluntarily and for adequate COM
pensation. Such a course, instead OF tortlfyng and
enarging the sway of Slavery here will leave US free
to favor ts gradual removal Ii will renew or intro
duce civilization the shores of the Mediterranean
and throughout the coasts OF the Indian Ocean.
stood now than heretofore, turns with disgust aud
horror from the employment of force aud piracy as
necessary agency OF the Gospel.
FouIhly: All the subtle evasions and plausible
political theories which have heretofore been brought
into the argument for extension of Slavery, have al
last been found fallacious and frivolous.
1t is unavaing to say that this Government was
made by and for white men only, slnce even slaves
owed allegiance to Great Britain before the Revolution
equally with white men, and were equally absolved
from il by the Revolution, and are not only held TO
allie glance now under our laws but are also subjected
20 taxation and actual representation IN every depart
ment of the Federal Government. No government can
excuse itself from the duty of protecting the extreme
rights of every human being, whether foreign or native
born bond or free, whom it cOmpulsorily holds within
it's Jurisdiction. The great fact is now fully realized
that the African here is foreign aud feeble ele-
ment like the Indiana incapable Of assimilation, but
not the less therefore, entitled TO such and protec
ton as the weak everywhere may require from the
strong that it is pfu exotic unwisey aud unneces-
EARLY uansplanted into fields, and which II Is un-
profitable to cultivate at the cost of the desoaton of the
native vineyard. Nor will the argument that toe party
of Slavery is national and that Of Freedom sectional,
any longer avail when it is fully understood, that 20
perversion of the Constitution which has at
empted to crcumscrbe freedom, and to make Slavery
universal throughout the Republic, Equally do the re-
proaches nvectves and satlres OF the advocates OF
Slavery extension fail snceit is and felt that rlth
reason aud humanity workrght on without fanatl-
cism and bear couturely without retaliation. ccun-
sci THE course farther because the combinations OF
Slavery broken up and can never be renewed WIN
success. Any new combination must be based on the
principle or the Southern Democratic faction, that
Slavery is inherently ard benecent, ard ought 70
he protected, which can no longer be tolerated IN the
North; or else on the principle OF the Northern Demo
cratic faction. that Slavery is Indifferent aud unworthy
of Federal protection which is insufficient IN the
South while the national mind has actually passed far
beyond both Of these principles, and is settled in the
conviction that Slavery, wherever and hows0eyer 1t
exists exists only TO be regretted and deplOTed.
counsel this course farther, because the necessity
for return 10 the old national way has become at last
absolute and imperative. We can extend Slavery into
new Territories, and create new Slave States ouly by
reopenjng the African ssvetrade, proceeding which,
by destroy ing all the existing values Of the slaves now
held in the country and their increase would bring the
North and the South into complete unanmity in favor
of that return.
Finally counsel that return because statesman has
been designated who possesses in an eminent and most
satisfactory degree the virtues and qualifications neces-
cary for the leader in 30 great and generous move
meDt and feel well assured that ABRAHAM LINcOLs
will not fail TO reinaugurae the ancient constitutional
policy the administration OF the Government success
fully because the Republican party, after ample expe-
renee has at last acquired the courage and the con-
stancy necessary to sustain him. and because am sat-
isied that the people, at last fully convinced of the
wisdom and ecessity of the proposed reformation are
prepared TO sustain and give 1t effect.
But when it shall have been accomplished, what
nay we expect then 2 what dangers must we incur
what disasters and caamtes must we suffer
answer no dangers disasters, ca!amities. All par
ties will acquiesce because it will be the act of the
people, in the exercise of their sovereign power, in
conformity with the Constitution and laws and in har
moDy with the eternal principles of justice and the be-
nigDant spirit of the age in which we i've All parties
and ali sections will alike rejoice in the settlement of
controversy which has agitated the country aud dis
and goodwill of the Nations and once more consist
ent with our principles and with our ancient charac-
ter we SHALL with their free consent take our place at
their head, in their advancing progress toward a
higher aud more happy, because more humane and
more genial civilization.