New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-29

6r the obligations WIZ ss been with all the Govern
TO poserIiy' I'll He 1IamiltOnl has shown ina,
nen's o' al failed, because the nsoha power Gal
they nv 10 ac upon lesser powers ihS'eau ~ az lag
sitemPeo " tbs people themselves. will not mere
directly ul1n except to read single passage from
o ,ff,.S~spSCr Hamilton on that SUBJECT
A. .bovziuq how aud why the Confederation nad
~ BE- envneiatee this particular TACT; CreAuhg
no ,y tes in the constructing OF the existing Con
orII'i isin the principle Of Legislation for states,
In their corporate or collective capaci-
e snd =. distinct from tie individuals OF whom tnsy
sas;st Ih,Te gentlemen, is the whole history IN
cssbeU In opposition to all these facts OF history,
;rbt in The face d the recent experience OF our oTn
sr,lr for these very reasOns-knowing, rs We uo'
Hf,h,iy government WAS absorbed in tins GoVer1'
IN, and Coistituticn-yet these men nave tne 9olu-
L. 10 cone before the people of this country anu va!
II the States shall have the right to secede from lae
Tuion wherever they deem that they nave hau iNi-
cept cause Of ofense TO separate IRON II. 90 :;
oepy tia, there is any Political sovereignty OF lh
Aereudcpce In this case. This is Government aS me
Constitution seys, Of We ths PVOp opis made the
Eoonsl Goyerunent; we, the PEOPLE, owe allegiance,
%. ~ the States ard othe National GoVeTnmehi, Out
Grertly TO the National Government. II eonfiic'
IrnId s,e between our duty 10 the State and 10 the
nation the Constitution tells us to whom our d9y Is
inc The Constitution is the supreme law OF me lanu,
~ laws of the States 10 the contrary not
Now gentlemen, are left without GROUND Ior o"n'
troveTsy for the Constitution tells us that We % r.
striree lApplause. Y.. A. L;A
Wbv Sir what are the highest indications, tue mSh-
sst tcsfs of sovereignty and independence Inc caa
b;Ii,v of forming foreign alliances OF Keeping ana
thanksgiving naves ard armies, and OF forming com
Tact intensity or with foreign soyerelgnes ana ma
lions Where are those powers vested In no other
Mace gentlemen than in the Constitution OF the United
Stse itself Every one Of hese subordinate sovereign
40 ia directly and ncoptestibly deprived Of any Of
these powers of sovereignty. In Whist therefore, o.
right or Of ustce any man put II, that the States
Themselves consequence OF any local authority they
NOV pssess have the right to secede from this Union
Thanks be 10 God gentlemen if we have to 20 to bat
te about this question: there Is no man but can see
once-pav but that can feel-to which Government he
owes his allegiance. Loud applause.
Well geutlesen, suppose this Issue accom-
,Isbed II you please, instead of a prolonged civil
war let us suppose peaceable division of these States
How will this peaceable division affect the North and
South Why, gentlemen, It seems to me that the
South is mad infatuated IN this respect lnasmuch as
they fail 10 see that is not owing to the Government
of the United States however administered that their
alleged grievances attributable, but to the great
natural causes themselves that 1t is not allotted 10
them by the eternal law OF providence, or, u you you
please hv the law of nature, that they should De IGd
and clothed with food and riment ana 70 revcl IN all
the Injuries and adornmeDts Of higher CIVILIZATION as
:" lly of the valley, without labor mat Is NOT ae-
copp TO the DEGREES Of nature. The Northern States
have placed themselves In Standardization TO the
south ON the ScriptuIal Injunction" In the sweat OF
Thy face thou shalt eat bread lApPlause
And. gentlemen of the South, recoect that just as
certain as the gories Of the sun shall display them
selves on the morrow, viii the laws of nature assert
their supiemacy Hence, gentlemen are attempting to
saw that in those two letters which were unwllhAgy
drawn from ne had held that this was conflict be-
tween the Free and Slave Power IL which victory had
rercbed upon the standard of the Free. But as TO
IOIca contest, there il none IN TACT. Tn the CON
trary whenever the slave-Owner shall have brought
himself to this conclusion that it is the inevitable re-
suit OF law of nature, which be could not have lore,
i How x~as,faH dyVh fen he
not hereafter prevent he viii acquesce in the existing
state OF things as all Of compelled TO do In every
situation in which we in contact with the mex
Orabe laws OF nature.
acouiesced in what have the South 10 hope for In the
future When they have acknowledged tins tact,
Their is no reason in Gods earth why there should not
be perfect harmony between Ms. Take the Cotton
States gentlemen, producing rice sugar, and tobacco
They are producing the very things which the Free
Labor Northern States desire. Take the Flee Labor
States of the North, applying the resources winch
nature has given them, bringing the Omnipoent Gre
alive power Of TO bear upon the forces of natqre
they have become the manufacturers OF chips and all
those other articles which have given an impetus TO
our material progress, and which constitute the very
things which the South most needs.
Do you fail 10 zee, therefore, men Of the South that
this not question Of the existence of Slavery IN
The States bat that it has only been contest between
the North and the South for power, where from the
necessity Of the case, the other must rule the
country What then This question of Slavery, Ia
ken ettnely ont again, the South admits that we do
not propose any aggression upon the individual social
or political rights, rights Of sovereignty OF the Slave
States themselves. What IL the result Why, that
this auction OF Slavery and the antipathes TO customs
which it creates will be Withdrawn from the political
Parties will be recognized upon the basis OF
economical or physical or, If You please intellectual
or moral development. The old antagOnlsm VIII be
ost in these new interests and there Is reason uu-
der heaven after these passions have subsidized, why
South Cardiff and Massachusetts, instead OF drawing
happy lspplause dividing all the honoH and emoll-
ments Of the Republic, without regard to whether a
nan lived North or South; but each promoted ac-
Cording to bis merits and intellectual ability
Now my Southern friends, why can you not accept
this ssue3 VIII You not Then allow me 10 ask You
look at the consequences. You say that your pot
cal power being OvertbrOwn you have none OF those
capabilities Of protecting your peculiar property or
for securing the expansion OF the peculiar institutions
Of the South, necessary 10 your prosperity. Now,
gentleman, look at that moment. As you now sand
associated in this Government, you placed an that
position above all Others. Can yOn better your oOndi-
ZION And when you complained that occasionally
Northern fanacs have arisen aud resisted the Fugitive
Slave law instead Of few exceptional cases in which
the slaves were not returned, YOU would have next
You a line Of border States which would never return
them. With all your postal facilities cut off, with no
means Of receiving intelligence You would be sunk TO
q condition like that Of the subjects Of the despoc
POWERS Of Europe. You would be compelled TO main
tain standing army-to maintain not only your safe
~ agalBst the aggesons OF the Northern Empire, but
against all the nations Of the world, banded against
you, in conflict 30 far there shall be issue .ore
YOU and them in respect TO Slavery And what would
be the condition OF your free labOrers Their very
Ihyticsl existence and intellectual power would be
irampled down in consequence OF these standing
armies, is the at the present day in England
France and Austria. In Short they would be reduced
/ 10 condition Of serfdom.
Oh YOU laboriDg men who think you will have
holiday Of this (laughterD-who think IL Is a
tLing 10 abandon the stars and sTiDes And YOU
slayehOlGers what can YOU do when You have precip
lated yonrselyes into I'll these dicnliies which mLst