New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-09

n uan anu DShce o. augustine, ~. Gregory Tia
Great, and others, tel that the FIRST Pnlsr. a
mankind were called pastors or shepherds, NOV ~
or dom majors; and that God gave to mankind ,i"'
mlnon over the irrational creation but not ovev H.
rational The Church has tolerated Slavery. wbs-e
she lacked the power 10 abolish it; but her VIII
history proves that che sets her face agains, T. and
uses all the means at her disposal without sborkn
The public peace, or creating tumults and disordes
70 prepare the slave for freedom and to secure bs
Ultimate emancipation. The negro is q man-is a
human being-a member of the human race; and.
CCneener naturally inferior or not to the boa.ted
caucasian variety, he has the same natural snd In
I right to Ii erty that has the white man. and
,ne wrong Of enslaying him IL just ss great az h
! Nvuli oe II he We're white, The laborino man
Wuether white or black, may be poor man. bnt
zoo mas gwen him the right to be free man 70 be
MS own man, not anothers.
As 70 the argument of our Southern slsvobolao..
and apolO9lsts for slavery, that the elave il ba,,
cared for better fed, and better clothed Thar CT
poor laborers at the North, they weigh notbing VIII
us; because they relate only to the buman a;oi
and not to the man. If the slave were mere an,
NAL had no rational soul moral nature II he were
indeed an OK, horse, or dog, we should no, com.
plain Of bis condition, or offer any objection M
slavery. We believe that the animal in the slave is
often better provided for than the animal in he Door
white laboring man; but the man il and must be
neglected. 1t is the man that is wropged and ont.
ragged, the man that is debGsed and eDslsvel; aud
the Shareholders know very well that, in order N
keep their slaves in subjection, they mus, close 10
then, as far az possible all the avenues 10 intel
gence, debar them from all intellectual and mors
culture and keep them near the level Of butes "a
they are able; they must stie in them the man, and
prevent the development in them of that imagA
and likeness" Of God IN which they were created.
1t Is this that renders Slavery an outrage upon In
manity, and has excited against it the moderation Of
the whole Christian world.
We cannot, therefore, consent to the recons,ruc.
ton OF the Union on tie basis Of Slavery. We be-
eye in the rights Of man; we believe in liberty we
would secure 10 all others that liberty which we de-
mand for ourselves; and we believe Slavery great
wrong, sin against humanity which is sure, sooner
or later, to bring down the vengeance of God upon
every people tia. adopts and insists perpetgalng
il. The nations Of antiquity bad slaves; where are
those nations now Pagan Greece and Rome had
their slaves; and where are Greece and Rome To-
day. The Ottomans have had their slayes, and the
Ottoman empire is now in It's agony. Spain became
o great slave power through her colonies. Most OF
those colonies has she lost ard she herself has fallen
from the fret power, below the rank OF second.
class power OF Europe. The same may be said OF
Portugal. Only those nations IN Europe, which
have emancipated their slayes freed, are freeing
their seTfs, show any signs OF longevity. Let The
fate of all slaveholding nations be warning 70 al
those weak, eowerdy, or traitorous men al the
North who would consent to the reconstruction OF
the Union on the basis of Slavery Let them reflect
that "the wicked shall he turned into he'll and all
ing nation whatever its spasmodic pety, or its by
nocritical professions does forget God, who never
refuses TO hear and ultimately 10 avenge the slave
FINALLY passing over all thus far addueed we
not consent to such reconstructed Unlon oscaisen
wond contain in il no element of strength and dura-
bility but the seeds of its own dissolution IL would
be based not only on Slavery as its cornerstone, cut
on the right of any or every STATE TO secede When
ever il should choose without the other States ay
inc any riQht to call il to account for its secession
nj. al 30 of
harm to-day while the Confederate states are united
in grand struggle for separate existence or national
reconstruction but the moment that struggle s over
and peace is restored, it would begin to operate and
render the Confederate bond q mere rope Of sard.
State ealoufies would spring up, aud new seceseons
would commences the Union would hardly Be recon-
structed before il would be redssolved into lie OTg
nal elements and there may be as many separate and
independent governments as there are individual
States We tried confederation before cone .uCtins
the Upion and found that it would not work andthe
Union itself If it has any defect is In the fact that
il leaves the Federal power too weak for an effect
i've central power or to constitute the people Of
the several States really and practically political
PEOPLE The new Confederacy would be still weaker,
exaggerae this defect, inssmueh as It would recog.
pize the right Of every individual State secede
whenever It Judge it for its own interest, eonyen.
fence or pleasure TO do SO, Is it to be hoped bat the
Confederacy would be conducted with SO much Wis
dom and propriety as never 10 give umbrage 70 any
In any State would never find or make csuse for
dissatisfaction and like the politicians Of South Car,
olina, wlirl their State out Of the reconstructed
Union Even now, we are told, South Carolina
and Georgia are beginning TO manifest symptoms OF
dissatisfaction with the Confederate Government, and
we can readily believe that il the pressure u com.
mon danger were removed, each Of them would lose
10 time in raising the Lone Star Of Independence,
and seeding from secession.
However attractive then, might be the dream OF a
reconstructed Union on the basis OF Slavery, we
could never hope TO realize it; for we could never
hone 10 preserve il for any considerable length Of
time In It's integrity. There would soon be disa8ec-
ton at the South; there would be dsaection az the
North; and there would always be disafection In
the consciences Of all good men, Of all true Chris
taps in all sections, created and sustained by the
moral and social plague Of Slavery. Here are rea'
sons amply sufficient why should not discontinue
our efforts TO preserve the Union as il lie, and Why
we should not make peace with the Rebels on theh
own terms, accept their proposition OF substitute
ing the Constitution of the Contederated States ior
the Constitution of the United States
The Government, we insist had no alternative IN
the outset but to abdicae itself or to resist the rebel
ious movements with all the forces at its command
Ii has no other alternative now and the men VINO
urge upon il any other policy can be commences
for their loyalty only at the expense OF tneir in,e
In having too long pursued a conciiatory policy, 10
having DELAYED too long the necessary measures 70
yindicate its own dignity and authority in adopting
timid and halfway measures, and IN having Pfose..
cuted the war with too little vigor, and with 100
great tenderness toward the Rebels. But it is no
time now 10 call up It's past delinquences, and pa:
rade them before ii. Nothing remains for 1t put %
let the past and heneef9rth treat secessS SRs,.
tors as traitors We wish it to prove that has the
courage and the disposition 20 treat them as 'raso'
yvhereyer il meets them, or is able to seize them;
We desire it to understand that there Is war, resi
Suc,ed not on the principle of respecting the feelings
Of the enemy, aud of doing him no harm, but on .oS
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