New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-23

Aboitiopt, now expectant On ;bt ~ & ,ISs ~
day Of jupss had soS We'll NH he marshal bis
hosts to the last great Of section anu 81 aaees
Defeated end s,ig%azed psplted se0s b. be 0 Dos
eosed oyes the moss fearful s Of ali petD uoa
His deadliest foes in the South had now A'ruc.S
hands IN solemn leagne Of kindred designs, AID
with exultant tramp ssodly marched, adorned, like
| Roman OK, with the gaflands Of sacrifice, 10
the eternal doom. AT this moment when a sudden
frenzy had struck bod the Southern people, this pic
ture could not be realized IN all i,s horrors.
When be looked at his country and its present distract
ed and desclate condition. and its possible fate he felt
almost ready TO close the quick accents If speech and
allow the heart to sink down yoceless IN It's despair.
He would refer them to the words Of Lloyd Garrison,
and demand what answer would be given to them Z
Mr. Clemens then referred to an article In The Lber
dtor, which appeared few days after the Secession
Of South Carolina, in which Garrison SAIL
nulled, and the agreement with hell broken by the
| action OF South Carolina herself" closing with an
appeal 10 Massashusets, ending with tho words.
How stands MassachgSetts at this hour. ia
reference to the Union m attitude Of hostility"
Phillips delivered in the Music Halt at Boston. few
days ago, in which Phillips declared, ave are dis
unions not for any love Of separate confederaeies,
&C., ending with reference to South Carolina, and
Egypt will rejoice that she has departed" The people
had therefore, arrayed against them these knights Of
a new crusade. The Constitution Of the United
States was the sanctified Jerusalem against which
their deluded cohorts battled. They eontended that
the only mode to overthrow Slavery was to over
throw the Constitution. These men claimed that
their allegiance only due to the States wherein
| they lived. They claimed to be State-rights
men of the stricest sect, and they would WELD the
legislative power of the State for the extinction of
Slavery South Carolina professed to WELD 1t for the
thai Massachusetts,, 80 largely psrtaldng of the oom-
mon glory in the Massachusetts, where the first
blood for American liberty had been shed-shoud rse
superior TO the commissions of the hour and give an
hat inf If
| state comfy, of fraternal affection, not yet
wholly lost. As the traveller 10 the midst of the
fnows Of the Alps, fingered with delighted gaze upon
the friendly light which pecred from the windows Of tho
convent where from the desolaou of the storm around
Inn be might last find repose did be hail the
little CLEAN Of hope ia the future Mr. Clemens gave
States and in the Gulf States for the purpose of show
ing, he said that there was an rreyersble law OF
population governing the question, and that tho
South wanted population and capital rather than
,ut, he would show them a Southern Conted-
eracy from which every man would turn back
affligh,ed and pale, because it would be
on the bloody hand that =, his rights Of
property would have to depend Slavery cannot
paud rapidly, either within the Union or without the
UnioD long slaves remained at their preseQt high
prices. The only mode by which Slavery could ever
expand was to reduce the price, and have source
Of supply That was in fact the real design of the
coast States. Mr.. Clemens in proof Of thus referred
to al the Southern Convention OF late years,
ara cited the admissions OF 1le56rs. Miles,
Bonham, McRse and Crawford, in the House 70
show that the object wos the reopening Of tho slave
trade. Suppose sad ho. that they do not get Out OF
the Union, this equality which they now claim, Taat
Il a little problem in the rule Of three which will DO
ciphered ont If these events are much lone pend
ing. The border Slave States might VEL be pre-
pared fret last for the realization Of the truth.
Bot where was Slavery 10 expand II the South
left the Union she would never get as much Of
the present territory as be could grasp in his
hand. A war of thirty years would never get IL
back, nor could there ever be extorted from the
North treaty giving the same guarantees to
to expand Not to Central America, for England
ercsed sovereignty over half Of her domain. Not TO
NJ xeo, for England had caused the abolition of Slav
cry there also. Their retiring confederate ought not
to forget the events Of 1894 when George Thompson,
tie EDgsh Abolonist, sent 10 eubghten the dead
Coincidence Of the American people. La this eonnec-
nesse, in which this sentence: The dissolution
Of the Union Ia tina obiest 20 BIO kept steadily
In view In the event Of Southern Confederacy
there will be- beside the African slayerde other ee-
ments of discold and agitation. Slavery was the great
Ming interest of the extreme Siaes, while the other
States had other great interests which couH not DO
lightly abandoned. IL would be or the interest of tho
Coast States TO have free trade manufactured goods;
but how would that operate on the mechanical
and manufacturing industry Of Missouri, Kentucky,
Virginia, Mary land and Delawsrei There would be,
therefore, in the proposed Union, antagonism
quite great az there ever has been In this
But If manufactures Were 10 b. protected and en-
courased in the border Slaves States, their white
population would increase fast that they would DO
6nt nominally Slave States, and woah finally become
Free States. He appealed 10 tho North 70 guarantee
by constitutional ens,tmens the principle secured by
the decision of the Supreme Court iii the bred Scott
Let Us feel, he said, that have country TO
save instead of geographical section represent.
Let US act as men and not a. partsans, snd the old
Constitution, now in the very trough Of the sea, with
battered masts and sais, viii weather the Storm
Mr. LCCAN Dem, ILL., made some retort to this.
and there were appearances Of some angry feeling.
which, however, did not eventuae 10 thing serious.
Mr.. MARTIN Dem, Va during hr. Clemens re-
maIks excitedly expressed the hope that the mem
Der would not be allowed continue his trsorous IT.
marks. ...r
Calls for Order" were loudly made and there was
much confusion, but il soon subsidized.
Mr.. WASHBURNE Rep, Wis.,, Of the minority Of
the Committee of Thirty three, advocated the report
made by himself that the Constitution Is ample for the
preservation OF the Union and the protection of al the
material interests Of the country, and that il needs TO
BE- obcyed rather than amended He gave the
why. He opposed the recommendations of the msjor:-
ty being disposed TO the people of the North
10 further contempt He said the plain question was
and il would have to be metwhetber they shall give
a elayery guaranty in the Constitution. He was op-
posed TO the admission Of New Mexico. He would not
consen, 10 bring two Saye-Stste Senators into
Cougrese. He would not vote for the admission Of
Slave State. Ii Mexico even Were 10 present. her
self with Prostate Constitution, sti he would be
against il. She has not the necessary popula-
ton, and not the ability 10 sustain government
But thing he desired to impress on thl Minds VI on.
and that was ii the Union was once dissolved they
might look in vain for Its recoatruetion on any suc'
basis it now stands upon. II reconstructed, thG
North win Fix the terrs Of the re9onsrilcton and VIII
Insist that those who seccde shall come into anew
Cnion If they az all, terms OF equality with
~. But said be, i disuDi9n come waeiheL y, Soaes
civil war; shall have thu consolatlon. that when
lie conflict Il over tkore who survive il viii be Whit
they hlye-namsly, inhabitants Of free country.