New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-15
TIE TIMES ON PRINCIPLES.

W. Lun't believe la He Vf 80 snrt and OBJ
iect as much 10 the use Of false ePitbcts Is 20
any other kind Of falsehood We see no harm
in the term AbOlrtiOnist or SecessiOnist where
either has proper application, but we protest
against either being applied, with an offensive
purpose, to all who are not disposed 10 yield up
their convictions ss to the proprety of enforcing
The laws whether traitors viii bear or forbcar.
We believe the policy Of Government for which
the country in November last through the vote
Of the Republican party avowed its warm and
intelligent appreciation is the visest, the safest,
and the most humane policy for the people Of this
Continent present and to come. But even if this
were not our faith, We do not believe that any
people who respect Themselves, or desire 10 be
respected, will concede under the coercion Of an
armed rebellion and defiant treason that which,
if yielded ut all, 10 any approximate degree, can
be given only from sense OF pity, and as
sparing mercy; ard We do not believe tina. 20
weak q concession TO such rampant and aggres-
give treachery, could end in anything else than
new demands, new aggressOus, and rev con-
cessons. Therefore, We stand immoyable upon
the great principles Of the Chicago platform.
Therefore, We set our faces like flint against
any Compromise. Therefore, We propose even
no negotiation with rebels or their friends, so
long az they maintain an attitude Of hostility VI
proposed hostility to the Government. s.
1t naturally gives us much concern to differ
from a journal 50 widely known and so univer-
sally esteemed as Tie n. y. Times, for the
faithfnlness Of IFS adherence to the Republican
party through good report and through evil
report, for its uniform consistency of principle
on all subjects, without regard to the whihs of
public opinion which make the rest of US to 80
shift and yeer from day to day. We are con-
strained nevertheless To- do TO- and do not
acknowledge on that account that we are either
Abolitonists or Secessonists, or anything else
but Straightforward Republicans who have
understood all along what we meant and mean
now to stand by it. These arc The propositions
which that paper sets forth as " the basis Of
" satisfactory adjustment of all our dhiculties:"
al Congress shall sssaIs Tor he sbolOn of Slavery
in any State .... !..-
49, Tho ave siAv, law shall be 50 amended a. to render ito
.Yecron feasible and all sste hostility by
deprvns Of hs,he,, least snd reprl.ye features
20 All present territory north Of the northern boundary
New Mexico ,hs be admitted state, and al south Of tia.
boundary another State each with It's present Institutions ard
each divided hereafter according to the provisions Of the
Constellation OF the Cnited StseI.
No foreign territory ,hsH hereafter be acquired except
gi consent Of thee. iourths Of all the States" I'D
These Ike Times thinks will be- assented to by
the great mass Of the people, exclusive of Abo-
litonists and Secessionsts, as it sees nothing In
their general tenor "to which any Republican
" may not assent without the slightest abandon.
i" ment Of any principle" One hardly knows
which most TO admire in this assertion, its strik-
ing consistency or it's charming simplicity.
What is the distinguishing principle of a Repub
licanl Only that Slavery shall never be permit
ted TO extend the length of a mans shadow at
noon. day over the border line between the Terri
tories and the States. What is it that The Times
says a Republican may assent to without an
abandonment Of prlnciplo' Only that oil that
immense territory lying south Of 800 30 out of
which large number Of new State, may be carved,
shall be now admitted as State, and Slavery
pade therein perpetual, 50 for az any ilaa.