New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-25
NO MORE COMPROMISES.
No Negotiation with Traitors.
THE CONSTITUTION AS 1T -.
THE VOICE OF THE PRESS


The readers special attention ia called 10 the follow
ing stirring appeal from one Of the few organs OF rec
dom permitted to exist on slave eoil:
From The St. Joseph tMol Free Democrat, Feb u.s.
TO OUR FRIENDS IN THE FREE STATES.
To you who born upon free seil, who have
never known what II Is 10 meet organized oppression
hand 10 hand ard face 10 face, who have never SUI
ered ostrci-m and persec ion tor opinions sake, We
would addrsss a few words.
We know what SlaI cry MEANS for we were born 90
s territory, and reared amid tie institutions, and 90
this account expect yOn 10 listen 10 us. We also
expect hearing because the hazard which We incur
in advocating tie nearest hearts is greater
than yours You may lose little trade msy lose
our all.
Long and anxiously bad toiled and hoped for the
happy result that crowned efforts the 9th day OF
last November, when mill ons OF treemen cast their
votes IA il ple, ed them best, and eected-a principle.
Need we state what that prIeple Was Then IL was
settled that hencetOrth this Government should be ad
mins,ered AZ in tie days Of Washington and Jeierson
now nothing seems TO be settled. The vacillatiOD
which hitherto cursed our opponents threatens us with
ruin. We look TO YOU III the Free States Tor moral
support in this hour Of tIal aud what DO We behold
Journals which few short months ago pleaded fer the
right with ability and zeal are turnlng CRAVEN men
who cast their votes for JUS Ice are pet lonl0g that
wrong NAV be done; Leaders whom We have ever
deem ed as nCbly true in the Of humanity are
blending and quaiJg a tie very moment when eour.
age is needed above all binos else IL, Oeiore the hs'
el, ction lad been told that n the American people
dared TO DO their duy traitors would try 10 destroy
the heritage We love; it, endowed with the glits OF
seer. we mad bebeld them trampLng our Tag IN the
iust and peIiliug the OF Freedom everywhere,
we would nevertheless not have fatered single in'
stant; tut the fear that ~ ne h0nr " triumph ."
FRIENDS po aid DrOre tecrt0Rt n0uid haee hHh6ted Us
,,,,,Jsf,lU We could have borne with cheerfulness
tho pros1ect Of banishment%from our homes, had we
ouly possessed the assurance that still our princiee
would be victorious.
In the last campaign your battlecry and ours was
No more Slavery 10 the Teritories Did you mean
IL l-or was it only an empty sound Was II the Well
weighed expression of deep convection, or mere cap
trap 70 catch votes -. =, ~,
Yon all know that we Republicans in the Slave
States are in peculiar danger, and your sympathy iof
usnay lead You make 10 the slave power
which could not otherwise be extorted But we feel
that whatever quiet may be gained for the present ny
such course will be OF short duratOnso shor. tnas
il /, not worth the sacrifice. tat.d by one victory
gained by intimidation and bullying, and despllug
srv whom thew can successfully browbeat, our enc.
mics will endeayor TO stop our mouths 0y violence ~
IL mart of the Republican creed that the party mas NC
ripht 10 interfere With Slavery where IL aieahy eAs
under the sanction of State laws. You who i've N the
Free States cannot JusihnOiy launen eru,aae "s ~
the Institutions of Missouri or Virginia, but IN tne
name of God have we, who were born here, no rleht
20 discuss those institutions The very doctrine tns'
State may regulate It's internal affairs secure hom
outside interference implies our privilege TO os he s
Rmt II Won surrender your principles, recede from
your position 1.-THE Of hair, you are demorslev
and we are lost. The courage and mistaken eeeaa.
f.stress of true Republican in Maine strengthen s
hear. OF his brother in Missouri. Then, We pryy
stand firm and betray us not.
From The Auburn IN. " Union; ,-
The Republican party stands committed to alkeeson'
able and suitable efforts for the preservauon - Il
Union. And we may venture 70 say tui .h.,,c.cAiv
desires pacific measures TO that end 70 oc M
exhausted before any other shsn ce ~ ~ 80
now tbs. psciac measures, In relation 70 W ".''s