, 1861-07-22
Gt)ita4o Grihutte
MONDAY, JULY 22, 1851.


sue involved. No blood Is shed in vain
When a patriot falls by the lead OF steel Of
The Shareholder, the scales drop from the
tyesc Of his relatives and henceforth they
ftccme sworn foes Of the barharous sys-
It n which sent forth the traitor who mur-
dcrtd him. But there is . class Of hasty
people longing 10 pluck 1lntipc fruit They
ere impatient to have the Government is
sue q proclamation abolishing slavery;
c!l:crs insist that il should make dcclara-
lion Of purpose to receive and protect |
tlc slayes who escape from the rebels |
but the time is not yet for either course to.
he taken. The 'prccipitates" must await |
tic inexorable logic of events,
There is lime for all things, and the time
'or the emancipation Of four millions Of
Saves has not arrived. How near or how
distant the eyent na; be is unknown to
mo1ta1s. II may burst upon cur polit-
ical heavens as suddenly as the late COM
Ell; OR it may be postponed for years or
generations. But that the shackles will
fall sooner or later from the limbs of~eve-
II bondman in the United States, is as sure
ss that just God ruleth over the affairs
Of men.
The proclamation Of emancipation would
be issned tomorrow, if the whole loyal
people Of the Union desired it, No Presi-
dent or Cabinet OF Congress would dare
to stand in the way Of the popular will.
But the people are not a unit in the affirm
atiye Of the proposition; nor IS there
msjority in its favor. And until the loyal
masses are substantially unanimous in de-
mandiDg the abolition Of slavery By mill
taIy proclamation, no such step can be ta-
ken. But while popular sentiment falls
far short Of The wholesale eradication Of
the accurssd thing, never before did the
opinions Of men take such rapid strides in
that direction. Tens Of thousands of
Northern men who, six months ago, re-
garded slaves as the most respectable and
sacred property" on earth, low look up
OIL the system cf slavery as an unmitlga-
ted evil, and would gladly see it extermi-
mated if any practicable method could be
devised. Great numbers Of men who have
never gone the little length of
opposing the extension Of slavery into free
territory, and were always ready, for the
sake Il "peace," to adopt any pro slavery
compromise, and make any new concession,
however degrading to the North, are now
among the foremost in demanding that the
war shall be waged with the whole power
Of the nation against the Shareholders, and
that there shall be no compromise save IN
conditional submission to the Constitu-
ton and the Union. Others, formerly de-
eignated as "seruile doughfaces," insist
That this war shall be continued until sla-
very, the disturbing cause in our political
system, shall be removed forever. At the
head OF this numerous class stands Daniel
S. Dickinson, a conspicuous and influen-
tial leader of the conservative" or pro-
slavery wing of the Northern Democracy.
His south-side sympathle5 have long been
notorious; but the rebellion Of the slave
holders has wrought complete change in
his mind. In speech made at tile Fifth
Avenue Hotel il New York, not many
weeks since, lie is authentically reported
to have declared, with great earnestness
Of manner, before an audience composed
of the leaders. ard "solid" men of his
party, that "the South, first by seeding
a and second by firing on the old flag, has
"closed the door Of reconciliation. HI
"was for meeting them on their ow,
"ground. He would have no halEwa,,
measures-no compromises. Let us settl
this thtng speedily and surely. It ma
ruin this generation, but ne owe it Il
"next that Ney shall Aace no such trouble
=" as 4ce Aare had. He would strike now, i
"our might and, if necessary, wipe til
"South slavery from the face the earth
ale knew that they would have civil wa,
tsand, what was far worse, scribe war
and he would make the prophecy tha
sJythe time this matter aoas settled the 1accs
liar institution Of the South seould be s,eel
"aseay. LET Is FINISH THINGS WHILE IF
ARE ABOUT IT, AND LEAVE NOTHING 81
HIND Cs to torment our children or d
"stroy the liberty Of our pssterity."
The only difference between this old chi,
of the hard shell democracy and the ba
ance Of his party is, that he has come to
*tkrow1edge Of the truth sooner than the,
The Light has broken on his vision moi
powerfully than on theirs. He is boldt
man than The average Of men. Havin
discovered that slare7y was the cause
the rebellion: that the possession ofslaV'
made traitors Of their owners; that Slav
IT and the Union we're antagonisms, Al
ene or the other must perish, he did n
hesitate to throw his weight into the sea
Of Liberty and Enion- Thousands vi
have been with him and with the South I
every political question heretofore. q
with him now, and say: let slavery d
rather than the Union shall perish. B
the majority Of his party friends shril
lack from the dread alternative, st
hoping that rebellion can be put down al
slavery be permitted to remain t
disturbed. They try to persuade thcl
selyes that the cause Of the revolt is son
thing else than slavery; that it is disa
pointed ambition; deprivation Of ofie
removal from political control Of t
Government 4 few shallow min
ascribe it to the Indifferent executi
Of the fugitive slave Law, enactm'
OF personal liberty bills, the elect
of Lincoln, and other foolish reaso
But Dickinson, discarding all ST
Himsey stuff, goes straight to the fount
frum whence issue The bitter waters
disunion and treason. The system
slavery he pe1ceives to be at the bottom
the whole trouble. It is the disturb
element in the American political syst
which produces all our wo, and he boil
p1escribes the only remedy suft1cien
powerful to remove the disease in the bk
polite and restore the nation to mt
health.
Long established opinions founded
error, and deeply rooted prejudices, are
treme]y difficult to remove Many bio
battles must Jet be fought; thousand:
loyal soldiers, We fear, must fall by
bullets of the shareholders; sadness
mourning must be felt in every housel
for lost OF MANNED Sons and brothers !;
cuniary distress must pinch the rich,
well as the poor, before all our people
get their eyes and hearts open 70 the G