New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-13


dency thus ACCIDENTALLY given; while on ID,
other, the resistance las been growing graau
oily stronger and stroager, as ths people Of
the North have become more and NOR,
aroused TO TIE necessity Of defcNse, till i. has be-
come, ID length, life-and-dsath conflict, which
can never again be pretermittca tin obs or ths
other of the two forces is completely triumphant
The influence Of this desperate battle rsu,i6os
INTO every institution Of the county, from Con-
gress to the pefAest OF Ward me.Sogs; from
| the most solemn c0n.Sation of ecclesiastical
] bodies TO the hunblcst OF Sunday ScLosls; from
the most gigantic OF commercial and Industrial
enterprises to the NEST insignificant Of shops:
in short into every interest Of sOciefy, in moral,
its social, its religious, its political, its ecenomi
cal relations; till go whore We Blay We cannot
escape the din Of the conflict or get teycnd ts
influence 1t is in vain to say wo have nothing
to do with il; yainer st to say that it ought to
be quoted. IL cannot be got rid Of, it csrAet
be quoted, It cannot be made eFea to pause for
single instant, while Slavery and Freedom dwoA
together in strife and hatred On the Same CONT
nent. They clash and rush together in desperate
attempts each TO Kill the other of the face Of the
earth forever, and viii do SO ali the more under
the aggrayatiOn of pretended reconciliation.
1t is neither manly nor wise to dodge this issue,
nor TO attempt 10 conceal its reality. The South
has assumed its position, from which We know
il will not rccedc, that the essential OF society
among them is negro Slavery that" Us Dir.
Seward said in his admirable speech OF Chi
cage, in October last, they prefer Slavery
g even to Union; so that if we viii not acquiescs
" ia allowing them 10 maintain, fortify, and ek.
tend Slavery on unequal terms, then they
Z" will dissolve the Union, and we will oil 60
clown together, or all suffer 2 common desola.
" ton" We of the Free States, have no res.
son to fear such (" dcsOlatiOn." However much,
for many reasons, we may deprecate disuuiOn.
that which we do and ought TO fear thou.
sand times mere is submission TO the
demand of the South ito maintain. fortify
"and extend Slavery" Ard while loyal de.
votion to our own convictions and our own
sense Of duty forbid such submission, it is not
wise and it is not manly that we should deceive
the South. Her opcnness and candor deserve
the like from US. She should be hoodwinked by
no mean subterfuge. nlisled By no promise kept
to fine ear 70 be broken to the hope, put off with
no proteNt, made TO gain time and temporary
peace, that we, for our part, forego contest.
and submit 10 defeat, while we know that they.
on theirs, will accept no other than the ultimate
result Of the struggle. We are trcacherous to
our Saxon blood, treacierous to our civilization.
trcacherous to the wants and tie spirit of our
age, if either we yield single inch in this con-
fict, or pretend to yield it with treacherous
intent of gaining an advantage By the practice
of low deceit upon those who know what they
are striving for, and who know what the people
Of the North win seek, despite the petty plans Of
politicians and despite compromises less en-
during than the parchment on which they are
written