New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-28

an nnsubetantisI form liable 10 be decomposcd az
the touch OF single State. Or course such an an
arehica prefention-so inslnet WIN az sne
ne, q Of Slayery-mnst be encountered peremtori,y'
IL il not enough to declare our dissent from IL we
must see that our conduct 10 such "a not 10 give
any recognition or foothold.
But Instead Of sconting this prefension and utterly
snnrniup it from the Government, rev concessions
-, Sjaye,v were prayely propOunded rs the means Oh
nacifeation-hke new sacrifice offered 10 ~ ooSceue
niyiitv n was argued that III tbis way the border
States 1T least night oe preserved TO the ohio, a
some of the Cotton States, perhaps, 10 won osch "
mir duiy: In other words that Ia confederation Oh
inch concessions these States would consent TO waive
the present exeroie Of the pretenoed iignt W so.
rion AgsiDst all such proposllions-wl'nou Soh
,idering their cbaraeer-t- eie was on tLe uiesnou
one obvious end imperative objection. IL was clear
that the very bargain or understanding, whstpef ex
moss or implisd was recognition Of this pfetehue1
ioht and that a State yielding only 10 this appeal
and detained through CONCESSIONS praclcay asserts
this cinim and holds u for future extrcife 1aHquom
gJo6;u, IN poRfaa Thus concession, called small,
Iecou ga infinite for it conceds the pretended night
of secession and makes the permar ence OF the Ma
tional Goyernn ent impossible. Amidst all the grave
respo, tbiies of the hour II belongs to us to take
care that the lie OF the Repu lie Is sacredlY pre-
served But this would be sacrificed at once, old we
snbmit TIA existence to the conditions sought 10 be
imposed.
Bnt booking at the concessions proposed have
always found them utterly unreasonable and inde,
lensibe. | should not expose them now, II they oid
not constantly testify TO the Origin and Msn-sping
Of tia Rebellion. slavery was always the single
subject matter, and nothing else. Slavery was not
opy an integral part Of every concession, but the
single irteger. The single idea was to give some
new securlty-in some iorm-to slavery inat
/ brilliant statesman, Mr.. Canning In one OF those
eloaueu, speeches, which charm 50 much by the
nyle. said that he was tired of being security
grinder" but bis experience was not comparable 10
ours. Security grinding in the name Of slavery
has been for years the way In when we nave Gu
countered this Conspiracy. =,
The propositions al uie last Congress began with
the Presidents Message, which IN itself was ,ne
long concession. You do not forget lis sympathetic
norIraute of the dissfiecticn throughout the Slave
Sates or his testimony TO the cause. NOtori0ufly
and bameuIly lie heart was wIth the couspIrators,
and lie koew intimately the msiD.spring # their
conduct. He proposed nothing snort Of general
surrender TO Slavery, aud thus did ne pfoeinlh
Slavery az the head and ffont-the very edHS"
4 cou,oSs-of The " hole crime.
You have not forgotten the Peace Copferenee--as
I, Was delusiyely undiscovered at Washington
on the sunsnons of VrgnII, with John Tyler In the
char. where New-Nork as well as Massachusetts
was represented by some Of her aCieet ana mos, non
o,ed ciizeus The sessions were with closed doorsi
hat Il il now known that throughout the proceed
MOS lasting for weeks nothing was discussed but
, slavery. And the proro mons hnhiiy ad9p'ed oy
J the Convention were confined 70 Slavery fofoeai-
inc all details il will be enough 10 ray that ihey UNI
de,ook 10 give TO Slavery positive protection IN the
J Constitution, with new sanction and immunity
making IT, Notwithstanding tie determination OF our
; Futbers kot,0Rai instead Of Sectional; and even
more than this, making 10 one OF the estehtiai anu
ueruauent parts of our Republican system. But
SIsyery il sometimes deceptive as at other times
IL is bold; and these proroslti Ins were sun lutter
olitu sse from their studied uncertainty amounting
10 po.itiye duplciiy. At a moment when frapkness
was needed above all things We were treated 10
phrases pregnant with doubts and Controversies sna
were grivey asked, in the name oil slavery W
body them ia the Constitution ,,,,c. d;,.
"a dining the last wiuler, which bore the name
~ the ysueIable Senator from whom they came
AR Crittenden OF Kentucky. These slso related 70
SIlvery Rnd no,hiug else. They were more ol nox-
iona even than those from the Peace Conference.
And vet there were petitioners from the Norih-and
even from Mas5Echusets-who prayed for this great
surrender TO slavery. Considering the character 81
these propositions-thet they sought 20 change The
Constitution ia a insurer revolving 20 the moral
sese 10 foist nto The Constitution tie idea of prop
.ry In man, p.vtv,t c.vory Ia I'll present lerii-
tory south Of &c 3V, and 10 carry II i,v all ,osri
tory Hereafter acquitted south Of that line, and TINS
\ To make our beautiful Stars and Stripes in their
son,hern march the dag OF slavery; considering that
they further tought to give new constitutional seeu-
ritics TO Slavery In the national capital aud IN other
! places within the exclusive Federal iurisdction;
that they sought 10 give new constitutional secuti'
res 10 tie transit of slaves from State 10 state, OPEN
Jag the way TO roll-call OF slaves at the foot Of
Bunker Hill or the ys,ea OF Faneui Han, and tba,
tnsy also sought the disfranchisement OF more than
TO- iDO of my ielOw.citLens Ia Massachusetts, whose
rights are Gxe by the Constitution Of that Common
wealto. drawn by John Adams; considering these
things felt nj the time aud sill feel that the beet
arolosy of these petitioners uist they were ig
uonnt Of the true character OF there propositions,
and taat Ia sipDing the petition they knew not what
they did But even In their ignorance they Testified
20 Slavery while tho propositions were the familiar
\ voice of Slavery crying, "Give, give"
/ liner. WINS another siogl pr Jposion which came
frsui still anotuer quarter. but ke all the Others il
related oxcu.vely To Slavery. IL was TO In ert IN
the text II the Constitution stipulat agaits, any
future amendment by which Congress might be au-
horzed 10 interior, with Slavery ~ the States. Ii
Won read this proposition you will find IL crude and
ill-rhaped-e laTgon OF bad gTammal-a jumble aud
hodge-podge of words-cslculated to harmonic
poorly win tie accurate test OF our Constitution
but even tolerlble in form, IL obnoxious, lie
the rect, iresh stipulation in favor OF Slavery.
Stuff lent surely In THIS respect Ia the actual Cops
tutiop. Beyond this IesnhO,-I " i'll not 20. What
Washington, FHnklip aud Jay would not insert We II
Cannot in rejecting.
do not dwell on other propositions; because they II
attracted ess attention; und yet among these was
one 10 ovelturn the glorious safeguards of Freedom
ret up IN the Free States, known as the Personal II
Liberty Lave. Here a.hn wac Slavery-wilh a II
yeIileance. But there Is one remark which desire
to make with regard TO all these proportions. IL
wus sometimes ssd that the concessions they offered
10 Slavery were q small" What mistake is this h
No concession TO Slavery can be small" FTeedom
is priceless aud in this simple rule al Ike Of inoiab
and iuisprudenee, you will lind the Just measure O
any confession how smuli soever, BY which Freedom
i, sacrificed. Tell me not that IL concerns lew II
only. do not forget the say ing of Antiquity, thai
the be Government IL " here an injury 10 single \
individual is resented ali injury 10 the whole Y
state; nor do forget that memorable instance OF \
our own recent history, where. IN Instant sea, the
thunders Of navy with all the hazards OF war