New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-05
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY s, 1861


"uitbin the ;,risdi,<ion ard under the author
city Of the Constitution 81 the United States.
And this counsel no gave on Inc broad grounC
that Slavery is wrong, and theretC'Fe ine1pedieh'
| and ruinous, and Freedom right, ana therefore
wise; swimming up with the impressive >iate'
ment that "aDy new combination must be baseG
on the pincple Of tho Southern Democratic
4" facton, that Slavery is inherently just and
" benefccnt, aud ought TO be protected, lrhieh
can no Longer be tolerated in The North or else on
"the principle of the Northern Democratic faction
"tbat Slavery is Indifferent and unworthy of
A" Federal protection, which is insufficient in the
O. the South, while the national mind has actually
passed far beyond both Of these, and is settled
In the conviction that Slavery, wherever, and
hOwsoeyer it exists, exists only to be regretted
and deplOrcd." And therefore he cOunseled,
after enlarging upon al these points, that the
country should correct its error Of forty years
standing, "beeause the necessity Of q return TO
" the old national way has become at last ABSo-
- Lutte rad IMPERATIVE"
This mastery speech is before us in TIN TRIB-
rEg. Of exactly five months ago to-day. We
have read it with renewed admiration, as lhe
uttcrance Of wise, far-seeing, and virtuodS
statesman, who, with a mind above mere parti'
san pclitics, foTesaw the destiny Of bis country,
cherished her honor ard dignity, and based her
prosperity upon her lathlulnes' to the great doc
trine Of the rights of man.
That speech was delivered b. thc Hon. VIM.
II. Seward. Had il been made ire months later,
il would hare raised him 10 a pinnacle Of fame
where men are never placed except by revOlu-
ton. But from it we turn 10 that Of the 3lst of
January, in the United States Senate, aud we
learn that there has, indeed, been for some twelve
years or 20 question Il Slavery IN the Terri
tories but that i has ceased TO be " 2 practical
" quC-ton." Soas few dozen men, I is true, |
have been made slaves Of in some distaus region, |
but that need not trouble w. There is more |
ial question now before the country. AZ insti-
stituton which We can the Union, Mr.. Seward
ihiBks takes precedence Of d" natural justice and
80 q human rights" Parties, platforms, inter.
,sta, principles, 'the pa5lic conscience" every
hing, must yield TO the demands OF The Union.
Even the Chicago Platform, that noble declaration
y natural justice ord human rights, and the
,rpat Republican party, in whose creed the moral
2n.on ef mankind, and L., laws ard systems vi
ny fathers are embodied and honored must now
~ "repzrsscd and suppre57el," all annihlated
ma ;nnde TO disappear" in tho saving OF the
noa, sgch is the Last word Of Republican
philosopher and statesman. lis. 10 forgotten the
IN OF qarcb, and the fate Of Daniel Webster !
For forty year, then, after ~, thCre has been
10 such signal AID lameutaJlo failure; the decla-
alton " That the unequaed aud glorious C0nsti-
. tuition which our fathers gaze ~, carries with
ID il, a. itatsoOds our eagles, not Freedom, but
8 Slavery" waa simply the TRUTH the compro-
niscr. did 10 more than their duty IN abandon
NJ ua,ura! justice and human rights; the
IL. Of Mr.. Seward himself, 80 faT ss ii has
,ecn distinguished BY his advocacy Of the
tights of humanity, has been a mistaAei the Re
publican party has been, ever since it came into
'Aistoucc, q al'1eraJle biIHdeF, to be abandoned
low at tho frs. convenient opportunity .he civil
izat0n, the morality, tie literature, nay, the
cligion Of tie world, j in error; and nothing Is
ight bat the Union, wlicb the " Southern DEM
ocratic factigH," Who declare "ttat Ssycry
is inherently JUS, bcnchc,ut, and ought to be
IS protected" GRO determined 20 destroy, unless
hry can estabhsh this dogma by Northern CON-
session. Mr.. Seward Of G;o little months ago has
.ur Ino-t cordial appreciation, aud even our warm
.st tLanks, for as brave aud noble words, and
,ur respect fox them is too great 70 permit - 10
,Qrco with III, Mr. Seward Of last week
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