New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-26

rpllhet OF slsvesOl1ere, Il Win them OILY announcer
name for an Aboliiionist." II belrg ouly posi- l.
TO render Slavery by interrosng the embodied
orce OF The unity, in its Government, agaihsi
The natural impulse Of each oi>ineIest,d membei
thereof 60 strike IL down, tie slayehoder must no.
nls govern tie Government to keep II from dolEl
u,lice between himself AID ooDdman, but lie mas
own IT, that be may use il as slleld aganst i'ri
vidua intervention. Yet il is constantly liable e.
70 swept out OF his hands and carried back TO u
natural orbit by tie powerful tides Of human iL0agi
| aud feeling which lever ceare 10 fOv. And 60 ne
is never al rest. lie must be always roiiiog hl'
stone. precarious tenure OF lis .aves is in'oera
Die to him. The constant yrecuriihg fear Of lOriis
the power Of governing excites ia bis nind Vleoil'
70 him the mont hid,Ous--Of universal emancipation
The probability of it goes oirecly home 10 Lis pocket
by reducing The market value OF his slaves
| II Is, therefore, by no means enough Tor mn 10
have present possession OF Governn cot. lie mus
have IL for ali time; and Of this be mus, have guarar
tees. II results tnat tue ore lie getr TIE more a.
wants. He can, of course, never e, absolute guar
autees, b.canse lie IL in conflict with tue Aosolute
lie moral world moves, aud Governments move
with 10, and boi1 move though ifregilarly, IN tuc
direction Of ops usli,e; ana hence bis Institution
continues less IN questic IN stie oil I'll ne
en- 90. Ibus slav,holaiug inevitably begets an H.
.ense and eyer-a1f meniug lust OF power, when
Dotiug fully appease, but which Wonid, II nol
overcome advance, step by STEP, from one ssat Of
authoIiy 10 another, uul IL covered the Whole con
tiueni with ils black pail.
4 T6e annals OF our country @ ound with illnstra-
lions - enforce this tesC, ing The tlavehoidcrs
commenced under systela with much IN IRE tian
a moderate degree OF Iower. They had, Ia fact,
lag re preponderance il the Government. They were
uueruiOst il both Houses Of Congress, apd ~ The
Juoi iaiy aud Executive DeTatmenis. u IL rue
they might, III the Sepuie, lee ultimately overcome
aud The constantly expsI ding populations "a ihe
tee North II ishr sVon neutFaHs tLein IA toe honse
Never, elrs. they could at I'll times choose their
ogn President. They had votes 10 the Electoral
Ccil,ge equal 10 their entire woe IN Congress and,
while beir unity Was, Of course, Ierie l. The rl
was, ~ oil times, more or lees oi,lced. us nvai
candidates for the Presidency would compete Tor the
vote OF tie slavehodeIs Tor perinissyn to take Vi.
Office il trust for them, use II under tier 0lts-
iou TIE patronage and power Of tie Executive
Office were ample 70 have enabled them, by keeping
tie other Depar nts generally filed With their tef-
vitors 10 dominate over tie country.
Tbis was their original policy. In pursuance Of;
il, they eered nearly all our Presitenis; appointed
our Jud,isry; carried CoDgrersesi ADMITTED
Missouri, Arkansas, Florida, and Texas Invoked
us in TIE war with neXico; passed Tue fnsiuNe
tlive las; annulled tie Mi,solIi compromise car
ned on tie war sinst kansas, and Kept thai Stale
ont Of the Union for four yeafs-gOv.Tned TIE coun-
try 10 short, entirely in their own way, for three
foarths OF rentary. As part Of TINS pohcy, tnel
subtidized a large number OF tie public n'en and
public press of tie North. The Democratic parry
was their tool rs long at they waited 70 use ~ :
ana tDeh tney oiVhe ~ i'NV fi'''' "'N 49," y
away.
TIER plan Of operations was, indeed, mott eX-
ctllen and IN hauds tEful IS theirs, need never
have failed Of IL purpose. Bot they were not con-
tent with tie vast power . gave them. lhen 10,
siincts inUtllsd them 10 look toyond u 10 SUI
grsa,er ACKNOWLEDGEMENT aud sal.iHy. How could
ey being sliyehoiens be saiisied viii any Init
sti0n, present prospective, ceruhu or contingent
tDsir hrst policy was accordingly fuTe'seded gra.
dGaly by o more radical Etd ambitions one Of
Nvi The tel'i.n cOIyuslfQ the nation ~ the
effect.
As early 10 1872, il bectus the settled purpose Of
Mr. Calhoun aud his disc les 10 organize The soulh
into a distinct State. IL was not originally hoS
ever their vIsb 10 dissolve the Union. lher pre-
ferred iueI was 10 charge the Federal system. They
wAu'ed - refine on the original plsn by rendering
the South Que and equal confederate IA the y =
ten W ia the North; thus inahiGg tie oIg4ollaton
! not only Federal Government Of several States.
hut having tue South united az one, Will poSer Ci
control over tie whole. IL "a hng neoesssry 10
tina end that the South shooll baye ia soue foIr, q
final negative or veto POWER; so thst nptLi,g could
he done by the Government without he's assent. 10
hold tba Senate would suffice for this aud IN vas
the ioutastion of that desire for equilibrium"
- .ch induced the Shareholders for long time %
fuse to admit into the Union any ffce State thout
COUPLING herewith ave State. Tlis proving m
st ic1ent, the Southern mind, under tie plastic re
nins OF Mr. Calhoun abandoned the ideS Of an eqUl-
lir I'm for the more importing aud attractive d:enl
r Of Independence. THIS gentleman e'sbora'ed and
enforced hs Vie with great eioquence and power
ia the Senate Ia 1850 wten be suggested an amend
meht 10 the Constitution. He piopoeed that The
Executive department be recognized, with two
Pr, sidenis instead of Lot one; 10 have charge Of
foreign AID the other domestic affairs; one 10 be
from the North, the other the South, nnd each 10
, have a veto upon Congress and each OTTER.
Although this proposition was regarded at tho
North as extremely visionary and Trep0sterous and
was never atsin presented 10 the sane form, lis 'n-
PRODUCTION marks the period Of new system OF po-
l.tical action in the SOlth Every subsequent move
ment OF the Southern leaders has had reference to
the principle here involved. Independence bas been
siuoe then their C, ntral Neutrality-suspicious. in
Of the Union. Their first effort after this was 10
make Slave States OFT Of all the Territories aud to
admit them and TO continue tue acquisition OF ter
IItory along the Southern ne for the purpose,
with view to constitute the Senate the permanent
organ Of the South Accordingly, the Missouri
Compromise was annulled; Nebraska divided into
two Territories TO form ultimately four States;
aud the bred Scott opinion announced. These meas
ures all parts OF u contIiraey. TIE Supreme
Court were 10 ad Judge oil territory Of the Union
slave territory; that the minions OF the South
might step in take pos session. and send up the Sem
arors duly ccrtfcated. 1t never occurred 10 them
that the North would In SPITE OF their indiia de.
cree vrest their possessions from them by superior
emigration. But it 30 happened that Kansas was
the key TO The whole issue, and the North iIet ts
eve upon Kansas, and determined, cost what IL
might, 10 secure it. The acquisition Of Kansas by
nd intensely Anti Slavery population dashed the fine
scheme Of the slaveho ders and left them no other
resort, if they would have Independence, than at
tempt 10 win it by war against the Government.
And this attempt We have in tho present rebellion.
| And here let me pause for a brief moment, to pay
meIed tribute OF respect and gratitude 20 my con-
.tituency. Brave, devoted, magnauinous heroic
| people proudly do l bear your bonored name in
these Halls Sir. theirs is the glory o. these event.
fol days; TO them belongs the credit Of having iret
| ioterposed barrier to cbeck the progress Of de-
potic rule on this continent. Ksnsas lost we should