New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-24
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however, III nj. reasJn, liantr M II, YET az 10
oil probability it II not 10 lie repeated IN an! H inc
cOmug ceutGric. should not. even II clearly io'eeen
by the Society, nave been allowed 10 work the R"s'
change u. lie pliu,i pee or general course. 81,
What If our Southern brethren Lad taken 20 inc
eating If vegetable which produces insniy, ana
such insanity drl'e IFS subjects 10 htoei'a@e
destruction Of existing governmenis ouiel! ~
wLOly UNEXPECTED OcCurreutt, suCh neNeI-'V-'N n
mated singul uitv even had it thrown uron us 'ne
necessity OF aiming million Of men, would no' mn t
dis rediled nor called for the least changing ne
aul-war and ani-armI piih, Ter "i our 'iosary-
eating OF tLe vegetable wOuG-fOrutly II
have b, en- sreedy enGt d. and that source o. 10,
nave been cloed forever. But The PIE o' IA; =;
d,es 10 more than would thai, show de'eou, e'ee "a
PRINCIPLES. TIE Slavery, "i lob 10 'ne IT,, :,
of H. is now TO die and as il j. hardly posi- J. that
viii ever live again 80 it is hardly pos lD' tuat ms
tyre OF insanity will ever tie rtprOdneu auu ~ y
hardly possibIe that socI'y VIII ever again nave
accession 10 sprrove tie raising Of armies. tOr
hougb the atsions pgejudl,e-, aud perN erseness 90
mon Lepet many forms OF ms nifty, Southern slavery
only l. capable Of driving millions to the mad WORK OF
Violently oveiibrowing Government " hose rHlity
toward them and indulgence OIL tIeIn tIe tue Vhly
wrong il has done them.
Is there one who doubts that the South il iusane,
~ that Slavery Is the cause of her lusaily we
iie lin 10 "a few Of the proofs OF II. Is not neces
sary speak OF her addressing herself desnty to the
maintenance of Slavery "a qulfter OF century ago,
wien many parts of ChiiseEdom were nddng
themselves OF tie accused thing. More recent proofs
o. her lnedihfy " Ill SulllCe.
FIRST: What could more certainly tend to make heT
slaves impatient Of their woke Than Ii tenlug TO tie
words and drinking in the spirit OF those who had ot en-
hurled back 10 Slavery after having escaped from u,
and for years grown ID the o"iedse ana TOT ear
enjoyed the sweets of Liberty And vet The SCUM,
Instead Of earnestly de,i'iug that no tuglive thNes
should ever return to leaven the lump al enhg'ten
the ignorance of Ter block population, got law
enacted ten years ago, under winch size hhs oeeh
able to scatter these fugitive iebrahds all through Der
pOwGer-bOuse
>ero,d She repealed the Missouri Compromise 50
reckless she Of iuccnsiug the NOith against her
| bad iaith and against slavery.
Thud. The bred ScOit decision, which she drove
the Supr me Court IT the United States TO make, was
another kindling Of the North against Slavery.
Fourth. All through the last year the South has
been exasperatirg the North And Outihglng tie moral
sense Of the world, by impiisoiiug, or iarihg ana
fetberiDg, whipping, or banging Innocent Norm
ern men and women Greater VIII he such elect Ire III
her inviting swans of sea u ae- to prey upon our
commerce And slill greater should II be from her
seizing our feamen ana selling them luo Slavery, as
she has recently done.
Fth: She has broken away from the nation, and
thereby lot oilv reVe Id the Fugitive Slave Act, hut
deprived herself OF the strong arm OF fede al pIottc-
tiOn from her iusurpeDt ebtves,
Srh. The South might have left US in peace, bad she
but asked to lei her do 90. But yron,s cannot al
They take iihOu asking. More than thl-, we would
soon have acQut seed in Ter breaking out OF tie nato
could she but have restrained he.seli from warning
uponit. But tyrants cannot restrain Themselves from
III true that GONef ufleut nilt NJ nave
continued occupy Southern forts and collect ITS
Southern revenurt-but not for Than n year or
two. The whole North would ere long have sAid: II
the South dOes hot want us We do not wait her. II
she prefers to 10 nation by herself let her be II.
she preers another government Ours IL there lot 1T
leas seeming oppression aud meanuese IN our oerlN'
Jug her OF tie means OF supporting = To a patent
South the North would have been like TO concede muoh
more than Justice col Ted for.
Scp,ntt The South il uine her black people against
She puts spades, aX6s and hammers INTO iands
OF some, aud arm 1t If sad inIo The Lands Of OF hes
Thus Oagly does she invite % IRE our black peo-
pie against ULless the sball be ended very
room black regiments will he Teen marching South
ware. God forbid lbat should arm the slaves un-
less II he such OF them into military orgGiliza-
lions aud under intelligent and merliul guidance
Certainly so long 81 ~ be made free OtbeTwte,
it would he great Wi keduess to them and leave
them 10 their own ignorant, wild md revengefu i'm
pues | would commend General Butler for restTHiu-
lux the slaves from FILLING upou the nasters and MIR
tresses. But would have him elther put them into
his ranks and subject them 10 utary rule, or seuo
them where they can oe haru ers ~ well ~ Tree Inc
South u.s. however provoking serNlle isurrecohs anu
tie prov Okec North IN on u eve OF W-c NIL tnet
Egghfh The North IL rich, and the South ~ POOR She
hss Anavy and tie South has not. The North, beside
tie black population of the whole land ia heart WITH
her has mo tHn twice as many VIII es ~ the South
fle syupatly Of tie world is with the North. Ihir
fragrant tea.On ard this organizing natl N on tie
boasted bas OF slavery have Turned The world Sgainst
tie South Yet, Ia sf lie OF all tils, Tie SCUM ahes
M j. the disparity in all these essential respects, the
Sonth msts at it il lar. ely oveDalsnced By the un-
naleeo courage Of berseli and the unparalleled cow
aIcicc Of her foe.
need refer 10 no more proofs that the South il mad,
and that Slavery has de her Alas Ills nadness
aud aAs ta the North Is ~ extensively responsible
for il All over the North have tlere been found
PRIESTS politicians publishers, merchants, aud manu-
factuiers wiling TO -esh purlote by ieriny-
ing 10 the righfnIess Of Slavery, ano by haiteflnS
Shareholders il tleir binding and msddeliue fln,
Let us thank God that anything even though 1t had
10 lie this iusanity Of the whole Slu'h, hss brought
Slavery TO it, dying hour. Never will The Amer
lean Peace Society wi mes the need Of lng arnt
10 put do WI REASONABLE onslaught upon our Govern
men For the cau-e OF 20 fOrildatl, al Outlhuebt
will be gone wten Slavery is gone. Besides when
Slavery II gone from the whole world the whole world
will ihen lie freed not only from souice OF war, but
from the most cfne aud horild foFm 81 war. For
slavery is war IA. ell m the Of Thus bns
the Peace Sociey, ts well as the Abolition society,
much 70 hope for from ts grand uplng OF the North
For while The whole North reoices in tie direct and
immediate object Of the uprsiug-the maintenance 81
Government; and while the Abolitiunsts do III ad-
dOn thin object cheIb The further one OF me aOo-
ltion of Slavery, the Peace men are happy 10 know
tat the abolition Of Slavery will he the abolition OF
one form Of war; tie drying up Of one source Of war
and Of one source Of occasions for raieing armies
The TX planslon Of tLE Southern in'ali'y Is a Tim
ne AZ The fast is obvious. The worst tyranny-sucb
~ the habit Of absolute control over others can alone
eenerate-preTsred the way for TN. INSANITY Sdcb
tyIanny is itself but little short OF lDssniy In TINS
case the VIII OF the tyrspt Is bis only law; snd when
circumstances favor H. the viii becomes 70 Insane as
10 stop at no obstacle ia Its way, and submit TO no ce-
MIL of lite qualification. That he slave oldeIs could
succeed IL drawing the into tie vortex Of this
ipsity il easily OK Iained Ia the light OF the fact that
The Southern nisses full VI Ignorance as tie
shareholders are of int lhgeuce and as ready to be
sSayed as the lavehOders are TO sway.
am not unaware that all through my letter have
said the S0uth, instead of he Seceoed States: l