New-York daily tribune., 1861-01-19

,theIwise, why has South Carolina never formally
protected agalns ,nose atemptsi Why has her dele
CATION never aked Congress to unite with her in sneh
protest And why has she never resorted 70 ths
reneEy for such grievances, that retaliaory Legislation
advised by her great leader, Calboun' With WHIT
decercy can she claim such abort re attempts at |
nnllifcatiOn, as sufficient cause for ds1U ION,
other extreme Southern States, have for years |
been successfully nullifyng our ne atfalry |
laws, and lave against the Pira,ical slevetTe which
greater propriey she, or those other ;tates com
p,in If distractions TO the recovery Of fugves by |
mobs of free negroes and the degs Of Northern Safes
wien sho, and those her neighbOrs alb mobs under
their society, to haSlually insult "a maltret North
eIn men ard DEPRIVE them of t.eir Constitutional
rights The iustanees Ere very numerous where 4
Northern men q respes.abity Fave, without cause
other than that of their Northern sdenoe oeen
PEELED 20 leave unfinished buiisess and Depart fro,n
those States Under the threat of ynch law, Some mon
who nave been settled in those States with their Is IN
es have been compelled 80 ts leave for 70 cause Dat
their Northern biz b. or perhaps, in addition beoause
when ptt ttrrogateS tley would not ada. that Slavery
divine institution. How many have been ac'u-
ally murdered foT other s dark secret which
will never be fufy disclosed. II sespecled ths there
has been nearly many Of such murders as there has
been Of owners 0bstrued in the reovery Of la tives
Tie inssnceseof the latter are certainly noS one IN
twenty perl cps not one in fifty, when compared with
the instances en which Northern men and w0g zen have
been causee-sly driven from the extreme Southern
States in contempt and despite Of the express con-
suOna guarantee Of their right to be thesN. Yet
is expected hat shall adopt the quarrel q men who
thus perpeTae actual cDtcttU qualification, and aid
them in suiung this great nal ion and ourselves,
be,aufe Of attempted nullification by Others.
We ha2 thought, we of the Border Tjtates had
thought that had something beside our large inter-
est in Slavery that worthy care and even our
affection. Among these are, cur wbole country, our
whole pation our several States, the great of
civil liberty here and elrewbere ard hereafter,
the gresi. OF republican, cOnfedeTs.ed govern
ment the love of peale and odIum of evil war; the
love for children and their pote,y, the strong
dc Ire fer National State and Individual prosperity all
deTen0ent, together with the safety aD1 permanent
OF the slave institution Itself the preser-
walton of the Union. But eUeR y tie sts1e institution
not thRS dePcHdeA, re k@Ce no reason 10 dteM
50 tra@SCeHdtHhy important To Teqaee us To 0gcT-
o0 disregard entirely, Jor ts Sast, oil those other
great IteJests and natural JecIHgS StH less shonh
reqRIe t. disregard all sense 0f yasttce, aPpTOr
ing naiscriminat,iy ythiRg done the cause Of
tie SLS-ery pT0pdgdRdd, and ceHsHrtgg eveTythiRg
done By the pdTts0ns IF Free S0dsm. We have the
right it is duty, impartoy 20 weigh the faults
Oh both sdes and many Of certainly do believe that
the peent cIi- IL full much the taht Of the Fire
Eater Disuuionists Of the Republicans and on the
Of notification that the former are more culpable
than the latter
The only other great cause of complaint made by
SOuh Carolina is the election of Lincoln. This cause
for disunon has been often discussed and its inru
oiency proved as thing by tee that II need not be
Gwelt upon. But IL Is alleged that the election OF
man Of his principles indicated such hostility against
Slavery to prove settled purpose TO aboi- IT, lie
az knOwlsdges TO strong prejudice against It, that be
believes il to be morally socially and politically wrong
that il would be all the better for The country If 1t
had existed; but as it has grown up under the
sane ion Of law, that Congress ought not 90 interfere
with it in the States, if il bad the power which
he distinctly says has not. He further says that the
South is entitled 10 an efficient fugitive slave law,
which il is the duty OF the Government 10 enforce and
if ali power the subject Of Slavery were gwen 70
him, re does not know what he could do With such
power for the permanent benefit Of either the black or
whites and certainly should not exert il for the pnr-
poses of immediate emancipation. Now, however
Objectionable 20 the South OF these opinions may
be- vet it is an undoubted fact that these very same
opinions held by every President We have ever
had unless jackson, Tyler Taylor, and Polk be ex-
CeTtiOns.
The sonth Carolina manifesto says that when Lincoln
becomes Pretident, " the slaveholdng States will no
longer have Tie power Of selgovernment or sefpro-
lection" H,TapOlogiet ALTO ray, more distinctly what
the means that il row, the South will so0n be UNI
able TO protect s slave property against Northern ag-
gTession This if it really felt would be dast-
ard But they who pretend 10 feel it are no cow
ards, and are hypOcricay stimulating fear not felt
There words 10 express the scorn due TO
the afeCtaliOn OF s0ch fear as a paltry pre-
text for disunion. Kentucky lies right in the path OF
any such aggression and must be the first 70 bear the
brunt yet sle feels fear for her property In the
calm felfrelance of proper manhood she scorns all such
danger. Her erprOperty is amply secured by the Conr
tuition against al approaches Of the law and she can
not onceiye OF any body of men having the temerty
to cIoss her border without law 10 rob her of he
property. She has the most undoubtng confidence In
her ability TO project herelf against such law
less violence. Even supposlDg that most i'm |
probable event that the Federal Government |
should become active participants in such an ag |
gression agajnet the South. are not her eight |
millions Of peoE competent to their sef-protection
within the Union against 10 inefficient Government |
II not how they protect themselves against the
North when il becomes host lie, separate nation; how
protect hersef against any other powerful nation
Within the Union should always bave divided |
North to resist, while ont Of the Union the united
strength Of the whole North would be arrayed against
us. No KentuCk4n would abate single dollar IL the |
price of his slaves account of any such danger.
The fear ought to be still less, if possible further
South than with There really such fear felt;
it il all pretense, gotten mp pretext for dsunion.
What slender iHducement do they afford us TO Join
Southern Confederacy, when thus avowing Its incom-
petency'to seh-pro'ection,
Trough the eight millions superab lndantly able
TO protect themselves within the Union, yet their abii
y 10 properly protect Themselves out OF against the
eighteen millions WHO will be made inveterate enemies
by the very act Of separation may well be doubted.
BY very probable union with the British possessions,
the North would at once become the owner OF the
largest commercial marine in the world and upon that
basis could soon create naval marine equal TO that of
England. With hardy, enterpriing population Of
more than twenty millions, and with such navy, or
the tenth Of il, how could our eight millions cope
with them; how, indeed even without such junction
with the Brtsh Colonies With our potts blockaded,
our wb, commerce stopped, our agricultural products
left 10 rot on our hands, the sinews Of war dried up
among us, we could be coerced into an
lghoD iniors submission without even an in
yasion Of long line Of undefendable
inland border. II wanted the consolation 70 be
derived from the glory of wel-stIcken fields of battle,
should have TO incur all the disadvantage Of being
ourselves the invaders. The South would exhibit the
impeuous valor Of the French, but it would be met by
the stubborn courage Of the English. The ultimate
victory would be the side Of the greatest numbers
and tie largest purse, aided by the only naval force