New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-14
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My DEAR Sm In the very outset Of the con-
troyersy respecting the territory acquired from
Mexico BY annexation. conquest aud treaty, the
free States, through the mouth Of their greatest
Statesman. Daniel Webster, as vel as through a
thousand other authentic uttcrancc', gave iul
and fair warning, in kindly and respectful terms,
that they could not aud would not assent that
Human Slavery should secure 81 increase OF do
minion and power through Mca Annexation.
Here ia the solemn, deliberate, carefully worded
admonition, conveyed through the lips of Mr.
Webster, in bis speech at Niblo's osrden ia this
City, on the 18th OF March, 1sJ7-eisht years
prior 10 the Annexation eyeu of TeXas:
GcuCersn W. al ZEE thsi'y vhcfscotc- gosses'd Tetl
= kcly to b. slsvehoIiins c9pyiy 'li fiHhy Uq- p
Ire unwiIpnsss t DO anything Which ih.H ci.al fs s.y
Of he Afosn rsee this continent, r4d es ,aycsdins
stes the Uuion. When szy ,ia, rigid slavery In se
e,t gsIul sJcisl and poilcA es, ONLY lssssss
sh.cA has b,es sdopied BY dErUbca men, usulees ci
,e, Of sl.,,ho!dlls Stat. sh,l Do uosins ihrio. to
favor or encguGts~ =. lther s,saor We have S'eTy e.
rrdy suoar a. Too Consolation found Il among 4 ~
.o,zed and gave i! solemn alt.e To tho on czt-n o.
no. .urla,s 81 bound a. honor IA a,iic I'D ~ tho
Contribution An the .ipulalons contained in he Coassaiion
in favor Of the savehollns States which seay ia the
Union ought 10 b. hsd md 20 ia depends me- htl be
.be Litter Slavery 4 er., Ia tho States, beyond the
eseh Congress- H Of tie State. tksnsYe, they
have ueyr unlimited 70 Conet aid CO.. gees A.s Tshs
nowsr oyerit shg therefore IN sesslTs
no rensor indication Of purposs, wLish sa interfere,
Yes@n 20 Int c, til the exclusive authority Of lie se,rTA
States o,l tie subject Of Slavery Il exists within ie
,rec,ive niAs al s ape e me .obs matter Of ain aud
inpev'iys duty.
''Bu, vhez We to speak Of alnlang s..eI the
tubec. entirely deesou sposs OR sad
drss arc then both different
1.-THE Free s.-ies aud al the ;G.es bn a. liberty 10 s.
cep reject, When !, proposed bring new ps,abes.
into this political pstnesshp. tho III m.bs hSTe rhl 10
BOY whA, terms such psas b In snd w&i
they sre bring along sh her my opoa The people Of
tie United States vii 10 bling nsS vastly sxen
ge aid seyehoag country, large enough half doren or
dozen States into The Union n opilon they ought not 20
20 t. Indeed altogether a, los conceive Wis,
possible benefit ny pax. OF this country sypoc. IL derive
from such aHnsrson. Al benefit 20 any part T. eAs doubt.
m and uncotsn the objections obvop pain aud strong On
the general question ~ Sycry, great portion Of the comm
nty already strongly excited The sub oct has no, only a.
trcsed attention question politics ba. &c has s,uck Ter
desperoned cold II hes arrested the religious feeling Of the
country hls tsieu strong ho ths c0nsenees Of mem
lie rssh man, indeed and little With human ma
tu and especially has he very esnee Of tho char
aser ha people Of this co3ntTy who suppo..s thai feeling
Of this f,ad TO DO ssd With dssplsed Il VII, s.ur.y
iaeI to b. respected II may be rossned wh may DO
usdo willing believe Ia onlIey wiling 10 lal al ex,tns
engagements and all e1las du.e. uphold and defend the
Constitution Il - est&bhc1 with whatever regrets sboa.
proslon. which 9oes actually eor,a hut soerco
into fipceo endeaYor to restrain its fee expression
seek compress md eOnsns T. IT, aud heated
such eodeArots would Inevitably reIdT H. sbovl al this DO
s,,empsed know nothing Ia tho Consgn, In the
Union ite which would not BE- sbnsTud BY The expcsiep
which Nigh. 'oIowr
Mr.. O'Sullvsn you know that this warning
was kindly intended-that t was the embodiment
of tho conservatism and the CONSCIENTIOUS COLI
yiction, not of tho Wing party alone, but OF the
Free States uniyersally-that, at the time of its
utterance, there was hardly whisper Of dissent
from its positions from the 50. John 10 tho Up
per Mississippi. You know that the san.e doc
trine was substantially affirmed in the almost
unanimous vote of the Free States in the House
Of Representatives on the occasion Of the origi-
nal proposition of tho Wlnot Proviso. You
know that you yourself, in conjunction with the
Van Burens, Dix, Cambreleng. Dean Richmond,
&C., &c, proclaimed il sfresh in your revolt
against The nomination Of Gen. Cass in 1913.
II 10 not ther, the consistency of the IIepubli-
can party aloncit 10 the honor, il is the fidelity
TO conviction Of the Free States, that is now on
rial The North viii be not merely defeated |
il will be iaeradicably disgraced and hamated- |
If those to whom, ID has conldeJ its honor shall
now recou before the menseing front OF Slave |
holding treason, and consent TO partition Of the
Territories between Freedom aud Slavery j
wIl not here insist tdst yo1, having made the |