New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-08

IL
ssstes BY the proposed seS'0
tbe iei.iiS ~ SERIOUS nature may DC ueoo of
oosou; o,;o Of this plan of reconStru uo9 hIaI NO.,
S;S h s impossible to anticipate Ono oo.s nossesses
sodae however Will ee sna' to remand State to
% P.,sI condition Article 4th oectiolt rass ~,
80 tbot new States may oe aunitt ~ ;S,rnmant ia
az, the Union" but nowhere IN s, .e 80 ,ba orici
sr Given 70 deprive them OF tnS IlSus bo noyyer
II l. not claimed that congress Has pVwe
ns o,s of neace without the concurrence VI snv
boit,ea 10 reduce the States 10 a IeIIi.Si"t
90 q, 10 alter their boundaries but Wlsn 'na
rene the right to do So al az 70 scnire ter
sIhe Constitution empowered Congress W ~ , of
i,o,v moi to exceed ten miles square, Ior tue
.overnment and TO exercise over IL eHcusNo .s
r.. bm il failed TO invest Congress- IN eA t f
III ths uower to restore this territory OF any -
- % tba donors or 10 any other sovereignty, yS. OV
80 id retrocede 10 the State Of Virginia lne W, f
~ Alexandria which for many years loIhle. ~ time
sbe District of Columbia 1t was claimed d. % az, hos
that Congress had no power h 70 ssSDg aO statesmen and
4, ,iss of the country The Constitution :, hs baen
provision for the acquisition OF territory "a conquest
acuuired however, by cesslon purcnasoa the &C.
gbe right to govern Of necessity acc11 d;nose of it.
ar;sjon aad brought with it the 1gnt 10 u the
AZ fIa Governing powe deemed expeden.iC Cinnbis 10
0c, reiroceding part oi the DlsII Icel nrinciple
Eguis constitplionISi; S;oc of this UniOn for any
..oss r,sends the act by which II was aoni.'eu'
NAV repeai the act OF admission as IL .ay Ie
peal any law and remand ne SSte 70 sorereigny
Vii n il only yielded that the Territory might oecome
> State. 40. ,ho oaoctior nv the Gov.
r,reot of the plan here presented IN outhhe, "ouiu
;roate slavery in the United States, break UP the
re enc rebellion and prohibit all recurrence OF III
he future That it would prove the most tnoieusn'
spedy humane ard constitutional remedy lor the 10
bsl6o lew will dispute who honestly desire Tue pO
pYy.tio
n, ccnsummate a scheme Of such magnitude, the
National Government well as the Governments Vi
The proposed new Territories would neeo tne uleO'
tion Of master minds Feeble, uncertain and equiv
ord measures like the one recently promulgated Oy
ur military authorities prohibiting the reception anu
employment of fugitive slaves by our armies MY
smbarass, weaken and protract TINS stfuggie' VIC
mus; receive aud employ them, promise them PIo'10.
tion aud freedom and from them learn as we can te
uuube and strength of our adSersarles IN every mi
rtaly camp, the location Of every MASKED DsiterY
ard hyload and watering place. They must oulid ouT
fcta cut our roads plant batteries, ard become
slivin working power Ill our armies, as lney HIe III
a.. army of the Confederate rebels. II TINS bad been
tbe case tie huniliaipg disaster at Buii nun wouIu
5r.,hly not have Occurred Timid, hslting, eompro,
g statesmen will not do to direct the government
and sGrmess this rebellion. Statesmen OF Doidhe,s,
con nfeeheusion and decision VIII be lndispenssoie'
The territories will need strong me
fnfoenc of the Slave oarchy is oblterated ana t1e
,rg generation through the inuence OF ree schoolS
sud free presses have learned tue worth OF free peo
rle until indeed, SoutbeIneis should migrate aho
NJ hernes imuhgTate and thus 10 process VI dne
So a generation capable of self-government.4
Ne must fully realize the truth OF the sentiment OF
av,itrr in "The Atlantic for July, " No time, no
Forvaj act caR restore the past relations as long as
.Sisrecv shall IRE" Then, and then only, can this
government with safety admit any part oi the pro-
no ed new Territories and States entitled TO all me
mi of which BY the act Of their own rebel eti-
zen they must be deprived. Ten years ago~John
Calhoun in the Senate of the United Staes speaking
h reference to the probable occurrence OF rupture
hei Neen the North and the South, uttered the loiioW-
i,g melancholy prediction:
The va. win last between the sections while there u slave
he South conflict will never Terminate Inc oouth
feeI y in moi see until late They will become more
fssbe every year. while the North VIII grow stronger anu
stronger"
Placed in juxtapostion with the prophecy OF Pres-
Se,i Iuccli this note Of warning from their great
S,ader sonld admonish the South in time, OF the des
riDv that awaits them. Whatever their temporary
sntsss now how great soeyer their rprowess upon the
SeH of battle thew are destoed 10 become more Fee
b every wear" The North, with Justice ON lts slde,
and lait in ultimate triumph, will only yield when
fbe supfemaoy Of law is acknowledged, and tie STARS
and Stripes wave over undivided people Ihey
will indeed grow " stronger and stronger, ana VIII
never sy down their arms until, by ngid accounta-
biy and becoming peDanCe, those who have dared 10
rsise parcida hand against the best and freeS form
of Government on ear.h, have proved Their right 10
snt rr eeain the family OF American States.
RANDOLPH or ROANOKE.
Uzei,ag Ia, Aug II, 1851.