New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-08
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Britain for seeking TO der''e ifV,'' "',' PV
national troubles on argument against ''e O'''V'
and the extension Of suffrage, and equa' ioP'o'
sanitation tbough We fod II Impossible 10 see
uberoi, ,oe should be better OF II our customs
and laws in these particulars, had been less
liberal. But there are democratic questions no"
pending in this country. OF lar greater conse-
ouepce than any which have ever divided I'm
plish or American conservative, and radco's--at
least for many years past
Those who are familiar with our political con-
tests for ten years, past know what gigantic
strides the saveholding aristocracy have made
toward the total aud unqualified denial OF the
Right of Man, as man, to himself. to his family.
to property, to labor. The demand for new ter
ritOries, north as well as south of the present
slayehOlding region, the involvement OF the
country in foreign and domestic wars, with
Mexico and with Kansas, for the sake OF open
ing new regions for slave labOr-these have been
almost the least of Slayery's ohenses The rsht
to dominate over the negro derived come sort OF
respectabillty from history, custom, and The Con-
stitutOn. But following closely upon the heels
OF these encrOachments for the sake OF MAINTAIN
ing black Slavery, we have had doctrines and
acts which, if not resisted, would lead inevitably
to the subjugation of the laboring classes every
where; and every vote which the wOrkingnsn oil
the North has csst for the prolopgation of the
rule of the stakeholder, has been blow at his
own liberty. The Yankee poet and satirist long
ago announced TO the people Of the NORTH the
truth that
Clap, that make black ,lsve. O. nis;eu
Want to make wltge slaves o yon'
In 1860 the Northern people found this out,
and acted upon it. Indeed, they sufficiently aD-
gounced their coming convictions and purposes
n 1856, so that the shareholders had ample
sme to make their preparations for the ap-
Eroaching change. They saw that the Mud
! sill was coming with vote in his huge
{ paw" and that there Mas no longer for them
say future in the United States Government
snd under its Constitution During the four
S;ars between 1856 and 1860, the Southern
Eoctors of Law and Ethics and Divinity were
Engaged not so much in showing that 1t was
.irht to enslaye the negro, but that the ques-
k;on of color was nothing, and that the laboring
now the prevailing doctrine among the leaders
81 the Southern COnfederacy and the question
ii their success or defeat involves the spread
Er the overthrow of this doctrine. 1t could no
kmger prevail in the Union and under the Con-
t.titution. for not only had the Republican
knasses rebeled, but u million Democrats under
! he lead Of Douglas, had refused any longer to
4 ~. Erst 1ptr-
f man. SO the next step to be taken was to
flestroy the Union, subyert the Constitution
Y stablish a new Government based wholly on
! he dogma that there must be a ruling and
,erve class, and by force OF arms conquer and
-ubupate the men who had dared dispute at
he polls these doctrines, aud to claim that
!, Freedom aud Democracy should have fair
,hance in the management of affairs This con
.royersy is now appealing to the world, Euro.
pean and American, for adjudication.
1t is not a matter Of Indifference to US what
.he people of England, and Germany and France
think of this contests but il is of far greater i'm.
oortance TO them. Thousands Of the brave men
aho are now fighting the battles of the Republic,
sthe gallant Irishmen Of the Goth Regiment, and
!, The iayincibe Germans who have saved Missouri,
we're not many years nor months ago, in their
native land, looking toward with hope to ca
reer Of prosperity and honor in the United States.
They came here to lind that recognition Of Dian
as man which they had failed TO fad at home;
and they arrived, perhaps, just in time to join
in the bloody struggle for the preservation OF the
idea which had stimulated them to leave their
homes and brave the perils Of an unknown sea
These men have left behind them other thou
sands, who are watching the issue OF this fight
with an interest second only to that with which
they watch their own daily efforts for their daily
bread. Ii may be for the interest Of the titled
aristocracy of Europe TO see the Southern Con.
federacy triumph, but for the landess millions,
event so deplOrable could happen, short of their
own reduction to Slavery. If this rebellion sue
cceds. either in subduing the United States, or
in establishing a rival Government, the area Of
territory for tbe European immigrant viii be
grieyOusy circumscribed. Slavery has not Lost
sight OF the original Territorial controversy, and
means to secure for ts own uses every outlying
region which it can either occupy by its armies
or make hazardous for occupation by others.
Free emigration to Texas is stopped. New
Mexico and Arizona, the Indian Territory and
the CALIFORNIA; are to be seized and appropriated;
and vigorous and sleepless slayehoding military
despotsm will be ten times more dangerous to
those Territories which we have now come to
consider our own. than are the Indian tribes
with whom we can successfully deal 1t is the
laboring men Of America snd Europe, white and
black, who are especially interested in the pres