New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-20

ib,r agricultural system, which cannot
10 ;ore 9aitboui treating the slaves like human
hcjng. nor without 30 large en- employment OF
sbilled-tbst il, of free-'aoor, Ms VIII widely uls
yslne of the .sve, that the immediate mitigation and
Ultimate extinction Of Slavery would be O nearly
iucyitsble and probably rapid consequence.
The Republican leaders do not talk to the public
of these almost certain results Of success IN the pres
ent conflict. They talk but little in the existing
emergency even of the original cause Of quarrel.
The most ordinary policy hes them to inscrbe on
their banner that part only OF their known princi-
pies IN which their supporters are unanimous. Inc
IRE servston of the Union is object about which
the North are agreed and II has many adherents 70
they believe, in the South generally. That nearly
bali the population Of the Border Slave States are ID
favor Of il is patent fact since they are now igb,
ing in It's defense Iii not probable that they wonld
he willing TO fight directly against Slavery. Inc
Republicans well know that if they can re-establsh
the Union they gain everything for when they V'le
inalv contended: and II would he PLAIN preach vi
faith with the Southern friends Of the Government,
it. after ralying them around its standard Tor pur
pose of which they approve, IT were suddenly 10 Ill
ter it, terms Of communion without their Consent
But The parties in protracted civil war hlmos,
always end by taking more extreme, not 10 t',y
higher grounds OF principle u an they oegan wiz
Middle n,rtes and friends Of compromise are soon
left behind and if the writers who 70 severely GNU
cisc the present moderation OF tie free-sOilers are
dssirons To zee the war become abolition war; IL Is
probnbe that if the war lss,s long enough they VIII
lie gra'ifed. Without the smallest prelensloh 10 rec
further into futurty titan other people. al lea-'
have foreseen and foieod FROM the tint that II te
Sonth were no, promptly put down the contest wonld
become distinctly an Ant-Savery onei nor 90 De-
leye that any person accustomed 10 reject OF tue
conrse OF human affairs in troubled tiihes
can expect anything else. those VINO nav
read even cursofily, the most valuable tes'i-
nony to which the EDghsh putlic have acces. con-
cerring the real Of affairs in Amereathe let
TERI of Tile Times correspondent, Mr. huesel--inuft
have observed how early end rapidly ne arrived al
the same concns on, and with what increa,ing EN-
rhasis lie now continually reiteraes It. In one OF
lis recent letters he names the end OF next summer
az the period by which, If the war has nor soou.'
teruif ated il will have assumed "a complete Anu
slavery character. SO early term excetds' con
iefs my moet sanguine hopes; but II MI knsFeil Do
riht heaven forbid that the warshOuld &C ise sooner
for ii il lasts Til then it is quite possible that IL VIII
Iegenerate the American people.
IT, however, the purposes Of the North may ne
doubted or misunderstood, there Ii At least 10 qhes
ton as 10 those Of tie South. iLey MAKE j" con
couceanent of thar principles. AZ long ~ the!
were nllo wed 10 direct ell the policy of the lhl'ni
10 break through compromise after compromise. eli
croach .ep after step until they reached the piicn q"
claiming ht TO carry slave property into the free
ies and, IN opposi ION 10 the Lawn Ol those Nih''
hold II 10 properly there; 50 long, hey Were WING
Ia %
Wa elected Of whom i was inferred iT.u ns o,ii-
ions, not that be would take any hieasnr-s aLains.
SLAYER, where It exists tnt thar lie would opi or
DO, establishment where II eyi.ts not-thM u"iueh'
thcy brokc loose from what Was, az l,a.t. "a very
solemn contract. ana formed theuseNes NO I OBJ
federation profess Ing IL fundamental prurii not
merely the pefpetnalon, bnt the inceinie etten1ou
Of slavery. and the doctrine j. loudly Iie''tca
through tle new Republic, that slavery, ietn'f
black or white. IL a -ood in iiseli ana the roper
condition Of The working classes eycfywhere.
Let me. IN few words. rcrni toe rcaie; wha'
-ort Of a thing thi- IT, which tie white 'i-rcnF
OF the south have banded themselyer TO-
peiHer 10 propagate and establish il they coua nj
yers,lly. When II il wished 20 oesc-b, any portion
OF ihe human race a. IN the lowest state 81 uctic-
eri and under the most cruel oppression, ~ which
II il possible Tor human beings 70 hive they are com
psr,d 10 ,iaye-. When words are sought by which
10 ,figiualle the most O0iou. de-potllm, eIen'tel 10
The most odi0n- manner, and ail other couplutar-
ar fuud Inadequate the depot. are said 10 'r ilc
slnve-mAs.ers or slayc-iriyefr. What by rhetofi'
al iceuse, the wor-i prenoIf 81 - hntAu fa'r,
Nv way OF Stamping Oh tncu the mort s-ic.ui char
acier possible axe raid 70 De, tese men, 10 very
truib are do not mean thar all - them nfc hate
fnl perroually any more than oil the ngui'ior., or
~ the buccaneers But the position which thfy
occtIiv AMI tnc absfracr eNccIlcn'c 81 Winch thcy
are i'm arms ia yindcaie b. that which tie united
voice of mankind hsiually selects te tyre Of I'll
the more OF less of stripes other tOnaens which
ale daily requisite To keep the machine an working
order nor discuss whether the Legiess or the -.
lairs are more numerous among TIE sAN" o"icFr"i
The southern States. Tue broad facts II the care
,nff ce. one fact IL enough. There are, heaven
knows vicious ard iyrannical institutions Ia ample
abundance tie earth. But this Institution l. TIE
only one OF them all which requires, 20 Keep gninR
that human beings should ho burned aiivr. The calm
and dspassiouate M Olmsted sihrns that there ha-
not been single year, for many years past, IL which
this horror ~ not known To have been pcrIetrs.d III
some part other Oi the SOuth. And not upon
negroes only: the Edinburgh Review, IN recent
number gave the hideOus details OF tie burning
alive of an unfortunate Northern huckster by Lynch
law on the mere suspicion Of having aided IN the
escape OF a slave. What must American Slavery be,
# deeds like these necessary under II and II
they no. necessary aud are yet done. not the
evidence against Slavery still more damningl The
south are IA rebellion not Tor simple Slavery; they
are rebellion FOR tho night OF burning human crea-
lures alive.
Bul We are told Lys strange misspplica,i5n Of II
rnc prIncp pie that the South hada r3ghf to separate
flat their separation ought 10 have been consented
to- the moment they showed themselves ready 10
fght for IL and that the North, in Resisting IT, are
committing the same error and wIoug which In
gland committed III opposing the original separation
OF the thirteen colonies. his IL earn ing tie doc
tlne % the sacred right OF Instruction rather far.
II is wonderful how easy and liberal and comply ing
people can be in other peoples concerns. Becar-e
they are willing TO surrender their own pat, and
have no objection 10 Join in Reproduction oil their
t-gIandiaihers, they never put Themselves the
question what they themselves woald do in crcuin..
far less trying, under far less pressure OF real
national calamity. Would those WHO profess tbese
ardent revolutionary principles consent to their being
applied 10 Ireland, or India tho Ionan ISLANDS
How have they treated those who did attempt 40 to
apply thenl But the dispense with any
mere 0rgViRentum al homintDl. ] am not frightened
at the word rebellion. ! do not sciupe ~ ray that
have ryrnpathized more less ardently with most
Of the rebelions, successful and unsuccessful, which
have taken place in my time. Bat certainly never
conceived that there was sufficient title To- my
tofI a hot