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

wac az o the eide when AWti't@ hdu ,"4"s'!
defende ed lie there any one, capable oil a
mor>, INDICTMENT or feeling who will say that
hls opipion of America end American staleslus"
Is NOT raised By such act, done on tuch elounuS
The act itself NAV have been imposed by tne nee
sity of the circumstances bat the reasons gwen, '
principles of action proiesssh Were tneit i;rb il
Putting the worst hypothesis possible, wiicn
would be the hight OF injustice 20 entertain
I'm, the concession WAS really made soeiy 10 cono
pience and tina. the profession OF regna io' ~, &c
was hyrocrisy. even 49, the ground 'ahen' o'on
insio, erely i. the most hopeful sign OF the MORN
90 of he American mind which has appeared Tor
many wears. That sense of justice shouid re ue
motive which the rulers Of a country rely, on, W
reconcile tire public TO an unpopular, anu WIZ
might seem q iumiliating act that 'he Jouihais'e
the orator.. many lawyers, the Lower House oil
Conoress aud Mr. Lincolns own Naval Secretary,
shopld he told ia the face OF the world by heir ov
Government, that they have been giving pubhc
thal,ks presents of swords freedom oil cities, All
manner Of heroic hCnors 10 the author OF an act
which though not go intended was law less and
wrong aud Tor which the proper remedy liz confess
sion and sfOne'nent: that this should be the accepted
policy ing il 10 he nothing higher OF Demo
cratic Republic, shows even unlimited democracy TO
be better thing than many Eugi.shnen have lately
been in the habit of considering II, and goes some
way toward proving that The alterations even OF
ruling multitude are only fatal when the better
instructed have moi the virtue or the courage TO
front them boldly. Nor ought II 10 he forgotten, To
tie honor OF Mr.. I.lncoms Government, that III
doing what war 10 i,sef right, they have done also
what was best fitted 10 alay the animosity which
was daily becoming more bitter between the TWO
nations 80 long the question remained open Iney
have put the brand of confessed injustice upon tnnt
rambling and vindictive recruitment WIN when 'he
proHgate and passionate part OF the American pres
has been euiDg IN the event OF CONGESTION,
aud hich is 10 be maufeited by some dire revenge,
(, Ice taken, AZ they pretend after the nation Is
extlieated from it, present difficulties. Mr. Lincoin
has Done what depended on him 10 make thl' spun
ire with The occasion witch raised 1t mp and We
shall have oarseyes chiefly to blame if we keep IT
i've by abe further Irolougati0n OF that stream oil
/ viuperatIye elOlueDce, the source OF which, even
now, WREN tue cause Of quarrel has been amicaJiy
made up does rot seem TO have run dry.
Let Us then, without reference TO these Jars, or
IN tbe d.elanstion of newspaper writers on either
sIde Of the Atlantic examine the American question
T. Il stood from the beginnings IFS origin, the lnr-
pore of both the coabaIauts and lis various poosloie
or probable issues
some half believed by many more. which ia only
consistent wifh original ignorance, or complete sub
se0urut fOrgciiulr,s-, Of al tie anecedens Of TIE
contest. There people who tell us mat, on he
side OF le North the question ~ not one 81 slavery
a. all sac North it seems, have no more OBJECTION
10 slavery Than the south have. lhcir leaders
never siv one word implying dlsappr0ia uon OF i.
Ibev are ready. on tie contrary, 10 gave II new
qua autees: TO reuOuuca al that they have been
cutendiny for; to win back. If opportunity oilcfr,
the South 10 die Union 10y surIenderng the whole
point.
fthis be- the true state Of the case. What the
Southern chief fighting about Their apologies 100
England say that Il il about tariffs, and similar
irumpery. TIsv say nothing OF the kind. they
tell Tie world, and they told tbeir own oitilels
when they vented their voter, mat tue object OF ne
fqht wa. Slavery. Many years ago when Gen.
jackson was President, South Carolina did nearly
rerei she near separa'ingl about tamil
but 10 other Sta'cabetted Ler, and strong adverse
demon s,raion from Virginia brought the matter 10
close. Yet the tariff OF tint Gay was ii1dly pro-
tectiye Compared with that, the one in force a.
tie time Of tine Secession was "a troe-tTade taflr
This latter was the result Of several successive
notifications III the direction oil freedom; anG
It's principle was NOS protection Tor prOtec-
ton bni u much of II Oily as might incidentally
resu fiOm duties imposed for revenue Even lhe
Morrill, tariff which never could have been parsed
but for hg southern seccsslOnl In stated 10y The bign
authority OF SIC. ii. {. Carey 70 be considerably
more hDorl Than the reformed French tam under
Mr.. CJbden's treaty; insomuch that ne, PfOiec
iolisf would be glad 10 exchange hs own prole l.
i've torih for Louis Napoleon ifoe-trhde one. But
WHY discuss on probable evidence notorious facts
The world knows wha. the question between the
North aud South hss been for many years, and sill
l.. Slavery alone thought OF, alone talked
Of Slavery WIS ba'tled for and against, OH the
floor OF Congress and in the plans Of kan-
sss OH tie Slavery question exclusively
United States on Slavery Fremont rejected; on
Slavery Lincoln was elected; the South separated
or Slavery and proclaimed Slavery a. the one Cause
of separation.
L. is true enough that the North are not carrying
on war TO abolish Slavery where II legally exists
Could it have been expected, OF eyen perhhps de-
sifed that they should great party does moi
change suddenly, and az all Its principles and
projections The Republican party have taken their
stand Oh law, ard the existing Constitution Of tho
h.v have iii al 81
ANYTHING which that Constitution forhlds IL does
fotbd Interference tv The Ieder M Congrese with
Slavery in the Slave States; but It does not forbid
their aboGsbing it n the District OF Columbia and
this they now doing, having voted, perceive, IN
their present pecunnry straits million Of COLLAR 20
indemnify the slaye-OwDers Of the District. Neither
CID the Constitution, IN their own opinion, require
them 10 permit the introduction OF slavery into The
Territories, which were not yet States. To prevent
this. the Republican party formed, ana 70 PEE
vent il they are now fighting Is the siaye-owners
are fighting 10 enforce II.
/ The present 60, eminent Of the United States IL
not au Abol,ionist Government. Atohtionsts, III
America mean those who do not keep within The
Constitution; who demand the destruction Ia Tar
Slavery il concerned OF much OF it as protects
the internal legislation OF each State from the con
tro OF Congress; who aim At abolishing Slavery
wherever 1t exists by force il need be- but certainly
by some other power than the constituted authorities
of the Slave States. The Republican party neither
aim nor profess to aim at ths object. And when
consider the food OF wrath which would have been
poured out against them if they did, by the very
writers who now tsunt them with not dong
it, We shall I've apt TO think the taunt
4 little misplaced But though not an
Abolitionist party, they sie FIee-Soil party.
If they have not taken srms against Slavery, they
have against its extension. And they know, ~ we
may know If we please, that this amounts to the
same thing. The day when Slavery can no longer
extend itself, is the day Of its doom. The slave
owners know this and il is the OF their fury
They know, AZ all know who have attended to he
subject tina, confinement within existing limits is lie
death warrant. Slavery under the conditions in