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

of he neonle TO di.pose If the whole political exist
ence OF country, ask to see whether 'nei, And
tails are from the whole. or only from Pr. IT,. con-
rst IL il necessary TO ark Have ibe slaves peen ~
suited Has fAelr will been counted as any phrs -
the estimate of collective yolilioni lhey DIG 4"
part Of the popnlation. :, ,e :. l.; .a,bor
However natural in,tte country itself it IL ratnes
cool in Enpli-h writer's who talk 70 toiy Oh .e .e
millions Il believe there are only e'gn' abhor
the very existence OF four millions VINO n,'
the ile, of separation Remember, IRE consGe' 'nyu
70 he human beings entitled TO human rights w,
can il be doubted that the mere fnct OF Deions
Union In come parts of which Slavery Is relrooa'
ia so,ns alienation of their condition. II only aS re-
aords fuInre probabilities. But even OF the wDle
POPULATION. II il questionable If there was IN Tue oe-
,unnipg a majority for secession anywhere nu. II"
South Carolna. Though tho thing was Pte'ur,.o,,-
mined and most Of the States COMMITTED oy 'ien
public authorities before the people were caiieu Oh ~
vote though in taking the votes terrorism III Hsny
,Iacs. regned trinmuhant yet even So IN reyeral OF
The States secession WAS carried only Dy Eh,row
majorties In some the authorities nave nos uareu
10 publsh the numbers in some IL Is asse''eu 'nA'
vote has ever been taken. Further lac was poin'eu
out in an admirable letter by Mr. Care'I, tne oiaro
States are nterrected IN the middle, from ther hort-
ern frontier almost TO the Gulf Of Mexico by CONF
try of free lsbor-the mountain region OF the aie-
ghauies aud their dependencies, forming psits Oh 'r-
.ina, North Carolina Tennessee, Georgia, anu Ala,
bama in which, from the nature OF tie climate uiu
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any material extent did, and meyer WILL exist
This mountain zone ii peopled by ardent friends OF
the Union Could the Union abandon them, without
even All effort, to be dealt with at the pleasure OF an
exssperAied slave-OwDing oligarchy Could II ADAM
don tie Germans who IN Western Texas, have made
so meriionous a comm,n cement OF growing cotton on
the borders Of the Mexican Gulf by free labor
Were the right of the slave owners TO heeede ever 70
clear they have no night 10 carry these with them;
unless ale glance s a mere question OF local proNln
ty, and my next neigbbor, II L am stronger man,
eau be cony eed 10 follow me IN any la~less vagaes
choose TO indulge.
But IN ia ssidj the North will never succeed IN
conquering the South; aud snce tie separation must
in the end be recognized, 1t II better to do az hrs
baf must be ,oue az last; moreover, II II dld con-
ducr them, il could not govern them when con
6uefed consistently with free Institutions. WIN
Io one OF these propositions eau agree.
Whether or not the Northern Americans riH euc-
coed in accompanying tie South, DO not ahect 10
fores.e Tha they can conquer il, If their present
determination holl. | have never entertaned a
doubt: for hey are tNice as numerous, ara ten or
Twelve times as rich Not by taking military pos.
session Of their country, or marching an army
through u. but by wearing them out, exiaustine
their sources ccpriyiug them OF the comforts Of
M, encouraging their ri ives 10 desert and eXclud
ing them from cOmbuII,at alton WIKI foreign conn
ti,-. tli thia. Of cOure. depends on The ~upposl-
ton thg. the North docs not give ~ frat. Win Their
they will Iencyere 10 ttls point or whether tLelf
Ii, tlrir yaeuce, aud tue "a ilces they are WI
Ing 10 mike. viii be- exhausted before reaching IL,
a., mot tell T.ey NAV IN the end, be wearled into
reco.r1ing tie ssparHiion But 10 those who ray
thst because this may have 10 be done az lari, II
oul h o. have leen done at first put TIE very re-
rinur quesiIOb--D ON what terms Have they ever
c,u- cred vha, would have been tie meaning Of
craraion II IL bad been a.sented to by the Northern
states when ret demanded Peoi lee talk as u rep
nfsfiOu ueaut nothing more than the Independence
Of the seeding States. 10 have accepted II under
thai limitation would have been, Oh the part
If the Son'h, 70 give up thnt which they
have ,eceded expressly 20 preserve. Separation
With them, means AT leA7t hali the rem
tories: including tie Mexican border, aud the
consequent power Of invading and overruhniDg span
.sh America inr the purpose 81 planting mere the
&" reculiar institution which even Mexican clFillEt'
lion has found too bad TO he endured. There II no
knowing 20 what point of degradation country
nay lie I.ivcn In de,t eiate state OF ~ affairs; buy
fl he North erfr. uni - on the brink 81 sexual rum
make. peace with the South giving up The original
cause oi quarrel. tbs freedom o. ne ieiitofies u
Il t.si .s 10 them when out of tie ln.on that power
of evil which II wonld not grant 10 reiHin them ih
the inion-ii viii incur the pity aud disdsn oi pos
tsfifv And no can suppose that he South
would have consented, or ~ th'ir present temper
ever wl consent 20 an Hrcofnu cchtio on any oiheT
terms l. viii luirc succession OF huniliiiuhs
ca bring them - TINT. Tue necessity Of reconcng
tL.mseiVes 20 the confinement OF Slavery within It,
existing boundaries, with tue natural consequence,
immediate mitigation of Slavery, aud ultimate email
fipation is a lerson which they IN mood 10
learn FROM anything but disaster Two or three de-
fais 10 the field. breaking their military strength,
though not followed by an invasion OF heif territory,
may possibly teach !. to them. IL go, there IL 10
breach of charity IN hoping that this school
ing mn; PROMPTLY come. When men ret themselves
~ M defiance of the rest Of the world, TO do the
deyiia work, no good come OF them until the
world has made them feel that this work cannot he
suffered TO lie done any longer IL this know ledge
o. Iva he .H..lt tu
auction will by that time have settled it,ef For
assuredy Congress will very soon make up is mind
10 declare all slaves free who belong 10 persons III
arms aganst the Union. WAen that's done, Slavery,
confined u minority, will soon cure Itself and the
pccuniary valne OF the negroes belonging To loyal
masters will probably exceed the amount of
pen,stion which The United States will he willing
and able 20 give.
Tie assumed difficulty Of governing The Southern
s,nes ~ free and equal CONFERENCE.-The, u care OF
their return 20 the Union, l. purely imaginary II
brought back by force, and not by voluntary com
psct they will return without the Terriioriss, and
without Fugitiye Slave Law. IL iuay bo assumed
hat IN that event the victorious parry wouii make
the alterations in he Federal Constitution which
are necessary 10 adapt il 10 the new circumstances
and which would not infringe, bat Strengthen, ito
democratic principles. An article wonld have To be
inserted prohibiting the eNtentiOn ~ slavery 10 The
Territories or the admission into the Union Of any
new Slave State. Without any other guaranty, the
rapid formation Of Free States would ensure 20
Freedom deceive and constantly increasing major
ity IN Congrers. IL would alzo be night 10 abrOgaie
that bad provision Of the CO. stitntion "a necessary
compromise at the time Of its first es'abli'hmenil
whereby the slaves though reckoned IA citizens III
no other resyet counted 10 the eatent OF shree
ifths Of their number in the estimate Of their Vopu
Ation for fixing the number Of representative, Of
each State in the Lower House OF Congress. Why
should the masters have members in RICH, Of their
human chaitels, any more than Of their oxen aud
pigs The President, in his Message, has rlready
proposed tina, this saluiary reform should be effected
in the care of Maryland, additional territory de-
ia,het from Virginia being given to TINT State IA