New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-09

and head and conscience Of this ca,;0..- -
suddenly possessed, aud be begins 70 s msa are
when most other men have definitely ~ Juat
their minds. 1t seems to US that these az S ~
tions, whether wise or childish, are at Least
little dllasOry. The quarrel between Lberty
and Slavery, between Natural Rights aud Art.
fetal Wrongs, is BY no means q new one in
America. It has, indeed, assumed novel form.
and is row before the world with definite and
material actuollty which has removed /. from
the category of distractions; but morally it is
unchanged in all important elements, and we
are merely working out that practical solution
to which social puzzles always como at last.
The Slavery which Lord Brougham has ever
protested to hate, only differs from the Slavery
which is now seeking TO sustain itself by tho
sword, as bad intentions differ from bad actions.
The men who have been 30 often denounced
by him have hardly become objects, we will not
say Of sympathy, but of Indifference, because
they are attempting by second great crime 10
extenuate their original guilt or to escape frsm
its consequences. A Man.Stealer is not TO be
dismissed from the bar. with q certificate Of
good character, merely because he proves that
he ia also q Traitor and Murderer.
Ii 10, we must coufess a little difficult to
refrain from laughing at the delicate scruples
Of this British nobleman; for he seems to b
quite as much at sea as he was when be
wrote Treatise on Optics, which, being found
full OF the most astonishing blunders. the
Society for the Diffusion Of Useful KnO wledgs
resolutoly declined to print, or rather to pub
lish, for it really was printed and tho edition
pruaently suppressed. How long 10 it siuee
his lordship became 20 extremely Chinese IN
his notions aud so blind to everything going
on outside the boundaries Of tho British
Empire When Greece was struggling for
Independence. did he spare the Turks Did
he never make any speeches upon Spanish
affairsg Did he not permit himself to DO Gre
atcd citizen Of the French Republic Has
be never manifested any interest in the POlish
question Has he never said anything in his
place about the Brazilian sugar-crOp' Or tho
Cuban s!aye.trade How came be to be
member OF this British aDd Foreign Anti-Slsv-
cry Society at all I And how happened 1t that
tits same Society, upon this very occasion, did
not permit itsef TO DO deferred by the iodoc.
trinations and eloquent absence OF the ex-
Chancellor from passing resolution in favor
of American Emancipation, to which even that
scrupulous gentleman, Mr. Buxton. made no
opposition
We suppose that there are two parties ia
tie Kingdom Of Dahomey-the Human Sacri-
fcers and the Human Sacrificed. Would this
prevent Lord Brougham from presiding over q
meeting called to consider the propriety Of
sending missionaries TO Dahomey' Would hs
decline 10 take the chair out OF reverence % Tor
the neutrality which every one ougtt to OBJ
serve ia tue contest going on in Dahomey '"
upon the coast Of Africa, there is difference
of opinion between Black CoDquerors and
Black Captives, the Enslavers aod tho Eo.
shaved: bat il this a quarrel with which Lord
Broupham would consider it indicate to intse-
iere b, so much as the exPr~~sion Of an
opinion In Poland. the war for national
freedom is still raging-bas Lord Brougham
10 sympathy, to speak Of, for an oppressed
and struggling people Has he reached q
superhuman submty Of indifference or has
he to.tered into his ultimate dotage'
No enc has asked, no one has expected of Lord
Brougham or of any other foreign gentleman.
direct practical interference VITA our civa
troubles. We bavc asked simply for that hoa-
orable neutrality which has been moro talked d
than honestly maintained. But he who, with
fun understanding of the causes Of the Rebellion.
ignores altogether the shameful criminality OF
Secession, and for fear of compromising his repu-
tAtion for impartiality. declines to condemn Ia
American Shareholders that which he has been
swirl TO condemn ia alother Shareholders, betrays
either lurking sympathy for the Revolsers. or .
lurking dislike Of the Loyal. Such a man, if he
would be tyTle to his whimsical caprices, must
shut his ears and his mouth, must throw away bls
peas aud paper and obstinately refuse, while the
conflict is doubtful TO hear of it, to speak OF it, OF
to write I'll, At any rate ifw must suffer the
deprivation Of British sympathy, We pray thai
we may understand whether it is because We
are or because we are not fighting against
Slavery. That We should want it for both
reasons is, If rot hard. at least puzzlng.