New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-27

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cum,tsrces And can the liberties Of a matt. ~
thought secure when we have removed their only firm 49,
conviction In the minds OF tho people that thss. h.
aro u the gin Of od1 That they not to bs 49,
with his wrath IsRsED rRHxBLs voa NJ Co..
ray WHEN REFLECT THAT GoD Is JUST; that hs u,,,
nuo. sleep foroyer that considering numbsrs natur. a..
nstp.sl only. RRvoLcroS OF THE wHssL o, po,
,uxa AZ EXCHANGE OF SITUATION, 10 Axoss po...,.
EVENTS N 4, may become probable by Supernatural o,.,
f.repce! Ths ALsIoarT HAS NO ATTRIBUTE WHICH CAN
TAKE ,rpg yfrn Us IN SUCH A CONTEST. Bat
we mus, wal, with patience the workings Of ovsuu.
Providence and hope that that &. preparing the dsv.nns
ofthe.e our suffering brethren When the Of ss
tear, shall be full doubtless God Of Justice viii awaken.
their distress aud by dau,lns light and literally snone
their oppreaors, or AT Length By HIS ExrzxxxArxa
THUNDER manifest his attention to taog Of this world
that they not left to the gudancs of blind fatality"
The words Of Jefferson were indeed pro.
phetic. Light and liberality came not to tie
oppressors Of -Four Millions Of Slaves, but
Justice awoke, and tho voice Of exser
minatiNg thunder he's at length made itset
heard. Who can doubt that the great
men who left behind them such record u
their hatred to Slavery would have annihlatea
tho systom if on opportunity had offered The
Proclamation Of Freedom in 1865 is but The
echo of their voices in 1873.
RrNJaMrN FRANKLIN was President Of Q
Philadelphia society =" for promoting the Ado.
l;tion Of Siorsry, tho relief Of free negroes uu.
lawfully held in bondage, and the Improvement
of the condition Of the African race" As ito
President, hs last public act was to sign Q
memorial to Congress, on the 18th Of Febru.
airy, l1c9, praying for the abolition of Slavery.
His language is most remarkable:
Your nernoTasts conceive themselves bound to
yusrYABIR TO loosen he bands Of Slavery and
promote general enjoyment OF the blessings Of Free ON
Under Impressions they earnestly eutrest your serious
attention TO the subject OF Slavery that you will be psvM
to coutensnce the RESTORATION OF LfBsRrr to those 10.
happy men who alone 10 this snd Of freedom src desadd
into perpetual bondage and who amid The general joy Of
rounding eenen grooming In ssrvile saoeetion-rH1
YOU WILL psv.x MEANS sssoyIsG This IscoSsrzscI
yyox TINS cp.RAcrER ov rHs AxsKIois PEoPLx,bss yss
will pronos sgscY and yU -cs toward this distressed race
and THAT Y0r WILL sTsp TO THE VERY VER9s oS rHu
POWER VESTED for dscoursgnJ every species oHs
10 the .r.ons Of o1r fellow men,"
JAMES MONROE, in the Virginia COu7en.
"eyil which has preyed upon the very vrrALs
Of the Union, and has been prejudical to all
the States in which it has existed" What
would he have said, if lie lad lived in our day,
to see those States arrayed in armed Rebellioa
to destroy the Union and erect Slave En-.
piro on its ruins
These extracts are but small part of the
evidence which exists that the Fathers-ths
Statesmen and patriots of the Republics earI'
est dsy,-hated Slavery, and lonsed for it,
extinction. 1t would hardly be possible TO
add TO the impressyeness of such testimony
nor has there been any moment in tho history
of the Nation when it was of deeper interest,"
and Significance than OF present VIII ms
Journci Of Commerce let its readers see tho
light which it declares they desire