New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-08

singled out by him Tor reproach n"u oohsuinov
Grant that she loves Liberty for All and hates
Slavery for Any, what Christian people on
earth does not Where are Three Millions 30
enlightened. moral, humane, and wise as those
of New.England, who do not preponderantiy
hate Slavery We pause for reply.
But this ia sectional" do You sayi Then
!, the Golden Rule sectional; so are the Ten
COMMANDMENTS; then is the New Testament
the most sectional book ever written. 1t is
idle, it is mOckery, thus to trifle with the un-
derstandings and insult the consciences of man.
kind. Every missionary of the cross ever sent
TO the heather lies under the condemnation OF
Gov. Scymours cant Of sectionalism. The
preacher of righteousness, of temperance, OF
reform of any kind, is in is view mischievous
agitator, assuming On offensive moral superior
ity over those he seeks to convert. Our Gov
ernor has mistaken his location. He writes for
the meridian of Japan. What he stigmatizes
as "extreme Northern views are simply the
deliberate and carefully maturod convictions Of
ChrstendOm. There are dssenters thorcrOm,
Just as there are bigamsts, aduterers. swim.
dlers, and base satellites of iniquity, who secure
an easy and unclean livelihood by paudering
TO the vices Of Others. Nowhere on earth has
Slavery an apOlOgist or an ally but among
those who share the plumber of its victims or
seek power OF the hands of their oppressors.
But it is adroitly urged that Anti Slavery is
me dlesOme aeitating, aggressive This might
we'll be true; but it is not. The commissions
of the last twenty years have been forced upon
the North by the Slave Power aud its North
ern servitors. The Annexation Of Texas was
demanded and carried, in defiance of our
treaty obligations, by the sayehodiDg interest.
" It will give Gibraltar TO the South, urged
Gen. James Hamilton, jr., Of South Carolina.
Mr. Calhoun, in his dispatch, as Secretary Of
State, to ambassador Vim. II. King, at Paris,
placed the measure distinctly and emphatically
on the ground Of its importance to the preser-
vaton and security Of Slavery in the United
States. The Ostend Circular demanded the
acquisition of Cuba on that very ground and
affirmed our right to take that island at any
time and at any cost when Slavery should be
endangered here by its abolition there. The
reputation of the Missouri compact, in the
opening Of Kansas and Nebraska to Slavery,
was another step in the same direction. In
each case, Slavery was distinctly the aggressor,
with Gov. Seymour cheering it on; Liberty
stood on the defensive, and Gov. Seymour did
his best to strike her down. And now he
tali al ftat hart hus teep
steadily the asgressor History cannot be thus
falsifed
LOYALTY AND AUTHORITY.
Gov. Seymour LAYS down the broad propo-
sition that We ought 10 Z" sho. obedi.
epce to constituted authorities" aud he
repeats the proposition in various forms.
He thinks our civil war cau.ed by
"a spirit of disobed.ence. and By " dis.
respect for constituted authorities" Yet bis
whole Message is a studied and vonomous
assault on the President Of tue United Sta.es,
his advisers, aid supporters. That President
has soemnly and repeatedly assured the conn
try that he held all questions concerning
Slavery subordinate 20 the preservation Of the
Union-that he would preserve or destroy the
former, or partially preserve and partially de-
stroy il, precisely as be should from time 10
time Judge best calculated to maintain tue
unity and integrity Of our country. For
eighteen months Of desperate struggle be up
held Slavery IN accordance with what was
known as the BorderSiate policy" aud
in defiance Of the judgment and wishes
of the great body Of his supporters. Hav-
ing given this policy q fair trial-hsying
spent nearly One Thousand Millions aud
sacrificed at least One Hundred Thousand
lives under tho became satisfied that it
would not prevail, and he gave three months
subdued, he would, on the LIT inst, inaugurate
the opposite policy, Of striking the Rebellion
in what WAS at once its Indictment and its
sustaining ament. IIe has been as good as
his word. HOreupon Gov. Seymour turns
upon him with accusations which brand him
hypocrite and ialsifer, and ASSERTS that he
has been deserted by tho People on that
ground. But the votes OF Michigan, Iowa,
Kansas, and MISSOURI refute this charge, as
those Of the other Western as well a. the
great Central States would have done if their
Volunteers could have been heard at the polls.
We arc sure that not State has gone against
the President which would not have gone more
strongly against him had he held on to the Bor-
der-State policy. Aud what does our Governor
who dreams Of a restoration of "the Union as