New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-30
Reioialer from E;i1ur Wright.

/ To the Ect,, NJ The ~. j. TobnHs.
SIR: | am ia DON'T helher Your answer TO my
card is acceptance Of my proposition or not. Yon
simply beg tie whole question, when you say States
had the night to Tx the legal Sioius Of the people il
/ by that cupbomsm Of the devils lawyers you mean
tina, they had tho right 20 make hold slaves. That
right had been most expressly and emphaticaly re-
nouuced by the wdoie people in ,he Declaration Of
Independence, to cay nothing OF the Virginia Bill Of
Rights and tho Massachusetts, Constitution. But
supposing they hadn't renowned and aid claim and
exercise il up to the date and ratification OF the Fed
era Constitution, they did therein renounce ii, u
they did therein create Government Of the rh0'e
pcoDie and not a mere faud-rope COnfederacy OF
States. TIE right Of States 70 murder and ensaye
can only coexist with the right Of Secession. Or,
rather uch rights inevitably presupPose the right OF
Secession. No matter what generation OF men as
sontcd to II, il is the most Tremendous abturdty 10
hold that the whole people can make supreme
Government to Insure domestic tranquility and es-
tsblish ust!c", and that :ne people in MUM.
cipnl capacity can DO just tbe reverse. The war
power 10 do justice involves the peace power 20 do
il. and any statesman who pretends The contrary
runs n great risk OF having bic name stink as long
III
YOU accent my proposition, and what the argument
IS which you wall submit 10 judge Bates. would
almost give my life, certainly n! my little fortune,
10 hayo TIE TRIBUNK take tie true and only tenn
Bile ground, that Slavery never h0S existed by aOy
legal right and never can under our tcSftthuon'
which has always been the iurthest tbing possible
from ian agreement with he'll IN spite Of deyiiish
bad Interpretation. FLiZrf W Fi"HI'
Ansrer.-Mr Wright will please understand
US IA not proposing to make or accept any
bet on the yery serious matter in difference
between us.
We understand him to maintain above that
SlGrery nsser nas and nerer can BE- righyHHy
authorized any,ckere. We assent to that But
this does not nyalidate the .fId TINT certain OF
tie present States lid allow persons to be
held as slaves while those States were British
Colonies that they continued this autIori%a'
ton after they became States; and that they
did not consciously reliuqush their authority
over this whole subject in framing and assent
ing TO the Federal Contiltuton. H. then. Mr..
Wrigh. proposes TO maintain that the Declare
lion of Independence Cor anything el,c) has
abolished Slavery. we wish him the utmost
success in so doing: we onl. insist thai he
must make his case aud his argument IN the
courts OF the State-say Maryland, Missouri.
or rome other--which he proposes thus to rid
Of Slavery, and we shall most heartily rejoice
If he succeeds. IL was thus that slavery Was
abolished in Mas sachlsetts, by decision OF
hcr hghcst judiciary that II was inconsistent
with her Revolutionary Bin Of Rights. Now
II Vrg.nias BIZ Of Rights has The virtue, aud
VirglLia's Cohts eau be induced 50 10 decide,
thy could no, please us be:t'r But we j" not
s-e ho,y she Union can abolish Saver! N eny
ste unless that State be IN rebellion against
her authority: when 1t may De- dome exactly
%. F.rd-ric!t bure or Richmond ma! be bonn
barlrd--to crush out the Rebellion. IL. g..
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