New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-06

take Charge oil anu ueihso ~ Wcto SuPoiuuo' ''
THIS Association has lately Issued an Address
"To the Working Men Of the United States"
largely distended by such thrice-expcsod for
geries az these' .
dinSs said ne looked forward 70 the day when there
sboud he seryie instruction al the South; when tse
Hack man shall wage war OF determination sgains.
his master when the torch OF the iBcendiary shall gh
M The towns and cities Of the South; and though
NAV not mock st then calamity. VIII hail Is ~ tho
dawn Of q political millennium" Horace Greeley, 10
IN, nst,onsi counoi's better that Congress should
bl eak up IN wild disorder nay better that the Cspto
itself should blaze by the torch Of the nceniary and
hury ali beneath its crumbng ruins than thi- wrong
shsl be finally accomplished" &c. &c.
OF course, this sort Of Working Men re-
gard ".hs equality Of all men that is, their
equality in tho eye of the law-ss mOnstrous
and horrible dogma, fully juStifying the Slave
holders Rebellion. They gloat over JEFF. Da-
Wis. declaration in Congress that he and his
would have RETAINED from Secession could they
have secured satisfactory guaranty of equal.
ity in the Union" but thcy conceal the fact
that Henry Clay. though STAKEHOLDER, declared
that no earthly power would ever constran
him to assent TO what Davis considered such
is, the establishment By act OF
Congress Of Slavery in all Federal territory
south of the parallel Of SEQ 3V. Let Us put the
evidence Of ills Important fact once moro into
the face and eyes Of these semi-Rebe's;
Mr.. Clay having (Jan. 10Th, 1852 proposed
and advocated his Compromise OF thai year, Dir.
jeff Davis rose in opposition. contending that it
was cbeat-that it gave the South" nothing
substantial. lie added:
THAT mar be Understood upon this question. and
that my position may 60 forth tn the country IN t:o
columns that convey tho sentiments OF the Senator
from Kentucky. here assert. that never will take
less tban tho Missouri Compromise limo eIending 70
the Pacific Ocean. with tho specific recognition OF the
right 10 bold slaves in tho Territory below that iine
md that, before snch Territories are admitted into the
Union States slaves rosy be taken there from any oil
the United states at tho option OF the owners can
consent TO give additional power t. majority to
commit further aggrcrsions upon the minority In this
Union; and / will consent u any proposition
which viii have such tendency. without full guaranty
or oounteraotng measure IL oonnectcc with H."
Mr.. Clay. in reply to Mr.. Davis, spoke as
follows:
81 am extremely sorry 70 hear tbs Senator from
Mississippi say that he requires first the extension OF
the Missouri Compromise line 10 the Pacific. and also
that he ia satisfied with that but requires, II
understand him correctly spositve provision for the
admission OF Slavery south Of that line. nd row. oir
coming from Slave State as do, owe II 70 myself
owe Il "a truth owe it 70 the subject 70 state that
earthly power could induce me u vote for sspsctc
measure for tho introduction Of Slavery where II had
not before existed either south north u that line
Coming az do frUm Slave STATE IL Is my solemn.
deliberate and wel.mstured determination that no
power--no earthly pouer-shali compel me " vote for
the positive introduction Of Slavery. either south or
north OF that line. Sir while you reprosch. and Justly
too British ancestors for the introduction OF this
sf f.F
one unwilling that the PostcTy Of the present Dhab
tauts Of California and New Mexico sbsll reproaoh 10
Tor doingiast what We rePrSach Grsa Ilan iof aong
establish Slavery ] am for admitting them with snnh
provisions In their CONSTITUTIONS but then u VIII D.
their own work and not ours and Their pos,erity v
have 20 reprosch tcm, end not "a for forming Consu
tutons allowing the institution OF Slavery 10 e1si
among them
Now this--which Henry Clay declared that
no earthly power could induce him to dove
Northern Republicans were required by the
Crttenden Compromise 10 do; Horatio Sey-
mour, Thurlow Wcei, John Tyler. Robert
Toombs, and all the rest Of them, insisting that
We should do it, under penalty of Civil War and
Dsunion We reiuseI-thsnk God for that,
whatever may botido !-whereupon JEFF. Davis,
John Tyler & Co. csme at us with cannon and
musketry. while tie other sort stood on this
side OF the line, giving 10 the National cause
such support as was to DO expected from mon
who believed the Rebels substantially RICH; IN
their exactions. And these Daily Neo, Work
ing Men" hold our adverssries all right and our
side oil wrong in tho struggle thus inaugurated.
They talk Of the negros acknowledged status
in the scale Of being. which is that Of servitude
hold that Emancipation would be useless
attempt at lettering the condition Of the negro
at tic expense Of the White race"-go into hyS-
tcrics over the prospect Of "smalgamation'-l
and then launch forth as follows:
mo fslschood has been dinned in ths OF the
working classes with more perinacity than the asser
ton that negr, ssrltade aristOcracy aud that
shareholders we're the enemies OF republican form OF
Government. When 1t Is remembered that Washing
ton Jefferson Madison. and nearly all the men
who laid the foundations Of our Government. were
a,eholders eLd Southern mcn and that Hamilton and
most Of the Northern men were In favor OF Govern
ment the British model. spoh ogumny ought to
stick in the threats Of those who utter It, The simple
truth Is as Mr. Jeerson himself stated it long since
t sareaoidr, the South arc h1 allies and d.sndr' Of
me Northtrr hbo-inS eios,,S.
The shareholder rs lsb0re-intcIcsed In labor. not
lis Antagonist and hstory proves that shareholders
have preserved the Northern sborng clnsses from be-
ing plundercd by National Banks. high tariffs and
oter schemcs for making labor tributary to capita IL
IL the cottonlords Of New England who the nris
that Of England. which pauprses the masses and rob
them Of the rewards OF their toll 10 feed lazy and
pampercd aIistocrscy he not deuded. fellow work
ngmen with this false cry The stakeholder is your nat
ue ely the defender Of yeur rights and interests The
silly cry OF the wong OF negro seTvtude longer de-
ceves Intelligent workingmcu.
II they did not know it before. the has given
practical demonstration not only ha, the negro is bet
ter off in his state Of subordnation. but that n, in
kyess Of the Northern porkn9man inperareiy draoad
hot he sha be keIe there. We do not want the freed
oyer ninu the for us IN