New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-20
Tina. with an area not

tsnt Of the slaroholding Thus, With On area not
EsS M erea. as that OF tho slaychodnG States the
lee States are charged with aggression and inJus-
Ece because they will not consent TO the extension
tof Savery beyond its present limits into districts OF
tsountry In which it does not exist. And, what Is
more extraordinary are accused OF inhumanity
beeauae we PROPOSE TO the language OF our accs
Ser,. 10 pen up tie African on an area nearly
|. million of square miles ID extent Really, TINS
subject 10 hardly susceptible Of being treated with
becoming gravity and dismiss 1t.
The second volume is composed for tho most
Fart Of addresses on occasional subjects. 1he.e
are few reports, one as Adjutant General on
The Militia system, another ss Secretary OF State
oil q geological surrey, suggesting plan, which
~yas the basis Of the examination embodied IN
che Natural History Of New York ; and third
made while Secretary of he Treasury OF the
q. s., in regard to tho first acts Of instruction
and secession in the South in 1901. To the lat
Ger is appended o fac-simile Of the celebrated
srder to shoot on the spot any one who should
attempt to haul down the American flag.
Among tho addresses is one on TIE "War with
xnpoli," delivered, as many Of our readers will
eecollect, before the General Society Of Mechan-
gcs and Traders in thiscity afew years since, and
row Published for the first time.
We CLOSE this notice with another EXTRACT
containing the last words uttered by Gen. DIX
In the Senate Of the u. S. in speech against
Che extension of Slavery--words which have &C.
CURED additional gravity end force from the
great contest which is now raging
Mr. President. two years ago whom first ad-
fressod the Senate upon this subject, under the "a
ttrucusps Of the state of NewYork, said that by
no insnsmcntality Of hers should Slavery he canned
INTO any portion Of this continent which Is free.
sepest tke declaration now: by no act by no DC
Iaesceace of hers shall Slavery be carried where IL
foes not exist. / said ct the same VINE tna.' ~
rh.tevsr manner this question should DO settled, II
X should be decided against her views OF Jusllce
md right her devotion to the UDOn ana 10 hei
lister States should rouain mistaken n4u uniu-
haired. speaking in her maine. and for the last
tiIue within these walls, 1 repest this decarason
,lso She does not believe IN the possibility OF
gsunien. am thankful that her faith IL also mine
Ey cenldcDce is founded upon the dislnteresteuhess
ef the great body Of the people, who thei SUD
listen from the SOIL and whose atacbincht
In proportion 70 their close communion with H. Ihey
rave Incorporated with il the lSbor OF their ow II
hands 1t has given them back wealth and health
and str~Dgth-health 10 enjoy, ard strength 10 ue-
(end what they possess. In seasons OF UanfuiIiiI
and peace they are unseon teo often, perhaps ior
Che public prosperity is wrought out. III Is only ID
the hosr of PERI that they forth from thou
.snd hlls and valleys aad plains 10 sustain with
fttong arms the country they have made prosperous
IN them the Union will find It's surest projectors
Ehey are too virtuous and too independent 10 De |
corrupted. They are spread over too broad o sur |
face for the work Of seduction. IL 10 In towns anu
public assemblies, where men are concentrated, thSt
the tempter can with more assurance SIT down, as
Of old in the guise Of friendship, and whisper into
She unsuspecting or the willing ear the lesson Of
Sisobedience and tIeachery. From this danger the
s-eat body Of the people are secure. And let us DO
essurod that they will never permit the banner
which floats over them ct home and carrles their
name 30 every SEQ, TO be torn down. either by lht-
nal disseusion or external violence. Such 10 my
hrIn, my unalterable conviction. Bnt, II am mis-
taken in all this-if the spargled field il bears aloft
IA destined 10 be broken np,--then my prayer Will
be- that the star which represents New York III inc
constellation Of States may stand liked until every
other shall have fallen!
One of the most distinguished men In the
SENATE of the United States has more than once
publicly said, that if he were asked by young
man, what speeches were, in his judgement, best
calculated to form a correct, forcible, and dig
rifed style Of parliamentary eloquence, hel
should say unhesitatingly those ofJohn A. DIX
This is certainly great praise, and if all do not
quito CONCUR in it, it may be safely said, that
they will constitute on account of their style, as
well as the copousneSs of the material they con-
tain concerning nearly every great question be-
fore the American Public during the last quarter
of q century, q significant and valuable addition
60 the political and historical department OF
every library.