New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-27


irned nor assumed that the people Of any on y
all the Free States had any right TO intermcddl'
authoritatively with the laws or institutions Of
other States. They had the right of remon
,tranoe, of expostulation, Of entreaty, just Il:
the devoteos of Total Abstinence in Canada
or Great Britain have a right to send apostle
here to convert our people to their theory and
persuade us to suppress the Liquor Traffic;
but, should they fail TO convince us, they have
no more moral than political right to supple
nent their arguments by edicis. Uptothe hour
wherein Slavery made War on the Union we
held (and hold) that there was 10 human power
outside of any State to cousttaiu that State Ia
emancipate her slaves
The Slave Power has seen fit 20 change all
this. In striking ut the lie of the Republic il
has Justly forfeited its own. We hold with
Edward Everett on this point, the view which
has had its latest expression in the funeral
Grafton of our eminent historian and publicisi,
George Bancroft, where he says:
The country and the Rebel Government have each
laid claim To the public service Of the slave and yet but
one d, the two can have rgltful claim 10 "reh service
That Ightful claim belongs TO the United States, De
cause every bonn their soil with the lew cxeeP'
tons Of the children Of travellers and transient residents
owes them primary allegiance. Every orc so Dprh
has been counted among those represented III togTeSs
every slave has been Icprc sentet IN compress
imperecty and wrongly. II may DEBUT SIN has Oeen
cOuutcd and represented. The slave born on our sou
|alWays owed allegiance 20 the General boFeihneht II
may in time past have been qualified allegiance man
Tested through bis master, as tie allegiance oi war
through its guardian orof an infant through ITS parent
But when the master became false to hH hhesllhee'
he slave stood face 10 face With ha country, anu MS
allegiance which may before have been qualified one
became direct and immediae. Ills chains zen on ana
he stood az IN the presence OF the haon h"nh9'
like the rest Of u.s. is pubic defense. MI Lineolns
did hut take notice of tie already existing
right of the buudnnu 20 freedom The treason OF the
master made il public crime for tie slave to continue
his Obedience the treason 81 STATE set nee tAc Coz
lochyc bondmcu OF that state.
This doctrine is supported 10y the analogy of prcoc-
dents III the times OF iendssir, the treason oil the
lord of the deprived HIM Of his scris the spurious
udssn that existed among rs oilers IN many respects
from The .cudasm Of the middle ages but, far. the
precedent runs parallel with the present case, for
treason tie master then, FOR treason the master now,
lOscs his slaves.
In the middle ages the sovereign appointed another
lord the Scrfs and The land which the! cultivated;
IN day the sovereign makes them masters OF their
own person lords over Themselves.
That this is fundamental public law-that law
by virtue whereof nations exist-we have no
shadow Of doubt. On what authority respected
by Chrs;cndom is il contrOycrtcd
The South asieariully suffered for the crimes
of few ambitious men and the culpable weak
ness wherewith she succumbed TO their impe-
rous andacity. But one result can rocOmpcnsc
her for the horror. and devastation Of tue last
four years, and that is Universal Freedom. Sc
cure Liberty aud Opportunity to every innocent
rational being within her borders, and she will
speedily rebuild her waste places and achieve
prosperity and wealth such as she has never
yet known. Kentucky, outstripped by Ohio
which, starting in the race twenty years later,
long since passed her, ana has now more than
double her population and wealth-ia.rly cX-
emplifes the beneGcence Of the transformation
now preparing for the South. The commercial
world eagerly awaits an adequate supply Of her
Cotton, Rice, Tobacco, Turpentine and Other
staples: ten thousand mills stand idle Ill ,he T.
ready to feed them. There Is likely to be ID
dcarth of Cotton for at least five years % Gomez
and the South may be enriched by IT, culture
If she Is but willing TO accept unrcseryedly
the inevitable, and hire her aborers instead OF
buying them.
II is most desirable on all hands that this
change he prompt and thorough. Tho posi-
biity of resisting the arms of tie United States
10 longer inhores in the bankrupt tot,cring
death-struck Conlederacy. 1t may, indeed.
keep up show Of fight for months, paralyzng
:.
to what end Have we not had
boodshed enough Has 10, quite enough
been burned L. not the supremacy
of the National arms established beyond rational
question If yes then for what Is the war TO
be persisted in
We entreat The Neus to use its considerable
influence at the South in favor OF Peace on the
basis OF submission TO the National authority
and the recognition Of Freedom as the birth
right of all men. The Southern slaves have
earned this, not only by their devotion to the
National cause. but by their forbearance from
insurrection and rayage. Had they eyinced no
more sense and forecast than the Whites, they
would have availed themselves of the anarchy
incident to state of Civil War TO secedo from
their masters form insurgent bands, and fall to
butcherng, plundering and burning in the
abused name Of Liberty. Instead of this, their
conduct, as a whole, has been consider0tc. for
bearing and humane. NObly have they reiutcd
the caiNmnious prophcsies even Of such vaunt-
ing foes of Slavery as Henry Lord Brougham.
II ever an enslayed caste proved their right to
freedom, the Blacks Of the South have proved it