New-York tribune., 1868-08-28

the Ieuito.Irs. ar1 ufocaimcd its belief, with the
fathers, IN the s.eyident trnth tiiay al men arg
created rgual. The issues were clearly deEhed aha
distinctly presented. Tie Republican party, INSPIRED
bv patriotism and liberty, appealed To tine people, by
al that was nObest and hoilest III humanity TO res
cue the endangered nation. Inc Democratic party
cuid.d bv tbc disciples of Calhoun. upon whose daz-
zed vision OOmed up In the near future cOntcdcra
ton OF slavehOldiug cOnmOnwcaltls raised the
startling war cry of disuniOn. Sidtll. the master
spirit Of tho buchanan canvass proclaimed, II 10.
mont should he elected the Union would be dissolved
Mason was for the separation of the States" bul-
Ter declared, II Fremont should be chosen, hhouII
advise my Legislature TO 90 at the tap Of the drum
IOOmbs announced that, If Fremont was electcd
the Union would be dissolved and ought 10 3e 9ls-
solved" Keitt eHphauCay asserted that III RE
mont is elected adherence TO the Union Is treason 70
liberty" that " the Southern man, who VIII sG9HlI
TO ms election, is q traitor and coward; Dio"As,
who would not post sentinel VINO WOulu Hot eai f
that Slavery was right was If Fremont shOuu De
elected for the people rising III their mae5l, a3oo
the laws and the leaders taking the power InIo Inc
own hands going by concert or not by concert, ana
LAYING the strong arm of Southern reemen upon th6
Treasury and the archives OF the government
Henry 4. Wise who would introduce 2latfay ty Tlr l,o
the heart of the North was ready 10 selle Tue hNi
pers Ferry Arsenal the Norfolk Navy iaIu 10 maTch
ON Washington with twenty thousand men, anu 10
mt the military forces of Virginia upon war 1901
ing so that her chiYaly might heW thelr biight
way through all opposing leglous:' Inc ar was bu-
dened with the seditOus, TeVOulOlaIy, anu utdHou-
able utteTanCes Of Democratic orators ana presses
While these menaces were falling thlck ana IIsI
upOn the ears of the nation the Rcpubhchns every
where avOwed their undated attachment To tleH
country and their Government. The Cilncs against
Kansas the mObhngs ScOurgIugs and lynchlugS IN
the South did not shake their steady Idlth IN tepuD
ean institutions while they intensified Their love ot
country Test the Republican party IN IFS first great
national struggle, by the standard OF PATRIOTISM.
Does not that uuerring test reveal the gorous iic
that it was loyal in thought, word and deed lt"Ied
by that standard not tho Democratic party more
than tainted with diSlOyaltyf In the contest DO
tween the vital forces of slavery extension ana SAY
ery restriction the Republicans accepted as ther
81 Il, H.fII IItttlu
instruction and guidance TO tho great mon o., lne
south of our earlier times. They saw, with Wash
ngton, "the direful effect Of slavery" Iaey be-
heved with Madison. that IL was a dreadful cal
amity' with MunTOc that 1t preyed upon the
vitalS Of the Union with George Mason, tAat u
brought the curse OF Heaven upon country; Aho,
with Jefferson, they "tTcmblcd when they remoIn-
bered that God il Just and that his justice VIII not
sleep for ever They that millions OF acres, OF
the finest soil Of the western world, were IN the
words of one OF the sons Of the old DOMINION, bar
rem desOlate and scared as If by the aYengng hand
of Heaven They saw too that Slavery had not
only SCARED the fields of the South but that II had
more deeply SCARED the face of humanity that ITS
TuinOu5 power was yislbly writt0n ON the ioiG-
heads of the bOudmeD, and on the ioIchodls
too Of millions OF our own proud race Ihey, saW
that IL diShOuOrcd labor created, IN the words OF
Olmstcad "a deEiISh, uudlsgulScd and recognized
contempt for all humber classes Accepting these
teachings and realizing the mcasurelcss evils ana
sunless agOuies of Slavery they stIOye, with un-
tagging resolution, to COnsccraie the territorial pos
sessions of the Republic all il then possessed and all
Institutions In the great contest OF IS)1 Jie Dtho,
cratic party dlSownod the creed of the Fathers, and
accepted the theories of the school O Calhoun. no
Declaration of Independence was pronounced idlbe
and fallacIOus, and free society failure" con-
COmeatiOn OF greasy mechanics tuthy operatives,
smafsted farmers not " fit associates for Southern
gentlemen's body servants These scntiments SO
Contemptuous of the toiling millions: passed unre-
buked by Northern Democrats who followed their
leaders, with craven soul and tettered hp.
Tested by the standard Of Liberty, was
RpUUblCaU bTRVclV, UObIV,
rghteously Tghtf Was not the Democratic
party cowardly and ignobly, wickedly wrongf In
the lights Of to-day what friend OF human rights, tho
wide world over would blur stain the bright record
of Republican fidelity to the sacred cause Of human
uaturei Who would not ettace, if be could, for the
/ honor of his race, that dark and ever darkenlng
record of the Democratic apOstacy TO treedomf Al
! though the Democracy came out of the contest OF
1856 victorious, ITS chiefs cOud not m 10 see that II
escaped defeat by the imdty of that conservatism
which shTank APPALLED, before revolutionary monaces.
In that grand uprising IN that doubtful struggle on
the prarles OF Kansas, the slave masters saw thelr
waning power Coming to the realization that every
enduring principle Of national policy, every perna-
nent interest of the people must continue TO be hos,
tile 10 their aScendency conscious tat they could
not much longer retain power. they addressed them
selves. with earnest purpose, TO the consolidation OF
the South appealing TO Southern interest and firing
Southern ambition with the idea Of a splendid cm-
pre, commanding, with its tropical productions and
its millions of slaves the commerce Of the world.
They fired the Southern heart, BRAIN, and soul with
malignant hate and bitter scorn OF Yankee instltn-
tions, with lofty contempt Of free society, and
naughty defiance of the National Government. Ro-
solved the words of Calhoun whose disciples they
were 10 force the Slavery issue upon tho North"
they wrung from the Supreme Court the Dred scott
dicta They bade New-Mexico enact slave CODE
and also o code for the seTytude of white labOrng
men. They sent Walker 10 Central America 10 win
territory, for in the words of Brown of Mississippi
"the planting and spreading Of Slavery" and they
sighed for Cuba which they could not clutch. When
the nation was looking forward tD tho approaching
Presidential election OF 1850 these Southern Demo
cratic leaders frenzied with the fanatcsm of Slavery
ma int he (AOuprpgg lauultIIV threat
ening the dsmemberment OF the Union If the people
should choose a chief magistrate opposed 70 slavery
extension, protection and domination The halls Of
Congress again rang with the revolutionary HIchaces
of Incipient treason Jefferson Davis, foremost
among the unhalOwed combination, had spent the
Summer Of 1859 ia tho North. Returning TO Mlssls-
sipp i'm the Autumn of that year with that
if the Slavery contest came 10 blows, the Northern
Democrats would throttle the Republicans in their
tracks" he advised the people OF the South 10 turn
their old muskets into Mimic rifles prepare powder,
shot and she'll for il the Republicans should elect tho
next President he was for asserting the lndeptn-
dente OF MISSISSIPPI Tor the immediate Withdrawal
from the Union Brown. not To he OutdOne by his
rival, would make refusal TO acquire territory,
because il to be slave territory, cause OF dis
unIOnp Clay declared that Alabama " II she IS not
Iecreant TO all that State pride, integrity, and duty
demand, will never submit 10 yOur authority"
TO0mbs called upon Georgia to listen TO no vain
babbngs 20 tTeachTous jBrgon abont overt acts
the enemy is at Your door wait not for him AT the
hearthstOne meet hun at the dOOr-Sill" iYeT5On
would not even submit TO the election OF John Sher-
man for Speaker. 3" In that event" he exclaimed, Il
would walk out Of this Capitol, would counsel my
constituents instantly TO dissolve all political ties
with party and people who thus trample on our
rights Clingman would wait for overt act, for
"nO other overt act can so mperatively demand re-
sstanee on our part as the simple election of their
candidate" The Hall of the House echoed with
these sedious mutterings Of the dsloyal Democracy
Democratic ohice-holders, thrOnRng the galleries,
applauded the guilty menace TO - shiYer the Union
from turret to foundaton-stOne" Slavery. disloyal
in every fiber of its being seemed TO have infused its
malignant passion, its deadliest poison into the BRAIN
the soul the heart of the Democracy Their record
for that Winter is record of shameless apostacy to
the country TO the liberties of the people, to the civ