Extract Of A Letter From H. Greeley, Editor Of The N. Y. Tr...

Extract of a letter from H. Gree'.ey, editor of the N. Y. Tribune, "to the friends of the Repenl cause in Jackson, Micb.'1 tJl cuniiot repress the conviction Iliat this quesiion of repeal is destined to draw the line with considerable distinctness between the lovers of universal liberty and those vvho could be very well conlcnt with freedom for themselves, their kindred, class, or brethren in country or fuith. It is a very easy matter to be vehement for rights and liberties, so far as our own are concerned - yon can find such libertiea in abundance among the aristocracy of Russia or Great Britain - but the men who will stretch out both arms, wil! encounter obloqny, derision, and the infatuation of sinister motives, to take hold of and bring up to their own level those whom tyranny, misfortune, or the judgment of God upon the crimes of their ancesters, have degraded ond enslaved - such friends of freedom are, alas! not too abundant even in thisboasted land of liberty. I trusi that this question of repeal is destined to enlarge their number, lo quicken their zeal, to increase their knowledge and add to their efficiency by teaching them to know and trust each other, and to feel that the cause of Human Progresa and Universal Emanciparon has in every eect and party carnest advocates, who are willingto be its defenderá, and if need be its marlyrs. With lively hopes of the triumph of the great cause in which we are engaged, 1 am, Yon ra (rulv.HORACE GREELEY." Noiliin? short of incontrovertible facts could convince us that a man possessing the reputation for honest political integrity, almoBt universa'Jy acceded to Mr. Greeley, could be fonnd advocnting such glorious principies as are containedabovc, one moment,and thenext "stretching out bnth arms" to hold in unión the cliains which bind mülions of his ownfellow beings n bondage, the most tyrannical the world ever beheld. Yet we can view in no other light his course in supporting for the Presidency a slaveholder and siavery defender, and upholding without rebuke a party, two thirds of whom harbor a deadly hatred to abolitionists and their measures, except when it t L very necessary to have their votes: and for no other reason tlian that they would can y out the principie of "liberly for all!"We believe the day is when tfaose who act the part of "guian boards" merely will be looked upon as at most only "tithing mint, rué and anise," - when the 4th of July Orator shall not daré leave unharmed tliat dark stripe on his country's flag - when the politician cannot be found so recreant lo all principie as to advocate in any shape whatever the continuance of 6lavery for one hour, vhen the minister of the Gospel, who shall on ach annual Thanksgiving teil his andience that "seventeen millions of free and happy j people inhabit this land of Jiberty" without a j qunlificalion, will be considered as taxing us too heavily fcr our charity, and when he whowil! cal] parts of our unparalleled Declaration of Independence "ooly rhetorical flourishes" will be considered at least a dangerous friend to h'is country. Let us contrast for a moment the grievances complained of and objects sought by Insh Repealers, witb whom we in comroon with Mr. Greeley cordinlly eympalhise, with ihose of abolition6ts. The former represent the peopie of Ireland, in a 8tae of politica] bondage, wliich cramps their energies, blnnts their intellect, and prevenís iheirenjoymgthose bless-inge, to which they are jnstly entitled, and from assuming that rank aniong fbenations of the earth which they properly doeerve. Ttirn your eye for a moment to the enslaved millions of the south, whose enrgies are '■ crippled in every conceivabJe mnnner, and whose intellects are intentionally broke with 1 the cutlgel and the whip, lest they eliould have the atidacity to assert their rig-lits. Mr. O'Connell and his friends aek for eqnal privileges witb the subjects of Great Britain. Abolitionists ask no more for the colored man. Repealers assemble, peaceably talk over their grievances and devise means for a remi edy. We eay amen to if, and aid them eo far as we can by onr s}rmpathies and contributions. But how is it when Aboliiionists who are snbjects of the very governnient which snstains óne portion of its citizensin trampJing', with llieir ron heels upon the necks of another portion? For them to assemblo, is "treason;" and fo talk, "revolutionary," nnd if a friend from abroad attempts to rea6on with as, he is answered with brick batf, and ejected from the country. But we hail Repen! a8 one of the methods of an ruling1 Providpnce, in speeding "Universal Emnncipation" and drawing the line betwixt those who love liberty only for the loaves and fishes, and those whosc hearts are endued with a principie which would give "freedom to the whole race of man," and hold fast to those principies "in evil as well as good report," ♦