The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-07

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stAStlin8I Abollaion nIovements In New Kns-
land--Propossd Dissolution Of the Union. ID
Last month was the seventeenth annual meeting
of'he famous Anti, Slavery Society Of Massa-
chNsstts, which was held in tFaneuil Hail. Bes,
tonot Th,slis the Original society,, composed Of
the 0r1ginsi movers for the agitaion,of the, abo-
htion OF slavery In the Southern States, from
which all the speakers and orators of the Wilmot
proyise and fire soil school have originated, and
from whose extensive mint they have drawn their
OPINIONS I For seventeen long years this body Of
men has been hgitating the question of abolition
inNew England, until at last they have leayened
the two great parties in this section of the country
to such an extent to produce such results and
debates on this same question as we have recently,
seen in the present and some previous sessions Of
COpgressaassG InpDlisnn9 @ 10 ssoht 9dtad ltq|oa
IN another part Of this paper viii be found the.
principal Official proceedings resolutions, and de-
clarations of disparity, as they were discussed
and decided in Faneuii Hall, and from that vene!!
rable sanctuary Illuminated, like a, frebrand of
anarchy, over the whole Union Il iiomw 4,gal ln
From, these proceedings, it will be seen that the
abolition Of the tenure Of slave population at the
South, at all and every hazard, is declared to be
the, first and ultimate purpose of these people.
Invisansns are held out TO fugitive slaves IN those
regions, and every effort and proposition is ayowsd
to effect the object in which they have been en-
gagged Tor so many years. But, over and beyond
these declarations and resolutions, they now come
out openly and declare their public hostility to the
continuation of the American Union, and PROPOSE
to commence a grand morement fm a dissolution
ofMs Jw,on, as soon as may be practicable, BY all
the means In their power. The same hestiltyis
also declared against al! the churches In the land,
and every party hitherto organized IN the Moth ia
cornprehended in those denunciationsoa 10 ,tusssr
The principles and purposes avowed by this
party, assembled in open, day ia FaneuiI Hall,
Boston, did not excite SO much, ATTENTION at the
first perod OF their meetings. until the demagogues
and politicians attached to the other two great
parties of the country took up their notions, and
made them the basis Of POLITICAL movements in
the Northern States. The law relating to fugitive
slaves, which has now passed the Senate Of New
York, if Albany, and which is still pending IN the
Assembly, is simply, as it will be seen, the mere
emanation of the same doctrines and OF the same
PURPOSES which the great abotionsts in aneull
Hall have placed before the world and teach as
their creed in conjunction with the open denuneia-
tioD Of the MON and Of the American church.. The
speeches made by w. H. Seward, during the last |
summer, at Cleveland and other places, have
caught the same ideas from the same quarter. and
are only an additional step made in the progress Of
disbursement, which is already openly declared
to be against the continuance OF the Union, and
for the breaking up of all ties between the North
ern and Southern States, as they guaranteed by
the constitution! ~ Mr.. Seward who is the exponent
of :hsse principles and one OF the pioneers In New
York OF the abolition movement which began In !
Faneull Hall for the dissolution of the Union-is
now elected Senator to Washington from the State
ct New York. So we go. The original aboh.
tonists of New England; as we have seen by their
proceedings, have taken fresh courage from the
progress Of theiree soul aud Wlmot proyiso move
ments, and other preliminary issues, which are
onlydgradually uniting 20 bring around general |
contamination in the public mind ,smlsr to what
is openly ayowed in Fsneull Hall, for the dssolu.
ton OF the Union. ylU 1dl 1aEit .rdpufFlh ~
Such, Their, is the extraordinary position in |
which the, country now stands. on the brink
OF a, new administration, which "a connino ;n,o }
power in Washington, in consequence Of tho
recent poprlar election. The aboIiionsts o
New EDgland are oongra,ulating themselves
hat the prospects ct a dissolution of this urea,
cohfederacy are now within their ken. and |
that there is a probability that General TAYLOR
may be the last Pre- sident of the United Sts,es.
andttat their efforts their agitations, their debates
theft nlqyements, have forced. compelled, and |
driven both the other great parties, democrats and
wings, into the same line Of motion, into the same
railroad track, from which now they dare not de-
yiate until they arrive at the same terminus and
result, namely, ardisso)ution and breaking up Of
the Union as 1t has existed for more than the last
hal century, It's trpe, come Of the wing journals in
this neighborhood, and elsewhere, are beginning 4
to wake up TO this peerless condition OF fhings,,
and are calling upon the Legislature, at Albany to
pause In MS action relation ID the law now before
the Assembly concerning fugitive, Dlaves. mong
the nIeadIng journals OF this. class we, are 4
glad 70 lad that oae oil our cote mao raries of Wall
street, the Cotrser and Enquipsr. has lust |
walSed up Irom a deep dream, shaken of hiss,
slumbers and has discovered, within the tlast
few days, the sperIlous situation, !, no, only ID
of the wing psry, CARDS the hopes Of all
who look 10 share the spols, but also the danger
to which this fair and beautiful Union is exposed,
{ any more encouragement be given u such anti.
constitutional ana, distinguishing opinloas., Our
cote ms rary deEounces, with great fervor' and
with perfect justice, tte conduct OF wing poll
tlcisns and abolitioa,s's, both al Albany and at !
washington who have taken pa It Ia favor ot such
opinions, and who aided and abeitsd tie move l