The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-02
The Position and Prosperity Of New York,
and AbolitIonism.

Our amiahle contemporary, the Courier anu Sa-
1au1, In long article in yesterday issue, dwells at
length the pre- sent and past prosperity of New
York, and on the brilliant future which is in store
for it. He dwells fully the impotent attempts to
rival and outstrp il in commerce. manufactures,
capital, population, and other elements of power,
made by other cities, such as Philadelphia Boston,
Baltimore and New Orleans. He speaks favorably
of our great works of internal Improvement of our
feets of huge steamships, British and American,
and of those which are about to be formed to run
10 the Mediterranean and South America, &c. of
our railroads; of our connection with our great
inland seas; of the great business transacted here,
and many other matters connected with the posi-
ton and destiny of New York He concludes by
saying, that great this city is il is destined to
become greater.
Now, this is all very WELL and we agree with
our Wall street contemporary in all that he has
stated ON this subject. New York is decidedly a
great city, one of the greatest in the world, and
we hope and trust the day is far distant when it
VIII reach lis eliminating point. 1t has attained
powerful and commanding position within an extra.
ordinarily short period OF time and we question if
ancient or modern history can furnish parallel.
This Is what we have always said and m lin
tanned In common with all our citizen 5, we have
Of this metropolis, and its continued welfar. has
always occupied our thoughts But in what man.
ner retain our present position, aad be as
cured of increasing in population, wealth, com
merce and other clements of greatness We can
do only by adhenng to the constitution, aud the
compromises contained in it, and under which il
was formed Under that sacred and holy ins;ru.
ment, and under the guidance of benehcent Pro.
NiIr xye h.ue arriv pI
wealth. power and commanding position As We
remarked on former occasion, New York is the
creature of the Union and the constitution. With
out he fostering care Of both. our city would not
at this time have reached population of one hun
dred thousand, and in the places now occupied by
princsly mansions, we would see desert. Aud
is on the Union and the constitution that our
hopes Of what New York will eventually be, are
based. Let that Union be destroyed, and that con-
1tituiion disrcrarded, end what will bsco ne of the
prosperity of New York, OF that of the whole
North Z II would vanish, and in a few years We
would become province, or like Nova Scotia or
Newfoundland, the back door of America, insteld
OF being the grand entrance.
Viewing the mater in this light, therefore, we
eanEot but be amazed ut the inconsistency ex-
hibited by the Courier and Enquirer. While
drawing such vivid picture OF the present COM
handing position of this metropolis, and Of the
glorious future which apparently awaits il, that
journal heads its first column CT reading matter
with a list Of candidates for the next election, who
were nominated by State convention, which,
openly, and in the broad light of day, iadors- the
policy Of a man who has contributed more than any
one else 10 destroy both the Union and the consi
iG;iop, and who, ifencouTaged by the aid and com
font of the public, would PROSTATE both and
,rample them ia the dust. BY supporting those
Nominations, cmanatiog rs they do from such
souice, the CoErier ard EH IWry upsets the very
neltering picture which il draws Of the prosperity
Of New J ork and offs future prospects IL blows
hot and cold in the same breath. If the candi-
dates Of the abolition whig convention are sup.
ported, the dissolution Of the Union, and a stop to
the progress Of this metropolis are advocated. The
tao cannot be reconciled If the Courier AID En-
suirtr, therefore, is serious, 1t will strip from its
columns the names Of Washington Hunt and his
eoGdjutors who are nominated by the whig ab) li-
ton State convention, at Syracuse, and support ia
their stead, men who are devoted to the support Of
the constitution ard the maintenance Of the laws,
regardless Of private friendship, and with q single
eye 20 the good Of the country.