The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-01-21
ghe dissolution OF Parties, ana the Fate OF
the Union.

TIE dissolution OF Parties, and the Fate OF
the Union.
Congress and many Of the State legislatures are
now III session, and the great question Of the age
Neutrality-suspicious. alone 20 absorb their attention.
Ii has been evident for several years. that the time
was rapidly approaching when the two great nolltl-
cal parties Of the country would be utterly dis
membered and strewn into fragments. Many causes
hav, mad their agency IN bringing this about; but
the all powerful and al-pervadng one has been the
question Of slavery. The fana,icsm of bigots, az
the reckless scheming of demagogues, have, at
different periods in our history, Washing ton
foresaw, raised aad kept up useless agtitic N on
the subject Of slavery. The time has come when
The wings and democrats at the North h I'VE, 10
serve their own purposes, wed with each o,her in
subselviency TO the views of the abolition ss On
this hobby, got up for the most selfish purposes,
William II. Seward became Governor, and after
wards Senator; and he expects that the, same boat
will finally land him in the Presidentv Il mansion !;
but we fancy il will turn out with him, as il has
with all other small potato politician sthat his nag
will stick fast in the mud Just he is gong 10
make his iinal leap or, TO res1Ule our image, he
Will find that his little boat is SakIag HIM over the
Sux, while he thought he was crossing the Rubi-
con. il is easy 10 see that such men keep up The
agitation only spread abc,itionism, in order that
by trucking 10 the popular idea of the tmes, they
may find some specious Psetext for winning popu-
larity and power. If the South knew really how
little sensible men at the North care about this
agitation, and how htRe they have to do with II,
their imprecaiions would fall only upon the heads
Of the demnaogues who raise the whirwlad only
10 give headway their own crafts. Tue fact Is,
the real abolition vote Of all the free States Is very
small bat it happens TO be just large enough to
enable it to held the balance of power between
evenly divided parties; and il Is every where
coursd by both wings aud democrats, 10 get the
victory. Thus, few miserable fanatics fad that
they can make demogogues on both sides pros
ttu,e themselves to the outrageous humbuggery
which would be contemplate ii 1t were not dan
geious. All that the South wants Ia, to let the
matter alone 70 stop the oeitaton TO leave slavery
where tie constitution LEFT it, TO adhere in good
faith to its original comp omses. SO, today, nine
men in ten al The North feel and so they are will
log 10 act, except few designing demagogles, like
Martin Van Buren and William II. Seward, whose
race would never have been run OF ceased long
ago, had il not been for accidental causes such as,
in this inttance, the agitation Of slavery.
II is perfectly certain that something viii have
90 be done about this v,xcd question before losg,
oT the Union will be, all inients and purposes, if
not formally, dissolved. Thirgs have already
reached such pass, that the mos, simple question
that comes before Congress il at once involved, in
seme way another, with thls all-peUading, ever
present difficulty There II so much jealousy and
Suspicion now existing IN both houses. that there
Is no prospect whatever Of the present Congress
doing any thing which will be Of any benefit to the
nation. This L. one OF the legitimate and first
fruits Of this fatal agitation. Il Is the first bona
.Edc stand taken By the hostile parties-,he abol-
ionIsis the side, TO stop al legislation,
cept what will farther their iinatical views. and
TIE South on the other, 20 go orim9 the movements
al the government und cmbauass It's machinery,
thai. 20 on iuteuts and purposes, ihis dreaded cen
ifal power, whose action they fear will be virtually
surped IT lis force II the North will have the
Wimot rroviso. the south sTe determined 20 stop
% at an hazards b. this policy; and Il they fail the
Southern members will be likely 20 take another
step Il they cannot bring about thier OBJ Get BE- 30
crampng ihe government that 70 cannot move at
ell. thus rendering federal lcgisiluon impossible
ih,y VIII be likely 10 withdraw from their seats in
Congress. aud their constituents would be sure 20
sustain them. lftl tl,se cxprdicnis fail, we are
not sure but he bold .uc viii be made, which
has 80 long hung like spectre over the fancies Of
men who love the Union, ems ihe collision come !
On which vii diem, mbcr the confcdency.
We talk in tbs way. because in This way we I
read the tendency OF The sbcliton sgiiation-be- I
cause such mus; b. Tie fnal upsho, Of the whole 4
Affair." usless - litil,rcsa aad the CORRUPTION Of /
ysrtizansiip can be madc TO yield 10 the high aud
noble motives e patriotism 70 what quarter \
then, shall We lock for help to exiricaie US from
ih.s dilemma Who axe to be The medaiors be- \
tween the Two conflicting parties Man.iesily. \
rot d. hi-mnied ciiizeus generally, for they have
suIrIt,I,d their power for the time 70 their repre-
fcrtatyes, and they must abide by their acts. Let
II b. remembered, too. that these representative
ale cloihtd viA iowcr % act ald that they viii
act. sometime VIII b, ionc by the prcsc1i Con-
grtss The 'maa'ery inactivity" policy Of the pre-
sent cabinet, oi Nhicl.ts or.in rave us, the other
day, 60 muddy an exposition, viii prove fatal TO
the whig party, TO the cabinet. and % AN parties
that odoit b. All that feeble. pusg,ie. childish
iNsGdlc IN he EDpt,c. amounted im,iv 10
gvrr The ao-by 10 he whole sub. ect during Gen
Tsylof's administration, in o'itr % save him ana
his cabinet ard HE party from ris responsibilities
of mccting and setirg this question; bui this game
wil not work. IN this electric eye, no panty or
cabinet can s'ave of these great questions, which
must continue 20 sri,ate the country tll they ere
ssul,d. The South wants 10 know. and she will
lnow, whether an institution, by being SO wrought
iaio The very web and woof Of hetw whole system OF
focie'y o. tobecome a necessary and Inevitable el.
emsnt &C their existence, il not only to b. later.
iersd with, but torn out, however fatal tgtnem
might b. the consequences. They foresee what any
men with common forecast may discover, namely,
that unjer whatever form abolitionism may az