The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-23

spect Ut defiance, and be sueosssfuI IN ma;n..;r;,
sscn %Issegsrd and abandonment Of duty, against
ment, anda disruption Of the Union Is airesSv az
compushed. One or more members ofthe confede
racy cannot annul material part of the COMPACT
wnicn tneX nave entered into with the other States
because they have no interest In it. or even II
against their interest, and at the same time claim
an observance Of it by others. There can be mo-
such obligation on those others, legal or moral ia
requires but common sense, and common honesty.
to settle this That other, or those other States
interested in the rejected and repudated part.
after an unavailing effort by the constituted au-
thorities Of the UniOa TO enforce obedience.
would have right to regard the compact rs az
an end; and to withdraw from O confederacy Of
faithless associates There are two sides to the
compact, and both must be observed, o: neither
These principles fundamental; they lie at
the foundation Of all contracts and cOmpacts
entered into by parties, whether for government
or any other purposes aud they exact nothing more
than common honesty I'D good faith in the OBJ
servance of the duties add obligations of EACH.
Seeing, therefore, and properly ating these
consequences as the BILE tendency and result
OF breaking, and setting at naught, material part
OF the conattutien, with what should every
good citizen contemplate the act. And with what
aacrity, and spirit, should he come up to its sup
pert and maintenance What vast and mo mentous
interests may depend upon his active and patriotic
devotion in defence constitution and laws of his
country. No one need for moment harbor the sun
position or belief that the northern States will not
be held to strict full il nent of their constitutional
obligations arising out Of this clause Of the COM
pact. Fifteen States of the Union are deeply in
terested in its exc cuton, and demand its observ-
ance. They have already determined that it
must be no longer disreg arded, and have appeal
ed to their northern brethren to come up to their
constitutional duties and obligations, and save the
Union. Many of them nave confidence tina. thew
Will, and are at this moment, upon the strength
OF it, maintaining vigo Gus and manful struggle
with their less confdenG brethren in behalf OF it.
It requires but an honest and faithful discharge Of
hese duties and obligations Of the North TO cheer
them on and GRO wn their patriotic efforts With
success. Let the great 81, tie of New York, there
fore, not falter in her duty, prove to
her obligations at this time and in this struggle.
No state has greater stake in the preservation Of
the Union; nor is there any whose voice, for
good or for evil, will be more powerfully felt
throughout its Limits. Dsordesly and turbulent
men-the common disturbers of society-are found
In every government. And occasional outbreaks
against law, and legal authority, ums be expec led.
people when the violence is speedily suppressed.
and the guilty offenders sternly punished. New
ork may thus redeem herself from the odium ofsuf-
fering the constitution and laws of the Union to be
trampied under foot; and from just responsibility
to the other members of the confederacy. She will
thus indicate herself from tho bad example OF
having broken the compact; and from thereby, so
far as she is concerned, releasing o.hers from the
obligation. But, should she falter in this duty and
in redeeming her own plighted faith to the consi-
tuition, how can she expect to preserve the Union
Or, that other States, deeply concerned in the
observance of her oblig alton, will remain with her
IN the confederacy. 1t would De vain to expect
it; and her conduct, in the case supposed, will
have rendered her powerless any ate to coerce
the association. Having broken the com pact her
SELF and cast off her constitutional obligations, she
will have rendered herself ID oraly impotent to ex.
act them of others. Any one conversant with the
history OF the times, a nd with the great issue now
agIating the country, and in which the perpetuity
OF TINS mon is involved, cannot fail TO nave seen
that it is in the hands of the people Of the northern
Htates-Ihey mus. determine it, and the respon-
sbihy rests upon them. IL they abide by the
whole and every part OF it-an
will be well. If they expect the Union to be
saved, and to enjoy the blessings flowing from it,
short Of this, they will find themselves mistaken
when it is too late