The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-11-13

AGITATION STILL IN THE tIELD.-One Of the lead
ing organs Of VIM II. Seward and the abolition agi-
tators Of the North evidently preparing for further
agitation on the subject Of slavery. We find in
that Journal the following article
The question Of slavery extension is not settled 1t Is
prsfent and potent to day At this moment California
IL convuls.d With jectsd Acknowledgement which IL TO
cut southern half and make sfts new territory
zee and slave territory There are various pret.rs
Put forth but slavery II At the bottom OF the agita-
ticn The Southern rror sgsndss have never Tor one
moment taken their on Of southern California they
long ago determined have 1t for slave State and they
have nov thank. to the Union safety Committee and
kindred agencies Congress little likely TO make any ef
fctual RESISTANCE 10 their demands We shall save to
r.ss them perhaps unnecessarily but with IA to day
~ with MIR w,btsr short time ago resistance 10 slavery
extension 10 matter q conscientious duty, and we
not stop TO calculate the chances q success Well Mr.
wood, suppose the country should be plens into
fresh ccmmotion respecting the opening q Southern Ca
ifcrnis 70 slavery will you charge " with fomenting
slavery sgitation
ain doors stall smokes with the blood Of It's de-
nders sot Gown in resisting invasion, Of which the
handspring southern Lust Ct conquest for the sake
Increasing the power Of slavery In federal Union
Messrs Webster and Fillmore have not yet pronounced
resistance to that invasion aggressive, will presume
that s no, stgmatzed such by the Union Safety
o. mnttee And Just across our Southwestern frontier
the blood Of the defenders OF the country and It, laws Is
flowing In the streets OF Mstsmoras shed in pre-
tended revolution but real invasion from side In the
conjoint interests Of smuggling aud slavery The game
Of annexation just opening afesh and the republic Of
Texss first In overpowering the native popustion Sc
condly in erpeibg the Mexican authorities and sol.
dry thirdly Ia applying for admission into our Union
tsve State with power to give birth TO other slave
States.
There is a good deal Of truth in this but all these
movements for the further agitation Of the slavery
question will be unavsling. What is poin;ed out
in the above extract springs from the energy Of this
country to enlarge its dimensions and lie bousda-
ries, on the sane principles which animated the
Roman republic for thousand years. No aboli-
ton distractions or objurgations can prevent the
natural growth Of this mighty nation, nor have
they prevented it's growth during the last half CEN
tury The movements indicated in this extract, in
reference to California and Northern Mexico, will
probably come up for discussion during the next
session Of Congress. They will then assume some
fern. and will probably operate to great extent
in the reconstruction Of political parties and will
affect, in great degree, the res alt Of the neat Pre-
sidentia election ln the year 1874 the Texas
movement was in a similar condition Of germ and
half develoIemcnt that these movements in Califor-
MA and Mckee sienow in. MIR Van Blrcnaud Mr..
Clay ct that nc did rot notice the littlo cloud in
The horizon. which gradually Increased 30 size and
daflr f. unt 60 bus. uron ibe country and hence
ttey we're ovtreb siucd 81 ttt.- srrr,hersi. rs
ard igtorsrcs q What vas coL.lg. TIE chances
a.. Gttdedly ia iattr Of tbc democratic party il the
reg, prendential election, fr they have IN great
degree demolished the wbissin a,sfiy all the recent