The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-12

VIII save from ten TO fifteen months of time, hitherto
employed In coming home to discharge their car
goes. This Is an immense gain Of time, and con-
sequently of money. II costs a vessel no small
sum for provisions and wages, to come around
Cape Horn at any time; and the expense to whale
-an owners is very heavg. From this time, there
-, :" the former Interruptions to the
will be an emu -..u.a -, - -,
fisheries. They will be pu.- 49,
species becol extinct, when ali la. """'siAel
can return to the society Of the United States, "'
enjoy the light of the many new gases which pro-
mise to supersede the necessity for oil. That day,
however, is somewhat dist int.
The WASHINGTON UNION AND THE CASE OF
HENRY LONG. The Washington Union, edited by
Father Richie, appears to be in ecstacies because
the provisions of the Fugitive Slave bill were
carried out in the case Of Henry Long. II says
the court in New York has set salutary example,
which, it is to be hoped, will be followed on future
occasions. 1t like Use say sthat Judge Judson,
before whom the case was tried, is clear headed,
competent, and independent officer, who has borne
himself with equal discretion, liberality, and
firmness.
Now, we appreciate the venerable Mr.. Ritchies
compliments, u We can assure him that we in
New York, do not view the matter in the light in
which he does. Judge Judson will no doub. be
much amused at Father Ritchie's attempt to soft
soap him. Our venerable contemporary is admit
tedly as ardent as Southern sun can make him;
but he must not suppose for a moment, that there
is danger of any law, no matter what il might be-
not being carried out by New York so long as it is
law. The Fugitive Slave bill is the law of the
land, and il will be carried out, far the State
of New York is concerned, come veal or come
wo. Neither our citizens nor Judge Judson need
10 be informed of what his duty under that law is
II will be carried out, be the consequences what
they may; and we are strongly of the opinion that
if the ultras of the South only knew as much of
public opinion in the North as the Northern people
themselves do ir reference to this question, they
would not be quite so rampant 20 they are.
The Union excliil s, is the Fugitive Slave law a
dead letter and humbug at the North now Fa-
ther Richie cert nlr cannot be as well informed
of the state Of the pubic m nd at the North as he
ought to be, or he would not use such language.
We can tell him that the citizens of New York
will uphold any law passed by The national legls-
lature, as long as it is law and in accordance
with the constitution. Even did they think it un-
constitutional, they wo Id stand by unit its un-
constituiionaliy were decided by the Supreme
Court The great mistake with people out of New
York State has been that they ave taken Genit
Smith and Horace Greeley as public opinion. No
greater error could be commiued. Gerrit Smith,
Horace Greeley and William H. Seward belong to
factions that the masses of Ne ' York utterly and
completely condemn and despise. BY accident, w.
II. Seward go, set in the Senate of the United
States; but if his election depended upon the voice
of the masses, he would have remained until this
time, In the obscurity from which he never should
have emerged.
New York does not want any credit for per-
forming her duties as a member of the confederacy.
She may for a time be led astray, but emily for
time. She knows her duty under the laws and
under the constitution, and will perform 1t at any
risk. Judge Judson, too, knows his duty, and we
venture to say will perform it, no caring straw
who approves of or who condemns his action.