The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-23

and IL yeu attempt 70 IoS0o Zen. o0otS-our eAn0l-
date-te recognise the abominable and atrocious
Fugitive law, you must abide by the consequences
We shall then throw OF the mask, and open the
war, and carry on the campaign upon the single L.
sues Of the repeal Of that law and the humbling Of
the presumptuous slaveholding and slave trading
minority Of the South. Such is the import Of the
warning from the Seward oracles Of the Northern
wing party.
Such are the views and opinions Of the loading
whig journals of this city. The best that We
make of the whole lump is, that Wall street is
ready to compromise upon the Fugitive Slave law;
and that the Seward faction are determined to
strangle that issue or reduce the election to
a combined assault upon Southern slavery. They
protest against a mere side Issue like the Fug-
tive law being made the test question Of the
whig party; but they know that it is the paramount
question of the day. The old financial questions Of
the bank the tariff and the public lands are settled
practically settled. These issues have become stale,
hackneyed and Obsolete; but the issue between the
North and South, of the abolition of slavery, is a
living vital and national issue 1t involves theonly
dangers which this Union has to fear-a sectional
division civil war; and all the horrors of the bloody
orgies of st. Domingo; ana so deeply tainted and
come with their abolition affiliations, that neither
can any longer be trusted by the South without the
most solemn and unequvocal pledges upon the
slavery question. If the Northern wing party or
democratic party prefer the "highcr law as above
the constitution be it, but it is due to the South
and the Union men Of the North, of both parties,
that they should understand it.
Upon this single issue Of the binding obligations
Of the compromise, out and out, we should like to
see distinct trial made in the Northern States.
There is a majority in the North-evcn in Massa-
chusetts-in favor of the Adjustment for the sake OF
peace. Let the test be fairly applied There need,
then, be no fear by the South of the power of the
Northern whig party as an abolition party. Let the
South organize at once for an independent move
ment. Let them give the Northern wings all the
rope they may desire, and the battle will soon be
| ended. The Union loving and law abiding people Of
the North, without respect to old party associations
will rally to the support Of the South in vindcation
| of the constitution, the laws, and the Union; and
abolitionsm will be throttled and suffocated in the
strongholds Of the inccndiaries. It can be DONE II
is for the South to put the ball in motion. No time
| now for patching up reconciliation between the
constitution and ''thc higher law" The one or the
other must be put down.
KossuTH AND THE NEWSPAPER PREss.--One o.
| the novel features Of the renewal Of the Kossutt
celebrations in this neighborhood, is the complaint
which the orator himself continually thruss before
the public, regarding the temper and tone will
which most Of the newspapers have treated his pur
poses his mission, and himself during the last few
months. There has been n great deal of contradic
ton in many of the speeches Of kossuth during hi
career West and South, combined, however, will
great deal of sameness in the language, style
| tone, and temper Of his five hundred speeches. Hi
recent speeches here principally remarkable fo
the qucrulousness which escapes him against thai
portion Of the American newspaper press that OPP
poses his projects, laughs at his manGuvres, ant
makes fun Of the melo-dramatic sublimity Of hi
pretensions. Kossuth, recently, is necessarily in
Producing those "personal matters" rs he call
them, into his speeches. 49,
Now, it is evident from this popularity, in tn
temper Of kossuth that he has not been drilled int
the freedom and frankness Of republican institution
to any considerable extent. He cvinces the sensi
tiveness Of novice in liberty. He is blubbering ant
thin-skinned to an extreme. No journal that W
have seen has imputed dishonesty to Kossuth, blu
wothirds Of the American press have questone
his wisdom, the practicabity Of his projects tn
feasibility of his mission, the propriety of his de
nouncing the doctrines of Washington, and tn
dccency good feeling which prompted him to talk
| as he has done in his. speeches, Of Captain Long
Mr.. Clay, and other distinguished men Of the land
In all this, American journalism has treated Kos
suth with much forbearance, much more thar
they do their own distinguished men, Of any part,
or every party. Let one look over the last quartz
| Of q century, and call up to ones recollection
the manner in which Clay, Webster, Jackson
| Calhoun, Clinton, Cass, Seward, or any othc
| distinguished statesmen Of this age, have beer
talked about in public meetings, and write,
| about in public journals in this country. Th,
treatment Of Kossuth by the newspapers has beer
the treatment Of an indulgent father to rick
city child, in comparison with the same treatment
to the American statesmen we have named, during
their whole public career. Yet, who ever saw thes,
distinguished men descend to the captiousness ant
querulousness of complaining in public meetings,
in popular harangucs, of the treatment bestowed
| upon them by the newspaper press American
statesmen, Of every age, have more sturdiness
and stamina in their character, belief in the
purity and strength of their principles, more know
ledge Of the light and heavy artillery Of the press
than to trouble themselves with trifes when they
are utanng WIN men hnu couluuuitleS, principles
and purposes, which can, in a free land, stand
against nm unjust opposition, the Alleghanies OF
the Rocky Mountains can stand against the rudcst
| blasts Of the North.
Kossuth, we afraid, has much to learn Of free
government, liberty, republicanism, democracy,
AID everything else connected with this new system
Of civilization He has yet to learn to speak less,
and act more Hc has been engaged in m expcdi-
ton, mission, through this country similar to that
which Gen. Lopez attempted short time ago.
The isming ofthc Hungarian bonds on the faith of
Hungarian republic, in the present state of Europe
is as clear case Of humbug, az ever was the pro-
mitigation of the Cuban bonds, with the signature
Of Lopez, who had the courage TO 60 and die
for the idea which he affected to represent
Yet out oc regard, and a delicate regard for
the position and character of Kossuth, little
has becu aid a0oinsf thoec ridiouloua hands