The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-07

tAsis sva bAse And ssl6sh purposes, utterly rsskls0
u Tie consequences 10 The country. And thus II b
Nat Seward and Greeley, and Bryaat, Yrsd Doug
lass and Gerit Smith, Thurlow Weed and Lloyd
Garrison are all cooperating to the great end Of
Sousnting rupture between the North and the
South and the extinction Of slavery at the hazards
Of disunon and civil war;
Black spirits and white,
Red spirits and gray,
Nnge. mingie mingis, mingle,
You that mingic may
Such are the elements Of hostility and danger
which the South will be called upon to meet in tho
Philadelphia and Baltimore conventions. These
periodical assemblages may be regarded a. an or
shoot Of the original convention which formed the
federal constitution. In . spirit Of wisdom and
compromise, that convention laid down the funda-
mental principles of the Union for oil time to
In the Presidential conventions Of the two great
parties of the day, the bases Of the practical
measures and policy of the government are laid
down for the next four years; and here it is that
the South, meeting the North upon equal ground,
have the power Of enforcing, ut least, the
concession of their constitutional rights How i'm
portant in view Of the November election, that the
South of all parties, should up to Philadelphia
and to Baltimore united in demanding unequvocal
declaration ofprinciples! Let Southern men consider
themselves standing in the place of the fathers Of
the republic and holding in their hands its desti-
MES and tendencies for the next four years Let them
stand by their rights and their social institutions AZ
the paramount obligation, and enter into no compact
with wings or democrats, upon any terms which will
surrender the security Of the South to the doubtful
forbearance of either party. Let them take nothing
| for granted, where everything is in jeopardy.
There s n self-evident necessity for the national
conventions Of the wings and of the democrats u
meet the crisis without finohing, subterfuge, OF
paltry professions admitting Of double construc
ton. We have had sufficient experience of the risk
and damages Of no-party candidate upon no-party
platform. And what may be reasonably anticipated
| from the election, for example, Of General Scott
without pledges, without principles. but altogether
| upon trust I? A vain man, weak headed soldier
with no foresight prcscience of future events
will or policy Of his own he WILL Of conrse, be sub
| isct to the instruments Of his election His admins
tration, even to greater degree than that Of Gene
raj Taylor, will fall under the malign influence 0
Seward and his clique, resulting most probably il
the complete alienation Of the North and the South
tho destruction Of all national parties, and thu
creation Of two great sectional factions, as hostile
In sentiment anu IN p0ucy as NVrthern dsVutiVi
| and Southern slavery.
| Let the South look to it. The harmony Of the
Union only be restored by Cancellation ant
Northern forbearance, and good faith upon tn
slavery question. Abolition votes will be purchased
dearly upon any terms. The true policy of tn
South is plain 1t is to require Of both parties 0
the North distinct recognition Of their rights, an
distinct Of their social security from abo
lition incendiaries and their designs. Failing i
these assurances ofprotection and safety, it will
the duty Of the South to fall back upon ticket,
two tickets, Of their own, to throw the election
into the House Of Representatives, where. each Stat
being entitled to vote, they will have the powe
of shaping the President and the policy of his nd
ministration. The game is in their hands. lie
them look to it in time