The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-15

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this Union is the result Of compromise, Of many
compromises, and We are bound by them, IS We are
devoted to the Union. Let them be broken and the
Union is broken. This may yet be done. God only
knows. But let Southern confederacy be once es
tablisbed, and where is the commercial supremacy
Of New York? The vast import and export, and
cosstwse and inland traffic Of the South, centering
in this city, to the amount Of hundreds of millisns
year, win be drawn of to the South entirely-to Bal
timore, Norfolk, Charleston, Mobile, and New Or
leans for the North will be as distinctly separated
from the South France is from England The South
can enforce upon MS, in exchange for our local
supplies Of cotton, sugar. rce and tobacco, such trea
ty stipulations as will secure their slaves against
abolition nce ndiaries but our Southern commerce
though the Mississippi should remain as free as
the Atlantic ocean-would be drawn off to Southern
ports II is not, therefore, rprising. in view Of
such possible calamity, that the Co,tries-the
professsd organ of Wall street, and all our CONNER
cal interests-should side with Mr.. Webster agaius,
the revival Of the slavery agtntion and in support
Of he constitutional rights Of the South But it is
surprising to hear that, although the rejection of
Mr. Webster was an act Of political insanity" the
election Of Gen Scott, by whom he was supplanted,
This sort Of self qualification viii never do Let
the truth be known. The Courier and Enquirer is
attempting to carry water upon both shoulders. II
il attempting to reconcile disgraceful surrender to
Seward to the pitiful plea Of necessity, that Mr..
Webster can't be elected Cannot his course be
vindicated in just rebuke Of the anti slavery in
trigues by which he and President Fillmore were
both thrown overheard; and would not this be
sufficient triumph Of true conservative wing prin-
ciplcs over the schemes of Seward, AID his abeli.
ton agents and organs Let US suppose, for
example, that notwithstanding the Wall street
organ Of Mr.. Webster knocks under to S.
ward and Company, in the support Of Gen. S,ott,
that General Pierce is elected Let us suppose
that " fired with indignation" at the result, the
Seward branch Of the whg party is re-organizei
upon platform Of open and avowed hostility to
the extension and continuance Of Southern slavery
and this is not violent presumption Of what ny
come to pass-wherc, then, in such a contingencv,
shall we find our neighbor Of the Couwier?-for Sew
ard, for the constitutional wing principles of Mr.
Webster Where is the Courier now for against
Mr. Webster for or against the platform of Seward
and the higher law What does it fear to lose in
losing the election Of Gen Scott What does it hope
to gain in gaining it wing principles the spoils
Is there any hope for either Are not both the one
and the other already lost 1t won't do. The only
consistent course, sink swim," for ncghbor,
is, guano gunno, fish no fish, to stick to Mr.
Webster. 1t won't do to desert him under the
dodge Of " whig principles" Stick to Mr.. Webster
New YORK AND SAN Francisco CHANGING,
PLAcEs.-The pronunciamento Of the Grand Jury o.
San Francisco, on the recent termination of their
labors, congratulating the citizens on the peace.
good order, and security to life, which existed in
that city, fact which should make those charged
with the preservation of the public peace of New
York, blush at the evidences which our police re
ports give of the increase Of crime and rufanism in
this metropolis San Francisco, the rendezvous of
all the lawless characters whom the California gold
revolution congregated to that region, has been for
the three or four years OF its existence city, in
Tested with reckless dcsperadoes, robbng and muir
deripg with as much impunity as the same class Of
ruians are now permitted to carry the like opera
tions in New York. This was the natural and almost
inevitable result of the yet unorganized social ele
ments existing there. But We are now told, on the
authority of the Grand Jury of San Francisco, that
these evils have been efectually curbed and termi
mated by the fixed determination evinced by the
Can the Grand Jury now in session in New York,
the metropolis Of the Union present such document
to their constituents, congratulatipg them on the
decrease Of crime in this city And if not-why
not Simply because riotous and disorIerly Assem-,
blages are found indispensable to the unpnncipled
demagogues Of both parties, to enable them to
carry their candidates at primary elections, III Il
a,nis, and, therefore, the lawless characters com
posing these bands are not only shielded from
punishment but paid for their services" And,
also, because even in those rare instances where
police officers do their duty, and arrest street
brawlers and rowdy disturbers Of the peace, and
where these delirauents are not released by their
friends, the aldermen, they have deaer resort
TO escape from punishment, in the aable laxity Of
the District Attorney. These causes combined
have caused rowdyism to attain condition in this
city in which it seems rs firmly rooted now IS any
other authorized institution of the day. We sec
ii stated that many old residents aro about leaving
New York from a sense Of the dangers to which
their lives and property are exposed here, and to
ten we would suggest tho advsability Of selecting
San francisco as their new residence. We com
mend to the District Attorney, Mayor, Aldermen
and Chief of Police of this city, the oongratulatory
uoCNlueut pleseite0 ny tie 0TbuV Jury 10 Tue
citizens Of San Francisco Let them g read, mark
learn, srd inHardly digest tho came.
BuNCoMDE FROM BARNUA.--An obscure musical
weekly paper, with little circulation and no inau
erce pretends give tho resut Of the tour Of Jenny
Lind In the United States in dollars and cents
The gains Of these celebrated characters are thoren
represented 10 be over three hundred thousand dol
lars EACH making in all over six hundred thousand
dollars the profits of the copa-tuership, fer about
rinety concerts, in this country. We have not the
slightest doubt but this is gross exaggcration Of
the simple matter Of fact. The profits of the very
first concert given by Jenny Lind, at Castle Garden
was stated, in one Of Barnun's Buncombo speeches,
at nearly one half over its exact results. He erag
geratcd every subsequent concert and event that
took place and We have not tho least doubt but this