The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-26

prot<g<: the former are in the market to buy, |
the latter always ssell; the first contracts with
knave, the second with fools.
AT least it would seem so; for, who Tut an
idiot would think Of luying knave on any
terms and who but rogue would take in a
fool by selling what he has not and never had I?
The Richmond Enquirer has power TO speak
for the South only when it sustains the South.
The national democracy Of the North it was who
fought through the Fugitive law; who see in
slavery an element of national wealth and ma
tional strength; who look to its early extension
into Mexico and Cuba; who would defeat the
Vaccinations OF England and France by carry
ing it to those points where ii can be most sue
cessfully and proftably employed; who would
oppose the schemes of European despots for its
abolition open projects for its practical fortiii-
cation within and without our present terrific
rial limits 1t is with them not a question
about multiplying the number Of slaves on this
continent, but about the manner of their EN-
ployment Free soilism and abolitionism never
freed negro: never removed a burden from the
human family; never lightened the task of o
fellow-being. Do the South prefer the latter to
the former Does the Richmond Enquirer
speak its sentiments and represent its opinions
when it assals the national democracy of New
York. and pleads for coalition with sectionists
and agitators? There was time when the
French miss ion could not buy up the sterling
democracy of the Old Dominion and that time
is now There was time when the Richmond
Enquirer was held at higher rates tkaD at pre-
sent; when paltry Office and the fortunes Of
an obscure citizen were not sufficient to turn its
columns upon the friends Of the Union. and to
! lead its editor into communion with renegades
and traitors. There was time when treason
was dangerous; but that time has passed. The,
Richmond Enquirer is powerless for evil. Its
sudden conversion, like that of the free sellers
of the North, is the signal Of its infamy and not
of its strength. What it gains in intrigue, it
loses in character 1t receives the smiles of
the Cabinet and of the free soil dependents, and
the jeers and frowns of the people 1t has Sc
cured the spells and lost its own selfrespect
and the respect OF its contemporaries, the plaudits
Of abolitionists, and the contempt ofpatriots and
honest men.
There is spot Of the blacklist treason in the
| South. Look at the Richmond Enquirer, in
its day of dotage aiding and supporting the re-
establishment of the free soil Van Buren, dynas-
| ty in the North.
Uncle Toms Cabin Mt the Nntional-Thc
Abolitionist Organs OF the Administration.
1t is impossible not to admire the persever-
ance and skill with which the Van Burenites
are playing their reasonable game. Not a
single opportunity of making a proselyte or
furnishing an enemy escapes them. While at
Washington Marcy and Guthrie are endeavor-
ing to put down honest patriotism by proscrip-
ton and severity, their agents here are no less
active in propagating the principles which form
the ground work of their party. The Post and
the Daily Times are untiring in their abolition
labors. The one teens with narrowing stories
about runaway slaves, cruelty punished by I'M
feeling masters, who would not submit to be
robbed; and finds spare corner for few we'll
turned compliments to Mr.. Marcys address
:, The other-more wily-seeks fresher material.
and dilates upon the moral of the success of
| Uncle Toms Cabin" at the National; sezing
the opportunity afforded by the same issue to
bespatter the administration with praise. Both
HERALD. There is. perhaps, nothing in their
course which calls for particular notice; more
especially when we remember that they have
all along been understood to speak the senti-
ments of the abolition party in this State. and
that the younger of the two, started by promi-
nent members of that party, and deriving its
chief support from them, is now we'll known
to have supplanted its less adroit and more
damaging ally, the Tribune, in tile al
fections and confidence Of William d. Sew
/ ard Neither the consistency with which
they assal our national institutions, nor the
fact of their alliance with the present cabinet,
are matters of any novelty or moment. We
only allude to them incidentally lest any Of
our Southern readers should fancy that The
administration has no friends in this city.
We cannot, however dismiss without word
OF comment the instrument which the Times is
now using to revive the abolition mania and
consequently to curry favor for Marcy and the
Cabinet. 1t is nothing less than Uncle Toms
Cabin in a new shape the dramatic version
which has been produced at the National OF
this performance. which we shall properly cha
racterize by stating that it contains all the
poison Of the novel. with much additional
trash to suit the depraved tastes Of the short
boys the Times gave an elaborate puff at its
first appearance Following mp the charge in
its yesterday S issue, il thus comments -
It struck pleasantly on many ears when lately we
heard THAT the great ideas OF brotherhood equality
and religious responsibility in Uacls Toms Cabin"
were preached to the Bowefy boys from the stage
1t was the more pleasant, when we were assured
that the OF the audience were such as could by
DO inducement be beguiled into church or religious
meeting: that they we're the proictaues OF great
ciiy-the wandering. maraudiug boy, the pro,ss.
sional rowoy the 4" flash man. and even the ont.
cast PaIah OF or society---the prostitute.
Whatever difference Of opinion nigh. be as to the
correctness oil the facts stated in that work ii was
socd TO Know that such an audience, with fearful
eyes ard enthusiastic cheers, ACKNOWLEDGED tae
Grand sentiments OF humanity contained in it that