The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-29

fought untiinchIngiy the Stewards, the Haies,
the Van Burens, the Garrisons. the Greeleys,
and the whole army of free sellers and their al
Hes and though surrounded on all sides by
open enemies of the constitution and Southern
institutions, we have never failed, in the hour
Of need, to defend to the utmost of our power
that constitution, with all its compacts all its
pledges, all its guarantees to the Southern
States of the Union. For the last twenty years
ever since the first dawn of the Northern aboli-
ton party--it has had good reason to count us
among the most incorporating and deter
mined foes it had. That character we have pre-
served'amid evil and good report; and now, at
this momentous crisis, when North and South
are again about to be arrayed against each
other and the country stands on the brink of
the greatest conflict it has ever witnessed, we
are proud to preserve it still.
1t does then, we confess it, seem to us
gratitude on the part of leading Southern
journal like the Richmond Enquirer, supported
by Southern men and representing Southern
interests, to turn round against us, and delibe-
rately endeavor to destroy our character and
reputation in the South, merely because
we have unmasked the policy of the
Cabinet and shown that Marcy and his
colleagues are reviving the Van Buren, dynasty.
and insdiously planning yet more terrible
onslaught on Southern Institutions than has
ever been attempted This has been our crime
We have in these latter days remained staunch
and faithful to the great cause of the Union,
and have assailed the disguised free soilers who
now control the administration with the same
bitterness and the same hostility as we assailed
Martin Van Buren,, VIM. I'll. Seward, and VIM.
Lloyd Garrison For this we have been de-
nounced by the Richmond Enquirer Foulest
calumnies have been heaped upon our name,
grossest falsehoods have been circulated re-
specting our motives, basest lies have been ut
tered with regard to our designs-the whole,
with the sole aim and object Of impairing the
confidence which the South has ever placed in
the HERALD.
Does the South know this Can the men Of
the South stand idly by and see their old friend
the only true friend they ever had in the Nor
thern States attacked and struck down by trail
tors from their own ranks? Can they witness
such atrocious ingratitude with unconcern?
We have lorg known the Southern heart, and
are sure it is still as sound. as true, and rs
steadfast as itrused to be; and even if selfin-
terest was silent we should still expect to see
the South rise as one man to sweep from their
land such traitorous journal as the Richmond
Enquirer, and establish in its stead news
paper which should not requite twenty years Of
faithful, devoted friendship, with calumny and
abuse. But common prudence dictates the
necessity of replacing that journal by one which
can truly speak the sentiments Of the Southern
people, fight the battle Of slavery with free soil
ism and abolitionism, and cooperate with the
only true and firm friend the South ever had in
the Northern States. We call upon the South
ern people-the own interests call upon them
to act promptly and energetcally in this mat
ter-to stop their subscriptions and withdraw
their advertisements from that traitor to them
and their interests--the Richmond Enquirer
and to transfer them to a journal that will re-
present the South without disgracing it, and
evince some sympathy for the only friends it
has in other sections Of the country.