The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-17


facturers, the merchants, the mechanics
the operatives-who would have glad
ly welcomed and honestly appreciated theil
high character and noble statesmanship Nei
Their could have stopped to penny subscrip
ton; but had such movement been possible
we know that the net amount would not, like
Mrs. Stoves, have fallen short of the daily
earnings of grocery store
The reason Of the difference is easily disco
vered. Mrs. Stowe and Martin Van Buren, are
the representatives of o principle which has
threatened the existence of the Union
and endurance Of our republican institu
tons. Hence the popularity of the former
among those who have everything to feal
from the spread of democracy; hence would
have arisen the popularity Of the latter
among those who are already democratic al
heart. Both parties reason logically. Re
publican principles are secretly but widely
spreading both on the continent and in
England. Military despotism gags the mouth
Of the continental democrats; but the or
gans Of the middle classes in England have
already assumed democratic Tone Already
volunIinous branch Of popular literature has
taught the people to regard our institu
tions with envy and to hate hereditary apisto-
Gratis and titled debauchees No slight blow has
been dealt at the aristocracy by the late cleo.
tion exposures 1t has so happened that the
individuals most deeply implicated in these dis
~ nr 1,1
body; and SO general has been the censure
aroused by their peccadilloes, that it is rare
now to see mobiles name mentioned in an
English newspaper without some epithet O.
contempt or Indignation. All these occurrences
are symptoms Of coming storm A convulsion
compared to which previous revolutions have
been mere summer showers, seems to impend over
the British Isles. as well as the rest Of Europe.
The nobility are not SO blind as to fail to read
its prognostic Alright They see that their fate
is in the balance. They reckon the rate of pro-
gress of the advancing tide, and estimate, in
tremor and dismay, their chances of stemming
it. A poor sort of calculation, indeed; as though
an infant would arrest cataract with willow
switch. But if life depended on the deed, even
the willow switch would be eagerly grasped.
And so the English mobiles grasp the slavery
difficulty, our only vulnerable point in their
opinion. to prove to their countrynen the folly
of republicanism, and the utter hopelessness of
establishing stable republic in modern times
If by dint Of agitating the slavery question
one section Of this country can be reused into
open strife against the other, disunion and ruin
must necessarily follow. This great Union
would then give place to three or four feeble
States, ever warning with each other, crippled
in their resources, jealous and narrow-minded
in their policy, and hardly holding any rank or
position among the nations Of the world. Mexico
would, perhaps, be fair type of each. Should
this calamity ever come to pass, with what
exultation would the English mobiles turn round
upon their democratic fellow-citizens, and point
out the natural and evitable consequences of
republicanism" How sagely Blackwood would
ratiocinate! How morally the Quarterly would
opine! How tondly the lords Of England would
clasp their rent rolls to their breast, safe at
last from the dreaded encroachments of the
monster democracy That such is the secret of
the welcome extended to Mrs. Stowe and Mr..
Van Buren,, no reasonable person can doubt. 1t
remains to be seen whether the strong sense of
the American people will not see the danger
betimes. and convert the poison into whole
some useful medicine.
DoINGs OF THE RE-UNPRECEDENrED
lawmakers at Albany have re-
deemed the expenses of their extra session. in
the bill for the Canal enlargement. But that is
not all-they have given us some valuable
to our new charter. for which we
are, as we ought to be, duly thankful Nor is
that all. The Senate has passed the Pacific
Railroad bill. Good. Let the House do the
same. What shall we not gain by it, and what
can we lose? And they have passed the Juve-
nile Delinquent Asylum bill for this city for
the Rock Boys. the Long Boys. and the Short
Boys, and all other vagrant juvenile barbarians.
whose name is legion. Fifty thousand dollars
from the State, fifty thousand from the CITY,
and fifty thousand from private contributors
form the fund for this humane and benefcent
institution. Let it be carried out And the
Assembly have passed bill for ship canal
around the Falls Of Niagara on our side. Not
too late. Let us have it. Plenty of water
No difficulty on that point. And it will pay
pide, the Welland Canal Then. again, Mr..
Taylor has reported to the Assembly railroad
accident bill. Very good. We want that bill
Human life depends upon it. If railroad COM
panies are Indifferent concerning the lives of a
train Of passengers, let them be held accountable
to the widows and orphans they may throw upon
the world. Nothing SO simple and just Let Mr..
Taylor push forward his bill, and he will not
regret it when it shall become law
But mark time The Maine Liquor law is
looming up at Albany as large as life. We
have frequently expressed our commseration
for the people Of Newport upon the exclusion,
by this Maine law, of large proportion of their
summer customers, by restricting them to cold
water lemonade and root beer Now we heoin