The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-23

Ac'ong the inn variety IF interesting and i'm
po..snt matter with which our inside pages are
crowded il the folloviDg:--The late John G. Ca
boIp's opinion Of the Missouri Compromise; Report
oc the State Engineer on the New York Railroads;
Letters from Honduras and Boston, full particulars
CT the late dreadful steamboat explosion at ST. Louis;
Another Tornado in Ohio; Political, Commercial
and Miscellaneous Intelligence, etc.
Revolutionary Prospects Net Results or the
Present Agitation.
Charles Sumner. as well as William FL. Sew.
ard. denies that the passage of Douglas Ne
braska bill will settle the slavery controversy
so far as Congress is concerned Both Senators
empbatically declare that lit cannot be set
tied" The admission is valuable. as afording
substantial evidence of the aims of the party
among whose leaders they occupy distinguish
ed place. 1t is tantamount to q declaration
that there shall be no peace in this republic
until the whole country consents to model its
institutions and sy stems of labor in accordance
with the plan prescribed by Meesrs Seward,
Sumner, and their allies 1t is throwing down
the gauntlet fairly and frankly before the South,
and warning us that despite constitution laws
and pubic sentiment, this band of agitators
will continue to stir up strife and foneat dis
cord till they are either entirely successful or
finally crushed. 1t is an announcement that
there are men among US, gifted with no ordinary
intellectual powers, who have solemnly sworn
to devote those powers to the destruction of
their country, and the ruin of their fellow-citi-
zens. Such an announcement, deliberately
made in open Senate by men whose voices have
been hitherto heard with attention, cannot b
passed over in silence. Men are specializing
around us on the prospect OF q general Euro
pean revolution that is to uproot the reigniug
dynasties and plough the whole field of Euro
pean society. When an oath, like that of Han
nibal, is sworn in open Senate. never to let Thu
country have rest, are we not much nearer a
revolution ourselves? Is it not neariog us
with giant strides, sweeping away every obsta-
Gle in its onward march, and gathering fresh
strength from every incident on the way? Do
we not hear its muflled thunder in the voices of
United States Senators? Are not the first rain
drops visible in the meetings and lectures that
have taken place in the North?
People of America, it is useless to disguise
the fact, we are standing on the brink OF
revolution. Mr.. Sumner was right when he said
that the old issues were obsolete-that slavery
is the only subject within the field of national
politics which excites any real interest," Pre-
texts like this Nebraska controversy feed the
flame and strengthen the revolutionaries. Tue
Rev. Theodore Parker invokes the judg-
ment Of Heaven on the heads of Webster,
Cass, and Everett, for betraying the
cause Of freedom" William Lloyd Garri-
son assoils even the fathers of the repub-
lie for tolerating slavery. Smith, Greeley, and
others, dash their heads furiously against the
constitution, and fnd audiences to applaud the
conclusion. Mr.. Seward threatens the South
with unheard-of retribution for her past aud
present enormities Mr. Sumner and Mr.. Wade
proclaim their intention to carry on the war to
their dying day. Throughout the North men
are rising up to vituperate the Southern Sena-
tors aud execrate their Southern fellow citizens
Theirs is no constitutional position: they stand
far above that They attack the constitution
itself, and would rend it asuuder in a moment
had they the power. They scorn to cavil at a
mere Congressional bill. IT'S th. original deed
OF confederation the palladium Of oar national
existence, the sacred charter under which we
have grown to- this our might, that they would
destroy aud abolish forever Ia short, they seek
revolution. Not peaceful revolution. which
can he commenced in The halls Of Congress and
ended at The polls without a drop Of bloodshed,
They care nor what it cost, so it be thorough
and completed.
IL is not TO be expected that these men will
tire in The performance Of their task. They
have every motive to pursue it nnluchngly
Their personal fame depends on IL. Tneir honor
is involved in the conflict Their ambition
clings 10 il AZ its only ladder to success Tney
will 90 On.
They VIII 60 on, and the day win come when
the people Of the United States will be ca,lei
upon to say whether or no tie revolution
hall lie accomplished under their leadership
OF the nature Of that revolution there can b %
doubt. II will be a division OF the confeicracy
iuto two distinct republics North and South.
The latter cannot yield her institutions under
mcrac,s ard abuse; she will cling 70 them
with human Oh ttaacy. and dissolve sooler
fhun yield a single slave What will lie Iii.
condition Of the NORTH after the Unon i,
dissolved?
In tba first place the cherished PROJECT of Il
many Southern Statesmen viii thcn as.ureal,
he accomplished. a dir Ct tra1e alll he est,3.
hstcd between the S u,0rrn ports ana Gre.
tiitaiu ana Frarcc. MI bale ~ q ltta1 or