The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-05

Jup0s DoueIAs AT Hon The telegraph In
forms us that Dsssing convened for the pur-
pose OF hh.sarfng Judge Douglas speak on the
rebraska bill a. Chicago, on Saturday. wa.
broken up by the aboliticnists, and the Senator
from Illinois was thus prevented from address
ing an audience of his constituents This dis
turbance does not speak well for Chicago,
which has heretofore had the reputation of being
one of the most quiet and orderly, as well as
one of the most thriving, cities of the West 1t
is probable, however-and for the credit of the
citizens, we are willing to believe it to be the
fact-that the disturbance was the work Of
few insane fanatics. small minority can sue
coed in an endeavor to prevent the accomplish
ing of any business by q meeting convened in
the open air, and however great the majority
may be, it cannot succeed in silencing noisy
By the adoption of the latter course, the ma
jority would forfeit its own selfrespect, and,
by being guilty of q breach of the peace, place
itself upon Q level with those who set at def
ance the constitution and the law.
The demonstration at Chicago shows very
clearly the inconsistency of the abolitionists
Here we find the members of party which
has inscribed on its banners the motto, "free
speech-free labor-free men," uniting to put
down the exercise of right guaranteed by the
constitution, and adopted as one of their own
cardinal points Of faith. They have been allow
ed to rave for years against the constitution
and the law-to revile the citizens of the South
ern States and cast reproaches upon indepen-
dent members of Congress-they have enjoyed
their boosted freedom Of speech almost to the
uttermost bounds of RIGHTEOUSNESS. But now
they prove that all their Trades have not even
the merit Of sincerity. They are hypocrites,
trading upon the sympathies of weak-backed
men and strong minded -vagabonds,
who traffic in treason, and have the audacity to
call in the sacred name Of freedom by way Of a
shieM to cover their nefarious designs
1t is to be hoped that the eyes Of many well
meaning people at the North, who have been
misled by these fanatics, will be opened, and
that they viii eventually see things in their
proper light. They will be aware Of the fact
that the country is disgraced abroad and de-
graded at home by such demonstrations as that
at Chicago. The popular sentiment of a SEC
ton of the country may be misguided for q
time, but it is always certain to be right at
last. When the reaction comes, the fanatics
will find themselves cast into q pit of oblivion
30 deep that the light Of day will visit them
never more.
Judge Douglas is too well versed in popular
politics not to be acquainted with all these
facts He is yet comparatively young man,
and may possibly live long enough to receive
justice at the hands of all men, all parties, and
in all sections Of the country. At all events,
he cannot be put down by abolition mob law.
The GREAT RAILROAD MIsrAKE.-We are
asked daily, by stockholders in the Erie and
other sinking railroads whether they should
sell their stock at the present low prices or
hold it for a rise. No man can answer such q
question for another. But one piece of advice
we may venture to give to holders of railroad
stocks generally. No railroad should be built
on an expectation that it will pay interest on
its cost from its receipts from freight and pas
sengers: for in ninety-nine cases out of one
hundred, it cannot do 80. We live in the cheap
travelling era; and it is utterly impossible for
any railroad to obtain for carrying passengers
and freight such q remuneration as will afford
it's builders seven per cent or even five on their
investment. A very few roads in this country
short lines between large cities, and one or
two lines in the West-have paid fair dividends
for ashort time; bat as rival reads are built
and we are building them daily-these win
fall off, and the receipts decline. It is folly to
complain Of this, or to infer that railroads are
mistake These wonderful channels for COM
munieation and trafhe pay their own cost-not
in dividends-but in enhancing the value of
the country through which they pass; and we
ought to be satisfied with the latter reward
If the Erie Railroad falls into the hands of the
bondholders as It probably will, it will still
have been good operation: for the thirty or
forty millions of dollars that it has cost win be
represented by an additional value of perhaps
q hundred millions given to the country
through which it runs. To expect that we
shall get double interest for our money-viz.
interest in enhanced values given to property,
and interest in cash from the earnings of the
roads, ridiculous.
The SOUTH AND THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
The venerable DR.. Cartwright, Of New Or
leans, has written lengthy communication,
published by the Delta, on Northern abolitonism
and Southern slavery, in which this remarkable
passage occurs
II British aboltionism, on Its FIRST advent into our
country, had been called to stern account for its mis-
deeds In Van Deman's Land, where 1t has swept the
negro almost from the face Of the earth and for the
wrongs IL inflicted humanity in Ireland India and
else in the range of It's power We would not
now have seen . large portion of the people Of
Connec icut, Vermont and Massachusetts in open
rebellion against the constitution laws and authori.
~ Of the United States; nor would we have seen
the democracy Of the great State of New York