The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-09

assertion; I call upon him TO do 1t. believe she
programme was published wish the names AFFIXED
OF fose who favored it.
The r., quirr announces, con amoyv, that the
Truth rs, General Cas- never had any hold on the
confidence, mu less the gratitude of the South.
Here at any rate, and almost for the only time in
ibis controversy, am fec to acquiesce In the de-
claIation of that journal II would little coupors
with my self respect to arrlign the justice Of tas
decree Of moral prescription. When I wrote nv
Northern before -
was requested by some Of the latter to omit that
part Of it which asserted the right Of the people Of
the Territories to legisate for Themselves upon 81
TO borrow the words Of the Confidential Congress Of
1774. But I declined, though was lost "a veil
aware then as am now that this doctrine was che
incapable offence, with extreme Southern men.
which no subsequent course could ever redeem.
While at the same time, tho posi- ion that Congress
bad no power TO legislate upon the subject q
slavery, was equally unacceptable and unpa1.
doEable with extreme Northern men. In tho
Senate, on the 18th Of February. 1850, alluded to
this matter stating the extent OF my views and the
fact that they were well understood when they were
first made known. And appealed to gentlemen
who were in the Senate at the time Tor tho ruth Of
my statement. The record gives the answer. Here
Mr. Butler Of South Carolina, and Mr.. Davis Of Mis-
sissippi, and others, signifed their assent.
There are sometimes strange and omiu0us o3A-
functions in the political, as there are In tho pla0
etary world, which bode no good anywhere. When
such extreme journals as the present Richmond
Enquirer and the Charleston Mercury, on the one
SIDE, and the New York EUening Post and the
Boston L6Tator on the other, heretofore antipodes
IN every thing but their resen,ments, are brought
together In their erratc revolutions and unite in
the denunciatioDs Of the Same principles, such ~
the right of self government ard OF the same ruler.
We may well pause, and review our national posi-.
'itn All experience shows thatin periods of violent
Excitement, those who avoid extreme prstsnsions,
and hnd wisdom and safety in course Of calm in
vestigation, must expect the bitter hostility OF CON
in puorV hurh ut<n ~.
common fes ling of aversion. The Richmond En-.
gui,sr says that have exhibited no courage or
" fidelity" to the South IN these controversies
hold before you handful, issued at Ann Arbor,
an address to the people there, ana indulgiug In
strain of violence, viruence, indeed, which may
well provoke the envy of the Richmond writer,
it Is. Init am designated in unmistskeable terms,
ss the great father Of all doughfaces. At the
South am considered destitute Of courage Isuppsse
this is the Southern name for doughface, because
will not believe that slavery Is the best condition Of
society, and because I support the rights Of that
portion Of the country from regard to tho consti-
tuition, and not from belief in the blessings Of that
institution. And in the North and West am
equally condemned as wanting in That respectable
quality because will not denounce the South. and
because do all can to preserve the integrity and
the rights of the confederation. The Ana Arbor
handbill says that have Prossrated myself before
to the slave power" and that am crimsoned With
"the very blood Of the slave" And all this while
the Charleston Ne,Us declares that have done the
South more injury than any other living man."
and the Richmond Enquirer maintains that have
been driven to extreme hostility to the rights and
interests Of the South"-that have "beea detected
in an attempt to wheedle us (the South) with soft
words, while be is abetting scheme to destroy u.s."
and that ought Ito be Topped of, like leprous
limb and much more as just and chaste az this.
cannot comprehend the object Of Southern mon
in this system Of denuncasion. The existing crisis
head and heart, North and South, to carry safely
through 1t. Extreme opinions are face to face,
and have never seen the time when wise and pa
triotic councils are more needed than now. The
ultraifm Of some Of the Southern views, and the
bitterness of Southern denurcations, have done al
most an irreparable injury to the constitutional
cause. The New York Courier and Enquirer, In
some excellent remarks on this subject, says
II Gen. Cass is to be denounced for expressing
favorable opinion Of slavery in the abstract and this
spirit is TO acquire predomnance in the South then fare
well to all hopes Of restored quiet We warn the South
against any such ultraism 1t is delusion and
1t is arraying the whole North against Them almost
man. for Northern citizen with the soul of
in him will submit to be so dragooned.
Now is it not prepostcrous for such presses the
Richmond Enquirer to denounce Gen. Cass as disloya to
the constitution for expressing precisely the same opn
without rebuke, but with general concurrence in the
convention that framed the constitutions Is not the
blind intolerant spirit which it indicates deplorable Is
whit better than the furious zeal Of the Northern
abolitionis which refuses to see in stakeholder any
thing but traitor to his raceY
These are the views Of an able whig journal.
which says at for twenty years 1t has uyheld the
cor sttutional rights Of the Souta.
And what is the democratic view Let Il DO
judged by an extract or two T ON that able and
taitif nl exponent OF our party principles. Q CO.
iumbus DAILY Statesman and Democrdt. Speaking
Of this claim Of the expansive power of slavery It
says:-
1t is usurpaton of the most odious character-it
bears the stamp of dsunon and notification its face
the American democracy. Least Of all win the demo-
crazy of the West tolerate any ugge for the defeat Of
the popular sovereignty SO conspicucusly asserted
during and since the passage of the Nebraska act the
right of the inhabitants Of these Territories. f..
The Statesman then quotes what the Richmond
Enquirer neeringiy considers the Cass creed, oon-
tainire propositions condensed by the FTss Press,
and which l subst .Ct1aly rccaptulated in the Sc.
nate during the last session, and adds
We beg leave to assure our Southern contemporaries
that have yet to meet the first advocate the
act Of Congress who uphods any other construction Of
the Kansas and Nebraska act than what is embodied
the propositions quoted above In its adherence to this
doctrine of the nationality of freedom and the limita-
ton of slavery the West is, and will be- unit
If Ibave lost the confidence Of the South, or i'll
never possessed it, ! regret my misfortune; but as
1t is misfortune, AID not fault, must bear IL
with What philosophy / may. Certainly .ha appro-
baton OF bis fellow citizs ns-of all his fellow c-
and encourages him in his work As the ri h.
mopd eclior saYs, abe is cheered and en-
couraged In his resolution to expose the trsa-
cherry of the perfdious aiy"-msaning myself.
But as tine passes over me | lsarn to place moro
value upon my oSp convictions Of duty, and lsss
upon the opini -ns Of Others. II can preserve my
own stifrespect and the gene confidence Of the
people OF Michigan, to whom all eady owe 40 much,
dung the brief pesiad # political life shall spend
in TIER service shall role self the best
1cr what nsy lcse or NAV have lost else where.
Tie aDstia mas Of ne Enquirer havs no tsrO for
me, MOI bsye its thrests iss pun'shmsnts, which
ever ihty are designed 10 be. ask no favor of IL
so9th-not one. II can give me aid IN giviag me
nothing. Go not even ask It's justice, for ilc s.
tots but too clearly announce that mlsrepresentl-
tIoE bss cone its work, sud thet g dssnaad would
be q ,rultlsss one. Bus | sIsiI indulge In no AZ.
worthy lsBeLDee Of compia,ns Ia rcoiatior, shie
) il this viii not change by oae hairs breadth ny
course OF dis,uss en- and OF a ton, Dbo or pr
are, r relation 10 tlis momentous subject Il oil its
ranches. | shan maintain. o. we ever doea.
esbly indeed. bus earfesly, the constitutional
rights of The Sub, md re cusy If The North ID
sbsssiD from ELL interference with them; ana "a q
ctati al I oin Il. az