The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-06

thu obligations Of psiiy-neytr rom rncip'es
What they owe to good faith in connection
with their government and the comfy OF inter-
course among it's citizen, are always due. II
twas never made spps eht before, it is surely
70 now, Z at a arg IoItion OF people OF
New York; tate I ut his been signally
blessed by the sti No Uni n, shch, In truth,
constitutes the centre it's co meJce and the
heart of its M terra system-have arrayed
themselves agains the obliga ions Of its COM
D. CT, and, coalefcing with it's enemies. threaten
it's overthrow. Discharg ng Ia good faith our
obligat ons, earnest y and honestly executing
the duties deso wing upon us the most f.
yored and most poweI full memb Of the con-
federacy, we lecOne bond funion capable Of
resisticg the comb ed efforts Of factions, under
whatever namea
The me has come when very nan should
think and act for b mself. The lssue presented
ia fearfl. Disguise 1t as we W l, the question
isone which inv0lv 9 all tn, anctities Of the
government under which We live. The obliga-
tions of b constitu ton snd Ri rights Of the
citizen ore assailed by com ination of ambir
.tious men, who, though in confessed minority,
threaten to overthrow ali the barriers which
have heretofore protected us as members Of the
national and State governments. Anew dispsn-
sation has come upon US, By which the wisdom,
experience and fcrbearance of the past
are to be inundated upon the affairs Of fanati-
cism. Experience and the slow but certain pro-
gress Of mankind-the wisdom of moderation
and the dangers of exit emes are contemptu-
ously rejected for the benefits of rule which
would force upon the people q standard Of
morals and code Of ethics utterly inconsistent
with national obligations and Individual free
dom ard rights. The power that would thus
abridge the freedom IF the ciiiz n, true to its
tyrannical Office, would deny its faith to the
government, and, like the oppressor in every
other form, exercising an absolute rule, tram
pie under foot every opposing Interest and
opinion.
The Union Of the States aud the overruling
necessity for'its perpetuity upon the bases of
absolute equality Of all it's members, are con-
victioDs which have been the growth of centu.
ries. The constitution itself is but an express
sion of these ideas, which being reduced is no
thing else but good neiehborhood and friendly
and harmonious concert among the whole people
OF the United States for the common good Of
all. That which distracts OF divides us by pre-.
tertions Of better morals superior wisdom and
more ,uaselfsh ends on the part Of one over
another, whatever it's form or it's professed
object, is the work Of ignorance, which sees the
means and overlooks the end. God has made
in man mixed government OF good and evil
He who stretches after perfection and seeks to
overthrow long established laws of progress
in order to introduce visionary schemes for
clevatiDg the race, iseither selfsh demagogue
or conceited fanatic, always uncharitable-
never useful to his fellow men.
The present controversy In New York is
marked with the footprints of duplicity and
'raud-it is the pilates and outlaws of the seas,
|eagued in union against the rightful commerce
Of the world-the coming together ia harmoni-
ous coalition Of all the vagrant interests which
in times past have risen up in society, as it
were to prove the natural depravity and weak
ness Of q race blessed above all others in the
freedom Of the citizen and the substantial COM
forts of life. Each has its distinctive object to
accomplish. Tyrannical in purpose, selfish in
design, fraudulent in execution. united only on
The basis Of opposition to high national and
conservative interests, the political fortunes of
William II. Seward, the cause Of temperance
he anti-rent league, the Nebraska bauble, the
reesoil adventures, the abolition fanatics, the
1oman's rights party. the socialists-all, from
he wild enthusiast tn 1t dispenses politics from
The pulpit down to the very portals Of the luna
tic asylums, are engaged in this effort to oblit-
crate the landmarks of our political experience,
and to trample down the shield of individual
rights. Did ever tyranny propose more bold
and shameless acts Did ever injustice become
more blind, furious and destructive? Wasever
a warning to the people uttered in more en-
phatic termss
There is primal cause for this extraordi-
nary combination, and the people are called
upon by every consideration of duty to ascer
tain it. 1t Is not the work of accident, nor is
it to be found in the unity Of purpose moving
the various parties to the coalition to action.
William H. Seward is known to the people Ct
New York. His career has been that Of an
active, intelligent and dangerous factionist.
Ambition drove him in early life to seek the
alliance of extremists as more easy and rapid
means Of personal advancement He never
intended to deal either in principles or with ma
like . statesman, to 90 over,
but through cabals Supported by factions,
with factionists, his education has
been in the school Of disorder, and his conquests
always over the sound conservative sentiment
Of the American people. The presen. is
critical hour with Mr.. Seward, and it has been
used to construct the Mosaic platform on which
be has planted his plant nstruments--Myron
Clark and his associates. His past asso-
,iations with the men composing the allies en-
abled him the more readily to execute his work
From each he has exncted an oath of fealty to
his fortunes, and against such as would not