The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-15

the twentythree or twenty+ix million inhsbitankr NJ
the United States. than have the landed aristocracy
~ that OF England Ia the south though even there
but small minority. they secure almost ill the
other Whites by holding out 70 each one OF them the
chance OF possessing human property, and b. ensur.
ing to them the luxury OF oppressing black man.
even y 20 poor zoo own him. BY appealing 70 the
casteec!ng. they enlist the preudiccs, and by the
work which they set their slaves TO DO, they
involve the interests. Of both North and South
on their side; and BY the compactness OF
their object. they hold the balance between,
ana therefore they rule over every other party in the
Union; Every year, however, this predominance is
becoming more difficult TO preserve. The public
opinion 81 the world Is having its influence upon the
North mot upon the South; the slaves themselves
IN spite OF every effort to keep them back are be
coming more enlightened. and therefore more diff.
CUT TO keep down; even the difference In race and
coior--the great bnlwark of slavcry-is gradually
breaking down. already the two races are amalga-
mating; in 1850 there we're Ghove four hundred
thousand mulattoes ia the Union. and the ratio Of
iher increase must Of course become every year re-
latsscly greater. Hardly a week espses without
Pioof given ii southern papers OF the increasing
number Of white saves;'' and those who watch the
cases Of the ugiwes, will find how dicult IL III for
me whites TO keep as slaves their own children.
hull, as the doom OF the system draws near, the
efforts ofts advocatesto maintain and even to ex-
tend il become more desperate. For timc this des
peraS.on may appear 70 succeed, but every effort in
slave law made many aboIitionsts the Nebraska act
many more; the Missouri invasion Of Kansas. even
y II succeeds in adding one to the slave States, will
thereby nict far greater loss on the slave power in
the free States. The south mt first grcedily seized
hold Of this Know Nothing agitation" in the hope
that II might divert the North from the advocacy OF
freedom. Spite. however, Of the efforts of many Of
its leaders to shirk postpone the slavery question:
already the American party is divided upon II. In
the South they are OF course. pro-slavery men in
the North, the Know Nothing lodges Of New Hamp.
shire-Piere's own State--have lately recorded
their unanimous disnpprovai of the Nebraska act
and Wilson, the Know Nothing Senator Of Massa-
chusetts, has declared, in his place in the Capitol
what slavery Inns to expect from the North. with a
confidence OF power which cOwed into cyility even
the hot headed Southerners. The North IL freeing
itself aud the South knows IT, The foreign policy OF
the South therefore. Is to idemnfy the saye power
against the less q Northern support; to this object
alone does the South confine itself, and every year
will the foreign policy Of the North be more and
more restricts. ,h s 70 coantenction q these ef
full uncertainties Of this question. Of one fact we
have little doubt There can be no Interference by
America in European affairs until the slavery pro
hem be solved even II the slave party had the will
to fight for European freedom, which it has not,
however loud its professions, neither the slave nor
the ffte party have the power. All the energies of
both will be absorbed in their mutual conflict and all
the strength of the commonwealth will be needed 10
Prevent this conflict from causing its disruption
There may be- there will be- an alliance between the
governments OF Great Britain and OF the United
States; our mutual interests and relationship will
prevent rupture; but there will be no entente cor
diae. How can there be while America has o Rus
sia within her borders? Let that American Russia
lie freed, and then we shall indeed have an "Anglo
American alliance" more powerful and beneficial
than kossuth has ever dreamt of then may we trnst
that the sympathy in action and In feeling ftc two
members Of the Anglo-Saxon family, possessing as
they WILL 20 large portion of the EARTH will be but
prelude to the meeting Of the nations
IN the Parliament Of man,-the Federation Of the