The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-15


Yelled Prophet Showing his Face.
We put upon the record Of the HERALD, to-
lay, the speech delivered by our arch-agi.tator,
W. II. Seward, at the black republican ratif-
cation meeting the other evening at Albany; |
and that our readers may be assured OF the |
genuine article. we copy it from Mr.. Stewards
central orgasa--the Albany Eosning Journal.
Heretofore, though universally recognized
as the head of the Northern disunionists, and
though we'll understood to be driving at dis
ruption of the Union, our willy Senator has
studieus.ly avoided frank and free disclosure
of his abominable principles and purposes. He
has sought to cover them up in chop-logic and
the sophistries Of mock philanthropy--in the
s,e cial pleadings, technicaities and quibbies OF
a ,pettifogger, and with mountain OF perpiex-
Ulg verbiage and rubbsh--thus repeiiing ali
except his devoted followers from the labor OF
pursuing his tortuous trail OF sedition. But
in this Albany speech he is singularly perspi-
cuous and honest He stands revealed like
the unveiled Prophet.of Khorassan, to the hor-
ror, let us hope, of at least the majority of his
deluded followers
The strongest prejudices among the masses
of our people are those which they entertain
against anything assuming, under our re-
publican institutions, the shape of grow
ing aristocracy or privileged class Our arch
agitator accordingly opens his harangue by
an assault upon our Southern slaveholding
brethren, as a specially protected and rapa-
cious aristocracy, or privileged class, in the
general community-as a class to whose un-
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tion of the government and the resources of
the national treasury have been almost exclu-
sively devoted Upon this assumption, our
| seditious leader of the new Northern anti
| slavery crusade proceeds to show that, from
| the adoption of the Constitution down to the
| passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, all the
| acts of Congress, territorial or otherwise, in
volving the question of slavery, have been
exacted by the threats and menaces of the slave
holders, or" privileged class" from the servile
| dongh-faces of the North until the slave
| power" now demands the monopoly of even
/ the Territories which it had conceded to
/ freedom.
| The frightful schedule Of grievances which
| the North are thus called upon to redress, and
| the slavery compromises of the Constitution,
the purchase of Louisiana and the outlet of
the Mississippi, the purchase of Florida, the
| Missouri compromise the annexation of Texas,
the Mexican war, the acquisition of,Utah, New
Mexico and California and its gold mines the
Fugitive Slave law, the repeal of the Missouri
compromise, the doctrine Of popular s0ve-
reignty in the Territories, and various other
concessions to the privileged class" insuffer-
able and no longer to be demonstrating the
surrender by the North of liberty of conscience
| and liberty Of speech-this is the list Of the
| expressions of the privileged class" legisla-
/ ton and sectional outrages which the black
republicans are called upon to avenge.
Next, Mr.. Seward proceeds to tell US how this
work Of Northern vengeance and retribution
is to be carried out. He says that " slavery is
not, and never can be, perpetual. It will be
! .oyerthrown, either peacefully and lawfully I'M
der the constitution, or it will work the sub
version of the constitution, together with it's
! own overthrow" This is enough: this is the
| cream Of the whole matter-this is what we have
| wanted for some years past, but have never been
| able to get till now-an official, authoritative
| and honest Interpretation from Seward himself,
ofhis metaphysical doctrine of "the higher law"
He has heretofore said " there is higher law
than the constitutions" and here he informs us
that it is the extinction of Southern slavery,
peaceably if the South submit and by bloody
revolution if they dare to resist. Such, at
| length, is the avowed ultimatum Of the black
| republican fusion programme 30 deliberately
declared by Seward himself, the leader of this
reasonable sectional coalition.
The arch agitator has thrown the mask aside
II we can crush the institutions of the South
peacefully, under the constitution, we'll; but if
force shall be required, then, says he, substan-
tally, perish the constitution, perish the Union,
come bloodywar and fierce anarchy, SO that we
exterminate this Southern institution of slavery.
People Of New York, this is the test proclaimed
| as the ruling issue of our November election
Are you with Seward and his conspirators, or
with the Union and the constitution-the rights
| of the States, and the common glory and pros
| perify of the whole country? Let us hear.
PENCE JOHN VAN BuREN-THE DAY AND
TIE PLAcE.-The following letter from the
Prince John Van Buren,, explains Itself
To Inr fpnons EVENING rosr:--win you bc good
enough 10 announce mat shall address meeting OF
democrats TO he held at Canton, In st. Lawrence county
on Tuesday next the 10th nst desire published also
because learp from which rely Is the
intention Of the late wings called republicans Of
| That county, to pack meeting upon me, which will de-
nounee the democratic ticket. II difficulty should
fortunately thus be provoked wish publicly to protect
myself against responsibility for the consequences by
siahng that II Is meeting Of democrats intend TO
hold regret to add that the Of this Post aud
especially the persistent mi my actien
IN he SAFE convention leaves 10 doubt that
by publish ing this note you viii lay under In
i creased obligation That political opponent
| for roiicl favor Respectfully yours,
J. VAN buren,.
1 o11IE Bay, October il, fst5.
! "Oyster BayH' 0minous Of oysters on the
half she'll! And he is to be over at Canton, in
| ST. Lawrence county, tomorrow, the 10th
lie IL apprehensive that the black republicans
/ will LIE down nnnn him and cnlis imam IA