The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-16

rights Of the free coored saaroen Of the New England
ports They boie Tor 20 years paddock ON their hPs
court house in Boston and the der OF a
eitrep Of Massachusetts his threshoid in
ii iDois for his righteous determination 70 work
lis printing press the Of that free State.
They have born fnoigntes tbas have to
tel so That they are nov asking each other even IN
harmless compared to the tyrsnncnl government OF
shveholieIsp And nov the time for throwing eli the
yoke, evidently at hand willTrohtbly be decided
Nv thc declaration of against England If the Wash
hgton shnet should perIe'rate that act That there
n nothmg in their CONNIE with the south which could
snpensaie the North for their loss of the f,eeiom 81
fhe seas is clear enough 10 those who aware Of
remarkable fsct, duly noted by those most nearly
concerned. There was in 1885 q great meeting in
yaDeuil Hall in Boston (the "Cradle of Iiperty''),
called by she property and standing OF the city
to u down the aboiit nists and their c ion OF the
long lin. OF reqnsi' on'sts that OCCASION there are
scarcely any who have since through
the tade with the South which they pavned their
liberties 10 preserve Twenty years of experience
have shown them that their foreign commerce nd
that Of the fee States II the West, worth
mem than that If the South-inpoverfshed by her own
secount and Impoverished they good reason TO
know by slavery, which allows wealth TO grow be-
meath lis hot ann heavy tretd Whatever trade there
may be With The West Indies is worth much them
would BIZ If owned by the South; and thew win
o~ to risk their other foreign trade by collision with
The great naval pos Of the world.
Again they truly revere the act of Union framed by
ths fl hers they have shown only too well by their
exaggerated and costly tread Of danger it during
twenty years 1T political subserviency They know
sveIy man, woman, and child In the Ststes-that the
unces Of the republic exered their utmost ingenuity
TO limit The Of slavery aud that the republic vould
been founded II its builders had SUI ,osed that
sa very could national in it. spread and influence
Now that the free States find the vast northwest terri
tary thrown TO slavery by the repeal OF the Mis-
c,mpromiepow that they see the free settlers of
Kansas who actually the majority of the population
there dep Of their political rights sheer violence
and subjected Territorial government which se,s eli
IL and order at defiance they hardly likely Join
power which thus treats their rights aud their
pro- poets in against their best customers their
relatives BY blood their comrades In political privileges
and social views and aspirations The alliance between
New and OLD En- land in crisis which tests the very
psincpes that the lite blood Of both must be stronger
than the Union which the Northern and the Southern
States alike and simultaneously threatening to dis
Ealve. Massachusetts, will aim . stab at Europe
nake south Carolina Queen.
Again, the Of the North renowned for their
Iysdsnce. Whatever else be said Of them, nobody
question that quality Prudent they are they know
~ well We do that their fortunes in open de-
Pend on the soundness cf their cause. They not
and never can be in this age of the world mill tary
patton Bravo they are; capable of endurance, enthu
satm sefdena, self sacrifice rythipg that clo-
ry good render victorious but their origin
their Institutions and their national temper raise them
soove that professional military training and individual
military pr, fciency which alone render bad or
Yine, or tz2GiRce uhich enable them 10 succeed
81 dafresstte TdJarc in Europe. The of the
North know his And if hey know that the hlibuser.
Tg nrcer O wartale is the one proposed and the
which hey must assent to, If they assent at ALL viii
they help TO ase heir great country the chief pirate
Lair If the world uphoi its among the foremost
nations OF The earth This Is the alternative If there
are any who doubt The reply to his mighty question: lie.
them ememher that the American nation is not truly
and permanently representea by any number of
Pueus men who climb into Office on the toweciog pas.
Eons Of the multitude There is a virtuous element in
American society, httle needed, which may yet, we
hope, preserve the soundness of the whole Dr. Chan
ming deferred for two years the annexation Of Texas
There ere very many good men in America who
ME Chanting, are silent in ordinary times, but
speak and act in tie great crises Of the Republic.
Every Of these will assuredly consider war
Of asgression-a with the Iberatipg powers
Of Europe-a with the free descendants Of
heir own oreathers, crime which must not be perpe
6ated even II the penalty that their Plymouth
rocks must crumblc into the sea- instead OF their OF
Union dssoving into the air These 1c Of the
sssas uhich compel 10 agree Nth american citizens who
say dt the proposal Of uih England cod dissolve
ee Union The danger is that lawless aggression from
ths South may compel to declare But, in that
worst case We still have confident hope that the prudent
and vtuous secession of the free States all ques-
6onabe enterprises will peace between the ma
Cons through all provocation. We do not forget that
kverett from the North and perhaps others have ia
vored the vicious cant about the manifest destiny
Their country to possess other peoped territories
ve hope that there Northern men enough to save
Ne republic who something better than to bt
tho manifest destiny" Of commonwealth lowered
with the highest hopes and best wishes OF the foremos
men OF the earth.