Washington telegraph., 1856-01-30
From The NcEC York HeTded
The Great Struggle of iS50.
The Federal Constitute on Put Upon Trial.


The Presidential election of 1856 will be
the first direct issue of the Constitution up
on the slavery question. Ii is vain for the
politicians and political managers longer to
blink the subject or TO seek lis avoidance
1t is neither possible or desirable TO put of
the trial Within short SIX months an eff
fectIve fusion of all the an;i-slavery elements
has been successfully secured, and grand
Abolition party has been organized Tina,
party Is based upon sentiments utterly an
tagouistic TO the principles upon which the
government of the United States was form
ed BY its avOwed maxims and its declared
purposes by the known character If its
members, the declarations of its leaders. and
the unity and strength of It's movements We
are forced TO the conclusion that the coIniug
Presidential election VIII be the first. and
probably the last great struggle between tie
Constitution of 1877 and the as,.i-sIayerv
and abolition fana'IcISm of the North >tim-
ulated By all the efforts. ;neans and iuau-
ence OF tn. governing classes in Western
Europe. Such Is already the issue forced
upon the American people by the recent or
gsnIzatIOn of the Abolition party of the
North All ether questions have been
thrust aside for that one great struggle, in
vOlving the present Union and the whole
government founded by Washington.
1t affects every interest of the republic
The financial, political. manufacturing, com
merclal, agricultural-ou great Railroad
thOroughfares. our marts of trade, the vast
expenditures of years to adap: ourselves to
the present condition of things-are more
or less put to hazard by that election. It
Will surpass. in deep Importance. that which
resulted In the triumph of Jefferson In
lSOO, and of jackson lii 1928. as much as
the Union and progress of the whole Re
public does that of the mere petty question
et Ottlce and policy All Europe will watch
the struggle-the monarchlsts and aristo-
erats hoping the MON may perish IN the
lfiumph OF Abolition scarcely greater is
the hope that the Allied Powers may be sue
cassfGi in the East than that the demons of
dIsunIOn may win their victories over the
American Constitution As formidable as
The Russian empire Is as steadily as that gov
eminent lnterposes check to the schemes
Of universal dominion concocsed by tie
Western Alliance. the American system of
rule Is more dangerous and a more effective
instrument for subverting the plans of
fraEce and England than even that abso-
lutte Power. Russia exercises a negative
influence upon the governments OF Western
Europe They contend with her now for
the purpose of disabling her-to cripple her
energes-tO render her harmless autago-
MIST at some future day. when otherwise she
might become capable of independent and
triumphant action. The aggressive power
OF Russia Is in her army and nary-the ag-
gresslve power of the United States is in
Inc example of their free government. IN
.he universal education OF their people. In
Ideas dlffusing among all Glasses and among
all men. -
Let US regard for moment the luteres;
which the mOnarchical and aristocratic class
esin Western Europe have in the triumph
OF the abOlitionists in this country. They fee
The effect of the union of even the democ.
racy of the Old World, where it has not a
voice to utter its grievances. no, drum te
beat to quarters. not a house for council, 10,
gun for defence it is poor hunt