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termination Of The slavery questisu, II was
never believed that il would; Il will only post
pone the solution Of a. great problem 1.-The per-
maneucy ofthe Fede raj Union. Had Mr.. Free
mont been elected we believe that immediate
preliminary measure would have been uoderta-
ken by portion Of the Southern States. TO Ct
feet q dissolution Of the Unish; with what sue
cess IL 10 impossible to say. Happily for the
peace Of the country, Fremont has been defeat.
ed, aud fsrahe present .. least we. are saved
the whitening aud blasting sight Of . broken
and dismembcred Union. But il is only q truce,
not peace that We shall enjoy. We were
told beforehand that the election Of Mr.. Buch-
anan would only furnish respie; that even
with his election the Union would not continue
over four years. sarsa,ns..se
II this be the South ernview Of the ques tion,
1--WE have as little encouraging or hopeful to
look for from the North Disguise il as they
may. the ul,imste.d esienand hopes f Che North
| is to cxterminste slav fy. We are reOdy to be-
lieve fhst large number Of the supporters Of
Fremont'are not abolitiorists in the strict &C.
ceptation of,he term. They call themselves
Observation-Disclosures, unwilling to disturb slavery
where It exists in the States, and opposed TO its
extension beyond its present limits. But how
q oag VIII they contin to entertain these mod
crate views! The scope and design Of their
Pury is the eventual snnihilatiou. Of slavery.
To accomplish it, they commence with meder-
alton, but at heart. determined to root II out
The origin and progress Of the party prove il. =
The first essay It ever made asa ,DAilical ma
tional organization was in 1914. whenahey run
as their candidate against Mr.. Clay and Polk
Birney, vino received 66 .s04 ~otes, In 1s4s
Mr. Van Buren,, who run. on The Freesoil Buff
: aIo platform, rec eived 291,7s5 votes; and ia
. 1861 the Frcesoilers cast for their candidate
Hale. l5s, 1913 votes. Let Us see to what growth
: in stature, strength and influence, this hitherto
despisee and contemplate party has reached
In all its previous trials il has never been abl,
to obtain single State at the Presidential cleo
p tons. On the FIRST Tuesday 10 the presen
Q month, II received the vote of at least twelve
| and perhaps thirteen States, containing an %
gregste population of over ten millions of souls
!. New England, in 1859, had but sixty thousan
! Freesoilers on its territory, and did notgtve
single electoral vote for the Abolition candidate
" il has just now rolled up On Abolition vote
two hundred and seventy thousand. and cast il
e entire electoral vote (forty-one) for the Blac
= Republican candidate. The Freeesoil strengt
j. lin the electoral colleges, where four years sg
In twas not represented by single President,
a. elector. 10 nov at lcas: one hundred and TWEEN
- ~ seven electors. s-see-.. 49,
gil Doessny one believe now fora moment, thu
J, party Of such rapid precocious growth 10
be discouraged by defeat that was so nes
being victory. or that il will abaie In the less
:" degree, one jot Of esergy and activity. n
The battle is not ended;it is only prolonged an
90 renewed vigor viii be inf scd in the breast {
the CON bsttants. The prize for which the
will henceforth, will not simpl, be "Free Kal
at sas," but the utter prostr.tio and subservienc
," Of the slave power. They tellus ths openl
and candidly, and this is one merit We can cor
y. cede to them. They carry their black flag big
in the air, and in the van Of their host; and mue
ms as we abhor them, we thank them for their ca,
nd dor and frankness. That at leost is a primo
=. pie we admire, politically, as well as moral
lly and socially. An open enemy a thousaI
ID times rather than an insidious skulking 70
We know how to SIGHT them and we viii fig
them in behalf of our peculiar institution"
long as we have pen to WELD, and free a
indep endant press at our command. We ca
not under the banner Of what party we enli
so that It is aryayed against the rhreateni
? and increasing hosts Of Black Rspubli;a
ism. k.sA Eli ,s
ma. Just before President Pierce's electi'
New Hampshire clergyman published a cert
cate Of his good moral and religious charact
,el Soon after the inauguratios, Pierce appointed
Ell certi6cate-maker chaplain or purser is the ma
ra preacher Of Philadelphia, taking the broad hi
ow published in the New York Observer certifc
sit of the good moral and religious character of !,
pie. Buchanan, Just before the recent election.
Ger, TIE Protestant EPIscoPAL GENERAL G
1 ron vEsrioS.-A correspondent of the Provide
owe Journal. writing of the recent deiberation Of
oy,s body in Philadelphia, says:
ci,. For three weeks lacking one day This Con,
ton sat, the largest body ever convened in our
clesiastical council And yet, at this time. "
evil there Is abroad such party spirit spirit OF
ms tion; when questions OF the most exciting mai
~. have agitated the land; when brother has RI