The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-23

The contagion CT "border rutfarisM' ia no
longer limited to Kansas l. is beginning TO
di,use itself. The stale and loathsoEe reaasA
of ringers and niegerism with which the de-
batee in Congress have been gasnished, from
week TO week, since the first Monday in Decor
he- last. vas diversified yesterday by the extra
performance Of fight in the Senate Chamber,
SITTER the adjournment of that body.
The particulars OF THE disgracefgl transac-
tioH are fully detailed in our telesraohic aes-
patches frcm Washington; and cur resders, in
order to appreciate this sffair at its proper
value, will scarcely require commentary as
between the prcvocation O. Senator Summers
speech and the punishment which Mr.. Brooks,
on the House delegation from South Carolina,
felt called upon TO administer. Unquestion-
ably the zeaa Of Mr.. Brooks in the cause OF the
| South exceeded his discretion, o. he certainly
| would have abstsined frem this rash aud
foolish expedient Of reparation. What las he
gained by it, An extensive notoriety, beyond
e.aoubt; but potoriety which will hardly pay
expenses. What has the South gained! No
| Thug On the other hand he has made hero,
. lioc and a martyr Of Senator Sumner, and
hos given to the anti slavery coalition, Ian
| gushing for lack of capital, the very thing
which they desiced-a living raw head and
bloody bones with which to ghten the weak
minded men, and TO arouse the strong minded
! wcnen Of the North into a more active aud IA
natscal spiri. of cooperation against what they
| designate the "d.spotic slave oligarchy" of
| the South.
| Sun,rer, with the Seward coalition, nov
| becomes sort Of korgan-a victim TO the
cause Of human liberty" ana the Southern
outra &c" upon him must, ~ the tree Ien OF the
free North, = be judged and avenged. The Sena-
tor IL bis heart, we dare say s pleased at the Dis
tinctiou tsus accorded to him. L is, parnaps
the very favor he would have asked of T.
South, as zee best possible aid and comfort il
HE behalf among his liberty loving niger
wcrshippiDg constituency of Massachusetts,
Even as yiRlis ation Of 3 personal affrons,
the member from South Caroliaa, to say the
least of il, in making the Senate Cnanosr ths
soeEe Of his pro Eess, dill little or nothing to
| indicate the cLiyalyy of his STATE. Add the
| vicious ard sedlt;ous abolition speech 0: Sun
ucr, which otherwise would have required q
| liberal outlay Of abolition money to give il q
| circulation, will now be 10 dem md where its
poison may work some mischief.
The moral of this scaudalous aff4ir is tina.
it is one of the Developments of the g.ea.
evil of the dsy-th intense and revolving
evil of party nigge1ism, which, North and
South, is obliterasiDg all the ancient land
marks q parties, principles and political mea-
suree 1t Is fast creating and ditfasing through
out the country a savage spirit Of " border ruff
fanism,n which, more speedily than our worst
SOL H;~-nould have anticipated, threat
ems to reduce our system of popular govern
ment to mob law, and the Union to the broken
fragments of the mos! deplorsble of all repu5-
lican failures in the history of Ia. worll
Unscrupuleus politicians, reckless and unprin-
cipled political adventnrcrs, who have nothing
to lose, but much to hope for, from any scenes
of confusion, disruption and revolution that
may eDsue, are busily 1T work in both sections,
fomentirg the elem snts of discord, aud stirrin-
up the spirt Of strife. In the South these dea-
perste partizan harpies may be styled
cur political niger drivers in the North,
our can'ing and ranting niger worship
pers Between them, all the dignities and
decencies of our political parties, and all their
original, practical principles looking to we'll
ordered goyernment-principles which, dow
10 the corruptions Of this Pierce administration,
have never before been wholly overlooked--are
now sunk in this solitary and disgusting Issue
Of party niggerism. The great democratic
party has become the party of the niger dTi-
veIs; and the larger division Of the respe stable
old time whig party is Frustrated in the dat
with Seward and his niger worshippers be-
fore the black but santed visage of "Cpcle
Tom" like Hipdoos before some wooden mon
ster of their own making.
Yet We are sure that there is solid
majority of the conservative sensible masses Of
the American people, North and South, ready
at this day to cut loose from both niger dr-
yeIs and niger wo,shppers, were there any
satisfactory third choice of party between
them. But if there be no such third party,
why not strike bands in every State, city and
town in the Union for the organization Of
some such new party party founded upon
the true principles Of the government, Leaving
the niggers in charge Of their masters, and the
local concerns Of the States aud the Terrific
ries to the people thereof? Why wait for the
formation Of such party till it il too late
How mary Presidential elections under the
federal constitution are we good for, a. the
rapid downward rate at " hich we are now pro
gressing? Can any reasonable man answer
tor more than three, or two, or one?
If niggerism aud "border rufiianism' are to
be the paramount, nay, the exclusive elements
in our politics, what else but disunon, civil
war, anarchy, and piratical appropriation of
public rights and private property, are We to
expect as the final solution of this shocking
party decentralization? From q fight De.
tween two men in the Senate chamber uooa
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