The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-06
Poor Pferce's Message In the Senate-An-
osher Furious EInre-up over the NIggers.

Niggers-n nothing but niggers-the beginning
or the end it is nj ggera IL was hardly 0 be ex
pected that poor Pierce whose Presidential ca
reer at home and abroad has been 50 conspicu-
ously marked with the acts Of the sneakiug ia
cendiay. would let slip the opportunity afforded
by his annual Message for casting another fire.
brand into Congress upon this everlasting niger
question. Indeed, 50 far from there being any
thing TO surprise us in the Message, it was exact
ly what we had anticipated upon the Kansas i'm
broglio. But we had expected something more of
the policy of common sense in both houses than
they have exhibited in their reception of this Ey
ecutve firebrand. A little cold water would have
pot it out. We had supposed that the Senate, at
least, considering the fitness of things, would let
this wretched self.detence of poor Pierce 60 for
what it was worth, and proceed to the public
business, and it is here that we disappointed.
The debate which has followed the thanks of Mr..
Brown, and the blarney of Mr. Fitzp atrck, is but
the poorest sort of rebash or all the niger
fummery, fustian, fuss and fury, North and South,
OF thirty years accumulation
The Southern fire eater Ike shirt in high
wind, has again tapped himself into a perfect
rage-the old iogy has again become excited at
the hazards of an explosion, sooner or later des
tined to blow Us all up into tue air-the Norshern
doughface has once more stepped forward with
his airs and pretensieas of love nexhaustible for
the Union, while the Northern fanatic and dema-
gogue have umped at the chance Of flashing the
Southern secessionst into convulsions Aud what
Isl ala about? The treachery and rntanisa poor
Pierce in Kansas the popular revolt throughout the
North against him, and the miserable defence OF
the wretched criminal, cover the whole ground
These points, we admit, afford an inexhaustible
theme for Buncombe speeches and fre-eating
manifestoes; but is this the time for suc1 rub
bish? Ii is the short sess:od-poor Pierce is
going out-we shall soon he done with him-a
new administration is coming in, which let US
hope will rectfy the bunaers and atone for the
crimes of Pierce aud in the meantime, the
legitimate legislative measures awaiting the
action of Congress will admit of but little delay.
A few weeks wasted in the beginning will proba-
bly, cost the country millions of dollars, in the
loose, examining, reckless and drunken proceed
ings OF the last three. days aud nights OF the
session.
We had supposed that with Mr.. Buchanan's
election there would be at least a brief armistce
upon this everlasting niger controversy. But IL
seems there is to be no armistice-no rest; thai
all the old battles upon niggers are to be fought
yet once more and that the dead are to be
killed over again. The Senate has opened the
entertainment with their old dish Of hash. tuning
and smoking with old bones. garlic and onions.
Niggers, nggers, we are still TO be crammed
with niggers. Morning, noon and night, at this
rate, We shall soon be surrounded and suffocated
with niggers. Have we no white people in the
United States! Have they no claims no in
terest, 70 measures or principles Of any import
ance to them or their posterify pending before
Congress? Has the business of the government,
has the destiny OF this great and glorious coun-
try, dwindled down to the paltry issues Of the
extension of nggers, the supremacy of nggers, the
Importance of niggers. or the price of niggers? Is
Governor Wise right in supposing that the value
Of the Union depends upon an increased demand
for and larger profits for good fat Virginia
niggersy or IL Lloyd Garrison right in declaring
that there should be no union with slavehold-
err until they shall have emancpated their mig
gers and turned them loose to siarve, or to kill,
burn and destroy?
We are sick. our readers are sick, and the
whole country is sick Of this eternal, never eni
ing and stu beginning gable about nigger,.
We should esteem il an unspeakable blessing If
the niger agitators, North aud South, fire eat
ers, old fools, young fanatics and all others
affected with this negrophobia, could be cured
by dose or two Of common sense. Aud what
have they 70 gain, one way or the other, by this
unreasonable agitation in the South? Pierce can
do nothing-Congress can do nothing on the
subject in advance Of the new administration.
Why 'ot, then We repeat, suspend this senselcss
fuss and fummery about niggcrs and go to
work. Leave the niger question to Mr.. Bu-
chanan, to the organic law Of Kansas, to the
organic laws Of nature, climate, productions, en-
terprise, and to the physical adaptation Of the
two races to this or that locality Kansas will
be free State from the superior pressure Of all
these laws in favor Of the white race and free
white labor. But If south of Kansas there
should spring upa half dozen slave States adj
mil tnem. why DOT Our succe11ut experience
has proved that under q common government
there may he the most beautiful harmony and
the most perfect reciprocal advantages between
the free labor Of the North aud the slave system
Of the South. Climate il something adap-
tation Of this or that race 10 the field work Of
this or that climate is something The necessity
Of different systems OF labor under different eli
mates is something, but experience is everything
everything in life, everything in society every
thing in government
A struggle Of several thousand years, involv.
ing the bloody sacrifice of many nations and
millions Of men, has been the consequence of
that original fatal delusion that the religion of
the subject was properly an affair Of the State,
and that the religion of the community must be a
unit The most glorious achievement Of the