The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-03
The Slavery Question-Political journalism
I'm the North.

at unchanged rates.
The Slavery Question-Political journalism
In the North.
We refer our readers to two articles in another
part Of this paper upon the South and the slavery
question, upon which we propose few passing
remarks. The first of these articles is from the
Boston atlas, an able and respectable journal,
though somewhat infected with the views Of abo
htionism, occasionally; the other extract is from
Thurlow Weeds Albany Esening Journal, and isa
very extraordinary production.
The article of our Boston cotemporary lie based
upon the confession Of the South Carolina Times,
elected in the discussion of the claims Of the
New YORK HERALD to Southern support not
withstandng its support of Col. Fremont The
confession alluded to is as follows The truth is
ue haze more aboltionists al heart residing in the
South than most persons are a,care Of. Let them
feel that they will be SAFE and many that are now
regarded good and true friends of the South and
her institutions, would be found not only constant
readers and devoted patrons of the HERALD but
ready to espouse its teachings and advocate its
principles, purely in opposition to the at present
seeming prevailing sentiment in the South" The
gist of this confession is in the sentence in tales
'all the rest is but leather and prunella." The
Boston Alias, however, takes another ex-
tract for its text from the same article in the
South Carolina paper, referring to fussy and
fidgetty little niger driving democratic organ
in this city, as scarcely entitled to Southern con-
fdence: and from this lesson our Boston cotem-
porary reads a rough lecture to all our Northern
democratic organs who are endeavoring to
carry water on both shoulders. We, too, are Of
the opinion that they must bend the knee little
lower if they would not be kicked out by the
Southern niger driving leaders of spurious
democracy IS unceremoniously as Mr.. Pierce was
shown The door at Cincinnati.
Thus much for our Boston cotemporary. We
have now to deal with tougher subject-one of
| the slyest, smoothest, but most inscriptions of
party spoilsinen of the present century. We
| refer to Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Eraung
Journal, and to the article aforesaid, which we
| give from he columns of that paper, under the
| caption of slavery an Unsafe Banking Basis"
This text, and the argument upon it, are nothing
more nor less than disgraceful attempt to in
jure the business relations, financial secu-
rites and credit of the South 1t appears that
most of the banks of the State of Wisconsin, for
good and sufficient reasons have rested the secu-
rites of their circulation upon the stocks of
Missouri. Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Geor-
gia, Louisiana and North Carolina: whereupon.
our Albany niger worshipping philanthropist
and speculator cries out substantially Hands off
don't trust in stocks that rest upon the
Southern basis OF slavery They will ruin
you all" The very words Of Master Weed
are these: History, reason and instinct teach
Us all that the unjust and oppressive relations
subsisting in those States between the white pro-
prietors and the black laborers viii at some time
come to a sudden end;' and that when those
black laborers rise in general instruction,
the money bonds issued by the States In which
they are will sink to zero in five minutes time"
These atrocious sentiments and suggestions are
not without their object. But what can this OBJ
ject be? Surely the calculating Thurlow Weed
does not calculate that such frebrands and libels
as THIS are likely to be Of any service to Ere
mont oh. no, Fremont does not enter into this
affair al all To Mr. Weed Il involves a great
specializing scheme, Of more importance to him
than twenty Fremonts. Perhaps however, SON
precious individual may say that Weed j. really
disposed to save the banks Of the North from
swapping themselves in Southern stocks, the Sc
curity Of which il Southern slavery. All gam
mon Mr. Weed knows very well that the stocks
and credit Of the Southern States are sound and
solvent. excepting Arkansas and one or two
others and excepting Mississippi. whose great
financier has been Robert J. Walker,) and that
there Is no shadow Of danger TO Southern institu
tons from a negro insurrcction. Our Albany
spokesman knows that the social relations Of
Southern slavery are Of such an intimate charac-
ter between whites and blacks, a. members Of To-
same family. that il would be absolutely impossi-
bic to array the two races against each other,
without first diseoving the existing relations be
tween master and slave Emancipate the slave,
release him from all the social bonds which at
present bind him 10 the family Of his master, and
turn him loose and thus draw n broad line Of
separation between the two races and q black
instruction, sooner or later, will follow as the
cause is followed by the effect; but this il not
the theory Of Mr. Weed.
His theory il speculation bis policy Is spoils
| and his scheme, In this instance il magnificent
| plot for a most glorious logrollng Joint stock
| operation. He il interested In the great New
| York Central Railroad consolidation scheme
which II perfected will not only put millions Of
money into the pockets Of the managers but
place over the State Of New York the supreme
despotism Of railroad monopoly like that Of the
Camden and Amboy concern, which has enabled
Com. Stockton to carry New Jersey in his
breeches pocket In view Of the success
Of this New York scheme, Weed and
his confederates are casting about for
markets for their paper; and if they
| can only get The State stocks OF the South ex-
poUad from Wfoconsin and all tho Northeast II