The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-30
THE SIGNS ARE RIGHT.

The doubts of Greeley to the of his party fur
nish explanation OF several Indications which have
lately been giving special attention Day after day the
New York Herald and the New York Times have manifest
ed the greatest anxiety impress the northern mind with
the conviction that the Union would be in danger by the
election of Fremont They have esorted to every species Of
argument to show that southern talking of dis
union as a device to alarm the North. They have
characterized the warnings that have from the abe
and most conservative statesmen idle twaddle and
as old trick resored to for political effect The uneas
ness exhibited by those journals is explained They
see rs does the Tribune that the Unonoving spirit of
the North is being awakened and they know that when
this irresistible element into the the
throw of their party is Whilst the Herald and Times
are aborng lui the conservative portion Of the North
into Ese security the Tribune with the ma
ked truth" and frankly confeses that the prospects of its
party are waning and seeks to its downward ten
dsncy by frightening its followers into increased exer
tons.
This confession Of the Tribune furnishes clue 10
some other signs that have not been explained We can
now understand the meaning Of the moderation and
eeryatsm which Speaker Banks sought to iniuse into his
haranguc at the New York Exchange. In that speech
there was no word that breathed Of the substitution OF
no inlnaton of the possibility Of contingency when he
would be willing see the Union side"but throughout
there was marked effort to represent his party ardeny
and earnestly devoted to the Union lie far
ropudiate the avowed objects Of his party by declaring
that with the institution Of slavery have nothing
do With the institutions Of the southern States local and
Traditional we have nothing to do and know that speak
tbs sentiments that animate the hearts Of all here
when say that we are determined TO interfere in way
at no time and to extent with those sectional local,
md traditional rights which distinguish them These
were remarkable words to fall from the lips Of Speaker
Banks but not remarkable than those other words
uttered In the speech when he said in regard the
Kansas troubles:
"Noy for this We have remedy. II is not that shall
egsate against the South the subject Of slavery 1t is
mot that we shall raise the question whether in future Terri
,ss slavery shall be permitted or not We lay aside all
these questions and stand distinctly and simply, the
proposition that that which gave peace TO the country in
1920 that which conecrated the peace Of the country in
1880 ought TO made good by the of the Uni
ted States with consent Of the American people, Zap
pIause That Il ALL No more, less better
That all ask that the acts OF 1920 and 1850 shall be
made good in the place Of conagraon and murder and civil
war or the year 1885, by the voice Of the American people
South let me say, well North. tApplause Now, TO
do that no legislation Is required II is not necessary that
tho halls Of Congress should be opened again agitation
In these remarks Speaker Banks utterly repudates all
that his party has been saying and doing for the last two
years He absolutely ont afooted for the princi
,o az the Kansas BILL and distinctly declares that the
Has in Kansas are to be settled not by legislation but by
,hs opeaon Of the great principle Of popular scgovern-
man, IN the Territory what could have produced so
,o,e revolution ia Speaker Banks within the last few
ocLs9 He was not the same daring dsunionis at the
Exchange in New York that he was only few weeks be-
fore IN Massachusetts, Then he was bold In pronouncing
the doom Of the constitution and fearless In pointing to
military dictatorship the remedy for preserving the
Union but now he is all moderation all love for the Union
no idea Of interfering with the slavery question: no wish to