The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-21

Many Of our readers have doubtless supposed
that Governor wise's opinion, to wit: that the
election of Mr. Buchanan to the Presidency
would increase the price of stout, healthy VIZ
ginia niggers from one thousand to five thousand
dollars head, was an enthusiastic stretch Of the
Imagination; but we think that We have at length
arrived at the Southern democratic programme,
by which very large increase in the price OF
Virginia niggers viii undoubtedly be realized We
should not be surprised il, in less than three
years, they were 10 run up to full five thousand
dollars head.
First, we refer our readers to the disunion
movements Of the late meeting Of certain South
ern democratic Governors at Raleigh, N. c., TO
debate on Union or disunion between Gen. Hous-
ton and Gen. Rusk in Texas, and to the letter Of
Robert J. Walker, addressed to the fears of our
Northern commercial classes all Of which articles
will be found elsewhere in these columns, and al
under the same head, for they are all Of piece
All Of these Southern secession movements, dis
cussions, disunion speeches. and threatening let
tiers, are directed to the one common object
Of frightening the North into submission; but We
must now admit that the magnificent slavery pro-
gramme of the South will fully account for every
expedient Of intimidation they have adopted.
The whole game of the Southern disunion
democracy in this campaign may be resolved into
two simple objects:-First, to divide the North,
and secondly to frighten the North. The divi-
sion of the opposition elements Of the North was
effected with the nomination of Mr. Fillmore, a
purely Southern nomination; and thus his in
iuence, and the influence Of the Northern opposi-
ton faction drawn of into his support, were Sc
cured for the accomplishment Of the second OBJ
ject. Mr.. Fillmore's speech at Albany few
days after his return from Europe, shows conclu-
sively that the Southern managers OF his nomina
ton did not mistake the pliable instrument Sc
lected for their work. He promptly declared
that the South would and should secede from the
Union If Fremont was elected to the Presidency.
Since that day the organs and stumpers Of the
Buffalo candidate have cheerfully done all the
dirty work required 6y the Southern democracy
in the North, in order to defeat the only candi-
date and party sufficiently popular and formida-
bic, in a fair fight, to sweep the North from
Maine to San Francisco.
the city of Philadelphia, next illustrates the sue
cess Of the second branch of this disunion game
Of the Southern democracy-the old trick Of
frightening and intimidating the commercial in
terests OF the North into a surrender at discre-
ton. BY a system Of terrorism, under which the
constitution has become a dead letter in the
South, the Fremon. party have been vigorously
denied the liberty of speech and OF the
press in fourteen States; and our democratic
Southern committees Of safety have followed this
up with the cry that Fremont Is a sectional can
didate, an abolition candidate-that the South
are excluded from his ticket-and that they cen
have no alternative than disunion, should he be
elected by Northern votes. Treacherous, uncon-
stitutional mean and dastardly as this branch Of
the game of intimidation has been, it has still lad
it's effect among our Northern commercial classes
and their dependents. Thousands Of silly men
have been made to believe, or made to preach,
the preposterous nonsense that Fremont's cleo
ton weuld be the end Of the Union, and the end
Of our trade with the South. "Let them laugh
who win" and we doubt not that already Col
Wise, Mr.. Toombs, M. Brooks, Mr.. Keitt, Mr.
Slidell, Mr. JEFF Davis, Mr.. Atchison, and all
concerned, are laughing in their sleeves at their
unexpected success with this old stale trick OF
Southern rights, Southern wrongs, secession and
disuDion.
We say this old stale trick; for al this South
ern democratic bravado Of disunion is nothing
but the old trick for dividing and frightening the
Nsrth, so as TO slip in and secure the spoils and
the government for another term Of four years.
But the programme Of the Southern leaders
of the democracy in this campaign is on
scale so grand and comprehensive for
the extension and perpetuation Of slavery, as
almost to excuse, in party sense, even the
basest devices Of democratic warfare to the fullest
extent to which they have been carried. The ruff
fanism at Washington, the rlhianism Of Kansas,
the terrorism which reigns supreme all over the
South, the desperate hue and cry Of disunion
all over the North, the bribery and corruption
and ballot stufiing at the polls, viii be looked
upon az but trining offences against law, deccn-
cy, morality and justice, should they eliminate
in the success Of the great Southern democratic
programme Of 1856.
What is this programme? II was broadly fore
Swallowed at Cincinnati but 1t has since been
more fully developed. II may be briefly reduced
to the following splendid scheme for the extension
Of slavery and an increase in the price Of mig
gers. The admission Of
!. Kansas as a slave State.
2 Nicaragua as a slave State.
3. Cuba as a slave State.
4. Another slave State from Texas.
8. The half Of California as slave State.
6. The whole o. Mexico.
The election Of Mr.. Buchanan and dcmocra.
tic Congress to back him, cannot possibly end in
any other way than the admission Of Kansas as a
slave State at the first session Of the next Con-
gress The game in Nicaragua is equally clear.
The Cincinnati platform expressly sym
pathises with the Walker movement Mr.
Soule Mr.. Buchanan's right hand man, to