The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-07

Mr.. ScO~T moved to amend, by striking out "nine
O'clock, this evening and inserting two o'clock
Afterwards i. was moved to refer this matter to
the Business Committee, of which Mr.. Crittenden
was the Chairman and Mr.. Anthony member.
Pending the discussion the association adjourned
till seven o'clock this evening.
The New York Herald aud the Secession
Democracy.
From the Washington Union
THE ELECTION OF FREMONT WOULD DE THE END or
THE UNION.
Our danger is not from abroad- l. a. home The eiec.
ton OF Fremont would be the end OF the Cuion, ald
ought to be Tue object OF Fremonts fHeuds the con
quest Of the South. aim content that they shall
when they conquer us, but not before-Sendor TonJs
organs, The New YORK HERALD seems TO have spe
caly sssp ned to it the task OF showing the North
ern people that the election of Fremont would not
erdanger the Union. In attempting to discharge
this task, the HEKALD of yesterday quotes recent
letter of Senator T0ombs, from which we make the
foregoing extract, and undertakes to satisfy the
Northern mind that the Union is in no danger from
the election of Fremont. As we have a right to
this subject. and as making the best defence of
Colonel Fremonts position of which it il suscepti
BILE we prspose to give its article passing notice.
sons on the subject Of slavery which are worthy Of
particular attention. We quote and itaiicse several
sentences =
We agree with our Georgia correspondent and havs
always maintained similar views u regard to the African
SUMS Incapable of self 0ouenmert-s adapted to the
climate and the field labor OF the opcs-has been socially
and morally ect0td under e orsrp system Of the South be
ynd arg advancement IF his coidi condition
eter country under any other gorrnme or in sny other
age o. the h0rld These are historical facts and Is also
true that urder Southern system Of arery III, African
(useless ard o7se than useless he ,chen LEFT 10 him
sef) has ben nade pousa age. IN he dselopsms q
ana IN the diffusion fhe blessings Of cir-dtion throughout
the mor'd We inclined endorse the especial logic
Of our Georgia correspondent that Providence has orda
ed the civilization of the world that the fra step in the
Civilization Of he ;ad9e 10 put cotton shirt on lis back
and a a o y s r. e ns sr q
lies at the foundation Of The great ,oor Of crlizing the
. outside Jartdridns" Of The human fmily
With such views these on the subject of slavery
the reader would wonder how the writer could be q
black republican and supporter of Fremont, if he
had not already been informed that the quotation is
made from the New YORK HERALD. The sequel
will show, however, that it was not only necessary
for the argument OF the HERALD that it should
avow such sentiments in regard to slavery,
but that il should maintain that they are the real,
though secret, sentiments OF Col. Fremont. After
falsely attributng to Messrs. Buchanan, Fillmore,
and To,mbs interested motives for the fears they
entertain as to the danger to the Union from the
election OF Fremont, the HERALD proceeds to the
argument.
1t is conceded by the HERALD that the sectional
character of the republican platform cannot be sue.
cessfully denied: bat Presidential platforms are
Presidential, cheats says the HERALD, and in that
summary way Colonel Fremont Is made to reject
endo :sed, and on which he has given his word to
administer the government in the event OF his cleo
ton. +" Our reliance proceeds the HERALD) is the
an, and our only guarantees his past history IN
stiDcts, education, aud associations" Again FIRE.
mont was born in the South educated in the South
and all those associations and instincts which entered
into the fixed character Of the man. in the case OF
Fremont. belong to the South But what is to be
- rvlo NJ Ito,
creed and his pledges 10 carry IL out? The HERALD
answers " He CEREMONY may be opposed, like Mr..
Clay. tue extension OF slavery into free territory
but let him reach the goal Of the Presidency =
and let him thus be free from the partisan divisions
Of Presidential yass and we dare say that the
South win find him. from his early instincts, educa
ton and associations, tree to their constitutional
rights his administration OF that broad and general
character which covers the whole Union"
The argument OF the HERALD, then. amounts
simply TO this Fremont Ia not really republican,
bat bas agreed to assume that position in order 70
reach the Presidency, and that when he Is elected
he will throw of the disguise, resume the instincts
of his Southern birth and education, and make q
national Observation-Disclosures his election will no;
result In dissolution OF the Union. We need not
note the fact that this argument assumes Fremont
TO be dishonest man-that he Is now cheating the
republicans, and that he will cheat them il he Is
elected nor need We express any surprise that the
HERALD Is supporting him upon the assumption OF
his dishonesty. But suppose the HERALD Is cheated
in assuming that Fremont Is not really republi
can and suppose, IL elected, he should undertake 10
execute the pledge on which he is expected to make
his administration purely sectional, then what be
comes of the Union The fair deduction is, that
the HERALD comedies the Union viii be dissolved
unless Fremont shall cheat the republicans.
IL must not be forgotten that we are answering
one Of the real organs of the Fremont party the
too, which contributed very much to his nomination
and which is fully endorsed by the N,w York 7ri
hume iteef. In that journal OF the 3st ultimo we
find its Washington correspondent writing a. fol
lows:-"I believe thoroughly, II we knew where
the people who needed the n, that so 900 extra
copies Of the Nep York Tribune, HERALD and
Evening Post would put the election past all
doubt" The HERALD, then, Ia acknowledged by
Greeley 10 be good republican authority, aud the
HERALD comedies that II Fremont carries out his
republican sectional pledges the Union will be dis
solved. That Is the legitimate inference from the
argument.
tice 10 stop without noticing it, alternative
| view Of the dsunon question. Although nc
| sort Ct doubt IL expressed a. TO Fremonts prov
ing teacherous TO ire republicans In the event OF
his election yet the HER has another string 10 ia
bow. The HERALD bases its hopes OF the preserva
ton OF the Union upon the false idea so frequently
advanced by the Tribune and Times, that the non
slave owners in the South sympaihize with the re
| pubcans OF the North, and hence that upon the
| question Of disunion growing out OF the triumph
| OF republcanism, the Southern nou-slaveowners
| would take the side OF the republicans, overpowei
| by their superior numerical strength the slave
i OWEeTr. anu tuus save the l0tDN EfDm uSrupLlOu
| Such assumptions may deceive republicans, fol
aught we know, but ii that Is all the reliance fol
the preservation Of the Union the question is at M
end. We have stated several times, and we now re
peat that the non-slave owners in the South sympa
thize cordially with the slave owners in their an
/ taeonism 10 republicanism and whenever the ques
ton Of submitting TO the rule OF sectionalism i
i raised, the Northern men who have hattered them
/ selves that there IL division in the South will lind
| that they have been grossly imposed upon.
We cannot Close without word "a to the state oil
| Southern feeling In regard TO dsunon. X Il no,
true, as the HERALD assumes, that there IL wide
spread dsunon sentiment ut the South: but IL /.
| true that throughout every Southern state and
brought out the entire population, saveholding and
ncn-slaveholding. the sentiment prevails that the
Union y ~ Danger lnst ~ proportion 70 me danger
feeling Is rot in favor of disunion but u looks to
sectional triumph as involving in its consequence.
/ the mpossibty OF maintaining The UIon intact
The South Is loyal to the Union. and IL laborng with
zeal IN avert tho ca.astronha threat