The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-15

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ny OF your confidence and deserve your strongest reprob
Let us heed these impressive lessons Of patriotism and
oppose those who invite TO engage with them in this
new antslavery crusade. Reject, with adherence the
IRRESPONSIBLE isacy that nscsons srifs is either wise
Iies to settle their own policy In regard slavery
Extend to them every needed protection for the free and
al men concedeeven anti-slavery repubiicapism hest
tates to deDy-that when they admitted States
come perfect and no power on earth question their
decision. II they are admitted to-day with anti
slavery constitution, they may change 1t tomorrow
without consulting Wishes; and should Congress at
tempt to prevent their doing co. il would Invasion
OF sovereignty, which msh be lawfully resisted BY force
Of Arms Or should they come into the Union with .
constitution which prescribes no line Of policy on this
subject but leaves It to be settled by State legislation
afterwards the result will be the same And they win
have their own way at last, have had Why
not then at once abstain from eli ntermeddng and stop
useless agtationf We believe the people tired Of it
but only evil, and that continually-evl in our ma
tional councils in the different Sa.ss in churches add
we persist in urging Congress to act theories at
alike with the constitution and common sense Can we
mot aSa to rely On h IT but
Have we travelled SO far away from democracy that
dare not trust the people Of the with the
nagement Ct any Of their own aairss Is no faith to be
placed in the instincts and interests OF intelligent men,
in anything except the cosrcive powers government
Or do we really believe that all good must u.s. If
at all through acts of Congress- that duties
existence validity until prescribed by satute This
the creed Of ansavery repubcanism not of the demo-
cratic party.
If the Know Nothing and antislavery republican par
ties, or any other class OF men in the community are
dissatisfied with present form OF government and
wish to change its organic structure, denies their
right to attempt it by fair Let them take tbs
open field and tell the people plainly that this Ii their
purpose. The citizen will then know what to expect
from them and be prepared to act accordingly But to
make their way to place and powe, under the false pre-
they believe its principles and to act in accord
with its spritwhile secretly repuoistng its fun
damental teachings is neither manly nor honest.
We have forboine to speak Of third class of who
have been nised into false views of the nature and true
year two organized themselves into political party
to enforce the single virtue OF temperance leaving the
other virtues to shirt Tor themselves After urging
our State Legislature TO Disregard the constitution by
passing law violation OF t-a law the authorship Of
which none OF its followers willing to avow-i has
quietly subsidized along with the waning remnant of the
OLD abolition party into the ranks OF antsavery repub
canism Both will be remembered hereafter for their
good intentions their bad deeds and their ipnobe end
Fellow. citizens the parties of which we have spoken
have originated in one common err0r-an error into
which the democratic party can never fall until it re-
nounces its ancient faith They have mistaken the pro-
Per ends Of political association and the true Office and
limits OF human government. While protesting to act
they have exalted themselves above it, and appealed to
"higher law" Their respective creeds assume that
neither the guidance OF reason the lights OF education
the ipjunctions of religion the promptngs OF a
wise selfnterest, be relied in any relation Of
fe Philanthropy must be taught by act of Congress-
men will never practice it, Religion be con-
troed by polite ans, heresy viii be the order of the
day. And unless temperance Is hunted down by police
men, and hedged in with penalties it be
cured. The entire field Of human endeavor be
scanned with anxious care not to find how Of it
be SAFELY left to individual freedom and possibility
but how far government encroach on it, The inter
meddDg hand of must be and felt
and at all times constantly trenchipg those moral
agencies, which-guided by Power wiser and more
encing the of human conduct and shaping the
destiDies of men and nations
We believe 1t may be said with confidence that If the
democratic party has deviaed into like those
to which alluded has not persevered In them
1t cannot do 20 without being false to its prnc
PIES Rejecting and patriotic men everywhere &C.
knowledge the value of it's past achievements
and admit that it's services needed more
than at this hour. They not needed to guard any
interest Of the country but every maintain
written constitutions, which, under Providence, pro-
ect ALL and to secure and perpetuate the blessings
sound and wse administration. They will be needed
in all coming vicisstudes whether Of peace, ad
versty prosperity. 1t Is almost the only association
OF men, Political religious, which sectional strife and
anacism has not utterly prostrated certainly the only
which has power to cast out the political evils which
act the nation and menace its fe Let its victo
ous legions be again summoned to the field of contro
versy Let its voice go forth Of old, cheering the
hearts, and arousipg the courage, and terminating the
hopes of its friends And let every who has named
its and protested it's faith in former years. strive
with earnesness and siDgeness Of purpose for the attain
ent Of these ends remembering that "a house divided
against itself cannot stand"