The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-06

South too: but he may rely upon it that when
Fremont is President, neither set of fanatics will
have the least control over the government, OF
the least power to effect "those unjust and trear
sonable measures which are so dear to their
wicked hearts"
The Crisis OF the Rcpubllc-Tho Permanent
Establishment OF the Italian Opera to En-
sure the SAFETY or tho Union.
The present political contest has taken the
same phase of several that have preceded it.
At the North we find three candidates, each
protesting to be the only supporter of the
Union of the States. At the South we are
told by several gentlemen, like Gov. Wise, Mr..
Keitt, and the amiable Brooks, that they are dear
lovers Of the Union, but that if they cannot have
everything their own way, they will secede and
let the Union 60 to the dogs They have not ex-
actly made up their minds as to how this shall be
done; but Brooks, with that sharp eye to the
spoils which 80 eminently distinguishes the bril-
liant statesmen Of his party, intends to rob the
exchequer" to begin with, and do it with un-
washed hands, too The old nullifers, led by Mr..
Calhoun, wished to secede on the tariff question,
while the grand point at present is the threaten
ed depreciation in the price of niggers, and the
loss Of the spoils Of the general government to
the Southern patriots who have generally had .
monopoly of the foreign missions, chaggeships,
fat consulates, and commissions in the army and
navy. The Virginia and South Carolina politi-
clans say they will secede if they cannot have all
the pickings to which they fancy they have a sort
Of hereditary right This is one danger that
threatens the republic, but this might be over
come by the conservative, right minded people Of
the South, who are not led by their politicians
and who see some solid advantages accruing from
the preservation of the Union even if the cadets
of the old Virginia families do not monopolize all
the fat places with the salaries annexed. So the
great fear Of the democracy for the safety of the
Union is only affected, after all.
Within the past few days, however, the pre-
mOnitory symptoms of q new crisis have appear
ed. Notification has been transplanted from the
South to the North, and has broken out in the
most conservative institution Of this most con-
sentative city. The Union is again in dan
ger, and, as they say in the stump
speeches, it behooves every true patriot to
rush toits rescue. The liberties bequeathed to us
by our Revolutionary sires, gained with their
blood and toll, are again in jeopardy from the
threatened disruption of this glorious Union. II
is no longer caused by the attacks of the North
upon the South, or rice Uersa but it is the effect
of the grand operate war which has broken out
between Max Maretzek, the nullifier, and the
stockholders Of the Academy Of Music. The
Italian Opera is prostrated-the Union is in
danger Without the Opera there can be no
Union. Why? We shall see. There Is at the
South moneyed aristocracy, the members of which
find their climate uncomfortable at certain seasons
Of the year. They, therefore, migrate to the
North to get little fresh air, and spend q great
deal of money. In all society of this kind the
female element rules. The bellies of the South
are the bellies of the Union. When they turn
their attention 70 politics they are the most sue
cessful Of diplomatists. They regulate affairs in
their own way, and the most astute Of statesmen
is led by them without knowing it. Any one who
imagines that we overrate the power of these
ladies should spend month or two at Washing
ton, and be converted to the truth. These fair
politicians then have the question Of disunion
In their own hands. They take no great interest
in the price of niggers. The great epochs in
their lives are the days when the milliners open
their fashions, and when the new tenor comes out
at the Opera always in that sweet, melancholy,
romantic role, Edgar Of Ravenswood. The South
ern ladies always come North for these great
events but particularly for the Opera 1t is
barely possible that they may find something Git
to wear at the South but there is no italian Opera
ct to hear except at New York, and sometimes
Philadelphia and Boston. The question Of the
election Of Fremont is matter Of no consequence
to them but the recent coup deta Of that terrible
nulli6er, Max Maretzek, in shutting down the
gates Of the Academy and disolving the union
with the stockholders, is pregnant with the most
vital consequences to the Union Of these States
As Mr.. Pierce pleasantly remarked at Concord
the other day, I've are no alarmists." We shall
not initiate the President after he made this state
ment, and 60 on to alarm everybody as much as
possible. But we do adhere TO this premise
that upon the permanent establishment Of the
Italian Opera depends the safety of the Union
The crisis predicted by Mr.. Calhoun has arrived;
but it has not been caused by the attacks Of the
North upon the South, but by the threatened
overthrow Of the Italian Opera, through the null
LITIGATION Of Maretzek. The Southern ladies
control the South; they Gene North to the
Opera. So long as they can hear the Opera, the
Union Is SAFE When there Is no Opera, the
general government may as well put up the
shutters and hand over the cash in the till to Mr.
Brooks, Of South Carolina. The republic viii
positively be smashed into several thousand
fragments
We bold that the Italian Opera is a conservator
and preserver Of the public peace; that II gives
rich, idle people something to think about, and
prevents them from doing mischief Look at
Europe. Look at London, Paris, Berlin, St
Petersburg In the middle ages, before the