The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-30


Prsidept Comosfost In oae tsing osay arc
Thy solicitoas-tbat is, 10 prevent tho retays
of Santa Anna TO Mexico, either as revelation
iet or as an invader ua0er the banner OF Spain
either of which movements would result In the
oVcftbrow of the reforms already initiated In
that republic.
southern Journalism on the Crtsas Of 1890.
From the two articles on "The Progress Of
Abolitionism," and "Our Friends and Foes"
which we transfer to these columns from the
Charleston Mercury, our readers will perceive
that that constant and energetic organ Of seces-
sion is under something like panic, in view Of
The political signs of the times in the North.
The evidences of increased danger to the
South, as enumerated by the A7cwy, in the first
Of these two articles, are the narrow escape Of
Mr. Buchanan last November from crushing de-
feat by the vote of the North against the South;
of the decision in the bred Scott case; the pOpu-
larity of DR.. Cheever's Sunday lectures; the
Massachusetts legislative appropriation for bleed
ing Kansas the late ST. Louis emancipation
victory; and '.the call Of the NEw YORK HEsAhD.
the supporter of Mr.. Buchanan, to the friends Of
the traitor Fremont to organize fer active SER
vice, and the immediate advancement of bis,
claims for the next Presidency"
In answer to these several specifications, 1t
may be sufficient to say that the election of Mr..
Buchanan was due to the prevailing conserve
tive sentiment of the North, which proved even
stronger than the whitening disgrace that fell
upon the democratic party from poor
PieIces weak and wicked administration; that
the legislative and psrtzan proceedings in the
North, repadIstiDg the Drel Scott decision. are
not in co0sonance with the prevailing sentiment
of the Northern masses, which is loyalty to the
constitution; that the popularity of DR.. Chez
ver's lectures like the popularity Of Lloyd CARR
sons nanifestoes, is limited to . small circle;
that the Massachusetts, legislative proceedings In
reference to Kanaas were as purely local In their
sieDldcaucy q the Late message Of Gov. Adams
of South Carolina, urging the legal revival Of
the African slave trade; that the late St Louis
emancipation victory Is due to greater, more
practical and deeper causes than mere psrtisan
or sectional agitation, and that our call apoa the
friends Of Fremont, so far from involving the
subjugation of the South, contemp'ates the saliva
tioa Of the South, through timely restoration Of
the constitutional integrity Of tho Union.
In Its second article, or that In which the Aar-
cxry treats of our "Friends and Foes" 1t says at
the outset, I'VE do not think that papers Like the
NV YoRx HERALD, which raised the sectional
Issues of excluding slavery from. Kansas,
can with psopriety, at this time, blame
tbe black republican party for their. regu-
lar efforts to overTule tho principles decided
in the late bred Scott case" Raised the
sectional isue." This Is very cool misepre-
sentation. II was not the Nsw YoRx HERALD
that "ralsed the sectional issue" concerning
Kansas In the late Presidential campaign. II
was raised BY the administration Of poor Pierce,
and through his desperate and unscrupuIous
game with the Southern ultras to secure the
Cincinnati nomination. 1t was his wicked, false
faithless and infamous course In reference to the
enforcement of the Kansas organic law that re-
duccd it to sectional iesue In the late election
From the introduction Of the Kansas Nebrasks
bill, down to this day, tho Nsw Yosx HsxAID
has advocated the doctrine Of that bill and the
policy of loyalty TO the law by all parties, and Of
universal submission TO the final result, whether
slavery or an anti-slavery triumph, in tho sd-
mission of Kansas into the Union
But the Mercury next says, in reference to the ex
clusion of slavery from Kansas that-"What, then,
the HERALD proposed to do unconsttutionany, the
black republican party propose to enforce
through regular constitutional forms" This
loose and fiippant statement is unworthy the
temporary 1t is n Misrepresentation, without
the shadow Of proof TO sustain it From
the first number Of the HERALD 10 tue
last issued, 1t has never proposed to do
anything "uncon-ttutionally." On all ques.
tops-an especially 10 reference to the
slavery question: has boon, aud II is, our
particular pride to adhere, through good and
evil report, to the land marks Of the constitution
There we have stood from the beginning. there
we stand now. and there we shall stand TO the
end of our editorial lsbors We defy the pro-
duction Of any proof from our columns TO the
contrary.
Returning to the drift of the argument of the
Mrcsuys article on the :" progress Of abolition"
the thoughtful reader will naturally inquire what
does II meant We answer that II means q SEQ
tional organization Of the South, In view OF q
secession fiom the Union and q separate con-
federacy 1t can mean nothing else There are
various factious and sectional movements in the
North, all tending in the ssme general direction
To ell of these dlsunion projects, North and
South, we are opposed, and our object IL to do
feat them all Hence this early call, promul-
gated through our columns to the friends Of
Fremont throughout the country, 70 proceed to
organise for the important campaign Of 1860.
Let Us briefly repeat, for the satisfaction Of our
intelligent Charleston contemporary and all par
ties concerned, our reasons for this seemingly
extraordinary proclamation % early In the
nothing in behalf Of Fremont for the succession.
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