New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-17
FROM PHILADELPHIA.

BROkERs-A STATUE TO WhShiN"ioN-i"I
coal TRADE-THE TABERNACLE TCNr-ToM
FLORENCE A. A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND
sTEPHrss--THE PESNsvLvANIAN.
Prom Our Own Correspondent.
PHILADrIPHI. Nov. 10, Io9c'
The doctrine eDunciatcd by Mr. seward In HIS
recent ,peeches that there States must ultimately
become al slavehollinc or all free having given
n. = aoi,ation 70 the bitter waters OF Democracy,
some so,,nd Reo,blican journals have inconsider-
ately followed in the wshe OF Democratic denun-
citation. AID repadiated the platform, forgetting
that CLAY and Webster, and all other departed
luplipares Of the Wing party, uniformly and
sutbortatively set forth doctrines identical with
those of Mr. Seward. If they be heresy now,
they were equally hereticsl when repeatedly promul-
gated BY Mr.. Clay. But imputaten OF wor-
shipping unolean gods was ever brought against
him: vet the fashion for abusing Mr.. Seward
has become 30 prevalent, that If be be
silent he is sure 10 be plotting mischief, and II he
be- talkaiive he opens his mouth ony to speak trea-
son. Sentiments which, under Mr., Clays adoption,
became scantifed foImularies, when reproduced
by Mr. Seward, though old as the history OF the
Government, and belonging to the confession of
faith of all its principal founders, are ignoranfly
denounced by one class as new, and by another as
dsorganizing am no champion Of Mr.. Seward,
but il is nevertheless desirable that the facts of the
ease should be honestly set forth. Our leading
Republican journal, The North american, does not
favor him, and its Washington correspondent omits
10 opportunity to indulge in hostile demonstrations
against him, with no other foundation than the
speeches referred To-. That journal, therefore, H.
unfortunately, following in the wake OF the Sham
Democracy in the hue and cry they have raised
On such subject and on such an occasion wisdom
would become apparent by practicing caution. No
such public servant should be struck down in the
house of bis friends. The Opposition has no great
men TO spare, neither eau il manufacture them to
order. While careful not to crowd on such as we
have, let us be equally careful not to crowd
them of.
But while dissenting from the Northern dogma of
Mr.. Seward these political prudes should not close
their ears to one infinitely defiant which has
been SET forth in terms Of offensive bravado by that
newy-recognized exponent of Southern policy, Dir.
Hammond of South Carolina. Speaking Of the
very contest between the enduring forces OF Free
dom and Slavery to which Mr.. Seward pacidly
alludes. without single threat of conquest, the
Southern champion impudenty declares that " the
inevitable fate Of the shareholders of the South is
"to conduct the question to it's conclusion. be-
lieve we can conquer. After what has been
achieved by divided South now that IT is al
most thoroughly united; now that we have a
President and his Cabinet, a majority in both
d" Houses of Congress, Supreme Court of the Uni
"ted States, and still hosts of allies in the Free
States, all substantially concurriDg with in our
" construction of the Constitution, owe it t.
ourselves aud the world TO east aside all fears and
move forward to the overthrow of every false
" theory of government and sentimental scheme |
- for organizing labor, carrying with us the
" Constitution, and, If we can, the UDlon.
Yet no howl of horror rises up in Northern
voices, or even from Northern presses, at this I'M
diluted sectonalism. The rank Carolina dogma is
reproduced and read among US without word of
All our censure is reserved for our
own man; We have none for him whose antag
onsm is SO grossly offensive. This man carries out
the whole programme of subjugatiOn, yet who de-
nounces Mr.. Seward embraces nothing in has
category hut the constitutional agency of the ballot
box, and who approves Surely there is an incOn-
sisteney in this estimate which il is difficult to un
derstand. No Northern man has ever put forth
plan of emancipation odespotc this deliberately
spoken scheme of subjugalion. Yet the Southron
" who proclaims it runs no Northern gauntlet. Is
there no whip but the plantation lash?
Our Board of Brokers have been treating them
selves to an enlargement of their chamber IN the
Exchange, as their increasing numbers rendered
more elbow room very desirable. They have done
il in dashing stylc-frescoed ceiling walls tapes
tried from ceiling down to al imitation wainscOting
on their lower portion, with every other luxurious
appliance of the artist and upholsterer. This mass
oi tapestry is buIg around the chamber for the
purpose OF deadening the cack and clamor and
noise of the many bulls ard bears who daily con-
gregate and growl and below to each other. The
Board can We'll afford displays of this kind. They
have many members, with an admission fee of
S4CO and handsome fund on hand. But one of
our morning papers bit them severely the other
day on this subject II seems the Board had
among their investments fifty shares of Bank of ,
Pcnnsy lyania stock, worth at the time of the ex
plosion some $1,000 Yet although it was the
business of every member To know the value of
all stocks dealt in at the Board, and though many
money dealers in Third street knew weeks before
The bank stopped that that event was impending,
no member had the least inklng of what was
coming, and they went on buying and selling just
the people did while Noah Was building hs cele-
brated arb, until the crash came, whereby they
lost every dollar of the aforesaid six thousand
batting the fifty which might now be had for the
stock provided they sell II in time. The corolary
is that the members Of the Board are not "a shrewd
as they might be.
Ii is settled, for the twentieth time, that We are
10 have monument to Washington among us.
Many years AGO, the marble foundation was planted
in the center of Washington square, and the fund
then collected has accumulated 10 $1,000 Com
mittees are now at work 10 add to its amount. Ii
il determined that the statue shall be equestrian:
that the design for it shall be open to the free
competition of all artists residing in the United
States; that six months shall be given for them to
complete and send in their designs; that the best
shall obtain the commission to execute the work;
that $500 shall be paid for the second best $500
for the third. and $500 for the fourth. Here is
thus opened way for some aspiring artist to win
both tame aud money.
II is now quite evident that the coal trade will
not turn out as badly as many of us anticipated.
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