The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-21

army concerned. Nor Is the idea Of little
outside Southern detachment Of this sort bad
ono, in view Of the campaign for the succession.
The democracy, in that campaign, will need the
whole vote Of the South, most likely; 30 that
diversion Of few thousand men in Alabama or
Georgia may be ae fatal 60 the party in 1860 as
was the diversion Of the fifteen thousand aboli-
ton votes Of New York to the whig party in
1874. Thus small faction on Ne platform Of
this Southern League" may be able in 1860 to
command pretty high premium for "compro-
mise"
Apart from this view Of the subject, we have
no doubt that there arc misguided and fanatical
and reckless agitatcrs in the South, as there are
in the North But in tho South, as in the North,
the balance Of power belongs to the men Of bust
ncss, of commerce and Of solid substance, and
these men are not agtators. bu! conservatives.
The Southern frc-eaters of the disunion stripe,
we dare say, are mostly made up Of brieHess
lawyers. disappointed Office seekers and reckless
politicians who have little to hope from the
"csnkers of calm world and long peace"
and nothing to lose from the revulsfcns Of sec
tonal agitations, disunion, revolution and civil
war. Indeed, With such men the visions OF
spois and plumber, honors and emoluments.
which, to ambitious and reckless men. follow
the overthrow of government society. Law and
order. are often tso tempting to be resisted.
Whenever such men, however, undertake
the rifle of organization and combination
to effect their revolutionary ends North
or South. we know from experience that
they will be met and circumvented by the con-
scrvativc and sclEprotecting body of the people.
| Accordingly, while we are confident that the
| bloody Rochester manifesto Of W. H. Seward is
! repulsigc to the conservative sentiment of the
masses of the people of the North, we are equally
| certain that the sound and statesmanlikc views
and opinions OF such solid Southern shareholders
| as Senator Hammond will override the desperate
| devices Of all those reckless tire-cating politi-
clans. who have neither slaves nor lands TO lose,
but everything TO expect from disuuou and its
revolutionary consequences.
But considering the sectional movement in
yolyed in this League of United Southerners"
| as Southern game Of coercion against the demo-
cratic party it furnishes still another TO the for
midable list of deiections and disintcgrations
which the party has suffered during the last two
years from il factious and sectional leaders and
managers. We assume this League" TO be q
democratic ofishoot, from the fact that il was
first proclaimed under the auspices Of Hon. VIII
liam J.. Yancey and General William Walker.
Its extent and its capacities for good or evil have
SUI; ;., 20 be developed. Its present Importance
lies in the fact that wn.c ... 1nusia'ery senli-
ment' has all but destroyed the Northern "a
mccracy. The Grc-eating, pro-elavcry, dsunion
sentiment" Of the South is organizing to CO.
cree or to dcmoralizc, divide and defeat the
I parry n :na; secrcn.
North and South. we thus perceive the party
| disasters which follow the treacherous move
mcnts Of leaders, ciques, and disappointed Office
seekers to carry of the party from the safe
anchorage Of q sound and steady administration.
l The administration stands firm and seifrcliant;
but the party il all adrift upon the waves of dis
cord and dissolution. Can its broken fragments
ever be reunited except upon the basis Of the
administration! Let us wait and sec.