The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-20

In the enjoyment of their homes and the peace
full possession of their properties, Of whatever
kind they may be, yet 1t must be admitted
that the election of Seward would act ~ pow
erful incentive to men of the Brown, stamp.
The leading Seward organ in this city is quite
lachrymose over Brown, and the abolltionists
all mourn for him as for chief In Israel fallen
in the front Of the battle.
Tho Meeting ~ New acknowledgements
Wood ON tho ssIrrepressible OonAict."
The report in another column of the meeting
at New Rochelle, ratifylng the democratic no
limitations for State and county officers, shows
how deeply the popular heart of the country is
stirred against the brutal and bloody doctrine
of an "irrepressible conflict between the
Northern and Southern States of the Union.
II is evident that both the speakers and the
hearers appreciated the great point of the poll
teal conflict now going on. Mr.. Wood in his
address touched the commercial and interna-
tional bearings Of the subject with the skill of
statesman, and the manner in which his re-
marks were received shows that the question
comes home to the bosom Of the people. In
the commercial aspect, no greater question was
ever presented to popular consideration. The
markets that the South opens to the products Of
Northern industry are as necessary to its pros
perity as are the skilled hands which ply the
machines, and the machines which increase
the value of the labor. Close the Southern
markets. and millions Of dollars which
are now in active employment as manu-
featuring and commercial capital, and
hundreds of thousands Of men that are now
busy supplying their demands, would be
thrown back upon the community to compete
for the supply of the Northern markets, which
again draw portion of their life from South
ern labor. And the markets of the South will
be closed if we destroy the bond of labor there,
and break up the social organization. No
community can go through such commotion
and live. Its constituents must be returned to
their original elements, and new assimilation
and arrangement take place if the present in
stitution of domestic slavery is destroyed. In
a word, society must be returned to barbarism
before the new order of things could flourish
This is the point of international relation so
ably handled by Mr.. Wood. The statesmen of
England see in the steady prosperity of this
Union the coming destruction Of the theories of
class government and aristocratic privileges
which they have so long supported. They
see clearly that the surcst blow against that
prosperity will be the one struck at one of its
vastest elements; and therefore are they 80 will
Ing to clasp hands with Seward, and to encour-
age him and his followers to strike that blow.
They have taxi .sounsel with the Cataline of
America, becanse they knew full well the
political results of the councils he urges
upon his country. They have had prac-
teal experience of them in the effect they pro-
duced upon the British West Indies. These
have been reduced to political and industrial
nonentity by the very measures which Seward
would have the Congress of the United States
apply to the States south Of Mason's and Dix
on's line.
Had the West Indian colonies borne the
same proportionate relation to the British en-
pire that the Southern States bear to the Union,
the effects which negro emancipation would
have produced upon the home industry of Eng
land would have caused a bloody revolution
there. It's meagre proportions reduced and de-
layed the reaction, but it has not been less con-
elusive. The common sense of that country
rejects the teachings Of the selfstyled humani-
tarians, and Exeter Hall has sunk to the level
of contempt. Manchester and Birmingham
have lost the West Indian markets for their IA
brics, and London and Liverpool see no more
the fleets from there which once gladdened the
hearts Of their merchants. A few fanatics still
cling to the exploded remnants Of their theo-
ries, but their only followers are the senseless
dowagers and the thoughtless children of the
Sunday schools. The destruction of our South
ern markets for the products Of industry would
produce similar revulsion here, but wider and
more fatal in its effects. We must prevent the
result, rather than permit and lament it.
The WATER TROUBLES IN BR0oKLYN.-Our
neighbors across the river have no sooner real
lied their pet project which was to do such
wonders for their city than it has involved
them in difficulties They have got into hot
water when they expected to have luxuri-
ated in cold. The cause of their troubles is
half of their own making and half the work of
politicians. They were in such hurry to COM
pete with New York in the matter of water
supply that they did not take time to properly
dioost fhe;r on0inaarir0 nlors 1Tr5or tha a.,