, 1859-05-16
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FIRST RlkTITS.

FIRST FRUITS.
The military critic. e the New York 1s7-z
N7e-whoevu he may be-is Of the opinion
thaf thc first fruits Of the European Var will
be &}.ecossion Of Austrian victories, provided
al"ass it be true that the Austrian army, 100
ooG Strong crossed the Tlcino na the day IL
dicmsd4u die Adelaide. nows He assumts
that the sardniaa army Of $4,000 all told,
concentrated between Casalo and Alcssandria.
at distance o. not more than forty miles from
the Milun, one Of the Austrian ccntres Of OF
erast0u!m II bE tbttsrcd, or sent 1cad1ong in
defeat, long beG.re the French rsiufbrcemcuts
can reach tile SCENE Of action. This is the
u1o7e probable when NO remember the narrow
field in which tbs battles and cyolutious cf
the Sardiuian and Austrian forces will be con-
fined. Tho Lombario- Venetian kingdom Is
less4n size 1hantho States Of Massachusetts
aud Vermont, willie Sardinia from end to cnd,
is but little moro than half I.e area of til.
State Of New York.
But s;xe is no indication Of the military ca
pabilj,ies O: either COUNTY. Al operations
must be confined to much narrower space
than that contained within the boundaries
shown on the maps. Large armies are eom-
parativcly powerless in mountainous districts.
Their eyolut!ons are for the plains. 4 portion
Of Loabardy aad very considerable part CT
Sardiuh sse' divided between narrow vallies
and mountain. ranres:'' hence the hostil',
forcas may be said 10 be restricted II
m area hardly as large as Massachusetts,
alone> will bc readily supposed that 10000
Sardinians on the Canucctieui River at Sprinl.
field, with. $4,000 Aussria hardly a day!
march IRON their camp would he i'll extreme
DANGER in the evenl the war was suddenly
declared, and there were no rcinf,rcenlcnts
nc1rcp ,fnn the west side OF the Catskill noun
ta;ns~ ,Ynt tho positinu Z: the Sardinaa1.s is
l.ardly.lcss perIlous than that in which We
have Supposed thca1 to be placed. Ne awai:
the news If tn" first fruits oe the ca:n!G;Il:
wi.4eo little anr'cly.
CONFLICT or T0E1S.
The formal r4pudtat.on. u tic doctrine O
Jefferson by the organs cf tic Democracy ia
yirsinla and Ill the South and the su''s:itu:
tionzhc7closc Of the views Of such apostles =,
Reverend Nehemiah Adams, Professor Dew.
BicQsn. Smith and Fi,zlush Il Virginia, am:
mad ME. Carly!e, in thu L1'ter-Dy l'nI'@s>
are significant signs O: the progress ot tho
OllgArrcly in tie s1ave-llulli;s States. Nlij!t.
the politicians nF oic end Of the tnion arr
departing from the theories q lie revolution
ary period, md singing rraiss to- thr
despttc principles as:lins. whit! our fathers
wired, the l.alns minds Of the North arc
Adopting and enforcing other views, i
any thing, in advance Of those which the
conflict Of opinion in the revolutionary tinos
developed The sacredncss Of the Individual
Nan and his rigIlts,--thc necessity Of 1rcscrv-
ing all these rights i'll the organization Of gov
erDmcnts-a dc,.Id~of The power Of a majority.
t, d.4luglqa- or 4nnul t4.em---rsc existence Of
Law higher than human enactment, to which
all ovpz pbedtenoc-an assertion IT the abso.
lutte apd unqualified right Of every bumaa
creature to follow out: in his cwn way. lis
own {oad IL happiness so that lie dues hot
trench npon the rights q othcrs,-tAcSc, tn
oppositcs Of Slavery. kirtrcrnn and priest
c.&t are the tendencies Of all free Northern
political thought.
Tlio-c' then who hope for 4 st;llin2 Of tn.
troubled waters Of strile-thc subsistence eE'
the agitation which the existence of Slavery
has arouscd-rcekm without knowledge o.
the irrccouci]aLlo forces low wu1ring in ,.
open field Tie contest is one nf ideas and
principles which arise from theories ii govern
ment' as widely distinct as the two poles
Slavery, in the discussion is o'4ly III accident
Of the country and the age. III the progress
IF events and ideas, .he struggle would have
taken place. inevitably, 5oup. o,lHr cnornity
tl1an Slavery bring that Thing about which tho
coutenIpg forces would have mustered. Tir.
ginia and the Snsath are ancient and harbarlr
The Worth aud hor impc1ling ideas are modern
The Ta5 is Tor the mastery between the anti
quHteddtt}pg the ,ncw w;-between the Wront
and I'll. Right Clay Lincoln. Seward all.
Hickman are right; there is AL eternal autas
onism between Freedom and Slavery!
LET THE QIAKEks VOTE
W6tvt1st that it, tho arrangements tor t
campaign Of lsC0 provision may he made IL
bringing out two classes Of voters, who tc:
nightly on the result Whenever an iuIuce
naem Is presented tl:e,n to 80 to the polls. NJ
refer to the Qulkcrs and the Ant;-S!avcr,
,ucu. Not being futi!iar with the snaunes
all customs Of PENNSYLVANIA, We will lit
undertake to suggest The proper course e
putting 4 political n,.inus into the breasts; c
the former. But the f.et shall not he bli14kt
fFen my innl: Of ours. flat the latter arc
host whom The Republican. party cannot ull;n'
to lose III q sinslc Northwestern State. We
no less than the New York Tribune nnd thos
who Arc ndvocatin: fusion Of the oppositi1,
to the Democracy, Nortk md South, wisl. t
emeody the larr:cst possible vote for the nom
nccs Of the Republican Satuud Convention
But VIC ste neither Wisdom nor economy i
cutting from the top of the blapkct to sew O
to tic bottom especially when i. is donbtt.
whether the damage Of the cutting eau be RI
paired at all.
Our poiut is this. The men who have hill
cEto Supported the Republican ticke, lccars
it embodied their convicliors-ear,ost. un'
quivoca1 hostility to s!@ynEy wherever It
no: protected hy State Soycrc;gu:y-lpust NJ
he depended cn to 60 bI'ldly for whatever d,
labelctthc "fegular Nominations, uulcss Il
evidence is suoicieu: ila, they keep con,par
with tue regular principles. They are men
sense as well as Conscience They will not d
sert the organization to which they belong I;
light cause, They will 50 far and yiel
much for the sake Of planting solid blow b
tween the eyes Of the abandoned Denocrac
But they nre tot intelligent not to know whe
their principles are submerged. and Too tho
ouglly III earnest not too apply a well know
remedy for the ailment Re have no threats
store for this or that turn of the political w1lc
IN 1850. Iii our purpose to fight under Il