The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-03

roy interest alone Of more than million 81 dollars every
pear 1hs, fellow ss.ocrs.s, bu. partial 49, q "
e0Sated and applied by cur republican oppooen9 M
smouDt required for oar immediate necessities y wen
Taxes imposed by he last Legislature. 500 900
Taxes V be voted 0r the 1oaiDg debt 100000
Paynonts postponed and uDprovided for.... 100000
Making together the sum Of. 100000
70 DO raised in . single year, and that, TOO,
cipai Of our permanent debt Nor have We
vainly 10 inquire for he amount Of this permanent
debt !. may be safely stated 2. e. 600 600 Nov.
Of debt not only W. interest but The principal must 30
paid. How, then y this forty millions mortgage upon
10 awe and sGs 2 %
alton; And ne taxation which win produce sum sum
GENTLY arRA to meet and Quidate this amount must be
tax for each county for the present year. the amount
wnr a, a. cnens Of this city, you would be obliged 70
y s SSs y 70 bs
iaS ed BY the city and county Of New York. In addition
to the vast sums by which already iaden for the
which the Seward Ruggles eystem Of unrestrained
ravagance has ontailcdl Now, such picture grahhes
you, nay d0os not nspe you with perpe1sy ana ma
prudent and cautious character OF thrifty and debt
hating people know the common aversion Of the Anne
QUESTIONS; know the rcpugnanoe Of our adopted
fellow citizens 70 the slavery Of State national ndeb
ps un ss view Tss al must Ss
deemed from this overwhelming mortgage imposed by
political empires The old democratic .stop and pay
policy must DO revived and applied And, democrats Of
the Fifth Senatorial district, you will have accomplished
very much 70 this object when you shall have elected
bernard Kelly for your Senator But another theme OF
yet greater importance requires my attention You
can be at NO loss 10 what REFER occupes tho thoughts
Of ALL and addresses tsef to the reason Of ALL In the
midst Of apparent internal quiet have opened upon the
startling scenes Of civil Instruction. successful revo
luton would have been the consequence Terror, VIC
md
failure. So serious subject, alarming catastrophe,
could not but have Eansfxed with attention the common
mind, nor have failed TO arrest tH vital pusatons. ID
quite needless that should enter upon the detail Of the
events which ranspred at Harpors Fcrry they are the
possession Of every mind. may Dc wen, however, %
sequences, Of what seditious practices, how large
number Of our fellow citizens are avowedly enrolled
These, not satisfied with the expression Of an opinion,
seek to enforce by example and acts II
and it's effectiveness is mot restrained in their State
limits but assas the precincts Of other States, and d.
rects itself TO the overthrow Of their institutions Such,
maintain, tho effect d their action, whatever may be
party to certain extent infected with these opinions
evidence Of the fact yet their sotude for recruits and
their anxiety for SUCCESS have betrayed them into such
Of their disciples IS that Their u, CO
adoption Of them. Now, follow democrats, that Of the
action and opinions charged upon our opponents which %
rejected by u.s. s not their opposing opinions 70 slavery,
but their opposing action 70 slavery have no doubt
that the whole democratic party Of the North Ia opposed
70 slavery as well as to ts extension But they are also
opposed 10 any interference with by those not residing
within the State or territory where II exists or 70 question
And therefore, the extent that the occurrences at
Harpers Ferry constituted actual or attempted nserfer-
ence with the slavery Of State by the citizens Of other
States and 70 that those were tho
suit precOncert among citizens not disclosed as actors
on the scene, is duty and In strict accordance with tho
principles Of democrats to condemn them and to denounce
when fearful nsurrccon has followed upon the path Of
dious doctrine so rapidly and distinctly an excited public
syasn by the rerubcan nartv ware 80 SsDosed s
leaders stouty deny their completely or prvty And
John Brown their agent in the bloody work Of Kansas,
they forsake upon his mission to Virginia But they
upon trial for their part In the offence before the whole
country, quite much the insurgents Of Harpers
osnoe. Il Is seldom fellow citizens that the law detects
evidence OF guilt In the conduct Of tho accused ar the
offence Bis connection sa with Is usually proved
casenot by consulting the denias Of tho republicans,
but by examination Of their previous records for the
evdenceo of their guilt And the first declaration which
attention Is that proclaimed by tho great captain
Of our opponents, Of 'rrepressble conflict precipi
tated by design, tnot accidental between ssthose
agonsc systems free and save' that from that CEN
fict Collision results" and that the meaning Of such
later become entirely nation or entirely
free labor nation" Now, fellow citizens, what ask
i sna p ssss & these
slave systems, az represented BY their advocates,
conflict Of contact collision and 70 endure the bler
more efectuay portray the events Of Harpcr's Ferry
than thsY And then let ask you once more was the
| TO beware Of conflict to come, any more precise
or pregnant than is this proclamation Of William H.
Seward9 What them becomes Of the sophstry Of our
republican friends who profess to in the language Of
tho Rochester speech but the fguratve description Of
'agonisuc principles, silent, bloodless, Efficient On
doubleday principles advance and recede conflict and
agree and silence be impressed upon their action but
when upon principles systems founded-one manned
by the slave, oflcored by the master, and applied
social arm to subsistence production traffic the other
rejecting the grades Of Industrial subordinaon, the vca
rous Offices Of the bondman and reliant alone upon ind
vduals for the social agricultural and mercantile Offices
OF the community composed of those Northumberland
requires particular strength Of mind to perceive tina.
the abstract principle has come to be the concrete fact
and that If conflict Is TO between these SYSTEMS
force must be used and blood be shed until the slave shall
go free or the free become slave. Is there anything
necessary to tho proof that the attempt Of John
Brown al Harpers Ferry was the logical and practical
therefore, the effect In execution Of the projected dis
closes the treason Of both who Of the republicans be
allowed 70 screen himself from the Indignation Of the
country, because he did not himself pronounce the
phrasey Not Each and all responsible for the
consequences Q? principles uttered and Incorporated into
Brown Is crazy and why9 Because he did what VIM. H.
Seward adv sed Tho evidence here would certainly CON
S n as ys s he n wna WIN s sss
they make them both insurgents and lunatics Fellow
which ~. ne republican press has ssenod and
upon tho peace Of people Of virginia css s
such principles be sustainods The question s before
shall decide, whether farorabiy unfavorably to the
democratic ticket win their verdi. be recorded in my
opinion in favor of servc instruction against the
reference by citizens OF foreign States, with the domestic
or civil officers Of ncighborng States or TERRITORIES Do
not be deceived. The question 10 not whether you
slavery, but whether you willing TO II from
those States whore exists by personal Interference vo
s suSsy e re ssod es
their recorded opinions and their acts answer BY them
are they TO be Judged and until shall be proven 70 your
satisfaction that proclamation Of treaty Of
peace, You will continue 70 hold accountable VIM. q.