The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-20

slavery in tcrSitoesthat contest Ia ended Applause
advocates % make an ,ssuse. (Arpaas.l Then Ger.
si1y must oppose slavery as exists or its Office at
an end-"O,hellos ocoupaion's gone (Applause.)
There will OF course be classes under this generic
hsadas many different shades OF abotiOniss as there
are Of color IL tho African raaeLvaryng from the
oc,orcon Of Bourcioault (Appause.) Some, only
a few hope, IL they do not engage Ia,
would counteuance an insurrecton would furnish
pfa the bitter hatred TO slavery aud shareholders, till
the very weight of antmosity and aversion engendered
will make the Union unbearabe. large class openly
proclaim that the Fugitive Slave law should not be
cucd and that the decision OF the Supreme Court ia the
bred Scott case is nulhty The largest number
ous,y that they would not 10 any way encroach up
the constitutional rights Of the Southuo, not that
Their method is OF moral suasion Circulate the cocu
beating of tHelper's Compendium" daughter and ap
plauae) They would convince the South that they
as
tanned In the Helper Compendium (a1gher, the evil will
be speedily eradcacd These the varied aud delicate
the abond Of cable strength that win drag US to the very
brnk-H not into the pit itse-of tisunon (Applause)
years has been rapid and Formidable. The breaking
up and division Of parties have furnished am ole ma
,eral for recruiting aud strengthening It. Able and
adroit leaders, with unceasng toll and marvellous
skill, have wrought of these materials structure
large and imposing, but frail aud unsubstantal-(ap
pause) structure inhabited by many and un wiling oc
cupants who sought only for temporary abode for
special purpose, already -(applause)-od
conservative whgsappe I% nsare ,s who viii
(applause)-men who have no notion of making their per-
manent home in house that opens only to the North
(appause)-and is founded the shifting sands of Sec
tiona strife and luminosity. (Appanse) That the anti
slavery sentiment when made the basis Of party
sanzation becomes what have stated is evident not
necessarily becomes when subjected to the uses OF
party that proeesesno other principle Of action but from
trine OF an rrepressble conflict is the received
and accepted one (Appausc Let us look little at
author OF foreshadowed fifteen years ago. In letter
written, think, to q committee in Philadelphia, who had
invited him to be present on some public occasion In the
year ls45, he said, the distinctions in parties being
measurably lost sight and must in the end be wholly
and merged the inevitable conflict between slavery and
the principle" applause Iquote from recol
lection may be precisely accurate the language
but that is the sentiment So the doctrine is not new; 1t
has been long aimed at and waited for Fifteen years ago
the beginning of it, Events have favored its advent old
Issues have died out parties have been broken up the
Gici npon US. lApplaus re In Is45 the abotoniss
only asked that what revitable should take place;
has taken place, and they contentsatsaed as all
abotonsts should be, and but aboitionsts
be- (Applalse.) If this sentiment Is not the extreme
doctrine Of rank aboionsm do not know where to find
it. And yet this doctrine Is widely endorsed; it is in
scribed banners and is rung out loudly and approx
ingy by the prominent men aud leaders OF great party
There who attempt to soften the phrase to dilute
the doctrine, by assigning ii place m the dull cold cate
CORY of abstractoDs" general philosophical truths,
and gravey ask if there has not been for three thou
and must not always be- as if all arguments drawn
from history or analogy do not proceed on the
fact assumption, that where there is such
conflict free and slave labor exist in the community
side by side, under the institutions and governed
by the laws assuming forms Of competing labor and
know whether II is good or not but it is true there
no escape from it. This is the essence Of the whole
thing And there can be no conflict in this country un-
less be from overt and aggressive action the part
free for the reason, FIRST that slave
labor exists in distinct and separate community; is
created, regulated and controlled by the laws Of the
States which exists s recognized and protected from
interference and moesaton by the constitution of the
United We Of ,a the North . have no
indirectly, politically or socially in any form OF manner
(Appiause.) is hardly necessary for US, fellow cti-
zens to say that do not believe that any considerable
portion Of the North Of any party class approve of the
attempt Of John Brownnd his confederates to excite
insurrecsiOn Of slaves IN Virginia lAppssse? That
and country. But while those who approve the act
are only q handful, reyilers q all human laws and
meny-who while they condemned the act, sympathise
in some degree with the man. and attempt invest with
blooded asrocty which, they had been fully consum-
mated would have opened up scenes Of fire, blood and
dssOon without parallel IN the annals human IAN, woe
meeting and all similar demonstrations are q deusion
and snare unless they are followed By some CORES
pretty equally to
unite with me, will at least hold the balance in the
with Simple declaration Of our sentiments Let us act
well speak (Applausc.) Let unite, organize,
position that shall hold the balance Of power in the politics
Of the country. (Great appause) Let US place In the
councils Of the nation statesmen-rea statesmen-uot
Of one idea, but OF enlarged views applause
Men whose comprehension will take in the whole country
(Appause) Who, measuring its great wants and high
of other and better days When we find tue popular voice
approving and sxtyeight liberal minded national re-
personalities in Congress with the Helper compen-
dunn in their pockets, as text book, is It not time
to reform politics. (Appause) Let the meeting to-
night be the first movement in that direction applause
Let the popular be educated brought up to care
full and full appreciation Of the high responsibilities and
duties of citizen. Let the historical element of
government be unfoded-brough plainly into view aud
TO them the knowledge that shall discern relations purely
political, separating them from the encroachments Of
personal conscience and assigning to the State Legitimate
and undivided authority, that the individual has right
to question, unless he abandons his citizenship and
nounces the government whose protection he enjoys.
(Appause) with an elevated and well directed popular
opinion our politics may be reformed, and placed
in the councils of the country who will bring to the
UNFOLDING and preservation Of free institutions
the same calm wisdom and temperate thought
and purpose that presided over their fouuda
s.sy nu e5oD The
the opinions OF other persoHsas very apt to do
for 1t is 20 much easier to mbbe them second hand than
upon political subjects for themselves II, then,
so reform the politics Of the counry- we bring
TO the standard of craftsmanship Of other and better
days-f we can bring to the uphoding and preservation
of these free institutions that calm wisdom that deter
mined thought and purpose that presided its fonn
daon and early administration-then indeed will our
peaceful and happy country fulfil her glorious destiny
appause)n ever enduring cycles of abundant joy and
prosperity Then the constitution in this day of
enjoyment and repose folded in as close and cherished
embrace as when fathers in the hour Of their great
est need and most imminent per Graded into life and
being-fear no enemy-butlive
In the affections of the general heart
And in the wisdom of the best (Applause.C
And every from that full culver of anti slavery
wrath whether winged from the press, the pulpit the
FORUM fall buned the mpenetrable lshied of q ma
ton love and reverence (Grcat applause)
SPEECH OF HON. JOHN A. DIX.
The Hon. JOHN A. DIX w& the next speaker. He said. -
Fellow CITIZENS AT this late hour OF the evening
fear the words may say to you may fall cold upon the
car; but will throw myself upon your indulgence.
consider the occasion which has called together as the
very gravest in history a nation II involves the
momentous problem Of the continued existence of tue
States Of this Union In the bonds Of harmony in which
they we're united by the wisdom OF foreathers after
years Of bloody conflict with of the most powerful
nations Of the earth. The triumphant Of the wars
Of the Revolution did put to the embarrass
ments which Obstructed the formation OF stable govern
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