The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-22


no special injury to any one In 1874 the enc
mics of Mr.. Clay seized upon 1t to defeat bis
claims to the Presidenc which it did by Civ
ing New York to Mr.. Po X. On this occasion
the abolition vote was sixty.two thousand,
since when 1t has never cen presented in an
unadulterated state. In l848 Mr.. Van, Buren,
took possession of it for purpose of defeat
ing Gen. Cass, which was done by giving the vote
of New York to Gen. Taylor. During this con-
Aist the abolitionized or free soil vote reached
two hundred and ninety one thousand through
out the Union. After this the whig party was
entirely broken up, and the demagogical por-
ton Of its leaders sought fusion with the
abolition sentiment, he enectng Of which left
the old wing statesmen, who would not stoop
10 such course, high and dry on the sands of
politics. In 1862 the abolitionized or free soil
portion Of the democratic vote was reduced to
hundred and thirty thousand, large portion
of which went over to the republican camp In
1856 In that year the demagogues were dis
appointed in the effort to foist their candidate
on the opposition elemsnts, and they contrived
10 defeat Fremont in the election.
Ever since that Tina they have been at work
abolitionizlng the elements and principles Of
the republican party, and carrying it nearer
and nearer to the verge of the precipice, from
which it must inevitably fall into tho gulf Of
treason, disunion and civil war which is 80
openly proclaimed by the apostles of aboli-
tionism. These fanatics unblushingly curse
Washington, denounce the Union as league
with hell, and proclaim open treason to the
constitution. But there is, in the honest por-
ton Of the opposition ranks, q vast number of
patriotic citizens, who love the Union and the
constitution, and who are not willing, and
never will be, to give up all the great material
and moral benefits which the Union and the
constitution guarantee to the country, North
rs well as South, in order to cling to treason
and disunion with the demagogues. They have
seen the danger into which the republican
party has been led, and the recent State elec-
tons show that there are million of conserva-
tive voters in the Northern States who have not
followed, and will not follow, the leaders to
the precipice of disunion. Thus the dema-
gogues, in abolitionizing the republican party,
have shorn it Its beauty and its strength, as
did Delilah the giant Samson.
The honest and earnest elements of the op-
position now look round for their old leaders.
There is a hankering after the men whose names
were cheered of old, and whose steadfast loyalty
to the teachings of Washington and the obliga-
tons to the constitution, was beacon to pa
triotism and safeguard to the Union. Many
of these have passed away, but no small number
still remains There are Everett, of Massachu-
sets; Hunt, of New York; Rives, of Virginia;
and hundreds of others, who, If they would
come forth and buckle on their anmor, would
rally at once hundreds of thousands of voters
to their support, who do not wish to 60 into
the democratic camp, and who will not follow
the republican leaders in their reasonable ten
denotes. We call upon these men to meet to-
gether and consult upon the condition of the
times, and to organize the conservative Gle
ments of the country for the preservation of
the Union. The republican party, under its
present organization, has become abolitionized,
and is undergoing the rapid dissolution which
mus ever attend every party seeking to adopt
the insane teachings of Wendell Phillips and
William Lloyd Garrison.
THURLow WEEDS APoLoaY.-Thurlow Weeds
apology for his personal abuse of the editor of
this journal, from time to time, through pc
Rod of some twenty-five or thirty years, is that
he believed in his accusations, though he could
not undertake to prove them. Why not, then,
make clean breast of it by saying that all
these accusations, accepted without proof, and
circulated in the face of all the evidence and
facts in the premises, were libellous assaults,
and within reach of the strong arm of the
law? Waving all objections upon the subject,
tice to the Reverend Mr.. Weed, in the single
proposition that he will join us in our APP
preaching winter campaign against the rogues
and rascalities of the Albany and Washington
lobby gang. Let him say eyes" and we shall
give him the right hand of fellowship. But
there must be no reservations in regard to
"free wool statistics or the Congress printing.
What says our venerable Albany scene-shifter?
LOOK OUT FOR THE RATS We admonish our
fellow citizens not to be led astray by tri-
angular or quadrilateral struggle for the COM
paratively unmportant Office Of Mayor, while
all the old rats who have been fattening upon
the city spoils years and years are devoting
their energies to the Councilmen and Alder
men. Let our honest taxpayers combine to
clean out the jobbers, strikers, pugilists and
grogshop decoys from these two rotten
branches of our city government, and let
honest men be put in their places and it will
matter very little whether Tom, Dick or Harry
is elected Mayor. In this connection the Fifth