The Sierra citizen., 1859-11-19

NEW York HEEALD--TwESrr-oSE OPPosrrroS MEN,
BEEs OF THE SoUTH.-The New York Herald is endeav-
orng to make it appear to the twentyone Opposition
members in the House from the South that it will be
vastly to their advantage to join the Black Republicans
and that too immediately, order that they may act e
fciently in opposition to the Democracy in organizing
this coming session of Congress The Herald is capable
of advising almost anything whereby its interests are to
be advanced but it strikes us that to be in the Black
Republican ranks would be rather queer and awkward
position for Southern members. Consider them working
hand inland with Gerrit Smith, Joshua R. Giddings
William Fl. Seward, etc etc. The Herald consistent
iy C recommends this to these Southern men,
bers, and recommends them be early the ground with
overtures to the Repubcans-n order that they may &C.
to the Republicans the government patronage
Guiding Speaker of the House, Clerk, Printer, and,
fact the design of the recommendation is to secure all
the attaches of the Congress of 1859 and go thus Sc
curing the influence they seek to carry their points in
1860; and as the Herald says, secure to the Repub
can party the control of the government for the next
quarter of century. How these recommendations
to be viewed by either Southern Northern conservative
men, which the Herald comedies the twentyon South
members to be-. 1t also by way of giving the affair
phase of consistency speaks Of dscarding Seward and
his admirers This, upon the face of it, is impossible
bty for it would be virtually dscarding the Repub
party ITSELF Seward and his friends its head
and front. This little piece of ingenuity. however, is
only resorted to decoy probably by the consent and
advice of Seward himself All these schemes have here
tofore been brought into requstion at this crisis,
indications plainly show where the Herald is to stand in
the next campaign, and all its ingenuity chcanery false
phases ETC., will be brought to bear against the Democ-
racy, coVertly at frs until everything possible is
he'd n hat ms vvhe ailo
BILE, other methods will be adopted, whereby deception
may be used with success The Herald thinks the
plurality rule will be struggled for by the Republicans,
and says in this the greatest danger the Southern Op
position party exists but it says this may be warded
off "by the superior advantages of powerful majority
coalition The responsibility first belongs to these South
ern Opposition members. We believe they can effect
the ends proposed"
The Herald thinks they arrange the organiza-
tion of the House upon terms which will open to them
the doors of the Republican National Convention of
1860, and thus give them the power to organize
tional Presidential movement which will make either
Bates, of Missouri Critenden of Kentucky, Bell of
Tennessee acceptable to the Republican party as
Banks Chase Fremont" 1t closes by speaking of the
| antLecomptonites of the House, thus:
For all practical purposes may set down the anti
Lecompton Democratic faction of the House good for
and it cannot afford to support the Republicans The
balance of power competent to command overwhelm
ing majority upon all practical questions, as between tie
Opposition and the Democracy belongs to the Southern
Opposition members With the coalition suggested they
will rise into distinction and strength but with the
adoption of the plurality rule they will sink into com
paratve nsgniicance. Let them look we'll, therefore,
to their responsibilities for in the organization of the
House they may win OF lose the Presidential election and
the shaping of the party in power for the next quarter
| of century.
THE CAUSE.-THE feared and fearful day has at length
arrived which has been apprehensvely foreseen by
the best and wisst of the land Civil war has raised its
hideous head and the hands OF atrcides yet reek with
their brothers blood 1t is true that the nsurrecton or
invasion at Harpers Ferry has been queed-quelled
the lebood of several estimabe citizens and in that
of the political fanatics who have been thrust forward
the advance guard of Anarchy and Dsunion but is the
foul spirit of treason subdued?
Is the CHASTITY phantom whose horrent form has been
gradually looming athwart the political sky, and with
baleu scowl turning sunshine into darkness joy into
grief love into hate banshed from its dread inspiring
place on the horizon?
Is the crusade for the propagation of Black Republ
ethics by the knife and bullet ended by this des
truction of few weak minded zealots? Far from it.
The butchery at Harpers Ferry is but the prelude to
what all great and patriotic statesmen all whom
nave nOnOred reVereu OF aOmreQ 1Or 0eVO0n 10 cOn-
try, ripe experience transcendent abilities whether
of the East the North, the South or the West have
from the inception of the to the present day.
oraeen and deplored, inevitable but Legitimate
suits of the mad wicked, and ncendary array Of one
section of the Union against the other.
The reasonable declamations against the Southern
portion of the conederacy that for many years past
have been fomenting animosity and dscord have pro-
duced their long anticipated effects bad men, ambitious
but cowardy have wrought upon weak heads to do that
which they themselves dare not and servle insurrec-
ton with all its train of atrocous horrors has been de-
beratey but safely planned by many of the leaders Of
the Republican party And where else but in bloodshed
anarchy and disruption of the Union is it expected this
sectional strife, this "rrepressble conflict" between
the North and the South is to have its solutions And
to what other end tend these ceaseless appeals blind
passion and narrow prejudice, the alienation of all
feelings of conraernity among the States and the
of those ties between them to bind which, the
common blood Of the chvalric of the Union from
its every section, has many battle fields comming
fingy flown? For the present. the vengeance of hor
rifed community has fallen only upon the few wretched
fanatics who suffered themselves to become tools OF the
bastard wckedness of others what punishment to be
inflicted upon the real criminals, those who originated
and planned this Horror and made up the treasury
purchase its implements of murder, by an outraged
country bushng with shame at beholdng the monsters
to whom she has given birth, is question which we
trust will be thoroughly examined and soon determined
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