The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-23

Inc posltlnn OF the honest massee In the
ranks Of The republican party is one that ealls
for earnest consideration and energetic action on
their part
A grea, national opposition party Is neces-
siiy in al! free governments. Men may oppose
the policy or the measures OF an administration
with patriotism equal TO that which s,lst..lns
| lhem, and sncL we believe ~ the impulse of
the great masses who constitute the present
| republican party. But the folly of leaders on
| one side the fsnaticism OF those on another
and the spirit Of demsgognism which ania,ates
not II few. have converted the national party
OF opposition into a sectional and dangerous
faction, which threatens to destroy, rather than
aims to preserve, the great ana holy compact
| under which we live, and WHICH is the very soul
Of cur prosperity and progress There are
thousands upon thousands Of honest republi-
cans who do not believe in tie traitorous idea
CT Vim H. Seward that an airrcprcssible con
lict' eAieis between the North and the South.
and yet who are now under the imputa-
ticn of wishing to march down in armed
bands to attack the rights and the property Of
our Southern fellow citiaens- We know that
thousands Of them vehemently disdain any such
idea, and are ~ strong in their Reproduction Of
lbe outrageous acts OF Ossawattomie Brown at
llarper's Ferry rs the most patriotic citizen
could be. Yet these acts are the logical conse-
quence Of such teachings as those Of wm H.
Seward and his fanatcal compeers, who are ad-
mitied by the republican masses to be their
leaders and representative men.
Their party journals either have not the frank
ness TO acknowledge these truths. or not the
wit to see them. Such black republican organs
as the Tribune, the Times, the Courier and En-
q,,irer, and the Evening Post, look at the dan
gerous result of Stewards doctrines each from
q different stand point, but all treat it with the
same imbecie pallation and unmanly syco-
phancy. The fanaiical philosophers of the
Tribune hate the man, but love the traitor-ultrs-
ism of Seward, and sing covert elegies about
TIE epitaph Of old Brown. The wshy washy
Tines pallates the doctrine while pretending
to depIore its results. Tho 49,
| A. = .,ary old sinner of
.nr courier and Enquirer looks upon Seward as
bis deity on earth, and strives to defend him
from the results of his own reasonable doctrines
And the poet of the Evening Post eudeavors
to joke over the bloody scenes of Harper,s
Ferry IT, instead Of these insincere outpour-
ings, some valiant and honest member of the
republican party were to rise up and manfully
rebuke the traitorous leaders who have brought
upon their followers tho execrations of every
patriotic citizen, he would touch a chord in the
popular heart which would answer to his call
on every side. The fanatical Tribune, the twad-
ding Times, the utterly selfish Courier and Ea.
quirer, and the malicious Post, do not respond
to the impulses Of the great masses of the ma
tional opposition party.
Inc best interests Of the country require that
there should be such party at all times It Is
the only possible check on the intense corrup-
ton into which successful partisanship always
declines; but it must comprise an organization
as broad as the country which it loves. Sncb |
an organization is not presented in the present
epublican ranks Their leaders. in order tn
am the votes OF few fanatics, have led them
into an ultrasm which makes them Sec
nal and destructive in their ndencies rather
q national and conservative. And vet the
. masses are in their hearts national and
ervative They love the Union which their
Is made; they love the compact which
. ittogether in prosperous greatness; thew
Ia pour out their hearts blood in defence
ha very right of self government which
Get them from the intrusion, of others, and
,lud es them from intruding upon others, in
hat relates to the principles Of social and |
tical organization. Whoever, therefore, 1
claim that there is an eirrepressihe cor |
!" bet ween the North and South q conflict ]
t must 60 ON till one or other Of the sections |
impos cd its principles and its. forms uron I
other, proclaims that which is false, that
icb ia tt aitorous to our Union and our ma.
nal exist ence.
Under tn y stigma brou ght upon 1t by the
itor ideas nf Seward, the reasonable acts of
own, and the fanaAics pal)iatives of the
rnals We have naiaedt, thousands Of honest
N will fall OK on ala sides from the psesent
publican orgg nization:; for taey condemn its
,aticism, and do NOT synpatbize With its
Jason to the 3 ght ofse If government 1t will
vindle down. as tLsal,olition party which il
q supcrsede hcs .dwinlled 6own tiN il
comes like that crazy and impotent
ction. But out Of its elements will rise
p the new o9Fa sition party which hss
great part 10 play In the future of cur
puntry. TO attain this result, thu present o..
aniza,on has frsst throw overheard the us
Dr. leaders "iicsH re brought it into its prsy :.
alse position. TIE honest republicans Off ,ow
FORK are ameag the first that are called u,
0 pronounes The sentence Of condoy -,
pon the traass n andsits teaca ers. AT -.
~ e'sel icy are to
'rohouns'i u"'oA ""o 10 apAne'S or disunon
md strife. The "irrepsassible .o.a,..,, %
sewardis before chem for judging :. I.a h,o.a-
= fa aos,s e.;n - ,hau, 5ao;Ss appeals to them
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