The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-18

Our RADICAL ABOLITION ORGANS on THE
SOUTHERN SECESSION EXCITEMENT transfer
to this paper an editorial extract each from the
New York National Anh Siacery Standard and
the Boston Liberatov. on the accession move
mtns set on loot In the Southern States 'in
consequence Of Lincoln's election" From
these extracts it will be seen that, although
our radical abolitionists repudiated Lincoln as
too much of q subnissionist to the Fugitive
Slave Law they are in state OF delightful
ecs,acy In contemplation Of the revolutionary
excit+ments which sgitate the Southern States
because Of Lincoln's success.
The ecstacy Of Lloyd Garrison is indescriba-
Bile; but so far az be can express bis exuberant
JOY be defines it he exul,s that Lincoln's cleo
ton "bas operated upon the whole slavehold-
ing South in manner indicative Of the tor
ments Of the damned" that 1.-The brutal dss.
tards and bloody minded tyrants who have so
iopg ruled the country with impunity are now
furiously foamiDg at the mouth gnawing their
tongues for pain, INDUCING the most horrid
blasphemiee, utteripg the widest threats,
and avowjDg the most reasonable de-
signs" and that "their passions, set
on fire Of hell, are leading them into every
kind Of excess" "But," says Garrison, "there
is method in their madness; in their widest pa
roxysms they know exactly how far to proceed
Will they secede from the Union Will they
jump into the Atlantics Will they coDaagrate
their own dwel!ings-cut their own throats-
and enable their slaves to rise in su scessful in
surrecioD!" Garrison evidently thinks this is
too much of his long desired revolution OF
blood and fire TO hope for upon 30 short no
tice.
The Anti-Slarerg Standard editor takes q
cooler view of Che subject he says that the
secessionists understand that reps bile anism Is
the offspring of the anti slavery agitation set on
foot thirty years ago by Garrison, and they see
looming up in the Northern eky the dark cloud
Of abolition, rifted now and then with lightning
flashes that portend the doom Of slavery"
They see that the elevation Of the republican
party to the control Of the federal administra'
ton "wiil develope in the South q strong
party opposed to slavery extension and ia.
vorable to gradual, If not immediate, eman-
cipation." They fear "the emancipation
of Southern consciences from the terrorism that
has 90 long prevailed the inauguration Of the
anti slavery movement among themselves. Hence
they are not disposed to wait for Mr.. Lincoln
to enter the White House, with his policy of
Cancellation and compromise, but are deter
mined, If possible, to precipitate the cotton
States into revolution"
There Is some philosophy in these views, but
the terrorism" referred to Is nothing more
than that rigid vigilance agains. abolition ennis
saries which the Southern people have found alb
solutely necessary for the public safety The
emancipation from this terrorism means the pro-
lection Of these abolition emissaries in the free
dom Of speech and of the press throughout the
Southern States. W. q. Seward, Francis p. Blair,
Jr., and other shining lights Of the republican
party, have broadly foreshsdowed this thing to
be part of the republican programme. 1t Is
not surprising then, that the people Of the
South should be putting their house in order In
advance Of Mr.. Lincoln's Inauguration.
We cannot read these radical abolition glori
6cstiops over this fearful Southern disunion ex
element without sensations Of increased alarm.
We can only hope that, South and North pru-
dent counsels and mutual acts OF forbearance
'Sa90soolliauon will prevail, and that the Union,
unbroken, will weather the storm.