The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-19

THE WAR BETWEEN THE CONSERVATIVES AND AsoII-
TIoS ELEMESTs-IMroRTASr NANIFEsTOs or THIS
LEADERS.
From the New York Independent. Dec ISL
TIiS NAH On rlR HsaD.
The NV YoRx HERALD, in commenting upon the recent
speech Of Mr. Iverson of Georgia. in the Senate hits the
nail exactly on the head. !, says
versGn Il leaves no Ocphcs Of lie
Sis Repeal them ali and You stop sS
s.C as 4 mo- u. liberty law. b. the mob .s
withou, he The federal By ands
ies years. and they the south, Know This then a." the
e u s up Of % nd ss
pendent power against us onward march instead Of waiting
he speedy as:.ISs:sa
this policy Under the moving Impulse thus pre-
sen.ed By The senator from Georg and com
Concessions and compromises hare had siv day at tie
No,M reu dte South The South ITSELF Northern
democratic politicians ac.ns ~ the interest Q. the south,
the protection OF slavery As the numerical and poau
cal Of the savehoding arstocracy began TO wans
before the steady increase Of the free States the South
threw away the old compromises TO clutch at
bitant misunderstanding spon new and violent con-
structiou Of the constitution that wonld open the Terri
tories of the United States for the establishing Of slavery
at the will Of settler and would convert the ports OF
slave trade These demands the North has resisted
by its overwhelming vote for Mr.. Lincoln; and II s
of It's defeat in the attempt TO Nationalist slavery
by perverrg the constitution and controlling the federal
executive and judiciary that the south threatens to
secede from tho Union. No compromise. whether
~ bis, or inseSssiyins the Fugitive slave law could
meet the demands OF men who viii never be satisfied
rule the majority and system stupendous wrong
In both morally and legally right But hdf concession the
North viii ne,~r make There Is such thing public
conscenoe-the aggregate expression Of the moral SENSE
Of the community hof conscience % irreoneiIohy hos
tis % siarey e.as: sasry isrTcng Tha, conscience
make itself fen In every coming Presidential election,
while slavery exists anywhere in the United states That
conscience can neither be dragooncd nor bribcd
into silence. will not be quoted by CON-
promise tia, recognizes IN any way the right,
leaders in Congress should enter into such compromse
the very men who elected them would repudatc them
and ss s n , n ss aa 0 wSS and
business men want quiet, they cannc, End il in that
could satisfy she spuh The concessions thai sEe souR
demands should they be yielded by weakness trcach
cry at Washington would "ags,e' the people Of tho
North and West 10 the fever point Of resistance and de-
termination against the expressions Of slavery There
no rest for business no peace for politics, through any
While slavery continues il win lie dscussed-it viii be
opposed. This " that the South fears. Even the
iinaIp does not spprchcnd armed invasion Of tho
south but the moral anti slavery invasion whose rst
decisive step has been taken the election OF Mr. lin
coin inea,ens the destruction Of slavery Let then
men, The facts as they Have nothing 10 do with
concessions an compromises that look toward the recoQ
milton Of slavery Standing by the constitution as II H.
let Us uphold u against al deiamers and destroyers,
standing upon immutabls law OF right Let us await
without rnching and without fear the events
that battle human calculation and We, are luminous with
Gods high purposes Of truth sud Righteousness.
II faith IN God Is worth ANYTHING should prove itself
IN these times Of trial prove itself BY calm and stead
last adherence 10 the right prove itself by unyivding
eevoion to moral principle at whatsoever pecunlary
political sacrifice prove itself by that eecua fxvcrt
prayer to the God of truth Justice Of mercy which
shall prevail Faith in God knows compromise with
wrong aud should suffer perturbation from the threats
ot ovii doors The sentiment Of the Christian world "
with US IN the warfare OF freedom.
NO MORE coNpRoxIsys''-"So BACKING DOWN
Prom the Albany Evening Journal, Dec. III
win two OF three exceptions the Suggestions W 'ne
E~n.re Journal having an adjustment o. the controversy
which threatens DIVIDE the Union for their object have
elected from the republican IN this and other
states responses in the spirit Of these head lines That
our views encounter the vigorous resistance o. our
political friends less cf surprise than OF regret
We have, three former occasions startled our
political friends by suggcstcns quite az dtstastefuL Moro
than thirty years ago, when tho@ with whom we acted
politically were DISCUSSING the policy Of rejecting Nr.
Van Buren, Minister 10 England remoosrstcd first
with Senators personally and then In Paper predict
ng that rejection would result in msk ING r Van
Buren, President We stood alone however and the deed
was done Our prediction and les uhiment rc~ord
Again, few years subsequently,, when the United
states Bank recharter became element and In
the Presidential election shocked distinguished skstes
men, and brought the whg party down upsn this journal
BY 'cattng hose from the bank and warning party
that would never rise W the surface with that mill
stone around lie neck"
We differ again with our political FRIENDS Tha, diS~
encc however, would be slight with most, and dis
appear entirely with others could ts hook iusc the
future from the same stand point. To DO this y IN,
dspensahe That all should realize that the Prcsrnent
Election H. that there virtually but one aucs
tion involved In the conflict, vztha, the Territory de
voted, by the Missouri compromise 70 freedon shcaa
not be invaded by slavery that, the irecdom nansss
assured the Territorial question may nov be safely at
10 natural laws. that, ipary, we were ndeoted ="
the folly o. adyersaries io ibe triumph We ac"ef
uson was cndcd, and ,hai, finally, the uaincss Wish