The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-14

The bur aus ana ooes and you win find that no
hold any office ofrust profit unless he believes In the
opinions or mine n efecuay prescribed and excluded
as be WAS Russian serf or an Austrian subject You
every branch Of e pubic service Jobs contracts, mo
take the place Of reason Justice honor sineoure
agencies are to reward party services and the
Infamous party organ hired TO libel political adyersares
paid out Of the public treasury The honnrs Of the re-
stuens Men who inter ncpient are the chosen
counseors OF the President and represent us at for
egn governments and when the Chief Executive called
TO account by the representatives Of the people, he
claims exemption nom inquiry Under the name Of de-
mocracy, sou have estabished At Warrington an unre
strsinnd tyranny supported by corruption. cloud ap
Go 70 the House Of Representatives, where the popular
will has left the democratic party in the minority, and lis
ten to the burden Of democratic speeches there threats
OF disunon In the people Of the United States In
rust their adversaries with the OF the gov
eminent proposition 70 pay one hundr5 and twenty
millions Of dollars for Cuba the only place in the civilized
Christian world outside the Southern Sates and perhaps
Of Brazil, where African slavery approved and sane
toned You viii hear from them propositions to de-
veope the internal of great country There
Y . constitutional objection always TO that. The
black shadow OF slavery mnges with darkness and con
trolls every measure they propose even to mail route or
private bill. As Hooke, made immortal by the elo-
Guence OF Patrick Henry had his cry Of beef beef beof
the democratic party has its cry Of slaves, saves,
slaves (Applause)
What snities my friends have You the commercial Mi
tie can bind you to such partys Ia 1t that you still as
aocate with Il the Of Jefferson and jackson Why
nodern democrat dare not endorse Jeersons Notes
Book an Extract nom rom that The chief even.
S s . ouss With ss ask'So Tes
the United States TO the consttutionalty Of the
United States Bank, and yet the democratic party now
as the nalble expounders Of party dogmas and creeds
The writings Of those great men, read now in demo
ism Of the worst type They would be- missaken as the
Declaration Of Independence once was, o black repub-
icsn lie You may tear from your political records the
Philadelphia platfor you may word written
by Seward Chase lincoln, or any other republican since
the organization OF that party in 1855, and yet viii find
doph Mason and Clay-(applause)-but you will look
vain anything they said or did 70 justify the last or the
present Reconsideration Think Henry Clay striking from
the statute book the healing Of 1920 Think of
jefferson the author Of slavery prohis.ton, leading
hordes Of excited men 10 force upon an infant Territory
SON. Clay, aiding John Calhoun in forging or utferng
forged election returns building fraudulent government
ment to induce Congress 10 sanction the fraud Think of
such carefully dividing out amor party avortes the
profits Of coal agencies I've oak Contracts ana 'ne ssea
gray has" (oh OH laughter and loud applause an
exemption against legislative enquiry. The democratic
party has down step by step Until now represents
noehipg but what Is bad.
And now, gentlemen, ask you 10 look back over the
record have presented and tell me what act Of aggres
sion has been attempted CT proposed by the repuo-
licsn party. do not ask you whether repub
leans bave not made speeches. marked with undue tenn
been saii by republicans Ifyou compelled to lis
ten to the ordinary language Of adversares,
you would give ready absouiion from all such sins
But again ask you what wrong measures have repubi
cans voted for and wha! right measures have they
shted during all the fierce contentious of the past i've
ell that We are sectionallsts; aud yet when
have We infringed upon any right OF any Southern
been in defence of the freedom Of the Territories part of
which was made free by solemn compact and part Of
which was acquired by conquest from Mexico as free ter
and ru hu halv horlyr ano's
intend to keep Iee for the labor of white
from the Noth ard South, from the East and the West
Is probable that party that been so moderate and
conservative when Engaged continuous struggle, will
charged with the administration Of all the powers Of the
get the sentiment that elevated IT.
The North Ia naturally conservative and NATIONAL the
South is necessarily sectional, and this difference is
inevitable result Of the difference between the social and
industrial peculares Of the two sections In the slave
States one single interest b paramount to all Others be-
cause it IL part and parcel Of all The whole industrial
system s based upon slave labor. The whole social sys
ton with which 1t is nterwoven Even the products Of
the generous soil and the sunny CLINE depend entirely
chsttels forms vast item in the sum total Of Southern
wealth, and 10 thus an important financial element.
Slaves, moreover, form the basis Of representation in
welded political power which has contributed more
than all other agencies to give 70 Southern ceunsels the
and other ways the slavery interest linked with every
other Southern interest," and all are parts Of connected
chain by which the Southern people are bound together
as aunt Az unit only can they act on all questions az
ectng In the remoest cegree the system that underes
their whole social, political, and industrial fabric
things exists unless that be called conservatism which
would sacrifice for slavery oil other interests both Of Its
own and Of other sections
In the free States remarkable contrast is presented
here vast variety Of productions and an almost endless
diversity OF pursuits create wholesome variety Of int
and mutually restrain dangerous OF opinion
the great West the manufacturing enterprise Of New Eng
land and the middle States the commercial interests Of the
lake and Atlantic seoboard, operate ~ friendly aids to
each other and as healthy checks upon any policy that
would exalt the to the injury Of the other The rea
turing and COMMERCIAL States and the southern
sections Of the confederacy, have also contri:
buted much TO the cultivation Of liberal
spirit Of concession and forbearance The aggregate po
ica opinion the deliberate political action Of vast com
munities OF men thus educated in different pursuits,
ter,anipg, individually, different ideas, and aiming at
average line OF right for these opposing forces Of thought
like the sntsgonsc forces of gravtaton, will keep that
opinion In its true and natural orbit Men who from
have been taught to respect the constitutional
rights Of every section and to regard the preservation Of
the union Of these States az sacred euy can never
the presence Of al controlling interest like that which
overshadows the slave States, be induced to infringe
upon the one or 10 endanger the other Therefore is
You'd single section md the broader field Of the
whole county s the natural outgrowth Of the social and
indussAl systems Of the free States This conservative
OeR6Qer8teO
tito timdity and 1t is securely relied upon as
an element Of strength for the Sonth in the coming
test.
In the North opinion is Free and wherever opinion Is
nee the right s more than match for the wrong Here
any ore may extol the beauties Of slavery, poygamy
write about it., talk about It, preach about It, Here
are rot sfrad OF tract, book q speech. Freedom
Of discussion always begets difference Of opinion In the
South opinion upon the slave question Is not free; the
me moderate opinions against slavery cannot there be
uttered safely. The mails are opened and robbed;
Northern men watched enemies books burned
az Bibles have been IN times past There s NO open
channel through which the Southern mind can be reached
upon the subject of slavery. 1t considered re-
naIkable fact that Cassus NJ. applause
continued for some mputes)-I am glad" continued Mr.
sherman, that have thus greeted the noble name
OF Cassrs NJ Clay. (Applause) Such men these
Wflree from every hill, every mountain and every val
ley throughout the slave States to take their against
the p!quiy Of slavery. Let not interfere in the
struggle ard the right will yet conquer (applause)-a
native Of Kentucky, should deliver q republican speech
In the capitol Of his native State
bow then can the republican party establish foot
hold in any Southern State? Only when. having posses