The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-17

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neal history, In which combinations are inevitable
- wnich assume radical sha.aetsr would be an
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anaAvantage Of having 70 contend against the dead weeh
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see expresaiou Of thought nexorably kept down End
where brute force and violence substituted Tor The crd
nasy restraints Of modern civilization But, even vih
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esneson with the South, can also Be relied ON to sus-
thin that arstocracy, however offensive IL acts or how
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enselyes earthly, aenssal and devihsh, they are ap
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masses 81 the North do not hold these relations % tns
arseosratc elements Of our society They quite re-
pendent action that : The stay and hope q repubcans~
at least, win resist the reaction rst Get oot by
NJ Calhoun, and now being urged and driven By
trained 70 the sophigcaton Of their own understand
hes IKE Charles OConor,by political bruisers ener
ssss through cosraps,ons, NE Mayor wood-by .snsh
sptrit q gain, with leaden eyes and the brains Of
nsutss, staggering in moral midnight 10 the assault
q consequences. In the immediate confess before n
these are backed By the broken and blended members
e ne old democratic host Away. hitherto used g sue
leaders, who, for want Of intelligence, ss cling the
empty name Of true and honest party and mar.
b. sentiment or conviction, and which they must ut
Maeey DESERT -, little by little. the intelligence Of their
re position dawns upon them:
"a iaieress ana IN bod ana open defiance Of ali hu-
mne q equal rights, can succeed. sithsr in The
immediate or remoter future before the country.
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foundations by provoking this struggle. The rights
q b tho electricity that has shaken empires and
isiised and oppressed Of mankind How d il to be
among born to the Inheritance Of those rights sp
~ Their vsus and rejoicing in their posssons
against the cAsaes who preach tho detestabe heresy
that shall 6rst them with odium and then crush
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country Be once fully reused BY an arrogant and
oppressive and segres:ve srasocracy, such e s nov
fssssr ~ action. win sweep ike tornado through the
political atmosphere Il win be more than wind, and
rain, and lightning, and tempest
ID The example Of KAneas past and Kansns present 70 70
II n0thlug7 Does the John Brown ncursion teach
tAings n the Douglas rebellion, not In III IL Inspiring
motives but in IL resulting consequences, and init
mated popular forces nohngf II there noindsnct banner
seen floating over al theee movements which b dimly
perceived the ancient motto OF the rights Of man?
more distinct In come Of them than in others, we
know Nevertheless, that banner floats all d the
idea embraces that inspires the actors in each In great
o. or less degree.
These indications Of the spirit and temper Of the North
eyn democracy ought OF themselves 70 be sufficient to
warn the reactonss Of their future fate. The
eiA and trading Influences OF tho great cties and the
communities that hold intimate financial relations With
then strong within their circles but these do
include the great Industrial interests Of the country,
exhibit sensible approximation toward doing Il
The products Of the plough, the loom and tho anvil
not influenced by political considerations, the
producers amenAbe 70 political tests any broad SCALE
me law Of supply and demand II omnpoent In the mau
Ideas viii rule their intrinsic merits al through the
ordinary departments Of industry, with but slight de-
nectson from influences that the reaconists 10
sder will prove controlling.
We are sats6sd them 70 see parties range themselves
by their natural decision, before atedthe aristo
and despoc and reactionary against the democra
to and liberal and progressive. We content to cast
lot with the latter and abide the fate Of the contest