The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-01-05
From the n. Y. Journal of Commerce.
The North and South.

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There will hc y preliminary conference at
the La Fargo House this evening, at halt.pas.
seven o'cleek, to concert arrangements Tor n
public meeting, in which our citizens may
nmuitst in formal manner their just nbhor-
renee Of tho crimes committed by John Brown,
aud his contedcrates against the peace OF sister
State, and may put forth such otherxNprcssions
Of sentiment touching our relations with the
South MS the occasion shall seem to demand.
The object Of this meeting Is to hiring TO-
gether the various movements which have been
set on foot for the same general object; that
thus there may be united, consentnncons. md
overwhelming expression of public sentiment.
which shall assure the South of the continued
loyalty of our citizens to the Constitution aud
its guarantees, and wll;ch also shall rebukc and
discountcnance those dangerous men Mt the
North who, under the gnisc Of philanthropy,
re.undcrmning the foundation Of the Rcpub-
lie.
| We should deem II impertinent to mako any
suggestion as to the proper shaping of the call
had not the same been done by some other
papers. Our own opinion is, that to give the
meeting par,lan character, would degrade
the subject aud the occnson We would de-
fine explicitly, and without tho possibility Of
evasion the scntimcnts aud principles which IT
is the object Of the meeting TO condemn, hut
we would not designate any party as holding
these views or their opposite. Let every man
determine for himself before God, whether he
can subscribe to the doctrines Of the call, or
not, If he can, We would not cut him of by IL
Shihbolcth. On the contrary, we could wish
that all men, Of every party, would eschcw
their scciionalism, their hna,icism, their un-
hrothcrly md unchristian bearing towards the
South, and become, il not good democrats, ut
least good citizens and good patriots, demo
cratic meeting for such n purpose wo"ia be
supertuous. The South knows, and tht ..rth
knows, that the democratic party Is sound on
the slavery question, or. in other words, that
y whatever they may think of slavery as u sys-
ten, they are opposed to Northern interference
in any form offensive To Tho South, with view
to its removal. What we want now is M cS-
preston of sentiment on u broader scale; u
Joint declaration from all who are prepared To
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the South, rs guaranteed by the Constitution,
: both in It's letter and spirit; that they have
no sympathy with murderers, traitora OF slave
insurrcc.ionisss but, on The contrary, abhor
y them, and acknowledge The justice which con
signs them TO the gallows. Democrats will, o
course, be prominent In the movement, hui
e why should they exclude others? To sny no
a.. - IA,
the irrcprcssiblc conflict and its sppur
l tcnancrs, there are some thousands Of "Amuri
: cans or know-nothings IN this city who are n,
patriotic in their sympathics and aspirations al
the democrats. So, too, there arc y noble bo
ty of "od-linc whigs,' good men aud true
a who have never bowed the knee to the inag,
u of Bnal, aud never will. These men might no
{ answer to the name Of democrats, willie yc
n they would as cordially enter into the spirit .
!. Tie proposed meeting MS any men among us.
y 1t will dcvolvc upon the preliminary meet
u ing to determine the Erm Of the call, and th
. time and place Of the public meeting. Alrcad,
We see enough to convince us that it will b
u one of the greatest and most enthusiastic meet
ings ever held in this city and we canno
Is doubt that, in connection with similar meet
{ ings in Boston, Philadelphia, and other North
II crn cities. IT will do much TO restore the con
II Ildcncc Of the South in the general fonndncs
Il of public sentiment at the North, aud also I
y promote at the North hiudier feelings tt
wards the South.
One ubusc must be nbatcd ut the Norih o
=, in our opinion the dissolution Of the Union
only n question of time. We refer to the prat
~ tcc shameully prevalent in II considerable
portion Of the Northern press, Of misrcpr,
:, scnting and lidiculng every thing Southern
- OF holding towards the South tone Of uspcr
ty, uuchari tubcuess, and bitterness, which "
= hold towards no foreign nation and which,
=, we did hold habtually towards n foreign Ii:
ton, would he almost certain, nj no dis!al
l., day, to result in war. The capital Of rrpuLl
-. can editors, to large extent, consists In .ju
this llubitual yilifcation Of the South. If the
editors find patronage nhd gain votes by SUE
j., vilG.a.ion there must, OF course, be man
g. very many, among their readers, who nj
-, pleased with 1t whereas they ought to frow
' IL into silence. Public meetings without ii
tinction of party, like those about to he he
:" here and elsewhere, will do much we trust,
correct this gricvo,ls fault of the Zines
- dangerous as ii il grevous. A man and wi
- who cannot live together without pcrpeiu
quarrclng would not live together at all II
=, less they were obliged TO- and ia n',mcro
l.. cases they separate, in spite Of matrimoni
~. bonds. No more can States continue long
% the same nation while nursing II epirit
hostility against each other, and expressing
- in all the namcless ways which malice can
~. vent, even though not amounting to ach
-, ~, war. Browns foray upon Virginia was war
%, open war; and IL is only the eirrrsponsnlcn
III" of the movement which saves the ma ton
nal day from being involved in bloody civil CO
no. tct. such atrocities cannot be denounced
- exaggerated terms. The lives of thousands
helpless women and children were put in j
pardy thereby, and had Browns avowed
,o,, pcctations of help from the negroes and 9th
lie IN realized, Virginia would have ere /
Old been a scene of contlagraton and massacre
lgc Is il strange that communities to which we
was bound by the strongest ties, constitution
al historical political. social. mercantile, and
"' ny others, should desire to know whether Il
to are to expect the repetition of such outra.
Sd or whether the Brown foray is viewed by
., great body of their fellow -ciiizens of the Ma