Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1860-01-05

people, by fraud and bribery, the other to
reverse the established law and usage of the
nation in manner that places it in cruel
and inhuman attitude, for the purpose of al
lowing slaves to be held in the Territories,
without, and even against, local law, and of
preparing the way for Congressional slave
code. Is it strange. in the light of these
facts, that there are sectional agitations 2 Is
it not rather matter of wonder that forbear-
ance has held out SO long, that the uprising
has not been more rapid and general, and that
the dctation of the oligarchy has not been re-
pudiated long ago? But what, at present
are the signs OF the times p
/ The masses are opening their eyes to the
truth that nearly all our sectional agitations
have been set in motion by the aggressions of
slavery-that the Democratic party is rapidly
becoming intensely sectional, having scarcely
more strength out of, than the Republican
party, has in the slave states-that it is in the
hands of shareholders and is used for the ex-
tension and guardianship Of slavery as its par
amount and only aim--that the Republican
party is sectional only in the sense of resisting
aggressions, and that it is the right and pur-
pose Of the North to restrict slavery within
its present bounds, and to secure our broad
domain to the advantages of free speech That
the current is setting steadily stronglwin this
direction, is the growing conviction of the
whole country The South may buster, and
cry disunion--may ply the usual arts of intim-
idation-the once great Democratic party may
hazard its integrity and its existence even, by
stemmng the strong current, but this will not
avail. These arts are fast losing their power,
and this party is demoralizing by doing hon.
| age to the slave power, till its own salvation
depends upon change of policy. The decree
has gone forth our broad domain is to be Sc
cure from the blight of slavery
2. AS long as the South remained humble
Acknowledged the inherent wrong of slavery
1 pleaded its real and conceded embarrass-
ments and asked for time to relieve itself, so
long che fraternal feeling between the two Sec
tons was sincerely cordial But the ASSUME
ton that slavery is right and hence to be de-
Tended and extended, was the entering wedge
of sectional diScord and strife. From that
time every rear has added to its arrogance
and aggreSsiveness and hence, to the widening
OF the sectional breach But it is now be.
coming manifest that its aggressions have been
suicidal and that God is using the arrogant
and domneering spirit in which they have
been carried out together with the political
party, through which they have found expires
sion, for the overthrow of the institution itself
/ The reaction is undeniable and nothing but the
extent and manner of its sweep is problemati-
I cal. There is scarcely room for doubt that
the blow which strikes down its political ram
part, will break the prestige of the slave pow
er. That those who have SO long manned the
ship of state, will try to sink her sooner than
give up TO other hands. is also, pretty clearly,
one OF the signs of the tines The cry of dis
funion--tle demand for the reopening of the
slave trade-the terrible things that are to
follow the accession of BIaek Republican to
the Presidency-the desperate effort to make
sectional blood boil, by means of the insignia
cant John Brown fire, all indicate such pur
pose. That it will succeed is not so clear
But if it should, that surely is the death-blow
of Slavery. VINDEx