The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-17
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surS 81 the CraSls.
The agitation which we are witnessing At the |
south, though II does not yes amount 70 revoiu-
ton. il premoni.ory Of such movement
There is aaru st the agitation among The slaves,
ex pnlsion 81 suspected persons, punishDeot OF
emissaries, the leaders are calling
upon the people u resist further encroaehm1n,s
upou tneir rights AID social security, Legisa
lures are UNANIMOUS IA calling conventions 70
discuss remedial messures, and ON all sides tna
policy Of retaliation Ia looked upon With favor.
IN this condition Of affairs we have taken
much pains to learn from the public men in the
South what course they intend 20 pursue; ana
from the highest sources we have information
as 10 the solution they anticipate for the pre-
sent nenacing state Of the public feeling
Among the statesmen Of the Southern States 1t
is hoped that BY proper course OF action
hostuities may be avoided, and ii the South
cannot obtain the guarantees which are
necessary for its security, and = separation ne-
comes inevitable, that this will be carried oat
in a peaceabie and friendly manner. The pro
poeed course OF action Is as follows: No sepa-
rate confederacy can be formed by States wi'nlh
the Union nor do the State Legislatures possess
tie power of seeding theretrom' THIS power,
which Is revolutionary, resides oniy In the
people assembled in convention. The Legisls
lures of the several States will therefore call
State Conventions by whicn the whole question
viii be- separately discussed and the reinedia
measures devised. These will probably a.
sumo tire form OF commissioners being sent b.
nearly al, ii moi all. Of the Southern States 70
Congress. asking either that general conyed
ton Of ali the States be called 10 lake The sub
ject into consideration, or tnst such amendment
shall be made BY Congress TO the Constitution
as shall give 10 those States the guarantees
they deem esse p,i.l for their security and
happiness.
II will at once be seen that this course o.
action will throw the whole onus OF the discus
zion and movement upon Congress, ana relieve
the administI ation Of all necessity OF taking
action in the premises. La the meantime,
none OF the Southern States will take any nc
ton that will bring them into conflict with the
federal laws, nor will they undertake 70 uullify
them. They will staud by the compact Of
Un,on until driven BY the necessity OF self de-
feaoe 70 break IL, ard It 1t comes to this they
will try 20 leave the Union in peace. BY pur-
suing such course they will exhibit q greater
loyalty 70 the Union than has been shown
by the nine Northern States which have vio-
lated the constitutional guarantee and multi
fed federal laws by refusing To permit the
Fugitive Slave law to be executed within their
limits. This course on the part OF the South
will make the coming session Of Congress one
OF the most important that has ever been held.
The tue nature OF the present crisis is, that
q collision is coming between the fatiscy pro-
muIgated by the antislavery ogarchy, which,
bora IN the French Revolution, was developed
in England. and transpanted thence into these
Northern States, that slavery is an evil and
cr,,ne,r aud the social axiom Of the South, that
tor communities OF mixed races the domestic
seryitade OF the inferior is the wises,
form OF social organization tina. can be
adopted. The an,islavery oligarchy OF France
caused the black wave OF barbafism to sweep
ove- 81. Domingo, and that of Engiaat OK
tended 1t over the Britieh West lndies, because
those communities were too weak 'c preserve
their political and social forms against The in-
povaing faiiacy. The same anti-slavery oil
garchy in thssa Northern States IL @"d-avnr.
To- to extend the same Revolutionary aud de-
struc,iss tAllaoy over the Southern States OF
this coniederaey Ba, Southern society Is ruff
cien,iy strong TO resist, aud IL will resist.
Through cotton, 1t possesses the power OF
demonstrating practically to the world that
between the free iapor Of the North aud the
slave labor Of the south there is no hostility,
but, on the contrary. the greatest harmony, for
each 10 necessary complement 70 the other
IL forced to carry this osmonstr alton to the
| point OF revolution in cell defence, the result
will be terribly disastrous 70 all; but to q
society constituted by meb in the South whe
are like ourselves, and in fact our own
| brethren, honor and seii-preservatioD stand
far before material interests in the order Of
/ esteem.