The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-16

mccracy havo always asserted I'M, II cannot rsa n tina
cpen OF great national idea and that for want OF this
tnnying principle Carries in itself the germ OF III own
decay The opponents OF cotton have even denied the a.
:, ned be- City Of thecommercal spri, that
crft instances were changed, merchants and manufac-
t,fefs would not show less blindness or seashnes than
IA and landlords II h,s been reserved for the re-
'tg yecwncrs Of south Carolina and Georgia geri-
~ TINS tarf snd 10 seek for precedents party
lare not in the history Of the United states but in the
Continental system OF Napoleon, in the Berlin decree and
The T.. gsh order council. t.aH
We are far from consider ing the proceedings adopted
ssuth carolina and Georgia ~ irreversibe, taking IL
FOR snte that they viii be inflated by other cotton
producing state, much less by those which though
ia!J southern, have natural alni,ies with the Norta
Lfsn the Governor Of Georgia, though he recommends
re imposition CT prohibtory duties imports from the
Nerth The iepea Of all parts o. the penal and civil
code protecting the lives, liberties and properties
i me citizens Of the States where unfriondiy laws
eAh,, a"d other mad and revolnt .onary measures,
shrnas ircm the responsibility OF sending delegates
outhern convention The resignation OF thor offices BY
ths ie.eral employees at Charleston has not been
cep,ei at Washington and the sangusnary rhodomon
tde o Governor Brown probably sounds less formidable
10 those who hear IL than TO us who read IL. We I'm
gshmen sparirg OF words and little how far
blrst- may he carried before barking passes into biting
The threat II secession IL the standard resource OF mob
and the Roman fSes often started for tho Mons Sacsr
and actually cncamped there more than once without
permanently separating from the republic There, how
belongs to the established government. The security
OF the cJ and the lives Of their patrcian oppressors
whereas here II Is the personal safety Of the Southern
planters that 1, guaranteed by the North That great
social question: which inspires an interest UNNECESSARILY
more intense and absorbing than all the po zeal watch.
words of Europe has twofold bearing on tho present
crisis, and L IL funshesa motive in favor Of secession
IL furnishes overpowerhg motive against it, ct
Is a singular fact says Of our American co,empo
raries, "tlat state IN Position against injury
from the non yecution Of Ia. Fugitive slave Law ar ma
only states making the non execution OF this Law pre-
text for secession" Bat these refractory citizens
prepared to be coscted beyond tho reach of call with
their own "domcSuc institution u is certain that IN
such states as south Carolina ANA Mississippi where tho
slaves outnumber the white popuation, the masters
could dispense with the aid oi their Northern
brethren IA seryiio war or, turning 70
other item The caC -i,,ion of expc-
IcEcy, would south Carolina, whose exports
coed ~ value her imports III the proportion OF
seven 81 one, be the gamer ~ system Of mercantile
exclusion can any sano man believe thai England and
France viii consent, suggested siultify the
folicg u hall century for the sake Ol extended
cotton trade and e purchase the aver ~ Charleston and
MledgMilc by recognizing wbal hes bsen called athe
isotheimal law, which mpcis African slnvp labor TO-
wards the tropics" on the other side q tae Aantics
VIII the suspension Of specie Payments Improve the
credit q the rccnsNat State, and VIII indepen lent
ADMINISTRATION prove an economical cspedient 20 states
Which have hitherto BONE yery ,nsii share 81 the
dft wned ~ The passions q the hpnr hut which viii, we
still believe, assert themselves - he movement be
Genes moro regular and orderly We have confidence
not only ID the discretion 81 Mr. Lincoln bit that Of
Sir. Buchanan who, IN the remaining months Of hs
lre-ideptshp, may do much q mitigate these desperate
ami ruin0ns ccunscs
OF thing the democrats ray be well assured, that
ne character an prestige u N. United states IN the
North this when he skilfuy proposed compromise
which would have had the elect ~ is0a,lng from
the rest and Burke resisted Ia scheme OF consultation
that very ground Hoe fhicu' tgln the stubborn
u,nous spirit Of The south falling into The tactics OF
he enemies OF American Independence let there be
mistake to Eng al public opinion this subject If
Lave paid sincere homage - the rising greatness Of
America II has not been TO that which the Southerners
anxious 20 conseryc hut 10 that which they
striving to destroy. All thai noble and venerable
ID the United states Is associated with Us federal
constitution. II IS the demonstrations OF South.
ern ranism IN Congress or the abls,ering randze
OF The south from tho Mexican nncxations down
ward the Fugitive slave Law The bred Scott decision
the Kansas Nebraska act II i not these any other
triumph OF democratic in-olencc during Their lscendency
~ half century that has commanded the yrnpaihy and
admiration Of Europe. We have judged these things
.nsen,y the actions Of great and great nations
ought 70 be Judged because know the prlous cond
TONS under which mighty enterprise A. the ciylza
ion Of America must OF necessity be carried out and
have confidence the practical gvod OF the
American character. certain hectoring tone
and strength Il characteristic adol. scence. but
such allowance Il made for deliberate acts u awcss
violence Even now, 20 long tho agitation 5 confined
10 bully ing and insults, 10 retaatory laws and ndgna
ton meetings in the form Of conventions, shall not
despair. High pressure moral well me- hanea is
The rule in America, and threats q cgl war may be
used there in strictly parliamentary but II this
rough srari ing should by any chance be carried too far
and the threat often uttered n Jest vantonness
should be ,pested IN earnest and Iced To bl.hcd =
comfort that the aggrcgsors viii not - the stronger
prty Mr. iAncoin win IN that Gaze 9, armand majority
N Congre~s and will carry with HIM tha support OF all
those Who however tolerant n slavery vii not tanney
acquieace in ia becoming the bass Illegal md hos
tile confederation