The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-04

The A.si-sisv.ry Prsss on the Impsad-
Aag Crisis.
We pnblIsh to-day several articles NON
the anti slavery journals on "the tnoendios
crisis" which, to say the least, are exceed
iDgly curious, and which show that the leaders
of the republican party ere thoroughly fright
ened, and that they feel that they have gained
Q victory like that which Pyrrhus gained over
the Romsns-s victory which will prove their
ruin. Already they feel that the tide has
turned against them at the North. and that the
commercial, manufacturing mechanic and Ia
boring classes will coon visit them with the
disastrous consequences of their revolutionary
crusade against the Southern States. They see
their approaching doom, and they are trying
to break the fall which awaits them.
Senator Stewards organ, the Albany Evening
Journal, after the election OF Lincoln is SO
cured, sees the storm approaching, and pro
poses to shorten sail, and 70 take the opposite
tack from lee shore. The terrible effects In
New York city will extend throughout the
State, and operate to the overthrow of the re-
publican party. Weed anticipates the result
ard lie Offers compromise measures, upon
which, though be knows they will not be
adopted by bis party, be can fall back
and try to clear bis skirU Of the guilt
of dissolviDg the Union. Like sinner, whose
deathbed repentance Is always suspicious he
proposes that the folio wing concessions should
be made Firs.--The enforcement Of the
Fugitive Slave law. Second-Compeusatioo
to owners of fugitives by the counties
which permit them to escape. Third-The re-
establish nent OF the Missouri compromise
line, and its exte psion to the Pacific Ocean, taus
recognizing the right of the Southern States to
extend their Institutions to the Territories y ing
to the west Of them; and finally, that conven-
lion should be called to amend the constitution
1t is said that Mr. Seward adopts these
proportions Of his organ, aud that b.
will make, Immediately upon the open
ing Of Congress, strong conservative
speech, which will as onish his friends a.
well as bis enemies Bat the Rochester
Democrat ard the Syracuse Journal scout the
idea Of any compromise, remembering that Nc.
Seward has taught them that the conflict be
tween slave labor and free is ifrepressinle and
eternal, that be and they must abolish slavery
wherever 1t exists and that the election Of Liz
coin is virtually the downfall Of the institution;
whilst the Boston Liberator Insists upon amend
making ii far more stringent than 1t Is agaiu-t
the Fugitive Slave law; and the New York 1ifi-
Slar1y Standard is in favor Of letting the South
ern S;ate- quietly secede, and Of forming two
distinct republics, one Northern and the other
Southern, because the policy Of coercion is i'm
practicable, the probably seeding States--tes
two Carolnas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and Texas having as great
a white population as the thirteen colonies had
in l77G.
That the Personal Liberty bills will not be
repealed, nor any other con ,ession made 10
time, Is but too probable, from the gener Al tone
OF the republican and abolition journals, and
from the abort period which must elapse before
the revolution is precipi'at@d. The action OF
the State Legislature Of Vermont, In which the
republicans stood l2j to % against the repeal,
Is significant Of what may be expected In
the majority Of Northern States The course
Of Vermont is peculiarly reprehensiole. Be
fore Its admission into the Union 1t had a
statute to prohibit the restoration OF fugitive
slaves. II repealed the law ia order to gain
admission into the Union; but, that accom-
plished, 1t passed an act not only declaring fu-
giiives free In the face OF the express provision
OF the constitution. butinficdng on the claimant
a fine OF $1,000 and five years Imprisonment
In the State prison. In eleven States Of the
North, or two thirds Of the whole nun
Der acts have been passed with the express
design Of completely multiplying the fugitive
slsve provision In the constitution, and the
Fugitive Slave Law Of Congress ena sted 70
carry 1t out, or to 20 impair and impede Its
operation as to cheat the Southern States out
Of their lawful property. These Northern
States have passed laws imposing pains Of
from three months to fifteen years imprison
ment, and penalties of from $1,000 to $1,000,
againrt all who attempt TO carry out the con
pact Of the constitution In restoring 'fugitives
bound TO service II Is these States, there
fore, who have really dissolved the Union. By
violating the conditions OF the COME deraii0u.
They are the sggressors, and the Southern Sc
cedirg or nullifying States are merely ADOPT
ing measures OF redress or retaliation.
II is not certain ttat at this late period, even
II ell the Personal Liberty bills, as they are
misr AIMED, should be repealed, the effect would
be TO arrest the progress Of revolution al the
South. But at all events 1t is the duty OF those
States TO repent and do justice even at the
eleventh hour. A dreadful responsibility rests
upon them. BY their unfaithfulness to the fede
raj constitution, which they have all undertaken
and s~orn to maintain, they have brought this
glorious Union TO the verge OF dissolution,
and nothing can prevent the completion Of the
catastrophe II they do not at once repeal their
infamous and peradious snaetments, and thus
remove the causes which now jeopardlze not
only the liberties, the happiness and the pros.
perity Of . great nation, but the hopes Of free