The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-06
New York 60 the Rescus-One Day foi
the UnlOn and the Constitut10n.

The argument is exhausted. The case is
closed on all sides The time for deliberation
has passed. Only this the last day OF the
campaign, remaics-tbis one day for action
this one day, from the rising to the setting suu
for the verdict of the American people upon
the momentous Issues before them; and this one
day the conservatives Of New York, city and
State, Of all parties, creeds and classes, are
called upon TO devote to the rescue of the
Urion and the constitution.
Upon the State OF New York, but chiefly
upon the city of New York, the cause of the
Union and the constitution depends. But this
is not tie first time in which the issue of the
battle has been thrown upon this metropolis
In 1884 the majority for Mr.. Polk in this city
was the plurality by which he Was elected. 1t
was the vote of tbs city in that election which
gave us Texas, New Mexico, Utah and Califor-
MA and those golden harvests Of California
which, in ten years have changed the face of
this island from that Of a struggling provincial
town of shabby brick houses to an imperial
city Of brown stone and marble palaces, the
wonder and admiration of the world.
Mr.. Clay was statesman, and as a statesman
he stood in 1874 as the Presidential candidate
opposed to the annexation of Texas, not be-
cause the institution OF slavery existed in Texas,
but because, in the projected annexation, he
apprehended a disastrous war. The leaders and
tie bulk of the whig party of the North, however,
supported Mr.. Clay because of their hostility to
the annexation OF Texas as slave State But
the annexation issue, in the face of o war and
in spite Of the general antislavery movement
against it, prevailed, and the State and city of
New York, and the whole country, have been
mos. richly rewarded in the golden results.
On grander scale and in more critical
shape, the conservative people of New York
have the same Issue before them today. The
policy decreed with Lincoln's election will be
No more slave States no more slave Terrific
ries, and the reconstruction Of every depart
ment Of the federal government into an engine
for the suocation Of slavery in the slave States"
This is the pacific view Of Lincoln's election;
but there is darker side TO the picture.
Against this terribly despotic programme, so
eefan,ly proclaimed by the republican party,
from Maine to California, we have abundant
warnings that at least a portion Of the South
will make stern and revolutionary resistance
that. with the fact of Lincolns election ascer-
rida, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas will prac-
tically begin the work of Southern revolution
and Southern confederacy.
Ard for what reason For the simple reason
that In the South, where law and order and the
peace and fafety Of society, life and property,
are oil dependent upon the institution Of slave.
~ there can be neither law, nor order nor peace,
nor safety, with an administration at Washing
ton co operating or sympathizing with the aho-
lition Browns ard Helpers, and Summers and
Lovejoys Of the North. That answer will suf-
fee to the intelligent reader who comprehends
the crisis and the issue. The crisis is Union or
disupion the Issue is the defeat or the election
Of Lincoln. In New York, Douglas, Breckin-
ridge and Bell are all absorbed in the Union
cause and Union ticket opposed 70 Lincoln.
With the cordial union to-day in New York,
city and State Of all men with whom the Union
il the vital question, Lincoln will be defeated.
The reaction for this Union ticket has been
working finely. With another month, or even
another week for canvassing, Union victory
would be made manifest before the election
But still, with only this one short November
day remaining for action, the city may redeem
the State. and the State may save the Union.
Fellow citizens, to your duty! Vote early.
Call upon your neighbor to vote early; but, at
all hazards, let every friend OF the Union a. II
l., and Of the constitution IA II Is, who Is emit.
tied to vote, make sure work Of II for himself
and vote early.