The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-19

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conplcxica could coraistrp,ly be, had ana
glove with thst school. aad lie, iudicrsusly
enough bolts but the foliowisg sertencc &C tho
Albany exhibition
am here 10; to retrsct auy rAitlca. cpriuus hsvs
ever sSvs sf Ssc po ..sa ssea sys
would prevent oe from oiri1g hsayy aud sisceyclv -
tte opjeers Ct tbs meeting ~
Neilher did his predecessor M. Bload.n, pre-
FER one side Of the tight rope TO TIE other. Il
fact Bricks aati-slavery, atoiitionsst fcelicgs
teirg all vented, lie passes over to the other
SIDE with facility which via he readily under
stood BY Hose who know him. Having proved
to ais orn satisfaction tbs. the South are IN
wrong, be proceeds at once to show tdat they
are, with eQual certainty, perfectly biameless,
and that, for the entire misc Aief of the preseat
crisis, the republican party of the North is T.
be held responsible. With his head in = bae,
a somerset and gyrations indescribable, he cea5
tinues: "What las produced in the minds and
hearts Of the American people, the revolutiea
Of sentiments which we now perceives" Hs
answers 14
say hat Is cce to the direct action OF L 'bctasa-
lists, 10 the manner In which that action has al a psM.
teal parties a. tho Noth ana to the manner IN weA b
has been resisted by The Southern States This coataA
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sent disturbed and peri.ous position. Starting fcm
the mild and charitable Christian principle that any MA
who suffered himself under any circumstances 70 eva
slave pirate and q robbcr-tha every slave had
the absolute rdeseasibe right to assert his freedom aaA
these societies entered upon their grand crusade asae
slavery In the Southern States. The FIRST eject a til
their Wers Of emssesstcn They found shsmssvss i
danger OF being suddenly crushed and buried beacAtA
the walls they were endeavorins gradually and ssssty =
10 grasp BY force what they were t ing to gvo them -
boon, and in such manner as to make boa. wsc,h
possessing They found themselves Compelled to look OUT
for their safety in the presence o. this now and berr
bic Fec Tie IceacaTy appeals Of Northern a6oltoAAnap
and BIZ enissaries and agcass everywhere compelled
them 90 a,ttnce OF self defence. BY this RAPID
Anc sead process Of revolution the slavery sgtsoa -
In ISIS great ctcn Of the democratic party in tho
NoIilyieidins to the pressure OF hostility against The
p slavery fcElclcies Of the federal eosernmentsplk
om The main tody ard defeated lis candidate for iho
Presidency And in 1855, The Old wing party, rndng iss
old issues al superseded by the new Issue which hs6
grown out Of the anti slavery sentiment or tho fiao,
n,erg itself in the organization which swept nearly
~ escaped eecing obn G. Fremont 10 DC Pres,dess Of
the United States. These events, following aanther
in regular succession showing the steady advance in q
certainty the coming asccudcncy OF Northern Influence In
the councils Of the nation created profound disquietuds
In the Southern mind The vote for Fremont especially
LETT impression of danger more marked ard Serious
than had ever been made before.
And yet this Jim Crow Brick. who was one
Of FTemont's supporters, finds it perfectly con-
sistent to denounce him. Having been behiA&
the scenes, too, he olitatively declares that
the use Of the slavery issue, by republican,
members of Congress- Governors and Lieute-
nant Governors has always been most scan
dalous and rascally species of buncombe-
Speaking of personal liberty bills, he says
am aware that the object. the real motive OF these
OF tho personal liberties Of citizens. They
utterly needless for either purpose Their motive Is y
BY some iusous obscury who lays the fouuda,ion for
the coming while he has his scat. He enables
constituents how bold and brave lie has the cause
OF fcedomhow he iaborcd to preserve the holy soil Of
print Of the slave catcher how he dared the erces rage
and resentment Of tho excited South and marched bold
" up to the EXTREMIST front Of the army OF the
free, nscnsble to fear, and regardless of every in
terest but that Of the oppressed and tho downtrodden
All this Is very ne and when he point to his opps-
nens as men who held back and shrunk from the en-
counter, who bad scruples about tho constitution. ana
could not raise themselves TO his sublime height Of nd
ference 70 the and harmony Of the Unionhe fss
all the advantage Of his positions and between the regular
and pledged support Of his own party and the votes
ap sng from Woss
nifty and renown in ths councils Of the State. The whole
thing is race Of votes 4 b merely pandering to the
is the cheap valor Of men who profess to be aiming Ut
the public interest while they only consulting the
MONS and bgotres which public do not share that
the danger of the country Is mainly due
Yet, after this denunciation of Personal
Liberty" bills, our precious, honest Brick
takes good care to tell his hearers that, if they
imagined him to possess one grain of integrity
upon the subject, they were wofully mistaken.
His idea is that such bills ought not to be pass
ed, because they are impolitic, and that his
abolitionist friends ought to assert their views.
with the ends and aims of practical men.
seeking practical results, rather than the appear
ance of victory every man." he asserts
f" knows that no law is needed to prevent the
return Of fugitive slaves Not one in five hundred
of those who have escaped have been sent back.
The public sentiment is hostile to the execu-
ton Of the law" and citizens of the North have
a right to obey the Fugitive Slave law or sub
NIT to its penalties" just as they like. He
would not engage in the work of returning
into bondage q slave" and he does not believe
"any person with the ordinary instincts of hui
manity would do so.r So what, says Brick, is
the use of passing unconstitutional laws, when,
by whipping the devil quietly round the
stump they can so easily be evadeds
Mr. Charles O'Conor comes in for large
share Of dear little Bricks abuse. So does the
HERALD. Its unwearied assiduity" in hunting
out the TRUTH is odious in the last degree to the
diminutiye political tight rope dancer, and is
denounced by him with dire malignity. He
says it is not surprising that " the South should
have been alarmed" by such indiscreet disolo-
sures as the HERALD has made The writer's
for Its columns should also have taken lessons
under Rondin, and then the abolitionist ex OH
cial would have been satisfied.
CONDITION OF THE STREETs.--There is not q
city in the world, the Aaiatic alone excepted,