The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-29

Of consideration by the Statesmen and public
men OF America and Europe,
Res uIt ofLtncoln's EIec Ton 1T the South.
Opinions or Senators Toombs and Ste
phens.
When country is approaching great po
litcal crisis II Is not always upon the disturbed
furface of society that the trusst indications of
coming results. and the best evidence of the in
tensty OF popular sentiment. are to be found;
they lie deeper than that Like the wealth Of
the mine, the pearls of the ocean, or the waters
of the artesisn we'll, they must be sought for
far below the surface. In the present crisis
through which our own country is passing. per-
turbed as the aspect Of affairs may present it.
self. in the assembled masses of the people, In
the speeches of vsgrant agtators, at primary
elections and in the columns Of the newsps
pers there il a surer test Of the state Of public
opinion to be discovered In the inner life and
language OF the people, underlying all political
agitation. Conscious OF this fact we have been
enceavoring to elicit the true state of the pub
lie mind upon the exciting question Of the day
the issue OF the coming Presidential contest
an issue fraught with more serious import than
any other which has engaged public attention
since the foundation OF the government, by
bringing ourselves into closer intercourse with
the people Of all sections Of the country through
the medium Of trustworthy correspondents.
We have laid the results before our readers
from time TO time. We have given descrip
tions OF the homes, habits and opinions Of our
leading statesmen, including the candidates for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency. Our cor
respondents have visited the residences of Mr.
Lincoln. Mr.. Seward, Mr.. Bre,kinridge, Mr..
johnson, Mr.. Douglas and Mr.. Bell, aud have
given our readers photographs Of the home life
and political careers of the men In whom the
public take most interest To day we publish
an account Of visit to the home Of Alexander
H. Stephens, the leading statesman of Georgia.
and one Of the most prominent conservatives Of
the South. From the manufacturing towns of
the North, from the rising cities and villages Of
the West, from the plantations Of the South, We
bave drawn q truthful expression Of popular
feeling upon the great political question now
agitatDg the country, and we are forced to con-
ing indications Of trouble and disaster Detailing
the best interests of the country, should the
sectional, anti slavery candidate Mr.. Lincoln,
be elected to the Presidency.
In the South, Of course, the strongest symp
toms Of the disturbance OF our social and COM
mercial system are to be found, because 1t Is
against the interests aud very existence of the
Southern States that the success of Lincoln
will initiate most disastrously; and whether
the consequence o. his triumph be disunion and
revolution or not, there Is no room for doubt
that disturbance, bloodshed, and partial dis
organization Of our whole system Of trade and
commerce, must ensue from his election. The
South is not prepared to endure such po-
Icy as the speeches Of Mr.. Seward, the DECLARE
lions Of Mr. Lincoln, and the avowed principles
Of the black republican party, foreshadow, and
though there may be sufficient conservatism and
love OF the Union In the South to rebuke the
ultra secessionists and repudiate their violent
defamation, still there Is no power strong
enough to prevent the occurrence Of scenes Of
distur bance and bloodshed In the event Of the
success Of the abolition candidate. Even Mr.
Stephens, who may be said to be the repre-
sentative Of the moderate party at the South,
and who is opposed TO disunion, avows that an
attempt at secession and revolution will as
surediy follow Lincoln's election; that blood
viii be split and that some parties will be hung
as traitors. Our correspondent fell In with
Senator Toombs during his visit TO Mr.. Stephens,
and his language upon this subject is still
palmer and holder. " What do you intend
DOING our correspondent asked, in case of
Lincoln's electioni" "Resist him." says Mr..
Toombs And who will commence the re-
volutionfr al will" the Southern Senator
answers, eff / have enough TO back me TO make
treason respectable"
There Il every reason TO believe that the SEN
timents Of Mr.. Toombs are la<gsly shared in by
the people Of the South, and to predict with
Mr.. Stephens, that civil strife and bloodshed
will inevitably be the consequences Of the
triumph Of Abraham Lincoln. The course
which the canvass Of the republican candidate
has taken Is calculated to exasperate tenfold tne
people Of the South and Gil them with alarr, ,,or
their future existence. Takes, eYamnle Tho
declaration Of Mr.. lincoln himself. tina, the re-
publican psity was progressive party, and
that II was only now beginning Its onslaught
upon slavery and Southern interests, which
was to be developed as II gained strength
and attained power; and the announce
mens Of Mr.. Seward, that slave labor
and free labor could not exist under the
same government-thas the army and navy
would be abolished as one Of the first acts Of
a republican administration, In order the better
to coerce its policy upon the South; and his
recent declaration at St. Joseph, that the per-
feet freedom Of all men, black az well as white.
should 60 through the fifteen slave States, as 1t
had gone through the eighteen free States.
To every intelligent mind, North and South,