The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-02

~, 0asLiAcola d 4 violsnt IL olitionist, who
would accomplish his purposes By illegal in.
vasion Of the Southern States, but by due pro
cess Of Law for If, - Lincoln contends,
the master has no legal property in bis
slave, then every negro in bondage may
be brought up under hAbeas corpus, aad
set free under the constitution of the
United States and by the Supreme Court; snd
If Lincoln were President 1t would be his duty
to sustain the decisions of the Supreme Court,
II necessary, By the whole power OF the srny
and navy. Yet Webb says il Lincoln would do
this, ono honest man should vote for hin"
This very method Of sbolishing slavery is 10
dicated In Mr.. Stewards speech in the United
States Senate, which Webb 80 enthusiastically
endorsed; and II il unfolded at length in
Spooner's work, one Of the two handbooks Of
the republican. party-Helper's being the
other. Helpers book advocates John Browns
method; Spooner's book sets forth Stewards and
LiAooln's legal plan, which would turn the
constitution and the Supreme Court into To-
struments Of abolition. There can be no other
method than these two-ons best suits one sec
ton of the republicans, and the other best suits
another; but both tend to the same goal-the
abolition of slavery.
These revolutionary books and speeches and
acts Of the republican leaders, and the lee
lures and speeches of Lincoln In particular,
win lead to crisis which may result in the
disruption of the Union, the destruction of all
the material interests Of the country, and in-
ternecin4 confusion and bloodshed OF the most
fearful description. And then will be realized,
in all its terrors, the irrepressible conflict
which Seward prefgured at Rochester, and
Lincoln proclaimed before him at Springfield In
oracular language, which it IL the mission of
the prophet himself to fulfill
Europssn Complications and Our ro-
reign Rclatfons-Are We % Become IN
Imbscxls Repabltcs
The success Of the Garibaldi movement in
Sicily is likely TO create the most serious COM
plications In Europe; and there are already in
dications that It has produced grave changes in
the relative positions IT several Powers, and
particularly in the relations between England
and France.
A union of Italy, under the rule of Victor
Emanuel, would call into existence . great
military power on the Mediterranean, which
would be advantageous to the general deve-
lopement of commerce, and act at the same
time a. check on the power Of France In that
sea- The annexation of the kingdom of Naples
10 Sardinia would leave the Papal States
isolated, and soon force them into the Italian
Union. This would then comprise ahouttwelve
millions Of people, able to support stand
ing army of three hundred thousand men,
with a national guard Of FIVE hundred
thousand more behind them, and render
Victor Emanuel one of the potent sovereigns
Of Europe. That this Il the aim Of Garibaldi
and the present revolutionisb in Sicily, and
through all Italy, Is generally believed.
Such consummaton "a q desirable one for
England, and to bring II about her statesmen
and diplomstists will make every effort. II
would create counterpoiss to the preponds-
rating power Of Louis Napoleon, which Eng
land Ia DESTROYS OF seeing called into existence
In western and southern Europe. Tho same
policy which leads England to desire such an
event will impel the Napoleonic dynasty to
look upon Is with disfavor, and to seek to place
upon new throne In Naples some scion of its
own. In these conflicting interests We have
motive for the conflicting policies, the foresha-
lowing Of which has already created feeling
of distrust in Sekh countries, and which viii no
souht ne stimulated by other interests for
heir own purposes. Ru1iA has already begun
10 excite again the Christian population OF Tur-
Key; and II is asserted that she has The
consent Of England up 70 Ger
tain point Perhaps the Epgliah states
men begin TO perceive the advantages that
would accrue TO the British empire from divi-
sion Of the effects OF ''the sick man Of Europe
too, is equally anxious with England
to see q countsrpoise created to France, and
with Russia 10 see discord rule between the
cabinets Of London and Paris. Thus Louis Na-
poleon may be forced to adopt one of two
equally dangerous lines of policy for him. He
may seek to prevent the contamination of q
united kingdom In Italy, by sustaining the
Pope and forming some new combination with
Austria, just as his uncle did; or be may seek
to control the new movement BY atiliating with
The revolutionary Idea, and, II be cannot pre-
vent the political union Of the Italian PENN
sula, strive to make II such an exaggerated one
rs will insure Its early disintegration.
In all Of these things there exists the
germ Of grave complications In Europe, which
threaten TO make the present summer one
Of meat anxious import to every In
terest. The state Of things on that con-
tinent is ripeniDg TO general war,
or q general revolution, and with our
widely extended commerce either event
is ftsught with great dangers to us. Who
ever reflects for q moment on the events
which complicated our relations and harasssd
our trade from the breaking out Of the first