The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-17
"Old Abeo ON the Southern Disunion
Question.

MR.. LNCoLN's FORTHCOMING PROCLAMATION.
From the Charleston Mercury, Oct. 10
Our teegraphc despatch from Washington IN our yes
paper stated that Governor seward had let out
the important fact that should Mr. Lincoln be elected
PRESIDENT OF the United States he intended 70 put forth
pIocamstion Of such he deemed important, 70
asy all opposition from the Southern states seward
Lincoln ooviousy think that the Southern people are
s IKE captured elephant In Africa they dig nolo
e S an .shen he has tumbied in they beat him and
pen VI a. some grass and thus by alternate beat
Ing and feeding they subdus his spirit ana be FOL.
lows MS master. So these two political cnarls-
shs suppose mat after years OF organ IN
the North, the ground OF hostility 70 African savsry
In the South and ts rghtfu AMI overhrow nv
me general and they succeed in gaining inc
they have only to put forth few hypocrtca and lying
phrases, and the South viii submits little green grass
10 the eli plant in the pit Mr.. Lincoln Mr. Sc sasd IS
nobody in this great contest They only frotn on
the top of the the itself begins It's heave from
the depths Of the They have, by their aema-
roguicaI and fanatcai appeals to the people az inc
North, divided the Union into two great anagonstic
sections They have taught the people Of the North
that II liz their duty and their high and holy mis-
SION to extpgush African slavery in the South Tha. they
should endeavor when reaching the powers OF the general
government TO keep the people OF the South pasige
der their rule, perfectly natural That they may
endeavor to get their cohorts TO pause In view OF Inc
parsion Of the indignant South from the North also
very natural They know that the day the Union Is dis
solved ia the day Of their DOOM But, If the South suo
ms to their rule they cannot arrest the onward course
Of events they pause they will be tramplod down. re
North have been. Where, now, the Barnlrds, Tho
Hunts the cushprs, the Winhrops the Van Borers Tho
Lincoln and Seward they attempt TO arrest The lie
Of sectional anatcsm and ambition, short OF It's great
commandments abolition Of African slavery n tho
South II Mr.. Lincoln TO out and dec that
he held sacred every right Of the South with respect 20
African slavery, should believe him, and II 10 was
believed his professors should have not the least IN
uence the of the South The Northern people,
by electipg him have manifested their determination &c
set sectional and fanatca dominion over the Sortno
totally inconsistent with the whole scope of the const
tuton and the eaety and self Of the SOUTH
They have established despotsm and IL matte-D
not who wieds il, mildly or sternly-it should be
Mr.. Lincoln will administer the sectional despo-
tism his election 10 the Presidency will set up at
Washington, We give below an extract from speech
he delivered, not year age, In kausas, whlet tho
contest for The speakershp in the House Of Rep
reeentatives WAS going The impudence OF com.
pairing their anticipated administration to that OF wash
ngton, quite Characteristic. With Seward aud Dong.
las TO support bis policy. in the southern Saieo
should presume 10 escape from their vulgar tyranny let
all Southern men take warning and Jemble:-
You democrats greatly fear that the OF the re-
pubcans will destroy the Union. Whyf Do the republic
cans declare against the Unionf Nothing like II. Your
President yon won't stand Il. You viii break up the
Union. That will be your act, not ours 10 Justify
II, you must show that our policy gives you iust
you attempt You viii find policy exactly the prli
cy Of the men who made the Uniop-uothing more nor
nothing less DO think you are justified 70 break NJ
the govern rather than TO have administered oy
Washington and other good and great men who made II
and who frst admin stered ' II you do you are very
not submit you While elect President It win be
our duty TO see that you submit. old John
Brown bias been hung for treason against .
10 wrong THAT cannot excuse violence, blood.
shed and treason. II could avail him nothing that be
might think himself right So, IL constitutionaly we
aroy the Union will be duty TO deal with you Old
John Brown has been dealt with We can only do our
duty We hope and believe that In DO section viii ma
ort SO act AZ 10 render such extreme measures neces
sary."