The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-06

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with the legitimate freedom of the citizen.
The next Legislature, we hope will seal their
doom.
The Disunion Question, and the Cafon
Movsment I'm the Central aad New Eng
land states.
We refer our political readers to the very
suggestive letter which we publish to day, from
Hon ". b. Lawrence, Of Rhode Island to the
conservative Governor of that State, on the dis
union tendencies of the republican party, and
in reference to the policy and duty of cordial
fusion among all the conservatives Of the North,
in order to gave the country from the revolu-
donary consequences of an administration
pledged and devoted to that "one idea Of Mr..
Seward, the abolition of Southern slavery.
Some Of our republican contemporaries, whose
present game is moderation and q respect for
Southern rights, are Mortified at the declarations
Of Mr.. Lawrence in this letter, that III Presi-
dent is elected with the avowed object of
creating a servile war, exposing, through mis-
sionaries Of abolition and incendiary publica-
tons. the property of the planters to condagra-
ton and ruin, and their wives and daughters to
horrors Infinitely worse than death, no humane
nan. however ardently attached to the Union,
could object to their anticipating the fatal
blow. not only by refusing obedience to the
federal authorities, but by even invoking, as
did our ancestors of the Revolution, foreign
aid But is there not some justification tor
the inference thus suggested that the election
Of Lincoln may precipitate this alternative Of
revolution upon the South? Let US see.
We know that Mr.. Stewards "irrepressible
conflict" proclaimed two years ago; that the
iaoendiary Helper book, with its numerous
high republican endorsements; that the incen-
diary speeches at the last session of Congress,
of Sumner in the Senate, and Of that other ram
pant abolitioDist, Lovejoy, in the House, hsve
been the favorite campaign documents OF the
republican party, and that these political Dire
brands encourage the slave to bloody rebellion
aud the non shareholders Of the South into a
solemn revolutionary league and covenant
against the "slave power" II Is quite as well
known. too, that, to guard against such incen-
diary documents and abolition emissaries, the
pesple of the Southern States, since the John
Brown ioray, have established system of msa-
sures of self defence which renders It unsafe for
Northern man, without proof of his peaceable
intentions, to pass over Mason Dixon's line
All these facts are universally recognized;
nor can any intelligent and unprejudiced man
believe that this rigid vigilance in the South
against abolitionists and their teachings Is with
out any excuse of necessity. The peace and
safety Of Southern society require that tuch
abolition orators as Sumner and Loveioy, and
such abolition frebrands as the Helper book,
should be rigidly excluded from any contact
with the NEGRO quarters Of the Southern plan
tatiors. The necessity for this vigilance has
arisen and increased with the rise and growth
OF our Northern Abolition Holy Alliance.
Upon tbs point. however, Mr.. Seward recently,
at ST. Louis. and Mr.. Blair, Of Missouri, the
other day, in suburb Of Philadelphia, very
broadly indicated that the republican party Is
wide awake Indeed this party will be faith
lees to its professions Of the freedom Of speech
and of the press If it shall fail. under Lin
colns administration, y break down these ex-
ssting barriers in the South against the free
speechr and free press OF the aboltionists.
What then. 1t is not difficult to fore
see that with Lincoln's election there is
trouble ahead; that the federal arm
will be brought into collision with
the local authorities and people Of the Southern
States. ard that thus a single vagrant aboli-
ZIONIST may light the 6res Of civil war and dis
union. Has not Mr. Lawrence, then, some
good ground Of justification for bis opinions Ia
reference TO the election of Lincoln
We pass to another branch Of Mr.. Law
reroe's .stter-his appeal in behalf Of union
d: oil good Northern Union men, without dis
tinc,ion OF party, TO prevent Lincoln's election.
Tn. union Is in fair war to success In the
importan, snd decisive Central States OF Penn
sylvaria New Jersey and New York. But
n the New England States the movement
hangs FIRE: and in Massachusetts, II has ut.
seyly failed, from the chickering's among
her little cliques Of wrspyling politicians
on their exploded Know Nothing and demo-
cratic distractions They have refused to fuse,
and each clique concerned is attempting to
screen itself by casting the responsibility on
the Others.
Now there can be no doubt that the Douglas
faction. the Breckenridge faction and The old
hidebound American wing faction Ia Massa-
chusetts are each more or less responsible for
this array, on their part. Of three tickets IN
stead Of one against the republicans; but had
TIA, little knot Of dirty spoilsmen Of the Boston
Post clique been shipped of TO Honduras with
General Walker, on this last expedition OF hts,
We dare cay there would baye been no difficult
IL in forming a powerful union movement In
Massachusetts and every other New England
state against the republicans. Those rapscious
old rats of the Boston Post clique have grown
rich and gray in usiag the democracy Of the
ether States to pull their chestnuts out Of the
ashes. With large party in Massachusetts, the
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