The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-27

heAt Ptepaicu iot auJ ueasuIe Vi cou suidtion
calculated to maintain tie Union, even to the
extent, If required, of new Constitutional
Convention.
CHEyALER WEBB IN AN ExcITEMEST.-The
Chevalier Webb is in a terrible state Of alarm
lest the Southern States should secede, break
up the government of his friend Mr.. Lincoln
and thus destroy his chances for the Austrian
mission, which be was to get from Gen. Taylor.
We should be very cory if nything should
happen to spoil the Cbevalier's prospects of the
coat, epsuleis, cooked hat and sword !. for they
are bought, and, singular enough, they are paid
Tor, too piece of information which would
astonish the spirit of old Nick Biddle should it
reach him in the other world.
Chevalier Webb charges that II was we who
made all the trouble and excitement at the
South, and accuses US of incorporating the
republican party. Now we should be very
sorry to misrepresent the republican party,
because there are great many very clever fell
lows in it-men Of good sense, intelligence and
reepectatility. When, during the last session
Of Congress, we supplied some very important
ideas to the democratic party, we got nothing
but abuse from them in return for our favors,
and one Of the Southern fire eaters even at.
tempted to have our reporters expelled from
the House. On that occasion q republican
member-Mr Colfax, of Indiana-hsd the good
sense to stand up and defend the rights OF the
press. We would be sorry, then, to misrepre
cont that pavtv. and nnnroovar dopv acn-
phatically that we ever did misrepresent them.
Whatever Mr.. Lincoln's opinions may be to-
day, or whatever the opinions Of Chevalier
Webb are, were, or may yet be. there Ia no de.
nJing the tact that the republicans stimulated
the anti slavery abolition agitation which Gar
rison and his confreres have been carrying on
for twenty-five years, and used it to elect their
candidate an agitation which the Journal Of
Commerce fathered, but backed ont Of alarmed
at the monster 1t bad raised. 1t was upon that
agitation that Lincoln was carried into power
by one section Of the country, and by that
alone. They used II by circulating Helpers
book. endorsed by six,ysix of their members
OF Congress, and BY Seward himself; BY cir
culating Summers abolition speeches and Love
Joys epeech, ard Stewards harangues. all
through the country, which teemed with as
violent abolitionism M anything thu. emanated
from Garrison. TOE conservative Journals
merely reported these orations as among the
news OF the day; but the republican party
created them. and they are responsible for all
the evil, be it great or small, which they are
producing OF may produce. They are respon-
sible for the evaporation which these docu.
menr and harangues carried with them into
the Southern States and it Is no use nov to
thrust forward the Chicago platform Ne the doc
,rines Of the republican party.
The Chicago platform did not tell the whole
truth, and the republican leaders knew that
their man could not be elected upon It. Hence
they apps aled to the abolition sentiment by
violent speeches, like those of Mr. Seward 10
his Western tour from New England to Kansas.
The campaign WIS an abolition agitation
throughout, and they are now backing out of it,
and trying to hide II out OF light b. putting
forward the Chicago platform as the doctrines
of the party. But il will not do II is like the
Ostrich In the wilderness, which hides It's head
in bush and faneies that lie whole body lie
concealed.