The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-01

Nich,ean nhsoas indiana Wisconsin, Minnesota Iowa,
California and Oregon do not array them in contrast
All q NE Il. ss ~ p.ros Of o~n Country
sure il will hereafter be-, the State least oeveioped
any foreign State know. II il then in any. and 10 which,
Of the States have named that equality oends the
white mans pridsY throughout the wiae World wnere
pean immigrant who avoids the African as his skin ex-
hailed contagon You ind him always Ia the State
where labor is free Did Warrington, Jefferson and
Henry when they imp)0red You 70 relnqunh your sys
tem and accept the have adopted propose 70 nk
you down 70 the level Of the rcanf was their de-
sire TO exalt all white men 70 common POLITICAL eevs-
honY But we do not seek TO force even 10 ntrude oar
eysk on you. We excluded justly wisely and con-
teptedly from all political power ard responsibility in
your capital States You sovereikns on the subject
Of slavery within your own borders as we are On the
arranged Use your authority TO maintain what system
you please. We are not dsrustiul Of the result We
have wisely as We think exercised ours 70 protect and
perfect the manhood Of the members Of the State The
whole sovereignty upon domestic CONFORMS within the
Union divided between MS by unmstakable boundaries
You nave your fifteen distinct parts we eighteen parts,
equally distinct Each be maintained In order that the
whole may be preserved. II ours shall be sssailed,
we shall have need We shall expect p you @ to defend
It. II yours shall be 70 assailed, In the emergency
mat. %.teS What the cause or the se5 or who the os we
own We cannot, indeed accept your system OF capital
or its ethics That would be TO surrender and subyert
could what need for any division into States al ali You
are equally at liberty TO reject system and It's ethics,
and MAINTAIN the Of you, own sy :. The
mnmaly dscnss %nh anu az Al N" ar acnssss
all sysems Especially must We discuss them since
Dgraft on the and future States growing up In the
great public domain. Discussion, then, being unavoida
Ss soS wss n 70
You complain that republicans discourse too
boldly and directly, when they express with confidence
their belief that the system Of labor WILL in the end be
universally accepted by the capital States, acting for them
selves and IN conformity with their own constitutions
advocate emancipation But surely you can hardly expect
the federal government or the poal parties OF the M
ton TO maintain censorship ths Ikess Of debate.
The theory Of our system H. Mat error Of opinion
all cales safely be tolerated where reason left free TO
combat Will be claimed that more Of moderation and
tenderness In debate exhibited your side Of the
great argument than our ownY We all learned our po-
lemcs as well as our principles, from common master
We are sure that do sde exceed his lessons
ngBsbman concerning his treatise on emancipation In
America in this fashion,
readers concurrng with IN continent on the slave
From the mouth 10 the head Of The Chesapeake the ou
Of ne people VIII approve m h:ory and viii find re-
ph,sh mnosy IesSy o sSop IN psacnce-a mnory
ssa;ns ,Se vrsster nnhsr who SsvS NJ ~ !" SiSst
their ismiss Of properly which keeps tseir SON
here and there opponent your doctrine may find
here and there robber murderer; but 10 great
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cop,t tS W. m snd e con rs Ssuee hs -
sacred aide d gaining daily nav recrus from The inI into
once Of young men, grown and growing up. he
deal Of good and could you stu trouble yourself about
wenAre no man y more aoie 70 heip inc lsoorng SIDE.
You see sir that whether we 20 for or against slavery
any where we nust follow Southern gudes You NAV
change your pilots with the winds or the currents but
we whose nativity reckoned under the north star has
constancy in following the guidance OF hose whs framed
the national ship and gave ma the chart for ia noble
voyage profound respect and friendly regard for the
Vice President of the United States has induced me to
weigh carefully the testimony he has given on the sub.
ject hostility against the South imputed TO the re.
publican party derived from the relations Of the re-
o the two parties at th,s capital He SAYS
that be has here the OF the lower
southern states most resou:e and earnest spr. Of
Of loyalty, together with that love for a common
Union; go that, in the present unhappy condition
| OF afairs, ne is almost tempted to exclaim that
We are dissolving week by week and month by month
that the threads gradually rettng themselves asun
DER and stranger might suppose that the Executive Of
the United States the President Of two hostile repub-
Of this dark Picture the Southern groups
upon the canvas concerned but must be INDUCED In
the opinion that can g accurately concerning
one know their public hauns and their private ways
We are not hostile republic, representatives. Of one.
do. and must do in political system which obges us 70
act sometimes parsans, while requires always TO
DC paIfOe ana BtaIesmen Uuercnce6 OF opinion, even
the subject Of slavery, with POLITICAL social
or personal differences. Tbere not dsunionist or
dsloyalst among us all. We are altogether
conscious Of any process Of dissolution going
among or around u.s. We have been more
patient, and never loved the representatives OF
other sections more than We bear the testi
mony for the people around US here who though in the
very centre where the bolt Of dseon must fall first and
be most earfu in s effects, seem never less disturbed
than now We bear the same testimony for all the districts
and States we represent The people Of the North
not enemies but friends and brethren Of the faith
ul and true % IN the days when death has dealt his ar
rows promscuously among them on common battle fields
Ct freedom We will not suffer ourselves here 70 dwello
any evidences Of different temper In the South but
shall be conen with expressing our belief that that hos
ty that not desgned provoked and that cannot pro-
woke retaliaton au anomaly that fmust be traced TO
casual excitements which cannot perpetuate alienation
canvass fer Presidential election in some respects
more important, perhaps, than any since 1900, has
recently begun. The House Of Representatives was
to be organized by . majority, while no party
could cast more than plurality Of votes.
The gloom of the late tragedy In Virginia rested the
Capitol from the day when Congress assembled While