The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-04

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Civilizations and Revela tions or the Black
Republican Leaders-The True Issue
AvOwed.
In their speeches at the serenade in Washing
ton, which we published exclusively yesterday,
the black republican leaders-Pe Bennington,
Sherman, Hickman and Grow-boldly avow,
amid their Civilizations, that the true issue for
which they are contending, and which they
hope triumphantly to carry, is the abolition of
slavery and the perpetuation of the Union by
force
Defeated in their pertinacious attempt to
force the endorser Of the Helper treason into
the Speakers chair, they changed their colors
for moment, and put forward more national
man than themselves as their standard bearer
Under the disguise of his conservatism they
secured the defeat of the true conservative ele-
ments in Congress; but the simple comparison
of the speech of Pennington with those of
Sherman, Hickman and Grow reveals at once
how grossly the Speaker elect misjudges the
principles of the party which has elected him, or,
if he is not deceived how great is his hypocrisy,
and how imminent is the danger which his pro-
LESSONS are used to conceal. In these
speeches the black republican leaders confess
to the truth of every charge that we have
brought against them They repeat the brutal
and bloody social philosophy of Seward while
affecting to deny it. They acknowledge their
identity Of principles with the incendiary and
| revolutionary doctrines of Helpers book, which
| both Sherman and Grow had endorsed, while
| they brand him as q "crazy fanatic" They
sanction the raid of John Brown, in urging the
conflict of which it is part, and endeavor to
smooth over the Harper's Ferry affair as
mine days wonder" In this light expression
Mr.. Pennington shows how little he compre-
bends the conflict that is raging around him,
and the party that is using him.
But there is in these exultant revelations of
the black republican leaders much matter of
grave import to every man in this country. In
their general tone they are bitter from a sense
of partial defeat in the forced withdrawal of
Sherman. This gentleman exults that in twelve
hours the evils which are foreseen as the result
Of black republican triumph have not been
contaminated; then he exclaims that 1--WE will
beat down their prejudices," and Immediately,
as if fearing that he had confessed too much,
announces that "we will do it with frmness and
love"-two qualities which have nothing in COM
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to the sectional conflict Of eighteen Northern
millions against eight Southern millions of men,
proclaims the certainty of conquest by the
North, and announces his determine
ton to 'frst hang him as a traitor"
who in the North shall oppose the brutal and
bloody policy Of his party. Verify, the zeal of
new converts surpasses that of the old. Mr..
Grow is more philosophical, but more to the
point of the argument. He proclaims the very
essence of abolitionism. According to his ex-
position of the doctrines of the black republi-
can party, they hold that all men, without dis.
tinction are entitled to their liberty; that there
is now going on great conflict between two
systems of labor, or, as Mr.. Seward expresses
it, "an irrepressible conflict, in which slavery
must be extended over the fields Of New York
and Massachusetts,, or free labor over the cotton
sugar, tobacco and rice fields of the slave
States" and he claims that the government Of
the country shall WELD its power in behalf of
the free labor of the North and the South.
Here we have the true issue that's to be can
vassed before the American people in the COM
ing Presidential election. It is the open pro-
clamation of crusade by the North against
the existing order of things, the relations Of
society, and the foundation of all values in if
teen States of this Union. The object is to gain
possession of the federal administration, and
the legislative powers of Congress, in
order to prostitute them to the brutal and
bloody work of destruction, preached by Phil
lips and Garrison, promulgated by Seward,
taught by the Helper book, endorsed there by
Sherman, Grow and thirty eight other black
republican members of the present Congress,
practised by John Brown, and expiated by
him on the gallows. There is no evasion of the
great fact In an unguarded moment, walked
from their sleep by midnight serenade, iso'
lated, without consultation, and without con-
cert, fresh from partial triumph obtained by
deception, and the treason of representative
to the highest interests of his constituency, in
the great commercial metropolis Of the Union,
these black republican leaders proclaim their
hopes to gain possession of the government, to
abolish slavery, and to perpetuate the Union
by force.
Let the people ponder on the terrible conse-
quences which such a conflict as this involves
the bitter feelings which it must awaken in the
North, the terror and struggles for selfpre-
servation in the South, the diminution of trade,
the waning Of industry, the non. employment of