The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-12

| geographical divisions, the party of the Eaat
aad the party of the West The Eastern divi-
sion, Of the hard, bigoted Puritanical school Of
Massachusetts, covers au the New England
States, the greater por tion Of New York. tas
Western (Conneo.icutl Reserve in Northeast
an Ohio and mag be found, more or less,
scattered through the counties aanking the
great lakes from Cleveland to Chicago. The
Western, or what may be Is properly called
toe Southern division of the party, extends
from Long Island westwasdly to Missouri.
With the Eastern, or New England wing Of
the party, the zone idea" Of Mr.. Seward, the
ex,irpatioa of slavery, swallows Up everything
else the Western division of the party ars con-.
tent to limit their hostility to slavery to its ex
clusioc from the Territories, and agree that,
under the federal constitution we are bound in
Certain particulars, not only to recognise but &c
proteo. the Institution Of slavery. A stro3g infu-
sion of settlers from the Southern States through
ont all the region occupied By this branch of the
party will very largely account for its con-
servstive character - compared with the New
England republicans who have none Of the ad-
our Southern brethren.
To draw this interesting fact into holder re-
lief let US take the northern counties Of New
York Immediately bordering the st. Lawrence
and Lake Ontario; they are all strongly in
pregnated with the leaves Of abolitionisn On
ern border counties Of Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois, and they are found nearly anslo-
gous in their conservative views on the
slavery question to their neighbors along
the opposite bank Of the river in Virginia
and Kentucky. This harmony is the natural
result Of the immediate and intimate social and
commercial Intercourse between the nonslave-
holding people on the right bank and the
slayeholding people on the left bank of the
dividing stream. The farther we travel North
from this river the more intense becomes the
anti-slavery sentiment of the community, and
the farther we travel South the more aggra-
waited becomes the feeling Of hostility against
Northern abolitionism
South Carolina, surrounded by slave States,
il the hotbed Of secession and notification;
Massachusetts,, surrounded by Puritanical anti
slavery States, Is the hotbed of aboltionisn.
All this may be readily explained The preju
dices between separate communities and na.
tons are greatest at the greatest distance, and
are diminished in the proportion that they are
brought into familiar contact with each other.
Thus the extreme northern counties Of our
Northern States are the most completely abo-
litionizcd, while the remotest sections Of the
Southern States are the most intensely pro
slavery. Thus, while between the citizen of
Ogdensburg, on the st. Lawrence, and the
citizen Of st. Augustine, in Florida, there is
nothing but hatred, we see that between the
people of Cincinnati and Of Covington there
exists the harmony Of the same community.
Now for the application Mr. Seward has
boosted that he belongs to the Massachusetts,
school of republicans: Mr. Lincoln, we know,
belongs to the Western school Born in Ken
lucky, and living all his life under the advan-
tages Of an intimate social and business inter-
course with Southern men as well as Northern
men, his mind has naturally enlarged itself into
q more conservative view of the institution Of
slavery than that Of Mr. Seward, If we are not
mistaken. The views of Lincoln more nearly
assimilate to those Of Henry Clay; while those
of Seward are Of the hard Massachusetts, school
of John Quincy Adams. Which of these shall
rule the new administration? That Is the ques-
ton.
Mr. Lincoln was nominated because he was
strong in the West, because he was less obaox-
ious to conservative men on the slavery ques
ton than Mr.. Seward. This is the secret, too
Of this remarkable triumph Of the republican
party, Notwithstanding the radical anti-slavery
campaign speeches Of Seward. But what are
we TO have-an Eastern or Western, q Massa-
chusetts or an Illinois republican administra-
ton. We are told that we shall be answered
with Mr.. Lincoln's inaugural address and his
Cabinet. But the Southern secession excite
ment resulting frsm this election requires an
answer at once.
When Mr.. Seward, on his return from Kan
sas, stopped q half hour or so to pay
his respects to Mr.. Lincoln, in Springfield,
1t is known that the meeting between
them was conventional and formal, a.
If each was afraid Of his own virtue in the
presence Of the other Each stood upon his
own dignity and the pair separated rather as
rivals than a. confederates. We are free from
this to infer that Mr.. Lincoln will not be the
tool of Mr.. Seward, nor of the Seward Massa-
chusetts republican school. But this ia exactly
what the country wants to know; and the con
sentative friends Of the President elect, If they
would see his administration inaugurated with
but serious revolutionary embarrassments,
would do well to wait upon him promptly, in
some formal manner, demanding an exposition
Of his views and purposes touching the critical
condition Of the Union.
What say our New York republican mer-
chants What says Governor Corwin Of Ohio.
Shall this fearful Southern excitement be al
layed, or shall IL be disregarded until il shall