The national Republican., 1860-12-18
THE DISUNION MEETING IN NEW
YORK

A meeting of Democratic politicians in New
York last Saturday, presided over by Charles
O'Copor, INDUCED itself in proceedings which
really justify the suspicion, that there was more
in q recent speech Of Mr.. Sickles in the House
than is generally supposed, and that a party does
actually exist in the city Of New York, desiring
to break up the Union, with a view to separate
projects of ambition of their own.
Of course these men affect to be in favor of
Union. They would not, at present, dare to
do otherwise. But is it credible, that men
falsely charging the Republican party with de-
signs which justify and even require the South
to try the peris Of secession, can have any other
object than to drive the South into secession
Or at any rate, are they not willing to risk that
catastrophe, for the sake of gaining contempt
ible advantage over political opponents !?
The following account gives an accurate
view of the general drift of Mr.. OConor's
speech, and of the speeches Of Mr.. Dickinson
and others:
"On taking the chair, Mr.. O'Conor made
long speech on the state of national politics.
He laid down the doctrine that the States of
this Union cannot live in peace and harmony,
or under the same Government, so long as the
people of one portion believe the people Of the
other portion wrong, morally-wrong in their
daily life aud conversation. Applause. So
long as such a state Of things continue, the
weaker States will be oppressed, although the
oppression may be in accordance with consi-
tutional forms.
"Mr. O'Conor repelled the idea that the South
has committed any aggressons. The South,
ba uaid hos Anna right the South has NOTHING
to atone for or excuse. She has only struggled
to stay the power Of the increasing antislavery
sentiment Of the North and unless that could
be done, secession is the only remedy for the
Southern States to preserve their rights There
might be men in the South whom he dislked
but he looked upon the South as unit and
looking upon her as a unit, he thought she had
done right He looked also upon the North as
unit He did not take into account the men
in the South who acted from bad motives, or
the men in the North who acted from bad or
good motives but he looked upon the North
as the sentiments of her ma jority were ex-
pressed through the ballot box.
He had no fears Of the unprincipled poll
ticians Of the North He did not believe they
had power to injure the Union. The only men
achO are dangerous TO the Union, are the honest
and conscientious men of the North, who have
imbibed the dreadful error that it is their duty
to crush out slavery in the Southern States
1t would do no good to say that Congress could
not legislate against slavery in the Territories
so long as the antislavery sentiment is domi
nant."
The meeting appointed as a committee t.
visit the South, ex.P President Fillmore, Judg
Greene c. Bronson, and Mr.. Lathers. Th
committee would be complete with the addition
of Caleb Gushing, who could personally assur
the South that nine-tenths of the people o
Massachusetts are animated by diabolica
hate" of everything Southern.
If these gentlemen really wish to do anything