The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-23

the sentiments of the Thirteenth Congressional
district of Ohio
The Politicians and Persons and the
Nesrocs-Lo! tho Poor Africanl
Confidence Cassidy, Cagger Il Co. undertake
to assail Mr.. OConor's speech This only
proves that the barnburner of the atlas has
butchered as might have been foretold, the
bunker lamb of the argus. The politicians of
the Buffalo Platform school only comprehend
the word union in one sense, and that is, to kill
or rule. Dividing nearly equally between the
republican and democratic parties, they con-
troll the officers of State at Albany in one par
ty, and the sachems at Tammany in the other
When straightout barnburner ticket, like
that of Havemeyer and Tilden, is nominated,
they raise hue and cry, as if no two other
honest men were to be found in Gotham. When,
from motives of policy, they place in the field
Of their own voliti0n national Cass democrat
they do-as 1t is charged, without denial, Mr.
Havemeycr did-vote secretly for black re-
publican. Whether In the republican or demo-
cratic party, the game is the same and played
with equal success-that ID, to keep the old
anti.slavery barnburner element in the ascen-
dency, the old line wings being served in the
one like the hunkers in the other. This can, of
course, only be kept up by either secretly or
openly, as the case may be, pandering to the
anti-slavery sentiment. This long continued
course has resulted in effecting, to . certain
degree, a timidity even on the part of the
hunkers and old line wings themselves, and
as consequence the seeming perversion of
public sentiment at the North-a consequence
rather due to the silence and the cowardice of
politicians than to the lack of sound judgment
in the masses of the people
The truth is that not only abolitionists, but
politicians of all parties, more or less openly,
have assailed negro slavery as sin per se-not
only against the natural rights of man, but
against the laws of God. Instead of meeting
this false dogma as Mr. O'Conor has done, with
bold and manly denial, men protesting to be
patriots, statesmen, and even Union democrats,
have admitted proposition which, if true,
should have closed their mouths forever, and
consented to appear as humble apologists for
governmental sin against Gods laws and hui
man rights. What wonder, then, that after
nearly generation of this poltroonery we are
reaping the fruits of the planting? Political
abolitionism was first taken up by small dealers
to catch few scattering votes; it had after
wards prominence given it by being used as a
rod of personal vengeance in Presidential
contest 1t was set up by atheists and inddels,
who, discarding Gods revelation, must needs
have some image-the more brazen the bet
ter-to worship. Humanity" has proved
good enough for several elections Thereby
certain weak brethren and sisters of the
churches, wiser in their own opinion than
their Master and st. Paul, after having
broken up every religious denomination, ex.
cept the Catholic, Episcopal and Dutch Re.
formed, would rend asunder the bonds of our
national Union. 1t has distracted and demo-
rallied the democratic party, sent out of being
the old wing party, brought into being and
then discovered the American, and given birth
to party now contesting for ascendency in the
House of Representatives, and declaring
"higher law" for its guidance, and "irrepressi-
BILE conflict" for its action. 1t has resulted in
the shedding of human blood and the swinging
of deluded agents on the gibbet, while the
principals kept out of harms way, and all be-
cause cowardly politicians have allowed to
run uncontradicted for years dogma as false
as 1t is opposed to all teaching and history
sacred as well as profane.
No wonder that Confidence Cassidy & Co.
quail. Mr.. OConor has touched abolitionism
in the raw. AS to the Tribune and the Eveninq
Post, they are avowed abolitionists, and their
raving is natural. As to the public at large,
they will find out, if they have not already,
that the whole of this antislavery crusade is
merely policy with the scheming, business
affair with those who trade in it., football for
the politicians, an affectstion for the brute who
wishes to assume virtue he has not, a religion
for the atheist, and pew rent for the parson
who seeks, like Beecher Cheever and the ilk.
revenues from politicians as well as from
saints.
The STATE OF THE UNIoN-PUBrIC OPINION
NORTH AND SoUTG.-In this days HERALD we
publish several letters from our special
correspondents, describing the state of the
Union, in consequence of the anti-slavery
agitation, and public opinion and its eff
fects, both North and South Every sign