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


not only competent but are obliged when Is necessary
TO egsate for s protection there In this new and ex
teme position the democratic party now masks itself be-
hind the battery Of the Supreme Court, 1t were posi-
bly, srue constru0on Of the constitution that the power OF
deciding forever between freedom and slavery
ganised should be renOunced by Congress- which alone
any Legislative authority should be assumed
and exercised BY court which can only take oognzance
Of the great question colateraly In private action be
tween Individuals, and which action the constitution will
not suffer the court " entertain II involves twenty dol
jury Of twelve good and lawful men o the neghborhood
where the litigation ssses The independent renewed
gress or LegsatuTs the one chief paramount essential
indispensable institution in republic. Even liberty, qua
rsnteed BY organic law, be held by other tenure
assembly b but precarousy maintained while slavery,
enforced by irresponsible judicial tribunal is the
dent, ala ever the annals Of any government show
more rapid or more cQmpee departure from the wisdom
and virtue Of its founeerT Did ever the government Of
great empire, founded the rights Of human labor,
shde away fast AID far, and moor itself 30 tena
ciousy the basis a capital and that capital invested
ture invested with powers great and with the guar.
danshp OF rights 70 important, Of trusts sacred, Of
30 precious and Of hopes at noble and
compr ehensive, surrender renounce them ali
necessarily, 80 unwsey 70 fatally and ipgloriousy9
If it be true every sinct OF our nature and every
prscept Of political experience teaches US, that
whore wealth accumulates and men decay.
then where in Ireland in Italy, In Poland or In Hungary
has any ruler prepared for generous and conndng
PIE mn % Ss and ns %
now suspended over 90 large portion OF the continent Of
North Amercaf Citizens Of the United States, in the
rsgua and opened 70 slavery and the African slave
trade and held II in that condition waiting annexation
to the United States. until is sovereignty was re restored
danger, and apprehensve Of smilar subverson Other
citizens reopened the foreign slave trade in violation Of
our laws and treaties; and, after suspension Of that
Shameful trahC Tor nfty savage Africans nave
been once more landed shores and distributed,
unreclained and with iwpuDy among our plsnsaa.ons' ant
toned M the democrats party ayows itself responsible
Everywhere complaint against rs denounced and Its
opponents prescribed. When Kansas was writhng un
der the wounds Of incipent servie war, because Of
her resistance, the democratic press deridingy said,
buke and punishment when Il resisted frauds designed TO
promote the extension Of slavery Throughout the whole
republic there b ncs one known dssenter from that policy
remaining in place, within reach Of the Executive
Nor the face Of the whole world there TO be
found representative Of our country who not an
that these things have happened: in he nineteenth cen
tury-the Of the worlds greatest progressand while
all nations but ourselves have been either abrdgng or
altogether suppreesing commerce IN at the very
ment when the Rusaar serf s emancipatsd and the
Georgian captive Nuban prisoner and the Abysanian
Ssmmea fhs world, prepossesSsd in our behalf by our
early devotion 70 the rights Of human nature, nation
ever before engaged is respect and sympaihes asks
in wonder and Amazement, what all this generalization
meapsy 1t has an excuse better than the world can
imsginc-betaer than we arc generally conscious Of
ourselvee--a vrtaous excuse. We have loved not
freedom much less, but the Union Of our country
much more. We have been made 10 believe, from time
to time that IN crss both Of these inssu
from time to e surrendered safeguards Of freedom 70
propate the loyalty Of capital and stay s hands from
however, ought not TO be mystery 70 ourselves Pres
cence, indeed, 10 not given 70 statesmen; but
current events Let parties. or the government choose
do what they may the people Of The United States do
many capital 10 labor African slaves 70 white reemen
the naronal Territories and in future States Thst ques
has never been distinctly recognized acted by
iesf and reaction against policy which has BEEN fastened
| upon The nation by surprise, and which it's rea
son and conscience, concurring with the reason
Of the nation now between the democratic
party and the republican party. IS principles and
Examined a. know Of only one policy which has sdopi
ed avswed, namely, the saving Of the Territories Of
the United STATE; possible BY ocnstltaosa! and law
Who that considers whore this nation exists Of what
Is composed in what age Of the world 1. acts i's
part the public stage and what i predominant in
stiiutons, customs habits and sentiments doubts that
the republican party can and will, unwaveringy
faithful TO that pousy and Just and d iOysi IN "a az - osod
tain whether civilization can improve or Christianity save
mankind may, perhaps. infer from the necessity Of
freedom Of speech and Of the prees and the constitution
al rights Of freemen everywhere that will favor the
seedy Improvement Of the public domain by homestead
laws, and will encourage mining manufactures and inter-
nal commerce, with needful connections between the At
antc and Pacific Sates-for all these are important In
terests Of freedom. For all the rest, the nation
al emergencies, not individual influences, must de-
termine, as society goes on the policy and charac-
Yer o. the republican party eaay bearing ,s psrs ATTN IN
practical in s Of the national health and life, while
il leaves metaphysical speculation to those whose duty
But in the MIDST of these subjects, or rather, before
fully reaching them, the republican party encounters un.
expectedly new and potential issue-one prior and
oeath just If much had not been already conceded
nay ust nothing at all had ever been conceded TO
the interest Of capital invested in men, hear menaces
OF dsunion, louder distinct, more emphatic than
ever, with the condition annexed that they shall be exc
cuted the moment that republican administration though
cousttutionaly elected, eha the government.
60 not certainly know that the people are pre-
pared TO cali such an administration 70 power. l know
greatly excite, and ebbs which never entirely dis
courage me, the volume Of repuolicanism rises con-
tnuaiy higher and higher. They are probably wise
stropg enough for effect Hitherto the republican party
has been content with self many
caet? These threats enforce anotherbas 10
determination enough them2 This latter question
iouehes its spirii and PRIDE am quite sure however,
tha as has hitherto practiced self 10 20 many
other forms, will in this emergency lay aside all mpa-
tenoe OF temper, together with ell ambition, and will con.
sder these extraordinary declamatons seriousy, and
with just moderation. would be waste OF words TO
demonstrate that they unconstitutional and equally
idle TO show that the responsibility for dsuniop, attempt
Cd or eecied must resi- not WIN those VINO IN inc excf
but With hoee who unconsttutionally engage In the mad
work Of subyerng IT, What are the excuses for these
menacetS They resolve themselves into this that the re-
publican party In tho North 10 hostile TO the South BUTT
already proved TO be majority IN the North; It is,
BE- ihe sane North that has iorborne with you 20 ionr
and conceded 70 you mucn7 Gan you Justly assume
that aectation which has been % complying can all II
change TO hatred intense and inexorAblef You say
that the republican party 10 sectional Ii the demo-
cratic party less sec!cni b i easier for % bear