The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-22

u il w'ich have been heretofore 50 steadily,
pelsoyc,' ngly and wickedly violated.
'wCi3y cars after the constitution was enact
ed certain Northern States insisted upon putting
.cu,l an institutions under tie ban of the
l'lf.u ly gAcmdng them from the common
trtcrl territory; then the right was assumed
q ,ilscote the property OF citizens OF the
South soi. uInirg, o. il transit at the North.
a,ef acts were lassed 10 impede the right OF
reclamation Of fug,ives from service, which the
constitution had explicitly puaranteed next
- active system Of propagandism was inaugu-
rated fer the purpose Of preaching crusade
against tie social institutions Of the Southern
States. The pulpit was desecrated, and the
press prostituicd, to incte to instruction, muir
der ard rapine. Last Of ALL sectional party
was create d, on the bass Of an "irrepresslble
ooi fict,' Il opposition to those who enter tanned
/ freed IN Of opinion and Of action with respect
Y 10 our social institutions, and a President and
\ Vice President have been elected with view
/ to cons,nmate the acts Of aggression which have
4 been carried 50 far, and of finishing, like men,
The battle which shall fill up the measure
Of disaster TO the country. The South
asks, in opposition to all this, that it
may 90 as it has done "heretoforc y but
, il would rctrograde this word hereto
I, re" TO the epoch following Immediately after
1851, ana lot confnc it 70 the period referred to
u. the alollionist organ, which embraces only
IL years Of anti. constitutional usurpation tina
have preceded The present lamcntable crisis.
The great want OF the country ! chat IL may
be restored to its pristine integrity, and tina.
the evils which craft and fans, cism have
/ brought upon Us may be obl.erated. Anti
slavery propagandism has assumed, undcr the
auspices Of religious and philanthropi,t IA
natics, no greater proportions than the mon
sirous and unnatural ambition Of priestcraft
has continually within the experience o. the
past forty centuries, imposed upon tnc human
race. If left to itself it would devour everything
before it. Ii would restore the burnings. hang
ings, drawings and quarterings OF bygone times
lis downfall must be looked for in the intell-
/ gence ~ the people. The civilization of the
| age demands the same freedom for social nsti-
tu,ions as is yielded chcerfully for religious
opinions. The clergy, driven from their strong
dogma have had recourse to witch drownings,
liquor laws, and. latest to abolitionsm, 10 re-
tain their power over their focks They have
clothed themselves with this latter "a with a
garment, ard by their vile suggestions have
created the fever heat in the public mind
which has resulted in driving ono Of the most
valued Of the original States out Of the coniede-
ration.
The time has come to throw off the
incubus, and to assert for the South
erner travelling in New England with
his bond property the same privileges
which are granted to the Catholic, presby terian,
Shaker or Methodist. who carries hither the
distinctive chapter in his catechism which
separates him from all others, and secures as
he. believes, his exclusive salvation. Upon Mr..
Lincoln particularly devolves the heat and bur-
den of securing peace to the Union in the pre-
sent crisis No dictator Of the Roman republic,
appointed for a limited number Of months TO
save the republic, ever welded nor power
than will be possessed by the e-ident elect,
for the four years which will follow the next
fourth day of March. If he VIII appreciate the
\
or Of any party, but hat in view Of the analysis
| We have recently made of the popular vote, he
stands upon the enyiablc vantage ground Of be-
| ing bound by fewer les aud obligations than
any ruler Of tire country that ever preceded
him; il he will consider lie necessities Of the
4 North anu also Of the South and recommend
for The benefit of both such amendments 10
ttasr
rights. he will deserve to be classed higher
| in history than any President that has preceded
him since the days 81 Washington.
TIE ADVENT ~ IuE Horrp,Y SEAsoS.-The
delightful weather OF yesterday brought out
| the beauty of New York in an impressive ar
ray, and Broadway has seldom presented
20 fire a sight. The Christmas holidays
Just commencing no doub. contributed to the
throng, and the festive appearance Of the store
windows had it, share in the attraction. The
| Paris Bculevards, during the Jour dc IAN, when
everybody calls upon every body, and every
body, more or less, makes presents 10 every
body, and every gorccn presents an orange or
segar 10 verybody be waits on, and expects a
| five franc piece from every body in re;uIn-thc
I Eouleyards. we say. from he Madeleine up.
never presented gayer sight on New Years
/ day than Broadway yesterday. 1t was plea
SAINT TO see childhood and youth. maturity and
old age, alike deriving health aud pleasure in
this imprcmptu carnival. II was refreshing to
look at the happy faces and the grace
/ nl forms, and "a gladsomc relief from
| the contemplation OF political turmoil,
! with oil liz aches and pains. An hours
respite from the anyc'cs Of threatened
secession, in threading the way through such a
galaxy Of loneliness and scene Of fcstivi,y, was
better than the best medicine in the world for
invigcrating the wesried mind We hope that
we shall have many such days, which are
sure harvest to the boys and girls, WHO reap a
more than full reward OF tho gifts which Christ