The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-30

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New rera.
In the course Of the rear ls47 an unprece-
dented agitation upon the subject Of slavery
was excited, growing out Of The progress Of the
Mexican war. Extreme grounds began 10 be
taken by Northern men, with reference TO the
States that might, at future times, be admitted
into the Union. While Ire South c,ntended.
Justly. that the eonsstution tolerated slavery
in ali territories that might be acquired, North
ern fanatics. aided by the turbulent and fac
hons barnburncr pertica OF the democratic
party In this state. msin'si an exactly OPP
posiie principle. II vas ct this period, aud
under these circumstances. that q resolution
was introduced into Congress. by Mr. wilmot
a. an amendment 30 the Appropriation bill
10 The eject, shat rs IN express and fanda.
mental condition 10 the acquisition Of any
territory by the United States, neither slavery
nor Involuntary servitads shAll ever exist in
any part Of said territory The barnburner
Van Bureni,ss Of New York took up this pro.
yiso rs their watehword, and sowed
seeds of contention In the democratic
party, whose bAneful. poisonous fruits
have been reaped, from year TO year, ever
since. From that epoch until the present
from the hour when, on this tressherous, anti.
national ground, shameful desertion Of the
regular Presidential nominee Of the democracy
defeated General CAss and elevated General
Taylor TO the chief magissraey Of The country
the temple OF Janus has been closed, and dis
cord In theranks which the 6rmness Of Jack
son had serried, has been perpetuased.
There have generally been, for over eleven
years, three factions in the democratic party OF
the State OF New York. Sometimes the fight
among them has been triangular, and gladia-
torial In lie deadliness; bat, more often, two of
the three have united to crush the third In
the present national crisis, which threatens TO
upturn the very foundations Of our prosperity
as people, the sections OF the party arrayed
against each other are those Of Tammauy Hall,
the Albany Regency and Mozart Hall The
rotten, corrupt clique Of which Cagger, Cassidy
and Richmond pull the wires, IL as bad as II
can be. II never possesses grain of political
honesty or healthiness. The rowdies and bulIies
of Tammany are seldom any better. The two
are for the time being, united In deadly,
unrelenting warfare against Mozart Hall
which, however deficient II may be In moral
worth. disinterestedness and trne patriotism,
has the advantage over lie sdversaries OF being
sound and unimpeachable in is principles
They will all of them carry their grief 10
Charleston, and the public, In due time, win
be half amused and half scandalixed by the
wranglings, chickering's, abuse and States evil
dence revelations which will there be deve-
Hoped. What the result Of II all win be no.
body knows, and probably very few care.
The great, vital, and aliimportan question
is, what ought to be done now, In view Of the
utter Generalization into which nationalism
and conservatism have sunken, In the so-called
regular organizations, by the respectable con-
sentative national massesf The most prudent
and intelligent men In the country recognise
that there never was q period upon which more
for evil or for good depended than the present
The black Gag Of sectional discord has been
unfhrled by the republican party, and, II
triumphant, IT will carry desolation to every
hearthstone in the land. The dogmas of Sew
ard carried into practice by Brown. and
expounded, in detail, by Helper, threaten the
country with civil war, menace the destruction
of our commerce, to cut Oh the internal
and external sources from which prosperity
flows to our merchants, manufacturers, mocha
MICS, farmers and capitalists, to inaugurste o
long period of "6re, rape and slaughter" and
to sink this now happy country to the lowest
depths Of degradation, barbarian and misery.
Well may the cry echo forth among those who
have stake in the welfare of the Union
What is to be done now?
There is great corps de reserve Of conser-
vative, law abiding industrious, honest citizens
in the Northern States, of eight hundred thou.
sand voters. Their strength in the State Of
New York is overwhelming They constitute
not only the probity and intelligence, but,
also, the vast majority in the community. The
time has come for them to throw aside their
apathy, to rise like spring tide and drown in
the depths Of deluge of popular enthusiasm,
sectional heresy on the one hand, and the COM
pletely efFete, mercenary and selfish cliques of
the democracy on the other, and TO adopt new
measures, create new machinery, and replace
with upright, Industrious and energetic indivi-
duals, the beggarly rufian organizations
that have so long monopolized power,
place, influence and patronage. Let
there be an immediate rallying to-
gether of this wealth, respectability and integ-
rity of the democratic party in this great me-
tropolis. Let committee be appointed, COM
posed of one hundred Of the leading merchants,
mechanics, and professional and moneyed men
who abound in our midst, and let them be pro-
vided with ample funds to secure the election,
this republic. If the amount required should
be million of dollars, It must be given. What