The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-08

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The d,e' Tuesday IN E0vsu nec. isa4 usrsto
"a esa in the development OF Our political his
cry which bas he<n reproduced In the Are
TUESDAY ia Eoremhor, 1860. as far Is histor,
ever repiodaces i.seis
At hat evecttui re~ios the country hsd JUS
ne through terrible social and politics.
spita'ion On the slavery question. The OLD
dominating party in tie country vas broken 20
piecss S.yera, candidates. civfoed the popu al
suffrage for the Presidency. No erea, issnse 10
foreign or domestic policy divided parties 40
administration came into power by party CON
onetone bur il had not 9 majority IL Cor gress.
ono nevsr poseessed more then Domical power
Potent popular teeSers Ubo had formerly acted
together edHptsd sud supported different theo
ries Of public eolnomy End policy, aud fer
iaoFeou CAinocE, Clay Webstes, Benton, and
perhars tew others, guided ard moulded
,us pubic mtnd Of tie American people.
The record OF the great psrty conflicts
which eprang from the administration Of John
Quincy sdems. or the questions Of currency j,
,erif I'D interra. improvements, now forms &
part Of oir political history ard tue names d
ne poser'il leaders have become familiar to
,wo ecucrs sions Of Americans
AZ far as In possible unGer the changing
pnusee a. human ate,rs, history to-day repro
cueee that era We hGve not 1t Il true, 20
make combination Pr-sidenC but Mr. L,ncolD
Win go into power win Congress opposed 10
he party policy that bas elected him. and hi.
dm,Dis'7atiou, like thai OF John Qcincy Adams
IS deetihed to &c no'o,ug more thau passive
administration q the t-oeral powere. An 20
iit,cal party organizations viii he shattered
around i'm, and du'ing bis period will sprinl
~ the rev questions which are Go rguge men
N opposing policies tor the next twenty or
hirtJ years In surveying tho Geld before u
il Ia a., difficult To perssi-e The great outlice'
u TIE funiects that are to occupy the public
mind. Tnsee are rot, az or old. hank, tariff or
internal improvements. Those questions ar4
obsolete, and the policy regarding them
ras beer passed rpon by the American PEG
pie. TIE new questions which are looming
upon ua are Of @ still higher ORDER they arr
more Intimately connected with the develops
rueut Of he theory Of eelf government aud are
tie h,ghset witch that supreme cid eodlike tri
cunal, the voice Of free pecclo, hes ever been
called Ia paaa upor.
First IL order comes the great necessity Of to
ieratioa. federation in political fcrGs, which
nveives In. elavery question: liberation Ia re
iipiou, which forces itself upon Ue ir Utah; to
Iteration in social ohservances, which is CROWN!
ep with the neceesitIes Of otr acfeadngiy
dense population; ard liberation In all things
sbich Il the corner stone Of self government
Next 20 ths great principle Of society, politics
and government. the necessity OF providing for
,ur rapid iacreaae In population is imuiaert
upou ia In thirty yeare more we shat have
sixty millione "f people, Including eigh. OF nine
millions Of African slaves The policy Of terri
torial acquisition never entered the early con.
temptation Of the founders Of the republic. JEFF
ferpun purchased LOUISIANA against his Will and
ria early convictions Monroe occrpied aId
afterwards purchased Florida with alacst equa
oietas.s. But the law Of on growth VA.
imperious, and even these statesmen, before
hey died, changed the,r viess in
the respect Our subseQuen; nccaslons Of ter.
ritcry we're adveutItious, aud did not COME
through any tetsblished national policy. II
each sven. The popular mind, irpellei by the
popular Necessities. was " advance Of Our pub
tic men. Bin, now we must have more room.
and we uuss have II during the lifetime O. the
exiting generation. The Northern oputstions
have seized upon Gil the Territories, ard thu, Is
not enorlh tor then. The Southern popula.
lions increase With equal rspidity. aud i-ei,
moreover. the pressure Of the ieotasrlrL IL (
which impels African labor towards the tropics.
The African race among US cannot be anniti
ieted- its inofease cannot be prevented
IT cannot bs admitted 10 N eqrsl social
and political status with the superior white
race Il uus, have locality and federation.
Ttsse IRE the two great questions which ar
% be discussed and settled by the Americar
people during the present generation. And
how are they 70 be discussed. Here the newly
developed power OF the age IL called 70 exer
cise IL sccsta, Individual minds no longer
dhp'sy tt.t influence Which they did ahsr the
yrs L't ySA-
his Gay. vas tho wcrdeT OF Lrslapd; ta,
20 day the English pres teens daily witn
writings CO logical, a. brilliant and q powerful
as those q. Juniu- ard no one wonders. 50 |, IL
here with ua TIE multirudinous and powerful
productions Of the Independent press drown the
casual reneralizniions Of Individual minds, and
make Lrsai and leading stasssnsl Impossible
Pre-eminen, among the independent pres stand
tie metropolitan journals o. New York Seve
raj Of them possessing revenues equal IL an,ol
10 those Of come Of the sovereign States. are uu
spproochnb,e by infueuces except those 81 ~
tioual policy, and they constitute Congress Of
intellect IN permanent session assembled. TIE
telegraph aid the locomotive carry their ini
ences 70 The rsno'es, corners Of the iand ID d
coustsa,iv increasing ratio. These, then. are to