The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-24

Of which the House Of Representatives il com
| posed, expected from its action any solution Of
| the crisis which threatens the country with the
calamity of civil war; and If any credulous per-
son had ever been deIuded with such an idea,
b. has been long since undeceived, both by the
! proceedings in the open chamber and by those
of the Committee of Thirty-three. But there
was some vague expectation that the Senate,
he conservative branch OF Congress, would
adopt q satisfactory plan Of compromise to
loose the Gordian knot, instead of cutting il
with the sword The action, however, Of the
| Committee of Thirteen on Saturday, Of whose
| proceedings q report will be found in another
| column. leaves no room for ray Of hope from
that quarter, in the face Of the fact that
! one Southern State has Just led the way out Of
| TIE Union. to be followed in rapid succession
BY several others. The republican members of
he committee utterly refused TO make any COM
| promise or concession upon any point, on the
groand that ''the people in the late election
had decided the question of slavery"
This is only in keeping with the intelligence
that seven COY errors Of Eastern and Northern
~tates-including Governor Morgan. Of New
York, and Governor Andrew. Of Ma-sachu-
sctta-at recent secret meeting in this
city. unanimously determined that the re-
publicans should not offer a compromise,
but that on Mr.. Lincoln's assumption of the
reins of government they should push their
| anti-slayery doctrines 10 the uttermost, even
! 10 the extent of war upon the south" In
! confirmation of this news, as far " regards at
least one OF the Governors, Wendell Phillips
| declared, at the Town Hall Of WATERFOWL, on
Friday evening last that he spoke by autho-
ritz for Mr.. Andrew, who would not sign bill
rcpealing the Personal Liberty law Of Massa
! chusetts-onc of the most Infamous Of the null
| iifying revolutionary acts Of the Northern
| states.
All the republican leaders and journalists
| peak in TIE same strain. At the Now England
dinner in this city, on Saturday evening, the
| republican orators. including Mr.. Seward re-
| jected the idea Of any compromise. Lastly,
| the New York Tribune of the same morning,
| proclaimed that il is 'enabled to state, in the
most positive terms, that Mr.. Lincoln is utterly
] opposed to any concession or compromise that
| shall yield one o,a Of the position occupied
by the republican party on the subject of
| slavery in the Territories, and that he stands
now, as he stood in May last, when he accepted
the nomination for the Prcsidcncy--square
upon the Chicago platform" Thurlow Weed
alone holds out the olive branch to the
South. The other journals IRE in favor Of
maintaining the irrepressible conflict to the
| bitter end most Of them dcnouncing Mr.
Buchanan because he does not commence civil
war at once and promising that az soon as
Lincoln il inauguratcd President Of the eight
cen free States, he and his Wide Awakes will
| dcvastate The fifteen slave States with fire and
| sword.
Such is the aspect of the North. Ii we turn
to the South. what do we find. South Carolina
out Of the Union, with Florida, Alabama and
| Mississippi TO follow her within three weeks,
Georgia and Louisiana, and probably Texas,
before the expiration Of January. In all of
these States sovereignty conventions have been
called and it is expected that similar con-
veniions will be called Immediately in Arkan-
sas and North Carolina. In the latter the
| Legislature Is in session, and has ordered the
arming Of the State, which will undoubtedly
| 60, sooner or later. with the cotton States. The
Legislatures of Tennessee and Virginia meet
in special session on January ], when il is pro-
bablc they too will call conventions. 1t Is
stated ihat even in Maryland the Legislature will
meet and call convention, in opposition TO the
will Of The Governor, a. has been done in Texas.
| The arming Of the whole South the demon
STATIONS Of joy in every slave State on re-
| ccving the news of the secession of South
Carolina. and all other signs Of the times,
| plainly show that before the 4th of March the
whole fifteen Southern States will be banded
| together in revolution.
| Thus the Union. the ship Of state which has
| been stccrcd safely through fogs and darkness
and various dangers for upwards Of three score
years and icn-~hich has hitherto weathcred
every storms now being driven swiftly
| before wind and tide 10 the rocks and shoals of
| civil war; and il i OF no avail that the foaming
breakers ahead are pointed out to the officers
and crew 10 whom has been entrusted the ma
nagcment Of the noble vessel with her precious
freight Of historic glory, present prosperity and
power. and all the glowing hopes Of future
/ years. Every man seems drunk or mad, and
shipwrcck appears inevitable. Reason and
moderation are banishcd from both sections
The organs Of opinion North and South are
equally violent There is no disposition to
compromise on either side by the elevation
Of an abstraction into the position Of a vital
question, the reckless politicians have preci-
plated the United States into the most revolu-
tionsry condition ever witnessed in any coun-
try in the world, and from present appearances
there i every probability that we shall soon be
in the same prcdicamcn, n the people OF
| Mexico.
But what j. 50 strange in the present conflict
IL that ii has been commenced, and will be
carried on, in spite Of the wishes Of the