The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-10

the Northern states TO prevent such result
But, then. while this IL admitted as asmple matter OF
truth and Justice be Denied on the other hand
that abol onsm did with ali It's characteristic bit
terness into the contest that the result never
could have accomplished without it's assistance and
that appropratec the victory Ia words OF rdicule
and that sting Ike serpent LEI me give You Ne
single specimen OF the spirit IN which aoolitionsm has
carried on it, political warfare, extract from Journal
which claims to have larger circulation than any other
religious paper ia the land quote from the New iors
fnds7pna.n,, Of September, 1866 #Ni
The people viii not levy naugurse revolution,
to relieve Kansas, until they have first tried what
they do by voting. II this peaceful remedy should
fail applied this year then the people win the
wisely and decide for themselves boldly and firmly
wch is the better way TO rise in arms aud throw OIL
government than that Of old King George,
dure 1t another four years and then vote again.
Such is the spiritsuch the love TO the const tuition
and Union OF these states with which this religious ele
ment has entered into and seeks 20 control our party
politics.
But deceive ourselves &c suppose that our pre-
sent dangers OF a birth recent as 1856 As the
questions before the country rise IN ther magnitude
above all party interests and ought at once 20 blot out all
party lines their origin Is found FAR BACK OF all party
organizations they now exist.
An article published twenty years ago in the Princeton
ReI~p, contains this remarkable anguagc:-
The opinion that saveholding is itself crime must
operate produce the dsunion OF the States and the d
vision Of ali ecclesiastical societies in this country Just
90 far as This opinion operates it i'll lead those who Gu
terrain to submit to any sacrifices to carry out and
give it effect We shall become two nations in feeling,
which must sOon render Us two nations in fact.
These words wonderfully prophetic, and they who
read the signs OF the times must see that the pc
ecclesiastical societies the division foreod is already
great measure accomplished. Three Of great re
gOus denominations have been rent twain by the SIM
Pile question, as slaveholding siny"
yet remains to be seen whether the American Tract
Society and the American Board OF Foreign Missions viii
be revolutionized and dsmembered by contest which
told is to be saaaaiy renewed Ia regard to the
Union Of these states these is too much 70 fear
that already two nations N feeling, and TO
tcipate approach the calamity which shall
blot out Of the stars our ensign and make Us two
nations in fact
tud xSha has brp ttS TO ti,r of
pce, What evil spirit has put enmity between the seed
Of those whom God by his blessing the wisdom and
sacrifices OF fathers made icshy What has
atcd and foered this alienation between TIE North and
the south until d-union-that used to be whispered in
conerssaks forth da light and Is recognized as
necessity by muttude- y thinking laeh IN ah
oi the land, believe before God, that this d
vision Of feeling OF which actual disuniou viii be but
the expression and embodiment begottcn of aboli
ton has been rocked in il cradle and fed with its
poisoned milk and instructed by rs minister's until
gIdcd with strength which comes not altogether OF this
upper world i, Is taking hold upon the pillars Of the
s,i,uton and SCATTERING the noble fabric to its base
There time when the constitutional questions be
tween the North aud South-ibe conflict of material in
teress grow ng of their differences in soil and
duction were discussed in the spirit Of statesm,nhp
and Christian courtesy. Then such Daniel Web.
the side and Calhoun the other stood
face to ace and defended the rights of their respective
uenty in words which viii be quoted rs long the
English tongue shall endure model Of coquence and
pattern manly debate Bnt aboitonism began to creep
in II first purely moral question but very soon
its doctrines embraced by sufficient number to
hold the balance Of power between contendng parties in
seized upon weapon TO gratifying their ambition or
aveugng their disappoiatmens, Under the shadow Of
their patronage SINCERE aboltionists became more bold
and abusive advocating their principles The unlawful
and wicked business Of enticng slaves from their mas
pushed forward with increasing zeal Men who in
the Of the republic could not have obtained the
smallest Office elected Congress upon this single
issue and ministers of the Gospel descended from the
| pulpit 10 mngte religious luminosity with the boiling
caudron Of notcal strife Nor was this process confined
to side in the contest. Abuse always proyokcs
recrimina,ion. 50 long as human nature is pas.
1.,xl ha cd m l.x~
| harder blows And behold the result. In
| the balls where Webster and Calhoun, Adams
| and Mcltfie rendered the very name OF American
craftsmanship inustrious and revived the memory OF
classic oqucnce have heard the outpourng of both
Northern and southern violence from men who must be
naneles this sacred place and the land where such
Shareholders Washington and Madison united with Ha
milton and Hancock in cemcntng the Union which they
fondy hoped would be perpetual commerce and manu-
features and all great industrial and governmental
interests trembling ON the verge Of dissolution and
! as aboltiopism the great mischief maker between
North and SOUTH is the great stumbling block in the
Of pcaceful settlement OF difficulties. Its voice
Il stu for war The spirit OF Cancellation and comprom e
utterly abhors and mnglng horrid mirth with It's
madness puts into the hands OF the advocates Of seccs
sion the very fans With 9hch 10 blow the embcrs II
| strife into flame One man threw a torch into
| the great temple OF the Ephesans and kindled
conagra,ion which hundred thousand brave could
extingush One iiddled aud sang and made his
courers laugh amid the burning OF Rome--and the abo
| ton preacher feels good and overfows with merr
ment when he merchants aud laboring run
ming after their chests and the bread OF their families
" as If all creation was after them, and snuffs on the
Southern breeze the OF serve and civil Oh.
shameshame that u should come to this; and the name
OF holy religion he blasphemed let Us hope in
Christian charity that such do not comprehend the
danger that starcs them face Indeed who us
does fully comprehend itY In the eloquent words of Ia.
el Webster, While the Union lasts We have high, cx-
citing gains prospects spread out before us for US
the veil Coz grant iha in my day at least that cur
| tain may MT rise" kind and wonderful provi.
! dence has o tenircrcd the body 81 these States
together, - bound ana interaccd them with
| commercial and sociai ties, 10 say nothing
Of legal obligations, that no member can be Sc.
yered and especially contest be waged among
the members withou, quvering and anguish in every
nerve and stagnaton IN The vital currents Of all Lee,
star he botted ont from ensign and the moral
grayitaiion which holds all their orbits will be para.
yzcd, II not utterly destroyed The living example
successful secession for cause will suggest the same
course for another and unless GOD gives our public men
wisdom and fbcarancc of which the past few years
have afforded too little evidence the dissolution OF this
MON viii be the signal for the dsntegratou OF its Gle
In such a chaos le, hattcr ourselves that
We shall be in entire peace and safety The contest on
a sectional cne-aii the North the side, and all
the south the other II conflict that will run the
bcrhcod in The End Abolition orators may talk abcu,
what "wa> Of the North viii do and viii do, as
though all the people had bowed down worship ths
image they had up but other men besides them will
claim the right 10 speskothcr interests will need TO be
conserved besides the cause upon which they arrosanty
assume that victory perches and the smile OF heaven
rests 'let not him who putteth his arnor boast
he that pulleth of" when the thousands Of working
men whose subsistence depends upon trade with the
south, many Of whom have been deuded by abolition de-
magogues shall clamor in our streets FOR bread free
labor present problems which political economy
has not solved And when the commerce OF this cosmo
politan city paray rcd and all her benevolent and In
dustris institutions whitening the heat of this nm
natural Contest may become que~ton-nay, is not
already whispered in counting houses-whethcr this
great metropolis can be separated from the people with
whom her interest and her heart bound up, con.
tnue 10 be controlled by a legislative policy against
which she y continually protesting whether, folio
in the great lights ~ history she will az all hazards Sc
up Tor herself and unbotny the gateway OF her mag
nLcent hafbo invite the free trade Of the world 20 pour
W riches into her bosom such few OF the pro
lens which bring The question OF dissolution OF the
lnion home 10 u.s. " We were OF a peaceful solu.
ton AZ whatever pccuniary social sacrifice. would
i not iecl 20 deeply speak earnestly. But
/ Who knows that & wit be pcacefuy Where
i j. the surgeon who sever even one
member lfcm this body polite without the shedding OF
blood Where j. the statesman political economist who
VIII undertake 20 control the parties direct the indus
trial interests 81 state, amid the and
alarm Of dissolution 1t no, deceive ourselves The
chssm before NJ yawnlng abyss into whose d. pths
/ no eye but Gods can penetrate. other may cry
"whos afraid" and whistle to keep their courage up
but confess my fears. Through the curtain that IS