The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-28

and the other to be full of defects" He there
fore looks forward to the time, not when the
old Union shall be restored, but when we shall
get rid of the South and ''we shall have more
glorious Union, the union of free States in one
proud empire a better consttution--one in
which God shall receive all the glory and man
all his rights" Said we not truly that this was
the object of the abolition traitors Of the pulpit
and the press, either to abolish slavery by force
or to cut off the slaveholding States from the
Union? For such minister Of the Gospel o.
Mr.. Sloane it was but natural to read with APP
probation to his audience the assault on the
constitution of the United States in the editorial
columns Of the Independent Of this week; and
equally Characteristic of the fanaticism which
animated his discourse was the denunciation IF
the wise sentiment of Napoleon as in6del, that
providence is always on the side of the strong
est battalions and the heaviest artillery"
Of the same rabid type was the sermon OF Mr..
Thompson, of the Tabernacle, who said ii is
necessary to wipe out slavery from the South.
While slavery exists our dearest rights are i'm
,perilled. 1t is preying upon our vitals, and
must be cut out with the sharp edge Of the
sword" To similar effect is the language Of
Rev. Mr.. Crawford, Rev. DR.. Vinton and Rev.
DIR. Tying, the most violent of all, who describes
slavery as " the most unrelcnting, most bloody
tyranny that ever cui sed the earth" and insists
! that " we must press forward, in the name of
God and humanity, to the utter determination
of the cause Of the war" 1t was no wonder
that portion of the congregation arose and
walked out in the middle of this TRADE, shaking
off their feet the very dust of the church.
Amidst the barren and burning desert Of IA
naticism presented by the reports Of these SER
mons in the Tribune and Times, destitute of the
waters Of charity and of life, there is one oasis
one green spot. 1t is in the discourse of Rev Mr.
Newman, at the Bedford street Methodist Epis-
copal church. In speaking of English jealousy
and hostility, he says =
First the nobeen lords of the land not in sym
patty with the North but saying and doing every
thing they against Tie Earl Of SALISBURY stated
TO him very explicitly that the policy Of England not
to allow the existence of any overshadowng government
They jealous Of rising greatness, and deter
mined that England shall BE- the greatest nation
t'When yon 60 100000 of people, said the Earl, you
must and will, if possible, avoid" The second Class
are tho English aboonsts, who oppose us because we
will not make the abolition Of slavery issue of this
emancpae all the slaves we viii sympathiZe with you"
Here, then, are the views we have so often
expressed fully confirmed by this witness. The
aristocracy and abolitionists of England are in
league with the abolitionists of America to
break up the Union; and hence the anti-slavery
presses and pulpits Of the North are giving ut
terance to the most reasonable sentiments
against the Union and the constitution, and are
denouncing the Chief Magistrate for his patri-
otto and conservative action in modifying
the proclamation of Fremont The public
safety demands that a stop be speedily
put to their mutiny and treason. Were
the President base enough to lend himself
to their foul purposes he would justify all that
the secessionists ever alleged against him and
against the majority of the North, and would
sanctify the Southern rebellion in the eyes of
all honest men. But the good faith the Presi-
dent has shown has set at rest all doubts as to
the nature and objects of the war, has given the
lie to the assertions of the rebel chieftans, and
has dashed to earth the vile hopes of the anti
slavery propagandists.
CANADIAN POLITICIANS AND THE New GRAND
TRUNK RAILWAY SCHEME.-It is not long since
an article appeared in the London Post advert
ing to the low tone of political men in
Canada. 1t stated that the members Of the pro-
vincial government were chiefly lawyers who
were not altogether innocent of completely in
those jobs which have made the Grand Trunk
Railway scandal and disgrace to the province.
We could not help at the time instituting a
comparison between our own public men and
those referred to; and no doubt if the secret OPP
CREATIONS of the members of our State Legisla-
lures and those of the Canadian politicians were
laid bare side by side, a very close affinity
would be presented between them. We have
long been well aware of the corruption which
Nnderlies political life in this country, but are
only just opening our eyes TO the fact that mat
tiers are very little better in Canada. Great as
the Grand Trunk Railway job has al
ready been, we observe that there is a
probability Of its being made still
greater one. A number of influential gentle
men in Canada are agitatmg tue extension o.
the line to Halifax, and the government jour-
malls maintain that the work is indispensable to
the military protection of the canadian EN-
pre-" and that the British government must a,
once supply the connecting link Of such inter
colonial railway; and they contend that if the
British government leaves Canada to defend it.
self Canada will not do it, and on that ground
will not itself go to the expense Of constructing
the road" This is very kind Of Canada and the
gentlemen and journals concerned; but we
thought that England had already paid SC
heavy q bill for the Grand Trunk
Railway, without any prospect Of re
turn, that she had firmly set hes
face against paying anything more, and
moreover, that her disgust was SO great that she
sincerely hoped she might never hear the name
of the concern mentioned again. 1t seems,
however, that importantly has not yet died out
In the land of the Bluenoses, and that the Ca
snadians, notwithstanding all they have con-
sumed and wasted, still, like Oliver Twist, ask
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