The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-11
The Danger Imminent-The Duty or the
City or New York.

Near and more near the dark thunder CLOUD
approaches, and II we do not take prompt nc
ton 1t will soon burst over our heads, when /
/ IN be too late to avert the tempest Of war
Event. gre following each other In such rSpii
succession L., at little time Is left for calm re-
fection, or to prep, re for the inevitable change
In our political cond,,s ION. We warned our
fellow citizens long since OF their present
peril; but few were willing to bel. eve there was
any need for alarm, or any necessib- to take
measures to guard against the calamity which
now threatens all classes with instant ruin.
Apathy and Indifference, mingled with mere
dulity, took the place Of energy and action,
till now the danger is upon US and almost be-
yond our control.
Blinded by false security, many even now
do not realize the crisis or comprehend its
issues They talk Of saving the Union when
there is no longer any Union to save; the day
Of its salvation IL gone by. The opportunity has
been lest which cannotAow be recalled, and the
sooner that we all recognise the fact that
great revolution has been accomplished,
the better will We know how to deal
with passing events ard discharge the
dulles anC obligations Of the hour. We
must recognise the fact that Southern
confsderacy Of six States il now an accom-.
plishsd fact; that they have adopted the cor
stitutiAn OF the late United St.&es, with some
amendments; have formed a provisional gov
ernmens, by the election Of the ablest military
chieftai1 of the South as Presidsnt, and, there
fore, Commander in Chies of the Southern
army; that "a strong and vigorous government
will go INTO immsdiate operation wish full
powers ard ample funds, ard thas no PROPOSE
ton for compromise or reconstruction will be
entertained" Texas is aboat to Join this con-
federacy, and also Arkanss IS, whose State au-
thorities Rave seized che Unised States Arsenal
at Little Rock, containing nine thousand stand
of arms, a lASge amoant Of ammunition and
forty cannon, including Gap ain Dsaggs eele-
brated battery. One u the azaendments to the
constitution adopted by the new eonfede,eey,
giving its Congress power to. prohibit tho in
PRODUCTION OF slaves from any State not mem
Der of the ccafederacy, will feroe Virginiaand
the other border slave States iIaso the new
Southern UEi0n. These arg stubborn facts.
which must be recognized; and also thu fact
that the So called "Psseeu Congress promises
to break up in chaos.
Thus we are now too late to reunite the
fragments Of a broken confsderacy, and il we
are not vigilant ana active and resolute we
will coon be too late to prevent civis war.
There is an atrocioas conspiracy to force the
people into q bloody. intestine strife, and the
Governor Of this State has been aiding and
abetting the design. He has played, into the
hands Of the fanatics. who contemplate servils
instruction at the Souts as the result Of North,
ern invasion. BE FIRST offered the. militia to
subdre Southern States--an offer which far ex-
ceeds his Legislative power. He next endorsed,
If he did not direct, the seizure of the private
and public property of citizen3 of Georgia;
and the natnral consequence WAS that che Co
vernon OF Georgia retaliated by Selling our
ships. The authorities of tss State of New
York were clearly the aggreasors. and it now
becomes the daty of the citizens of New York,
and especially of the MERCHANTS, to come for
ward and repudiate the outrage that has been
committed in this grea. commercial city by the
authority Of Gov. Moygan-to make him and his
party distinctly understand that they will not
be permitted to trample on the constitution
and the laws-that they cannot make the in.
habiiants of this metropolis the instruments
of their notorious plot, or drag them ints
collision with their Southern brothers. This
city has greater stake at issue than all the
rest of the State. Its trade aud commerce are
already seriously injured, several Of its COM
mercial houses are bankrupt, others are about
to become SO, and many thousands Of
the population are thrown out Of employ
ment. Mr. Seward, in his place in the Senate
d few days ago, declared that in England, or
France, or Russia, such petition as that which
he was requested to present from the merchants
OF New York in favor Of compromise mea-
sures would be decisive, but not SO in the
United States. And has it come to this that
under the government reputcd the most free
on earth, in the most commercial country in
the world the commercial capital Of that coun-
try has no voice; and are the ignorant fanatics
of the western part Of this State to rule and
control the enlightened intelligence Of the i'm
perial city and to force it into suicidal con-
flict to carry out an anti slavery tneory, ana 70
sustain the distractions of platform at vari-
apce with the constitution Of the United States
that constitution which Garrison and Phillips.
the great founders of the antislavery party,
pronounce to be "a covenant with death and
an agreement with hcll?' We hope not We
trust that New York city will make itself be
heard and felt in this controversy, and that the
ianatical dogma that negro servitude is "the
rum of all villanies" will be secuted by as
sembled thousands.
The time is come for prompt action, and the
people must now arise in their might, If they
would save themselves and the country from
| he horrors of civil war. Armed preparations
are everywhere being made at the North. In
this State bill appropriatiug half million of
| dollars for war has passed the Senate by n