The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-13

~ oppose that dsnnion would transfer he
semain % either party, Or that any osar "np's
ThirdlyThis movement arises in another Wow, o..
the relation Of African slayes TO the domestic peftyp
Of the country. Freedom % them, AZ 10 AZ nah.hu
the chief Object oi desire therto under the operation
Of the Upn1 they have practically reEainsa saossnt o
Can We hon. thar fagrant cy slai lsitiev WI re-
selves in their yerw a~pectasf Doe history furnish
any satisfactory ns.l9etion upon TIE n,ros o. S,n VI
convection and so inton: in purpose as we .Tef Is II
mere chmera which suggests an aggrava'ion o. those
horrors beyond endurance when, either side, there
occur the Intervention OF uprising ferocious Arr
can slave population Of four or six or perhaps twenty
millionss
policies Of nations One hundred years ago all the com
meroia European States engaged ia transferring
negro slaves rcm Africa to this hemisphere To-day al
those States are firmly set in hostility the extension,
and even TO the practice OF slavery Opposition TO II
takes two formsone European, which s~imple, direct
abolition, eiiected, need be, by compulslon tie ofber
American which seeks TO arrest the African slave trade
and resist the entrance Of domestic slavery into Terrific
ries whore il is yet unknown while II leaves the dspo-
son OF existing very the oonsiderase action 81 tho
States by which IL retained II is tho Union that
strics the opposition to slavery in ths country within
these limits. II dissolution prevail what guarantee
shall there be against the full development hero
Of the fearful and incorporating hostility to slavery
which elsewhere pervades the world, and % which
the recent invasion OF virginia was an iliustra-
tionY Mr. President, ] have desgnedly dwell 50 long
the probable effects OF dsunion upon the safety the
american people as to leave me little time TO consider
the other eys which mus follow in its train Bdt,p
ticaly the less OF safety involves every other form OF
public calamity. When the guardian angel has
taken flight everything is lost Dissolution would not
only arrest but extngufh the greatness Of our country
Even ii separate ccnleieracies could exist and endure
they cou6 scverally preserve share OF the
prestige Of the Union. u the constellation is TO be broken
up the stars whether scattered widely apart or grouped
ia smaller clusters, will thencefoth shed forth feeble
glnmerng and lurid lights. Nor win great achieve
ments be possible fol the new confederacies Dis
solution would sigLa2e its ri imph by acts OF
wantonness which would shock and astound the
world. It would provincialize Mount Vernon and
give this capital over to desolaon at the very moment
when the dome - rising our heads that was
TO he crowned with the statue Of Liberty After this
there would remain for dsunion no act OF stapendous
niamy 10 be committed. No petty coliedoracy that
sLall follow the United States prolong even re-
new the majestic drama Of national progress. Perhaps
Il 10 arrested because its submity Is incapable of
continuance let it so, have indeed become lie
generate. After Washington and the iniextle Adams,
Henry and the peerless Hamilton Jefferson and the ma
esc Clay Webster and the acute Calhoun Jackson, the
modest Taylor and Scott who rises in greatness under
the burden OF years, and Franklin and Fulton and Whit
ney aud Morse, have ali performed their parts, let the
curtain fal While listening to these debates have
forgotten myself in marking their contracted
effects upon the page who oustomary stands on the da,s
behind him. The youth exhibits intense but
| pleased emotion N the excitement, while at
ercy irreverent word that is uttered against the
with tears let him weep more. Rather rejoice, for
has been lot OF rare felicity You have and
erng national greatness OF the world Weep only you,
and weep with all the bitterness Of anguish who just
stepping the threshold Of e for that grenes perish
ematuey and exists not for you nor Tor me- for
any that shall come after The public prosperity how
could survive the storm Its elements industry in
the culture Of every fruit mining Of all the metals
home and on ey cry sea- material improvement
that knows obstacle and has end; invention that
ranges throughout the domain Of nature; increase Of
knowledge as broad as the human mind explore; per-
fecon Of art al high as human genius can reach and so
cal refinement working for the renovation Of the
world How could prosecute these
noble objects in the midst Of brutalizing civil
fct2 What guarantees will capital invested for such
purposes have, that IL outweigh the premium offered
by political and military afuitiopY What leisure VIII tho
citizen lind for study invention, art under the
society feel when and hate shall have posses-
sion Of the national min2 Let the miner in California
take heed, for its golden wealth viii become the prize Of
the nation that command the most iron. Let tho
bordeTer take care for tee Indian will again Turk around
his dwelling let the pioneer come back into our denscr
settlements for the railroad the post roai and the
graph advance not fglong farther into the wilder
ness With standing arn,ics consuming the substance
our people on the Land ana our navy and our postal
steamers withdrawn from the ocean, who viii protect
respect, r who viii even know by name our petty
| confedcraciesi The American man. ofwar is a
/ port 10 the Mediterranean. All the world won.
dered at ii and talked of IT, Salvos OF artillery,
Princes agd Processes and merchants paid i homage,
and all the people bless II har6lnger Of hope for
o I GS sS s es c t @ lie same haven he nag Of
IN three and thirteen stripes has been hauled
down ard u rs place signal Is run up, which aaunts
the device of lone star palmetto tree. Men ask,
Who Is the stranger hat thus steals into our waters
The answer contemporary given - " she CONES from
Of the obscure republics OF North America LIT her
pass On" Lastly public liberty own peculiar ber-
ty must auguish for time and hen cease 70 live Aud
such liberty free movement, everywhere through OR
own land ald throughout the world free spse ii. free
press free SUI -; the freedom 81 every subject to vote
on every law, and for or against every aseat VINO
pounds administers executes. UnsablC aud jealous
coniederaGics constantly apprehendng assaults without
ard treason within, formidable only 70 each other and
contemplate 10 al beside how long will il be before
the plea OF public safety, they will surrender all This in
estable and unequalcd liberty and accept q hateful
and intoiut.ble espionage OF military despotisnY And
nov, Mr. President, what the cause for this sudden
and eternal sacrifice OF SO much safety, greatness happ
moss ana freodon9 Have foreign nations combined and
they coming in rage upon US No. 80 far from
being enemies, there Is not nation earth who not
Interested admirng friend Even the London 71es,
by means partial 10 us, sayss-
quite possible that the problem Of democratic repub-
nc may be solved BY ". ovsrhrow in few days in Spirit of
Has the federal government become tyrannica op-
pressve rigorous unsound Has the consiit-
on lost spirit and all at once collapsed noa elcss
er Mo- the federal government smiles
and works to-day bencncenty than ever The
stituion is the chosen model for the orgauizs-
lion o. the newly rising conieaeraciee The occasion is
the election o President Of the United states who
unacceptable 10 portion OF the people state tie
accurately There was no movement of dsunon before
the ballots which expressed that choice cast Dis
union began the result announced. The
justification assigned was that Abraham Lincoln had
been elected while the Of either one OF the other
three candidates would have been acquiesoed in. Was
the election illegaR No, is unimptachablo Is the
candidate personally c0cnsives No he is man Of
President unfrequent extraordinary transaction? No.
never had q chief magistrate Otherwise designated
than b., such election and that form of ch renewed
every -four years Does one even propose TO change
the mode Of appointing the chef magistratei No. cleo
ton by universal SUR age, "a modified by the consti-
tuition, rs the one Growing franchise Of the Ameri
people. To save II they would defy the world.
Is it spprehendcd that the new President will usurp
despot,c powers2 No Whlie he rs Of all men the most
unambtious he s by the partial success of those who
opposed his election subjected 70 such restraints that he
cannot, without their consent, appoint minister
police agent negotiate treaty or procure the passage
OF law, and can hardly draw musket from the public
arsenal 10 defend his own person Want then, is the
ground Of dscontenY II that the d,sunonst did not
accept a. conclusive the arguments which urged
behalf OF the successful candidate IN the canvass This
rs all. We're their own arguments against him more
ga aiactoTy 70 his supporters OF they were
not they could not he Docs the constitution IN lctter
spirit, require imply that tho arguments OF one
party shall he satisfactory TO the ohor2 No; thai is 10
possible What Ia the constitutional remedy for this
Inevitable Dissatisfaction Penev cd debate aud um
rchearng In a subsequent election Have the now sue.
ccssful majority perverted power "a purposes opprcs
stony No they have never before held power.
Alas how prone we are h. npdcrvalue privileges
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