The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-02


separation, resulting equally in the permanent
cy of the institution, or the rendition of all their
rights to the Southern States, including the
protection and perpetuation of slavery, in
volving the complete destruction of the anti
slavery party: these are the net proceeds of
the fanatical crusades Of the last forty years.
Present and Failure Complexion OF Par
ties at the South and mt the North.
The revolution has broken up all the old
parties, and the new ones are in state Of
transition, divided and subdivided but tending
by the progress of secession to merge at last
into one consolidated party at the South and
into two parties at the North. The population
at the South is divided at present into four
parties.
/. There is a party in favor of absolute
secession and separate confederacy, at all
hazards and under all circumstances, no mat
ter what concessions the North may make.
Now, this party in favor of secession per Sc was
but small fraction of the whole people-far
smaller than the aboltionists pure and simple,
at the North. The leaders ofthe republican party
played SO effectually into their hands that they
have now vast majority of the people of
their States acting with them, but who would
have left them in point of numbers cor
poral's guard, If justice had been speedily rem
dered to the South, and the compact of the con-
stituton fully carried out in the letter and
spirit of that solemn league and covenant
Nine-tenths of the Southern people were in favor
of the Union, if they could only obtain the equal
rights guaranteed to them by the constitution,
and they may be subdivided under the three
following heads
g. There is party in favor of secession
hereafter and final separation if no guaran-
tees are granted, and this party is very influen-
tial, comprising the planters and the wealth of
the South. AS general rule ii is safe to cal
culate that all who have anything to lose
are against revolution; but if they find
they will lose their all unless there is revolu-
ton, then they are forced to become revolu-
tionists. This party comprises majority Of
the Legislature in Virginia and the other
border States, who are now working hard for
reconciliation and reconstruction.
3. There is party in favor of temporary Sc
cession, with view to reconstruction Of the
government, which they hope to accomplish by
taking bold and decided stand, and thus
gaining such support at the North as will COM
pei the fanatics to yield, result in the slough
ing off Of the New England States and such
Northwestern States as adhere to their views.
They believe that the Southern States in con-
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will be accepted by majority of the Northern
States, if not finally by the whole, and thus the
necessity Of civil war may be averted, or even
Of separation of the States by Mason and
Dixon's linc-an arrangement which, however
peaccable now would not be free from tho
danger Of civil war hereafter.
4. There is a party in favor, not of secession
now or hereafter, but of fighting in the Union
putting down the republican party by physical
preventing the Inauguration of Lincoln,
and depending on such assistance in the North
ern States as will enable them to triumph in q
bloody revolution. This party, to which Mr..
Wise belongs, sympathizc strongly with the
absolute secessionists of the Yancey school.
Such are the divisions by which the Southern
people may be classified just now; but the time
is at hand when, if ample concessions are not
granted, the South will be banded together as
q unit, for veal or woe, in q separate confede-
racy, and there will then be but one party from
Maryland to Texas, and from South Carolina
to Missouri. Let US now see what are the di
visions of party at the North, and what they
will be in the contingency of Southern con-
federacy of fifteen States
!. There is party in favor of no compro-
mise and rigid coercion, even to civil war.
Many of the clergy belong to this party, and
we hope if there ever should be civil war they
will be placed in the front OF every battle.
Happily that party is extremely small, and is
daily growing less and less 1t comprises some
red hot abolitionists and many Of the rcpubli-
can leaders; but in point of numbers it stands
hardly equal to the party Of the extremists at
the South.
2. There is party in favor of no compromise
and no coercion. This party consists mostly OF
visionary theorists and Quakers. Its policy is
wholly impractcable and ignores the signs Of
the times.
3. There is large party in favor of the
Crttenden programme, without addition
measure which alone would not be sufficient,
though it would go far TO stay the progress of
Southern revolution.
A. There is a considerable party in favor OF
giving the South all its rights except those in
the common territory, which, however, is the
most vital point with the South, and which it
will not yield.
s. There is very large party at the North
who are in favor of giving the South full jus
tice, and Of holding out the olive branch in
stead Of the sword. We would venture to af
firm, If the leaders Of the republican party In
Congress will permit vote to be taken on the
question by the people of the Northern States,
at least three out Of every Eve would turn out
to belong to this conservative party. And