The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-14


means by which the adversaries of republican
abolitionism shall be "swept away as moths
before the whirlwind," Mr.. Lincoln, ON his way
to the national capital, drops, here and there,
choice morsels from his approaching inaugural,
and endesvors to prepare the country for an
"nvasion" of the South, and coercive mea-
sures, 'to retake forts and other properties
that have been seized on by the seeding
States. His spokesman at Washington declare
that the slaveholding members of the confede-
ration are domestic enemies whose treason
must come to an end" against whom "war if
necessary" must be declared /; and that Sc
ceders must stake the fate of traitors" eff
the time is coming" adds Senator Fessenden,
"to use force, am perfectly ready to do it."
And the Springfield Qll) Journal Of last week,
In an article inspired by the incoming Presi-
dent, if not actually written by his own hand,
exclaims,-"The seeding States are in re-
belion against the federal government, and it
is the duty of this government to put down
rebellion. Away with compromises We should
not talk Of compromises while the flag OF
traitors floats over an American fort, and the
flag Of our country trails in the dust. Until
that flag is unfurled over Moultrie, and every
other stolen fort, arsenal, custom house, and
navy yard-until the laws of this government
are obeyed, and its authority recognized, let
us never talk about compromise Let the
stolen forts, arsenals, and navy yards be re-
stored to the rightful owner-tear down your
rattlesnake and pelican flag and run up the
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traitorous mobs, and let every man return to
his duty"
This is the programme Of the republican par
ty 1t is the signal for massacre and blood
shed, which has, at last been boldly tocsined
forth by the government which will enter into
power on the 4th of March next. Congress is
already decreeing that the navy shall be re-
inforced with vessels which shall be able to
penetrate Southern harbors, and attack South
ern fortresses; the services of the militia CT
New York, backed by an appropriation to
put them Oh a war footing, have been proffered
to the administration: the authorities of Massa-
chusetts hayevoted to mobilize their militia
for coercive efforts, under the ca,! OF Mr.. Lin
coin, "outside Of the States" Pennsylvania
avenue is turned into Champs de Mars;
Generals, like Scott, Wool, Sanford and
Wightman are sharpening their swords for
bloodshed; members of the Cabinet issue in
structions to "shoot down on the spot active
seceders, and every preparation is being made
for sectional hostilties and the Inauguration of
military despotism. 1t is the evident inten-
ton Of Mr.. Lincoln and his advisers that there
shall be civil war.
zens of the North prepared for the contingency
of an internecine strife, which shall bury the
prosperity Of the country in ruinss Are our
commercial, manufacturing, financial and
agricultural interests to be sacrificed at the
beck of few fanatical demagogues? 1t is
clear as monday, that not one out Of ten of
the voters of the Northern States en-
dorse the schemes of personal and pecuniary
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, which abolitionist leaders
have fatuously imagined. They solemnly pro-
test against the suicidal programme, which the
Stewards, Lincolns, Wades, Summers, Kings,
Fessendens, Garrisons, Phillipses, and others
| Of the Massachusetts, school of abolitionsm,
have laid down. They shrink aghast from the
horrors which must overwhelm the land, If
an appeal Is made to the bayonet to solve the
Interstate problem which the Developments
| Of the last few months have created. They see
the country upon the verge Of a fearful con-
fict, and between whoms Natural enemiess
Those who must make delenda est Carthage q
maxim of political necessity On the con-
trary, where there are no really discordant
interests, and the exigencies of national econo-
my and growth involve peaceable instead
| of violent transition. There is no fundamen-
| tai discord between North and South and rela-
tons Of the strictest amity are indisy ensable
| for the welfare of both.
Three different methods have been proposed
| by which the differences agitating the country
may be solved without civil war; The first
is that which will be suggested by Mr.
Lincoln, in his inaugural-namely, ma
tional convention. A close examination OF
the requirements of the constitution shows that
this idea is impracticable. Months would
elapse before even its preliminaries could be
settled, even If two-thirds of the States should
consent to ask that Congress should call such
an assemblage together. The second is the
immediate proposal by Congress of such amend
ments to the constitution as have been con-
tanned in the bills of Senators Crittenden and
Bigler. II has become evident, however, that
the decay Of parties has thrown leadership at
Washington into the hands Of the most venal
and corrupt class Of individuals that ever held
power in any land A desolate blank of every
noble impulse is beheld, at the very source
whence sound and healthy legislation should
proceed. There is not shadow of hope that
our national representatives, will apply any
remedy whatever to the political disease under
which the Union is lsboring. The only re.
source left-thc last to be recommended, except
ing under the pressure Of the dir sst evils, such
evils as are becoming paramount in their sway
at tho vroaant hour-ic that "a ha roucd q.