The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-30

Aho DD1u"y x0St CONTENDS tnat :" the re, 'o'
Hon has grown altogether out of the existent
of slave property" and that sour society
wonld be perfectly homogeneous throughout
but for slavery" The idea of the poet of the
Post therefore, is, that to put an end to the
present rebellion and prevent rebellion in the
future negro slavery must be abolished in every
State, and our society thus rendered perfectly
homogeneous throughout" What does the Post
mean by making the republic perfectly homo
geneous throughout? We had always supposed
that the American republic was remarkable for
Its homogeneity above all other nations, except
perhaps the French In race, language and
| general institutions it is eminently so. The
! population is the Anglo-Saxon race, absorbing
the Celtic and all other nationalities except the
African, and assimiating them to itself. There
is one language, the English, that which the i'm
mortal SHAKESPEARE wrote. The institutions are
republican from Maine to Mexico, and accord
ing to the social compact never can be other
wise. The United States are federal republic,
consisting of number of republican States
linked together in Union indissoluble except
by revolution.
How, then, does slavery prevent homogeneity!
| 1t not only does not, but we maintain that it is
only by the preservation of that institution that
homogeneity or even a federal Union can be
| maintained from Niagara to the Rio Grande
There is no other example on the globe of so vast
a country, containing such variety of climate,
soil and productions, being peopled with ho-
and under one government. In other parts Of
the world nations are formed by the laws of
race, language, climate and natural boundaries
Here the institutions mould races, languages
and climate to themselves, and disregard natu-
raj boundaries. The tropical zone and almost
the frigd are united by one political system
Now, that could not be accomplished
without the existence of negro slavery. The
region where cotton, rice and sugar are the
productions of the soil is unfit for cultiva-
ton by the white man. Agricultural labor
within its limits is fatal to his existence. On
the other hand, the negro, who is at home in
such climate, will not work if left to himself
To compel him to labor is, therefore, alike es-
sential to the preservation of both races at the
South as we'll as to the growth, wealth and
prosperity of the North. Were negro slavery
abolished at the South the possession of that
country would be no longer worth fighting for,
nor could society be held together there under
republican INSTITUTIONAL despotism wonld be
necessary. The natural result therefore, of
the abolition of negro slavery would be to sever
the North permanently from the South The
North would remain q republic, and the South
would become monarchy that being the ten
dency of Southern clmes The happy institu-
ton of negro slavery, equally beneficial to the
black and the white man, has hitherto pre-
vented this result, and would forever prevent
it if let alone. The foul attempt of the abo-
litionists to NEEDLE with it, aided and allotted
by the British aristocracy, who have so long
looked with an envious eye upon our IN
paralleled prosperity, is the sole cause of the
present war, and of the imminent danger of
permanent disruption to our once happy Union.
1t is not, therefore, the want of homogeneity
that menaces the existence of our confederation
religion. AS to these it was wisely
provided in the constitution that no at
tempt to enforce uniformity should be
permitted, and the glorious popularity of the
American constitution, for which it is de-
nounced by the Independent as athestic, is that
religion can never become cause of strife in
the Union or the instrument of its disruption as it
had been so often in other nations. The Puri-
tans would have had it otherwise if they could,
and their descendants now would change the
constitution in order to Undue it with the narrow
doctrines and practices of their own sect, as
they would purge it of every recognition of the
institution Of negro slavery, and set the blacks
free throughout the entire Southern States in
order to mingle their blood with that of the
Anglo-SaXon race and thus produce hybrid,
deteriorated breed like that which has degraded
the Caucasian type of humanity in Mexico,
Central America and South America, and in
yolvcd those fair countries in political and social
ruin Such is the result that the shorsighted
fanatics would bring about here if permitted to
work their wantonness with the constitution and
laws. What they mean by homogeneity is
ama!gamation, and, instead of the elevation of
the black race, the degradation of the white
race in the scale of nations-the race for whose
benefit alone the constitution was formed by
our ancestors. For mere visionary objects
set of fanatics would subvert its fundamental
principles and bring political chaos back again.
1t is absolutely necessary, therefore, for the
government to take charge of these maniacs,
and put them if not in straight jackets, at least
where they will be incapable of doing mischief
in the great crisis of national danger through
which the republic is now passing.
the ARTICLES OF WAR.-In accordance with
a recent order issued by General Mcclellan,
the articles of war are to be read to the troops
under his command every Sunday morning
This measure has much to recommend it, and
will have considerable moral effect upon both
officers and men, by constantly reminding them
of their duties as soldiers and the penalties
which will attend any breach of military law