The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-28
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l Inc ElOn On&rleS sumner, the famous Oratur
Of the Satanic abolition school, which first in
! PRODUCED into our happy republic the elements
| of Acknowledgement and dissolution. as the old
| serpent introduced sin and death into the gar
den of Eden. held forth last evening at the
Cooper Institute before the Young Mems Re-
were abolitionists of the true blue stamp, and
the design Of his harangue was to stir up in this
| city mutiny and rebellion against the govern
| ment in the interest Of General Fremont. around
whom the revolutionary forces of fanatical Pu-
rtanism have been gathering ever since he is
of Missouri. At st. Louis rebellious demon
stration was made in his behalf; at Cincinnati
the.mutineers followed suit, as our readers will
! perceive by the accounts which we copy in this
| days HERALD from the local papers, The OBJ
ject Of Summers speech last evening was to
pave the way for the demonstration to be given
! him in this city, as announced aud advocated in
| the New York Tribune.
| The rebellious movement against the govern
| ment, which for several weeks has been insidi-
ously and stealthly developing itself in various
parts of the country, now at length eliminates
in New York. Sumner artfully introduces the
name Of Fremont, by whose system, be says,
the rebellion may be crushed, or by "the
grander system of John Quincy Adams The
system of Fremont is emancipation; the system
of John Quincy Adams is not only emancipa-
ton, but the arming Of the slaves against the
white race, after the example Of the tragedy at
ST. Domingo. Sumner would begin With the
that of John Quincy Adams. He announces
with satisfaction that the cry, con to freedom"
has at last been adopted by the Secretary Of
War, and he identifies Mr.. Cameron's policy
with that Of Fremont, in order to show that the
Cabinet is divided and portion Of it against
the President, who, under his own hand
qltashed the proclamation Of Fremont. This is
an insidious blow at the head Of the govern
nent, and is only preliminary to the audacious
step Of superseding him at the first opportunity
in favor Of some ambitious usurper.
But Mr.. Cameron's Official letter Of instruc-
tions to General Sherman is totally perverted
from it's natural aud obvious meaning. There
is not one word in it about the emancipation Of
slaves. He simply says, if negroes, whether
they are slaves or not, should offer their SER
vices, the General viii employ them in his
trenches or in such other work as he needs
their labor; but he is neither to set them free
nor to arA them. He is to keep them to the
end of the war; when Congress, probably, will
compensate the loyal masters for the loss Of
their services during the war, and after
ii, OF course, they will receive back their
servants. AS for the slaves of rebeiiious
masters, that is left an open question,
which it will be time enough to decide
at the end Of the war. The act of Congress now
in force forfeits them il it can be proved that
they have been used in the public service of the
enemy. In reference to those not found EN-.
ployed in his trenches or fortiGoations, but yet
the property Of men known to be in
arms against the United States, the law
dispose Of them hereafter. What we would
recommend is not to emancipate them, but to
divide them among the most mertorions Of our
troops, either to be held by them as slaves, il
they think proper to settle at the South. or, if
not, to be sold for their benefit to the loyal
men of the slave States. But meantime. under
no circumstances are the fugtives owing service
to be set free or armed against the white race
Where the negroes are 50 numerous, in some
instances exceeding the population Of the
whites, to emancipate and arm them would
result in the most horrible barbarity.
c,op, n,b;cJ humanity rayolfc ha p,ntttoI ay.
termination Of both races, including the loyal
whites of the South anN innocent women and
children. IT is only the most intense and bloody
fanaticism that could conceive such an idea.
Blacks are not fit to be trusted with the use Of
arms, nor are they fit to exercise the franchises
of freefen in the same community with the
Caucasian race. The proposition of Sumner
shows that he is no statesman, but crazy
fanatic, filter for bedlam than for the Senate
House of the United States. Taking the most
favorable view of the case. and supposng that
mutual destruction of the two races did not
spring from emancipation Of the blacks, no one
doubts that amalgamation would follow, and
with it the deterioration of the blood of the ma
ton, dragging it down to the level Of the races
Of the Mexican and South American republics
and entailing the same unhappy destiny.
When Mr.. Sumner refers to the annals Of an
cient Greece or Rome for illustrations he be-
trays his ignorance Of the philosophy Of the
history Of those countries. He says the eman-
cipation Of the negroes of the South by procla-
nation would be like that of "old Caus Marius
when be landed on the coast of Etruria and.
according to Plutarch, proclaimed liberty to the
slaves" There is no parity; for the slaves
of that time were white men, Of the same race
with their masters, and equally cit for the high
est freedom. They were for the most part re-
duced to slavery by becoming captives in wars,
and their servitude was mere accident of for
tune, and did not arise from inferiority of race
Experience proves that in no other condition is
the negro so useful or so happy as in the service