The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-16

ABoLITToNIsM AT DISCOUNT IN THE NORTH
Garrison, Tappan 4 Co. commenced the anti
slavery movement in Boston, Philadelphia and
New York nearly thirty years ago. AT first
the doctrines promulgated by these philanthro-
pists were very distasteful TO the people Of
The North, and the abolition meetings were
broken up. In the country, however, the abo-
litionists were sustained by the clergy, and the
movement gained strength, until the radical
abolitionists were enabled to enunciate their
reasonable doctrines without fear of popular
resentment. Their position was strengthened
by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aud
the Kansas rebellion, and they were enabled to
bring large numbers Of hitherto loyal citizens
over to their side. Then came the Helper
Book, the theory of which is that slave
ry might be extinguished by the build
ing up in the Southern States of party
hostile to the peculiar institution Of that sec
tion-said party to be composed Of non-slave-
holders. All these demonstrations were taken
by the South as so many declarations of
Northern war, and preparations were made for
he worst. The time has come, however, for
The entire reversal Of Northern sentiment. In
Philadelphia George w. Curtis has been po-
litely informed that his infammatory lectures
are not needed. In Boston abolition meetings
are broken up, and Wendell Phillips goes home
from church under the protection OF com.
bned escort Of women and policemen. At
Rochester, the hotbed Of abolitionism, spirit
ualism, women's rightssm, and so on,
Miss Susan B. Anthony, the Rev. Mr. May
and other veterans in the cause at
tempt to hold convention, and are
compelled to dissolve 1t in hurry. At
New Haven Beecher has been pelted with rot
ten eggs. In New York city, the proposition of
hat distinguished exile from North Carolina Mr.
ii. r. Helper, to lecture upon the 1.-TWO Systems
Of Labor" is received with so much dissatisfac
ton that he has not yet been permitted to open
his mouth upon the subject. Mr.. Helper may
as we'll retire to private life, and reflect upon
the destruction Of his pet theory by the solid
fact that the secession movement in the South
is more vigorously pressed by the "poor
whites" than by the shareholders If Mr. Help
er himself should visit the South be would re-
ceive summary punishment at the hands Of men
OF his own class in the community where he
formerly resided This being notorious fact,
he Helper humbug may be accounted as hav-
ing quite exploded.
As to the old set-Garrison, Pillsbury,
Henry c. Wright, Abby Kelly Foster and
others-they may as well hang up their dis
cordant harps for the present. Many Of them
have heretofore pocketed comfortable incomes
as itinerant anu-slavery lecturers. Now they
will ptsbe permitted TO ventllate their pes
tiferousdootrifes; and though the contingency
is distressing to contemplate, yet 1t is not i'm.
probable that some of them may be compelled
to labor honestly for aeir living. The seces-
sion movement has its sVJAhges after oil.
1hE CnEvALIER WEBB RANPAST.-We had
supposed that under Mr.. Lincoln's administra-
uon the Chevalier Webb would be amply salts
ned win the authority TO sport in Vienna or
constantinopie that splendid diplomatic court
costume made to his order some ten or eleven
years ago. and laid up in lavender ever since
But now IL appears that, Notwithstanding al,
his late years of instruction as a lay member If
The Episcopal church, and notwithstanding the
General belief that age brings wisdom and the
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