The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-05

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wa for ne begfoew psnposs for Which they aere
intesdsd-oar offence aSasHst foreign foe
paired, not entirely destroyed, the confidence which
once entertained In the determination u the President
to adhere TO the policy Of noncoercon ennciated his
annual Message. Under these circumstances united
In a recommendation TO worthy and energetic Cover
nor 70 take At once OF the forts and arsena
Of the United States within our jurisdiction. The tels
Graph hos informed US ho,o promptly and efficiently thu
important object has been accomplished The reasons,
until Sd March, whatever value they may have had
der the different state OF affairs that the
and unqualified secession We have never been deuded
by the false hope that returning sense of Jus
oe ~ sass o. fr aSa ~ MOULD nauce Inc
tona guarantees for future safety would justify
pausng in the steps we were taking to secure by
our independent action The failure of the select
committees Of the Senate and the House TO agree upon
any system Of adjustment has satisfied US that we have
nothing to expect either from the good feelings or the
enlightened self interest of the black republican party
If there who still chung with fond attachment
TO the material form OF Union whose anmatng princi
pie longer existed in the hearts Of divided aud hos
tile people, their hopes must have been dsspated by the
speech delivered on Saturday last by Senator Seward
We need not tell you that Mr. Seward s universally
cognized prominently the chief Of the black repub
lcan party This preemnence alone would have caused
bin 70 BE- heard with marked attention s Su,
place in the Cabinet Of the President elect, he
be fairly considered as the authorized exponent of
his views and anything hGt he might say, after prepare
ton and sNcA formal notice gice this case must
be considered peculiarly significant With many horeyed
words repeated expressions Kindness and couci
tion, you will hnd on reading his grafton, that ohile
Offering any substantial point there
ArNshou Gerry frequent indications od purpose to ooe'ce the
seeding States. 1t would be- we have already init
mated idle waste OF time TO cite the declarations Of
Lincoln and his partsans to demonstrate the purposes OF
the who will have possession Of the federal govern
ment on the 4h Of March next Our only fear has
that its leaders would have TO specous promises
to delay our action IN the Southwestern and arrest It in
the border saveholdng States Fortunately they have
anced themselves strong enough not 10 dissmuate and
we have now the direct issue presented to us of imme
aiate secession submission We entertain no doubt
what your response Will be and bearing shall be such
as IL II had already been made.
We have thus tar addressed ourselves TO theahgher
principles which the question Of immediate secession
should be considered We will now look TO those Of ex
pediency.
voked the great panaceahe thing necessary for
salvation We do not at all undcrvaue the vast i'm
p0f lance Of that operation only answer regret
TO say, is that is impracticabe. We would desire to
the frontier slavehoding States marching with
with equal front and in solid colnma to encounter the
cohorts OF aboltionism But this is impossible They
have is true, to great extent, the same interests
ourselves but with them is not as with u.s. an absolute
question Of existence destruction but IT comparative
yet dire expectancy They may possibly live without
slavery-we must perish. Can we, then, expect them
to take the initiative? All we can reasonably ask of
them is that when we shall have staked every thing
on this ISSUE they will stand by OF this we enter
tain doubt. We firmly believe that II our action
be prompt and decided every slaveholdpg State will
sustain with the possible exceptions of Maryland and
Delaware, and We should be equally confident Of the
action Of ryland were it not paray zed by Go
We nor who from treachery or mbecdAty refuses to
permit the Of his state to be saresaed in a
s'tut'ona FORM and even he may soon be Obliged to fol
early operation Of all the savehodng States when
majority of them shall have disclosed their intention 70
form a confederacy. This declaration should be
c0mpanied by immediate action and recommend that
all the seeding States shall meet mt Montgomery Alaba
ma on day than 10Th of February for the
o. government, adopting
the constitution of these United States with all
existing treaties and all laws not locally inappicabe
inviting the cooperation of all States who elect To
act with Our wish and hope is to reconstruct
confederacy with such materials not rreconcilaby
hostile for thus purpose invite you TO pass in such
form you may deem proper a recognition that the
navigation OF the Mississippi sha be free TO the citizens
Of every state whose waters find their way to the Gulf OF
Mexico BY the great river and its tributaries and de-
carat0n that all agricultural products of its valley shall
be received by us every duty or imposition that
all foreign products pass through State without
other restriction than such may be necessary for
the security of stem we may adopt and
that other restraint regulation shall be imposed
upon intercourse than such may be absolutely
cessary for matters Of internal police.
We have idea Of the probable course of recon
sructon Of confedcracy when the secession OF the
sayeholding States shall have become an accomplished
fact but we will not indulge in their deyeopement We
will only say that entertain doubt that conmu
nifty Of interests and the instinct Of self
will very soon make the slavehoding States homo
genous conederacy inviting by the laws OF political gra
vitaton spontaneous aocreon from our neghbors espe
caly those Of the Valley Of the Mississippi; but that
there are elements OF repulSi0n arising from antagonsto
pecunary interests and discordant feelings which render
the long continuance Of union among tne States
material and moral mpoesiblity. They may, perhaps
lind Mt very distant day that when the great balance
wheel Of Southern conservatism has ceased It's play in
tho federal system, they will have 10 from
their aborers depending their daily wages their
daily bread than have from our con,ented slaves
whom 1t Ia duty privilege 10 adver
sy and prosperity in want in plenty in sickness
in health. JOHN SIIDELI.,
J. p. BENJAMIN,
JOHN NJ. IANDRuM,
7. g. DAVIDSON.