The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-05

crazy sacrifcers of Witches bounded on by
clergymen, in the days of Cotton Mather; they
were Guy represented by an eminent divine,
who, only thirty years ago, declared that his
sect must "wade through a sea of blood TO
become the State religion of the land; the same
idea Initiated the Liquor laws and the Personal
Liberty bills Of our Puritan States, and il has
now eirded on the sword of abolitionism as
means Of domineering over the minds Of its
followers. II is the last "moral question
through which an arrogant, selfsufdcicnt cler
gy, has gradually succeeded in 'dividing poll
teal parties Pushed to its last logical limit
it would hang, burn, behead or otherwise de-
stroy every STAKEHOLDER in the land. 1t seeks
TO make Of mere social institution question
of national and individual salvation and dam
nation, and creates, as an intolerant aggressive
religious dogma, the necessity of undying hos
tility to what is woven into the common law
and constitution of the country.
What public feeling in the United States now
demands is an overthrow, once and forever, of
this infamous tyranny, and it vehemently
protests that if pro-siavery or anti-slavery
arc TO become distinct tenets. precisely thssame
right TO believe with the South or with the
North is to be protected as is looked for by
Catholics, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Mctho-
dists Baptists, Unitarians or Nothing arians, in
advocating and maintaining their opinions.
Let the abolitionist Of Massachusetts prohibit
slavery, locally, for his own people if 1t suit
him; but he must none the less be compelled to
recognise as his neighbor the Southern fellow
citizen who sojourns with slaves in Boston.
New Bedford, Newburyport or Lowell, and
whose ideas respecting the social institution di-
verge from his own. When the constitution of
1887 was formed, slavery was a part of the
common law of the United States 1t remains
SO, and, upon the basis of that common law
the constitution was erected. Nothing more is
asked than that the Southern STAKEHOLDER should
be allowed now what was cheerfully yielded to
him then. Subsequent local legislation has
been exceptional, and what is needed is, that
we should return TO our pristine ideas of tole-
rance, and that amendments to the constitution
should be adopted guaranteeing to all citizens
alike the freedom ofopinion and Of action which,
by dividing political parties on moral ques-
tion," has been encroached upon and partially
lost within the past few years
The Venetian Question-The Ides o
March.
AS spring approaches the European mind
naturally becomes agitated by the reflection
that it brings with it the certainty of the re-
newal OF war, unless, in the meantime, some
amicable solution can be found for the Vene-
tan difficulty. Garibaldi has assembled around
him at Caprera the leading spirits of the revo-
luton and the plan of fresh campaign is
being chalked out. No one doubts that he will
carry out his threats in regard to Venice He
may fail in the realization of his hopes, but his
failure will not give increased security to Aus
tria. So long as there is national life in Italy
she must not only be prepared to defend We
nice by an enormous military force, but also to
secure Hungary against revolutionary propa-
gandism. In the effort to do this she will ex-
haust herself, and be compelled to yield from
sheer weakness that which she now resists
against the public opinion of Europe.
The cesson Of the Venetian territory to Italy,
for money indemnity is the only compromise
that will save her honor and exclude the chance
Of the question being reopened at some future
time. The arguments in its favor are being
uisva wien great IOtV. W NJ Grandguillot in
the columns of the Constitutional; but they
are still more conclusivcly stated in pamphlet
which has recently appeared in Paris under the
title of "The Emperor Francis Joseph and Eu-
rope" This brochure is attributed to the pen of
M. Pereire, the eminent banker, who is heavily
interested in Austrian securities, and this
fact gives all the greater weight to its reason
ing. The writer contends that the cession Of
Venice to Italy for fair indemnity is the only
effectual, reasonable and humane solution of
the question. He shows that there would be
no dishonor in Austria releasing herself by
such an arrangement from difficulty which is
not only runous to her finance, but perilous
Venice in this way, she would be doing no
more than the first Napoleon did in the case of
Louisiana, or the King Of Holland in that of
Belgium These sovercigns preferred to relin-
quish their claims in both cases sooner than to
expose their people to the risks Of doubtful
conflict Austria occupies q precisely anaio-
gous position, with perhaps this difference:
tnat unuer no CIRCUMSTANCES can sue ever nope
to derive any benefit from Venice. NJ. Percirc
thinks the sum of sl26, 100000 would be fair
compensation for the Venetian territory; aud
this could be at once raised amongst European
capitalists ii the continental governments, in
conjunction with England, would guarantee
the loan. Such guarantee would fix more
surely the frontiers Of the new kingdom than all
the treaties concluded between two adversarics,
with or without an indemnity, after san
culinary conflict The advantage that SO large
a sum world prove to Austria, in the present
exhausted and bankrupt condition Of her trea-
sury, would amply compensate her for any
sacrifice of pride that the arrangement might
cost her. If Francis Joseph has only the
courage and nobleness of soul to initiate the
proposition, Il will dsarm and disinterest the