The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-05


CRITTESDES CoMPRoMIsE-PREpARE FOR WAR;
Our valiant Wall street contemporary of the
Courier ana Enquirer, in one of his long-winded
political essays, meets our acquisitions for his
opinions on the Crittenden compromise. Our
limits to. day restrict us to a very brief notice
of leading point or two of his very compre-
hensive and very belligerent article.
He thinks that if the Crittenden compromise,
as we have suggested, were made part of our
federal constitution, it would not produce the
slightest reaction in favor of the Unien in the
seeded States. But, conceding this point, we
States in danger? and if this Crittenden COM
promise will hold them fast to the Union,
should it not be adopted, and as soon as posi-
BILE? Our object is to save the border slave
States; for with those States secured we secure
the allies necessary to bring back the seeded
States This proposition has not been fairly
met by our contemporary. He jumbles together
the border slave States etill in the Union with
the Gulf States that have left the Union in his
treatment Of the probable operation of this
Crittenden compromise. Can we persuade him
to consider it as peace offering to Virginia
Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, Missouri and Arkansas?
In the next place, our military co-chieftain of
the Courier empbatically prefers civil war to
disunion We ask: viii civil war restore the
Union? We think mot, but that on the other
hand, civil war will hurry US, North and South,
East and West, headlong into Mexican ahar-
chy. But although "his voice is still for war;"
our belIgerent contemporary says that he will
support Honest Abe Lincoln, Fright or wrong
as his policy may be in our judgment, SO long
as we know that it is to be followed by bring
ing the whole force of the government to
punish traitors, put down rebellion and restore
the Union to its integrity" Here we are
semi officially admonished that the exercise of
the force indicated is simply matter of time.
1t is resolved upon, and the time may be near
at hand.
Thirdly, our infatuated fighting contemporary
thinks that in ninety days blockade of the
ports of the cotton States would bring about a
successful popular Union reaction in said
States; and, next, the freemen and the slaves
of the seeded States are enumerated from the
States would be to resist the armed forces Of
the United States in the event Of war; But
here again our contemporary overlooks the
border slave States. Inaugurate q war
between the United States and the. Con-
federate States, and the latter, instead of being
limited to their own free white population of
two and half millions, will have free white
Southern population Of eight millions to draw
upon; for such war will unite all the slave
States as in common cause against the govern
ment at Washington. Upon this point we feel
entirely assured Of the correctness of our po-
sition.
Finally, our warlike contemporary says
''Now, let President Lincoln remember that the
eyes of the whole civilized world are upon
him, and that if he does not prove by his acts
that he intends to put down this rebellion, it
will be the right of the governments of the
world to assume that the Southern confederacy
is government de facto! Then we cannot
close their ports. What then? We will not an
swer this question, but repeat what we have
heretofore said: Act, act, act; and let the first
action be the assembling Of Congress-" We
think it very probable that if Mr.. Lincoln does
not very soon procure the repeal of this Nor
ill tariff, or recognise the Confederate States
as separate Power, or proceed to show that
they are still part of this Union, he will be
pushed to the wall by England and France, in
their recognition Of the Montgomery govern
ment. We think that Mr.. Lincoln, impressed
with some such conviction, is preparing to do
something; and we suspect that the
war faction of the Cabinet has proved
too much for Mr.. Seward, and that
civil war is to be our portion. Thus we inter-
pref not only this warlike article of the Co,.-
rier, but the late extraordinary editorials of
the Tribune and Times. Gentlemen may cry
peace, peace, but there is no peace" Let the
American people prepare for civil war.