The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-23
NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY FEBRUARY %

nor far remote, when Il would have given pleasure
indeed TO the great event which has made this
DAY ustrious IN the worlds calendar trace II
away down through its mighty emergencies, as they
successfully evolved 10 .ventful time and
so on with The prophetic eye hope the far depths
Of the years YET to come This not a time for such
plsasurable indulgence. IL must be postponed for
season-possbly for ever should our aes inv yield TO
the OF the. hour, and the country Washington,
by catastrophe more terrible than has befalen the
earth the deuge, be rent and his
grave the saers OF his Potomac separated
from the great Northern heds OF hts fame thus ami
hatrg almost the twltkliug OF an eye the brightest
hope vet eDkipdleu IN the breast Of man covering
with pail the holy AK Of the Of liberty and
turning her grand and swelling anthems int shrieks OF
woe and universal waiting, then let the day perish
wherein he born. Let that day be darkness Let
darkness and the shadow of death it, Let coui
dwell upon rhe earth longer worthy of his fame
Ard his lofty be dedled by euogy from the
lips deg nerate men. While this great peril upon
us and until IL is clean gone let retire abashed
his awful presence, and beake us to the eminent duties
winch AS American citizens owe 10 our distracted
country. For II Is as American citizens that choose
now 10 address you, rather than the members of
an association OF order most respectable and pa
Irotic II is known TO be. Faithful sentinels upon
your watch towers long ago deserted coming danger,
and failed not To give you timely warning For this
they scoded at and Knocked aid derided You
needed not Six States claim TO have seeded from
our great conedeIacy-a territory where else M
the civhZe0 world laJ enough for empire
of vast realms no inconsderable part; OF the
old thirteen and four OF our younger Had they
been acquired instead of berg lost the whole nation
would have ruDg with joy, and he who should have
his country their greatest actors and
raised their highest honors Al their loss are
with affected satisfaction Texas the mighty eaglet of
the southwest preparing to follow and wide spreading
Arkansas, the eight cotton producing States, whose
great staple feeds and clothes upcounted Millions and
gives the commerce Of the world Nor the
gloomy work dsintegration stop here Thousands
there are who would preciptate the seven remain ing
states OF the South into the botomces vortex.
Day by DAY they engage in their unhalowed
To little purpose has he studied his country-a wretched
nd he'd nj no aap
bow cessary is the North the South aud the South
the North. Each is strong exactly where the other is
Their union Is all strength their separation il all
weakness. Like the two mighty Gep of Eastern fable,
Of whom blind, ths other a cripple, waen
alone the puness might overpower hem but their
combined Il rec borne upon the legs of the blind and
guided by the eyes of the cripple subdued giants and
rescued mankind from monsters and fiery dragons Pom
der the fable we-carry II home your hearts But
there hope of our deveranceY shall we sink into
blank despair Is there nothing before but the wide
desolate vista Of unknown Shall the work of
revolution be stayedY Can lind hing In the
action Virginia and Of many others each looking
10 way of escapeY Ny hope from the beginning has
been In The hrmpess, the enlightened patriotism,
Iardnary political intelligence OF the people in mat
called our border States especially the four great
central States Of Virginia, North Carolina, Ken
lucky and Tennessee. The vote in all these States in
tho November election, taken connection with the is
sues submitted for decision, demonstrated Union
loving sentiment, deep seated and unchapging. What
poaon they may think II proper to take will not be
assumed hastily or without mature reflection will it
De abandoned when once deliberately taken If the
nitons Of their prudent thoughtful men, expressive Of
he popular judgment shall be needed by the country,
all will be The national flag will again tauDt TO the
ausE breeze, fractional grand march will be
sured and America Will hurry as before 10 the
ctmpisbme Mt or her mighty destiny have said tnat
sny none in ths diressp hour was in the people OF the
border States Their past history guarantee Of their
present action In all our times Of danger they have
rallied to the preservation OF the Union, and through
their patriot sons have offered terms of pence Mr..
Clay's oftiest title, as recognized by the American
be was great paciacalor, because he repre-
sented pacific people. The undyng words from the
sermsse echfng ana desGana nun from every mn ~
patriotic dete, minatioD declares, The Federal Unon IL
sha, be preserved" jar kson steadfast friend Of
the Un'cn But The peculiar emphasis Of his great deca
ion derived from The answering voice of Tonnes
seesweng up in unnumoeIea choruses along the val
eys passes, the houses Of the true hearted
Union loving who had stood around him in he
ict Of battle like raDpart Of IRE Clay and jackson,
Leigh and Macomo have gone to their reward but their
mamie has cended upon men, only not more noble
thar hey and ike them encouraged and supported by
the pacihc, hearted and Union loving people.
Wha they 70 the country in 1872 In 1920 1888
1850 have faith to believe that their
will be in The more imminent rils Of 1851 II should
Srst avowed in Massachusetts, and first put
practice by south Carolnnamong the Oldest of the
STATES While California the anriterous acquisition OF
California, almost the youngest and quite the
most remote-Caiifornia still remains fixed
star in the westward bound constellation Of EN-.
pire The peculiar frame Of our government, deriv
ing ITS strepg h. not from any central source power
point but from the Conference and inter depen-
of all it's parts, Is admirably calculated as IL
certainly designed rapid and unlimited expansion
hence the s as strong at the mouth Of the
Oregon the banks Of the Potomac and far stronger
The port OF smyrna than in the harbor OF Charleston
But the idea Of rulers IN from the ruled
apple able to class body Of persons in authority
Is with political soecism Hence tho impcrtinepce
m.n, or oourse we have Dot-ye, although there are
no. wanting those who think ought 70 have and who
uecss 10 the 1oS s ouesS
IA, government, and IL so, what Ia It's great
strength wherein docs le9 It's strength abroad
Of the first Powers Of the world lies In our vast re-
sources. wide national domain, high mari
time position, and the military genius OF people
emiDence Al home il Is strong only in the
affection, In the consenting will, the com
M pnr poses the harmonious counsels OF the people
divided on questioos Of policy and ad nnistraton
hut united in sustaining the honor, and in a deter
mnaoD 10 advance the general prosperity Of the
Try. Therefore, paradcxcal as II may ap )ear,
able To Withstand the civilized world In arms but not
able 10 compel the unwilling population even Of Della
use ,be current par lance Of the time u.s. under our sys
tenn papable contradiction IN terms Who s to coerce
and who to be coerced9 hanfestly the people in
both cases II State, from ntolerabe and rrehediable
Priev or from mere caprice engages In revolution,
DOUBT :he other STATES may they think proper by
the usspes Of patoDs. make upon her. and reduce
her 10 subection then hold her, as sister state
but conquered province The recusant State OF South
.arosa cy Example may be ovsrrgn By tho protIersd
prscphs,sd by Thousands upon the banks Of the
iedee and the Cooper they may lay waste her 6eIcs
b. artbstopc drag captive home her most honored
sitizsns-ber Hayes, her Orrs and her McmmiDgers.
But what has gained? Have you brought back the
wandering her course No. that star has shot
mady from s sphere gone, forever from our con
sieiton--bke the lost p,ead, moro below. The
strength If government then 10 not as the compact
OF the sphere, all Of whose points bear constant re-
larb t. tie centre; yet az 70 the rmness Of the
wheel beld together by circumscrbng bands Of iron;
but rather the sodty Of the arch each separate stone
utholdn the above and resting upon and
supporti the beneath 1t, the whole depending upon
each remaining IN It's POSITION and rambling and falling
" single be displaced Let US, therefore. look for
the OF present troubles elsewhere than TO the
vide extent OF territory The hafmory Of society
from the mutual dependerc Of those who
gsgd 10 dieren. pursuits ~ the completeness Of
owih srises fpom the dependence of tho several
parts mskmv each necessary To ALL To Illustrate
m~sp.ug fully, permit me 10 refer 10 the actual
AIDE before disturbed by the present
political mmoiiors our exports for the last year did
not vary much from four huDdred Millions If which,
hDk IL safe 10 that n. least three hundred millions
Of the products the Southern states, the united
psoIt 81 End free white labor The exchanges for
this vast commercial aggregate were received for the
M st part IL form foreign growths and manuac