The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-08-05

Tux Darn on AILsoIAxos TIE TEST rOR THE
CRIsIs.The government has ve.ry properly 40
cided that in this crisis, brought on by aoou-
ton and secession TORS, tho o>In Oh aiio'
glance Is the test OF oyalty, and thc."eiofe all
government employees are forced to tAke tho
oath or give up their situations The woA kmeG
employed in the Brooklyn Navy Yard aro now
having the oath administered to them, and eNeT
in that government establishment we notice
that few traitors have been discovered Now.
we intend to follow the excellent example Of
the government. We shall appoint an early
day upon which every employee Of the HERALD
establishment shall take the oath OF allegiance
to support the constitution, with all its amend
ments, as interpreted by the Supreme Court,
the highest authority of the nation. Every en-
ploye who refuses to take this oath Of alle-
glance shall be Immediately discharged. We
give fair notice. therefore, that we shall Insist
upon . similar course in every newspaper office
in this city and throughout the country. There
is treason. somewhere-there is newspaper
conspiracy against the government somewhere
and we are determined that 1t shall be
rooted out The government must hold tho
noses of Massa Greeley and the other informal
abolitionists who conduct such papers as the
Tribune, Post and Independent to the grind
stone of the constitution Now is the time to
determine who are and who are not traitors
here at the North, and the oath Of allegiance ia
the test for the crisis. We shall thus discover
whether those abolitionists who call our con-
stitution covenant with death and league
with He'll" will swear TO support that constitat
ton; and if they refuse the oath we shall place
them where they belong. We hope that every
business firm throughout the country will adopt
this plan, and especially we torewarn Greeley.
Bryant, Beecher and Company that their time
has come. and that they shall sail under false
coiors no longer.
GREELEY AND THE ABOLITION TRarroRs.--.The
leaders Of the abolitionists are constantly MAX
ing representations to the government that that
disloyal faction arc SO strong in numbers that
IL the President would only adopt their policy
they would join the army and soon put down
the rebcllion but il he will not do that, then
they will fold their arms, keep aloof, and lei
the Union perish. Greeley. for example, saya
that the fighting men of the party, who have
never smelt battle number 10000. More
shame for them. They have boon the Chief
cause of the war, and they ought TO do some
thing to assist the nation out Of its difficulties
But he says they are ready to fight If the flag Of
emancipation be unfurled. If there be any
truth in the statement OF Greeley about the
numbers Of the fighting men Of the abolition
lists, it would make the abolition population at
least nine millions-a manifest absurdity on
the face O! it. The abolition voters, young and
old, sick and disabled. never numbered in any
election more than 800 900, all told This was
the vote cast in 1913, and the abolitionists have
not increased since Now, not more than ono
third Of this number would be physically COM
petent for military service. The question is
would it be good policy for the government to
execrate and spit upon" the constitution, a.
Greeley once told us is his habit and risk the
warm support of the millions of conservatives
who are willing to fight for the Union, as it is
defined by the constitution? The President
has too much good sense and too great re-
spect for the constitution and the rights o
States to take the advice Of the organ of tho
fanatics.