The New York herald., 1862-10-14

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at $12 SIX SIS, and Of primo At Gil 26 tl1 75
Sugars were steady and prcos Of Saturday were fully
sustained tho sales embraced $50 hhds and $50 boxes
Coffee was firm and quiet Freghts were rather nrmer,
with fair amonst Of engagements.
The Military Campaign and th6 rsSiiti-
cal Canvass-Imminent Dangers Ahead.
In all the border States we hear the dreadful
notes Of preparation for renewal Of the con-
fict between the Union and rebel armies. All
our brave soldiers will soon be fighting to drive
the enemy back into the Southern States, and
they must then follow and defeat him there.
For this gigantic work the nation requires all
its energies, all its resources all its available
men and means. Our armies should be so re-
cruited that, if defeated in the approaching bat
ties, we may Immediately retrieve our losses;
that if victorious, we may Immediately follow
up and secure the fruits of our successes. At
this momentous crisis, during this pregnant
calm which forebodes the coming storm, what
ere the loyal States doing to assist the prepara-
tions of the government? Some few Of them are
hurrying forward recruits to fill up our armies
and make eur triumphs inevitable. Others,
like Massachusetts,, are held back from doing
their Duty by those of the Altoona Governors
who have resolved, like Andrew, that no troops
shall leave their States until some Of our
generals are changed. Others still, among
which we are sorry to number the great State
Of New York, are wasting their time, exhaust
ing their energies and obstructing recruiting by
indulging in ill-timed, violent, unpatriotic and
dangerous political contests Folly like this,
If persevered in, presages destruction.
During . war like this there should be but
one party--ths party of the Union. Every po-
litician admits this, and no one acts upon It. On
the contrary, in spite of the acknowledged
fact that our very existence a. Q nation ID at
stake, our politicians preserve their party or
ganixations and party shibboleths, call them
selves democrats and republicans, and put for
ward their candidates under the old banners
and with the old war cries of place and plum
der. We blame neither the democratic nor re-
publican party alone for this outrageous state
of afairs-we blame them both, and equally.
What is there, pray, to choose between these
two parties at such time as thiss Both cali
themselves patriotic, and both are called trail
torous by their opponents. Greeley and Ray
mond, In their newspapers, call the democrats
traitors, and threaten them with Fort Lafayette.
The democratic newspapers return the epithet,
and declare that such language be continued
the democrats will assault the republicans on
the streets. Cassius M. Clay-a major general
who disgraces his rank, the army and himself
by his conduct-makes a speech in favor Of
wadsworth, declares that Seymour should be
hung, and follows this up upon another ocoa-
sion by denouncing q democratic orator as a
liar and publicly challenging him to duel.
Democratic orators lower themselves to Clay g
level by calling the republicans tyrants and
despots, and threatening to resist the war mea-
sures Of the administration by armed force.
The democrats charge the republicans with
being public thieves. The republicans retort
| by declaring that the democrats were once
and are now desirous of being again, pub.
| lie robbers and swindlers. But we pursue
no further . record SO disgusting to every
| true lover of his country. We exhort the
people to pursue the only safe course
to take each party at the estimation of its
opponents, and have nothing to do with
either. The result Of this dangerous political
| quarrel thus far has been the sudden decrease
in cnlistments from this city and vicinity. What
its final results will be may be judged by the
| action of the inhabitants Of Blackford county
Indiana, who, having been addressed by jus,
such political orators as have visited us, broke
| into open riot, forcibly resisted the draft, and
are To be rspressed and punished by the mill
tary authorities.
| Does any sane man desire riot in New Yorh
on election day. Does any one desire to see
| the streets torn up to make barricades, the mill
tary called out, the ballot boxes fought for and
destroyed, bands Of marsuders sscking the city
and pursued by patrols Of soldiers, a fatal
storm Of stones raining from the housetops
citizens shot down in the streets, places Of bust
ness fearfully closed, women and children In
danger aud terror, the street cutters running
with blood, the rioters and the military en-
gagged in deadly conflict, the city under martial
law, the Battery and the islands Of the bay
frightful with the swinging corpses Of those
who are hungg And yet the political canvass
now raging tends that sanguinary way; snt
| those who sneer N the idea Of such catas
trophe OF horror know nothing OF human natur,
and less Of the signs Of the times The mnol
leaders Of both the political parties in this city
do not hesitate to say that they have military
companies in every ward drilling to resist any
interference With the election. But such organi
zations do not wait for any interference they
make IL or provoke It, Those who think tba
such burning, bitter epithet as that Of trsito
| can 10 banded about harmlessly and laugh y
the idea of words causing bloodshcj ar'
! remarkable only for their ignorance. Word
are power They represent ideas. an,
\ idcls move The world. Words casss,