The New York herald., 1862-10-29
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AID tAr Presidenf-
IboA sa .lslx, H. rlrokal


Thseontcst In this State has two remarkable
pecsliari,ies. In the FIRST place, il is rcmarka
! bic for the great principles involved In ih'
, second place, it is remarkable for the low
mean, contemptible, dirty, pettifoegins, scar
rilous, abusive trashy scandalous. villanous
mendacious- and billinsgate style IN which III,
s.clitical canvass is conducted. .n.eitaor Til,
personal merits Of Seymour and Wadsworth mol
the political records OF thcir supporters have
really anything to do with the issue before tht
people. The question is purely one of grea
principles. 1t is the Union policy against ths
abolition policy 1t is the constitution against
the Anti-Siaoery STANDARD. 1t is George Wash
ington against John Brown. 1t is reason
I, against fanaticsm. 1t is right against wrong
To degrade and belittle it into mere scramble
| for office is to conceal and pervert the truth
| OF this conces,,ment and perversion both po
litical parties are guilty. --
The nation is now reeling and staggering
through one of those great revolutionary crises
which every nation has to encounter. Greece
Rome, England, France-every country in the
world->Sas had similar period of internal
convulsions. No statesman, however wise; no
philosopher, however learned, can tell us
precisely how or In Pat Pat our present
troubles will end Such crises as fhese
revolutionize everything politics, society.
government, and often religion itself. Our
only hope in the midst of this doubt and uncer-
tanty is the constitution and the President
under the constitution. If we cling fcst to
these, we know that, whatever else may bera VI,
we shhall certainly emerge from this frightfuI
struggle better, purcr, stronger, greater and
more united cation than ever before. If we
cast aside the consultation we shall be at the
mercy of every chance, aud will rush on madly
to our ruin. The country will be like ship
whose insane crew have thrown overheard the
chart and compass in mid ocean and in the
midst OF terrible storm. We shall resemble a
crazy traveller who, while jon. neying at night
over an unknown and dangerous road, leading
through dark defiles and fanked by s.tupendous
preciplces, dismisses his guide and fline.s away
MS staff and lantern The Union policy is to
MAINTAIN the constitutions to prosecute the war
and vigorously; to bring back
the seeded States by force of arms and by
force Of justice; to put down the rebellion by
might and right combined. The abolition
policy Is to supersede the constitution; to rely
upon might alone; to annihilate the South in |
stead Of restoring the Union; to abrogate the |
government in order to institute a despotism; |
o inaugurate anarchy in order to reconstruct |
he nation; to return to chaos in order to be
ecreated. The people are to decide upon these |
wo policies. Whatever obscures this issue is
mpertinent and injurious.
The leaders and the organs Of both political
srties fail to comprehend and appreciate this
riss. On the one side, repusifcan orators
'lk OF hanging the Democratic voters. On the
Eher side, democratic orators denOunce the
as tyraanical. The abolition
ribAne calls all conservatives traitors. The
lbany Argus calls all republicans thieves and
surpers A republican newspaper assails,
10 private character Of ., democratic orator |
he orator replies by insinuating scandal in II
gard to Wadsworth's marital relations The4
'publicans abuse Seymour because fsw bad \
on intend to vote for him. The democrats.i
large wholesale official eorruptions upon all
Q representatives Of the republican party "a
ne Tribune, with unparalleled mendacity,, i
clares that the democratic mass meeting at.
rooklyn cheered for Seymour aud Jeff. Davis
he Argus has its counter falsehoOd ready. |
I'd publishes some tale of sufferings in Fort
sfayette. The insulting and ungentlemaMy
sithet ofsliar Is banded about hom Clay to h
'Gorman, from Van Buren to King, and /
ON King and Welsh. back to Van Buren, again
he hateful and unjust terms of seces-
onist, traitor and rebel sympathiscr |
y from mouth to mouth like the most usual |
nd familiar words. Republicans brand dsme- |
rats as traitors, and the name is adopted as a |
sood jest Wretched jokes and infammatory
appeals in regard to the gallows and the gull
otine are the staple of political harsngues and
political articles. Thus both parties are un-
playing with kind Of fire which
has already consumed many such trfers. The
guillotine was first rate Joke in France Just
before the Jacobins made it q sanguinary
reality. There is sort of revolutionary wit
which ends in blood Hard names result in
hard blows. Our civil war was at first mere
war of words. If anything could startle our
nolit;cians into soberness it would be the fact
that this canvass is conducted in precisely the
same spirit and with precisely tho Same devel-
opments as that which In France made q
Robespierre and Danton, and eliminated in
the infamies Of 49, Those men, however, who
can be politicians during this sad crisis of the
country would not be warned though an
anos, from Heaven gave the admonition.
We appeal to the loyal people of .a e.,ls
State and Of all the States which
.-s --s to to hold sS,se.ions November to ignore
parties and politics, and vo,o sccoro'ns 70
great principles. The people are loyal to the
Union. Let them put down the practical advo.
Gates Of disunion. The people love and revere