The New York herald., 1862-01-12

canism. Knowing what to do, therefore, let us
do it, and that quickly.
The Abolition Conspiracy Against the
Union.
| That arch-abolitionist, the Rev. DR.. Cheever,
| follows up, in Washington, the masked battery
| of Massa Greeley's lecture, and declaims in
favor of emancipation. By every possible
means the abolitionists are now seeking to un-
dermine the President, the constitution and the
country, and lectures, speeches, newspaper
articles, abolition societies, agitation in and out
of Congress, are being employed 70 accomplish
this end. The President and the public should
bear il carefully and always in 1nfnd that the
| success Of these abolitionists is equivalent to
the success Of the rebels, and that the evils Of
emancipation are as destructive to the country
as the evils of secession.
Between the Scylla Of abolitionism and sae
Charybdis of secession the safe constitutional
channel lies, and the ship Of state is equally
wrecked if it turns to the right hand or the left
That thus far the President has guided us safely
and carefully no one can doubt; but at every
dangerous pass he ought to be encouraged and
enlightened by the voices Of the conservative
people of the North. Just at the present
time the abolitionists are doing their very
best and worst to seize the reins of
power; for already the end of rebellion
seems assured, and they know that d few weeks
moro of quiet confidence in the governments
will see the rebels, South and North, forever
and effeptually crushed out. 1t is just this mo-
ment Of life or death that they seize, therefore,
to prevent, if possible, any appeal to the re-
pressed Union sentiment of the South, by Urging
the passage Of an emancipation act; and, irlec-
lures, in petitions and in newspaper appeals,
no stone is left unturned to aid them to succeed
In this diabol;cal scheme. 1t is at such mo-
ment that the conservative masses should. be
equally prompt, vigilant and active.
1t is too well understood now to need
further demonstration that the abolitionists of
the North and the rebels Of the South are en-
gagged in a common conspiracy against the
Union. Indeed, these two conspiracies were at
first precisely Identical in their objects, and
both were In favor of a. Southern confederacy
Immediately. The 7T1ane congratulated its
End sought to prove that the North would be
richer without the South Garrison, Phillips,
Cleever and the rest of the abolition pack
opened the same cry. Secession, they contend
ed, was a triumph of anti-slavery, foy now the
North constituted o separate, free nation
Thee bayonets of our volunteers put down
that cry, and then the abolisienists changed
their tactics, but not their design They hound
ed onsour army to defeat, in order that defeat
us to let the South 60 Even
that fsiling, however, they have now again
opened their batteries upon the Onion cause by
advocating the policy Of emancipation. BY
this policy they hope either to SO exasperate
Southern feeling as to make ths conquest of
the South almost impossible, and 30 force us to
recognise a separate confederacy, or else to
make that conquest worthless, and So sxterni-
way aDolitionism will gain; either way the
county will lose; either way the rebel chei,
jeff Davis, is strengthened to nakA a desperate
resista3cs.
Agsirss this abolition conspiracy there are
two msass of procedure. One efnthese modes
is in the hands of the governn snt, aud consists
in treating Northern conspiratoxs- 10 the
same fare and fate as Soythsrn. rebels.
The other mode is in the hands of the
people; aad consists of fighting fts with FIRE.
Let rssupport the conser ,ative course OF the
President as heartily and as openly as the aboli-
tionills oppose it. Let tia people have mass
meetiags at once, and express their reliance up
on our constitutional government. Le< the
Legislature of this State give oficisl veiee to
the conservatism of the J,eople.. Action is the
woraof the day. Let the people act, and aboli-
tonsm and secession vail both BIO crushed so-
cossalstely that even Jeff. Davis. Will not be-
ahls tn find the least trace of. his irwin sup
possees. The fear o. abolitianism drove the
Sc athern people fror&thc Union to aaespotisru,
asd abolitionism can never bring them back
fam despotism to Union again..
A HYpoCRIrE IxPALED.--The "sittle Villain"
of the Times has very strange nesions ofpurity
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