The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-15

the vietors II revolution takes lace a he South,
ana Ieeln IS apPaaied 70 a. me korth a. 10 we
necessity Of the enforcement Of the hw The rights
OF the North, you viii and that thaShole North "a
nearly unanimous and thai personal Interest will not
control the action OF New England pr New York.
What will be agreed TO in my Judtnent 10 this:
convention 10 alter the constitutit, that the
Iusl rights Of the South shall DO mantad By the con,
sttuton itself and forever removed frn the arena OF
politics Congress Greeley, OF the 7tbtae and his
set OF practical abotiohss, will opposdany compro
to friends in South Carolina in the sness OF Their
plans They hope that the Union may bddissoived, SO
that they may he freed from the tramneo the coz.
against slavery more effective than they
able to do in The Union. All these thinss ough, to
weigh with those who moi Wild with thdtheory Of
new Southern Confederacy AZ an economic question.
With them nothing have weight but thy and their
constituents viii find when, fear, IL WILDE too late
thar in escaping from evils which may be rSmedied in
the Unon they have embraced those which will siran
gle them aud their ideal Utopia"
On the same day wrote 10 another Southern Senator
that
The success of Nr. Lincoln does not show as has
been asserted, that the anti-siavery feeling predomi
M es Thousands in this State voted for him bel ewing
with you that il was high time the issue shou d be- me
ant mat IN this way only could the Union b. preserved
notice what you say as 10 your unwiingness TO par win
tree friends at the North and your plea OF selfpreserva
ton When the millions OF the North who have h hero
acted with you find that their interests are wholly
gotten aad that in the haste 10 escape from their
p-ny in order u organize new Utopia, without
even an opportunity for determining whether
your complaints cln be looked into and your
wrongs rignted l am afraid you VIII ind unani-
nous North against tie united south. aud that IN
tho OF political feeling thus engendered 1t
vii be mary ears before the e61nomic ques nch
are involved VIII be calmly considered b. either party.
II, after an attempt to reconcile existing differences
turou sh the medium Of a convention ind tat is
to company, it barely possible that the
separation may be accomplished peaceably and und n
guarantees Will prevent immediate quarrel, but
carry their legitimate end tho measures which have
been iDauguraled at Charleston, aud which threat
encd in other states civil war ia regard 10 which II
Is not 10 speculate as TO which section VIA 20
victorious, Is inevitable"
Early in December, 1860, wrote TO gentleman who
afterwards became member OF ,r Davis Cabinet aud
sad:-"Now II this Is done can the rep esenla-
tVes OF the south IN Congress reject q and
break up the government. / cannot believe they
viii, because they gam nothing by that
course of any consequence IN comparison wan the
dangers and necessary evils which VIII surround
gov or generation. Blu; peaceful 1t cannot be-
II ia compromise Is rejected. Such III newt
taby result 10 united party al the North and civil var
the end Of which ioreSee, Vii surely follow.
You may ask how will this be brought abol? LEI Vr
giuia and aryand secede, and IL viii be claimed mat
the District Of Columbia belongs 10 the SOUTH and taat
Consequently Nc Lincoln snail not 90 naugurated at
Wash ngton. lien must BE- ond Sho do not
this inmediaie cause for l believe tLat in ten
DAYS Two hundred thousand men, from every State
and city in the North, will undertake 10 uphold Mr.
Luc0in, and see that he IS inaugarated a. the Capitol,
and the attempt 10 de eat TINS would tend more thau
any other cause that can think OF 10 break down all
existing party divisions at shs North, aud when tais
Is accomplished the Iuture o. Dom sections will DO
featu, me-
Aod, finally in the same month, wrote to a prnml.
nent Northern man IN Washington holding public po-
81 ion urging hun to the garrisoning OF tie
Southern forts aud furnishing them With aud
mum ion. No saie has the right 70 OBJECT TO this New
York hOis tue same right 10 the forts At the Narrol
that Louisiana d eS 10 relation 10 Forts St Pnip and
Jackson; oG see This CO rise Is deemed exp.dcnt 10
mus BE- followed without the cooperation, and perhaps
withoui toe edre OF Of TIE Cabinet Genea
Scott ,ond do !. quietly Ia months time"
You ar Ieruaps. aware that / have never held any
public position aud therefore comp He'd
pr, ate let ~ruop a. tho lime yon say Z
lng with ar Davis Tor the obstruction OF my Sec
ton anu people 10 show the u CT gronndicss-
your clar.. These letters seen by many
oil friends, Il all political creedS ~ The time they
were written, ard some Of them published Ia ne
New York papers car IN the year 1862
tina these excerpts viii satisfy yon to my
BEFORE the Ny opinion 80 The necessity
for preservation OF The Union never changed | was
always earnestly IN favor OF furnishing and money
for prosecution, though did hot agree with sue
leaders of the abolition party as 10 the best metnod OF
securing sIcces fu termination OF the conict.
believed then, as DO still, that IL might have been
end 1862 instead OF 1865, and thal tue delay,
vast Increase our DEBT anu sun worse, the terrible
vase OF human life which Afterwards followed, were
directly cnargeane 20 the pernioous and IN
patriotic couus IL II tina leaders OF your party,
through WON, with The ,reacaerous assistance o!
Dir stanton, General Mcclellan was removed
from me command Of the noble he had
Organized aud which no had led grandly and
success oily NJ AGtietam few days only alter he
hah saved the capital u not The whole NORTH, from
the mot serious danger which threatened 1t during
the war
Daring this period was in almost daily communica-
lion with OF the mennbers Mr.. Lincoln aAlnet
and through them with Ar. Lincoln, and Expressed my
opinions al all times very fully
Not be n known 10 YOU make this full expanat on
as am unwilling that my country men should believe
me so denc!cn no seuse our speech would inllcklc,
unparioiic not 10 remain iny ~
TIA, country when lis political existence hazard
by great war; ana % whole ounIrY when dl. drd
or Kept asupder as new by Yourself and other dis
uDionsts. SAMUEL L. M BARLOW.