The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-26
BY THE M Ais.


and the Man-Oid Rough and Ready in danger
of being Supuseded-Capitai Wanted for the
nero Candidate for The Succession Curious State
of Affairs. :.
There will be something done here Monday that will
charm you Workers.
Lawrence will run like the cholera"
J. VAN buren,
few days ago we briefly exhibited the exist
ing unpropitious, .unpromsing, inharmonious and
disiointed condition Of the great democratic fami-
ly The picture, true as one of Pumbe's daguer-
reotypes, afforded not ray of hope of saving
Cancellation and concentration of the clans for the
campaign Of '4S. We see the old democracy
contending for Silas Wright. They claim his no.
mination as some atonement for the overslaugh-
ing of Mr.. Van Buren, by the two-third requisi-
ton of "A. The Calhoun men dstrust all con-
ventions, and are bent,upon their champion, in
dependent of the Observation-Disclosures Of
the north, relying upon the chances in the House
of Representatives. The men Of the west cut
loose from the administration, are concentrating
upon Cass-Allen having fiouudered ashore in his
collision with Crttenden, like an unwieldy stur-
geon in conflict with sword-fsh. In this di-
vision OF the bone and sinew, blood and muscle
of the party, the administration is left per in the
same helpless state of desertion the unparalleled
ed dynasty of John Tyler and John Jones.
The South have received all they bargained for
The North and the West have bartered away
every thing upon the fimsiest expectations re-
speeding the line of 81 49, and the rivers and har-
bors The one division have nothing more to ask,
and the other have nothing more to bestow or
to lose. The last session closed up the sche-
dule OF the Baltimore resolutions cOmpetely-the
work, excepting the land bill, is all done, and the
Administration has received no more thanks for
its fidelity to the programme, than did Tyler from
the great democracy for his veto OF the bank bills.
The South are highly gratified at the results Of
al.
own man, and do not intend to be hoodwinked by
substitutes any longer. The Van Buren,, Benton,
Blair, Rves and Wright men are equally resolved
against any further surrender TO accommodation
OF circumstances. The great West are as inaex-
bly, determined upon 81 40 river and harbor can
didate; and from one OF these the Administration
must make its selection or present to the triosa
compromise candidate, equally acceptable TO all
or quietly abandon the field to the litigants, re
serving to itself the balance oil power in the FAM
ly convention.
But, as our Methodist brethren sing at their class
/" How pleasant it is to see,
Brethren and friends agree,
In love and unity"
So does the government incline to unity and
love among friends and brethren. We solemnly
proclaim this very loving and loveable admins
iration, all of which is vastly owing to Father
Richie, the dearly beloved old spokesman of the
family oracle. The love of David tor Jonathan
surpassed his love of women, which was about
equal 10 anything OF the sort in his day-the love
OF Damon for Pythias is a memorable example
but neither David nor Damon had half the afiec-
ton for their chosen friends that Father Richie
has for the President the head of the party,
while his regard for the party itself, far, far ex
ceeds the tender solicitude OF Napoleon for his
soldiers, or even an old hen for her brood OF gos-
lings.
To this watchfu parental socitude of the or
ganic editor-to this charming affection of the
old bell-wether, (begging harder) for the lambs
of the church, that they go not astray after strange
l.1,t f,rt k,a fHI no.
norable compromise; at least, we believe that we
are indebted for this loop-hole of security to Mr..
Richie. His native modesty may prompt him to
decline the honor, but we are not the less suspi-
cious that TO him the honor is due. He has been
in sore tribulation concerning the dissensions in
the famiy and his parental nocturnal lucubrar
tons have been specifically devoted to an homo
rab!e compromise. And, at last, he so far comes
down as to concede, that if the nominations will
not 20 to Mahomet, he is willing TO compromise,
by permitting Mahomet TO go half way to the
mountain. Only look at the generosity of this
compromise, the plain Saxon OF which Is SUBJ
stantialiy as follows:-
In view Of the dangerous mutiny in the party,l
and of its strongly defined subdivisions, sectiona
and personal, it has been suggested to the admin
istration that the breach is too wide to be healed
by second nomination OF the incumbent, even
if it be not broad to admit OF the possibility Of
such nomination. 1t has been further proposed
that the North and South, and more than all, the
West, may be yet conciliated and consolidated
upon one man: but that that man can be either
Polk, Dallas, Buchanan, Walker, Wright, Cass,
Calhoun, or any of the old stagers participating in
the last Baltimore compromise, is out OF the ques-
ton. 1t is, therefore, further recommended, that
a new man, Western man, and Southern
man, and a military man be put up as the stand
ard bearer around whom the broken squadrons
of the universal democracy may rally without
prejudice. We are further gratfed to state that
these suggestions have had promise OF gracious
hearing, and that the name OF Major General Will
liam o. Butler, OF kentucky, WIN proDapy DC
aud hon lad IN a ma
minisration, as the name and the man, which
alone can restore the scattered columns of the
party into line, and lead them on to triumph.
We have yet the most important part Of the
story to tell. Following out this idea, that Butler
IS TO be the candidate, il will not be amss to give
him all the available capital on hand. And in
this respect we can make him invincble before
the masses. Gen. Butler is now with the army
of invasion in the South. Suppose we continue
to trammel Gen. Taylor, with orders and counter
orders, until we shall compel him to throw up his
commission in disgust or suppose that when the
time for an active forward movement oil the ar
my shall arrive, we supersede the old Captain in
the command by Gen. Butler, and that then, we
"Cry, havoc,
And let slip the dogs Of war;
sweeping the plains and mountains of Mexico to
the capital with blaze OF fire, ending the war Dy
overrunning the country, and returning crowned
with glory and considerable quantity OF gola ana
silyer-we shall be able to elect the hero oil nexi-
CO. Gen. Bniler, by acclamation, ana re-uhne 'ne
party as firmly as IN the DAYS Of ,hnas IN This omar.
o",,s;sas ne that this identical scheme has
been before the administration talked over
and Ws nayo no Su e
u ~ r.; or events should work out the conclusions
u,,s have act down, we shall not be among the
we ones who will consider such results as Who'll
" accidental. ,,,;s. Among tho
c,o,ons there is no more available man than
rssr w o. Butler, of Kentucky. He was dis
,;ngished officer under Gen. Jackson, at the bat
ne of New Orleans; he served, also, in the North
,vestern army; he has served in the Legislature,
and in Congress Personally he is man who
will win his way in a crowd; and politically, he
has no offences to expiate. And here we leave
the subject with the judgment of the reader
PurLApELpHrA Sept IS, 1916.
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