The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-06-17

the same extraordinary Vgor-the same decision
and etermination-which has characterized the
war now Just terminated by the treaty of peace
Yet revolutions cannot be carried on without con-
test and agitation with the antiques of former
parties and with their old men, their old princi.
pies, and their old preudices. This agitation, which
always marches with revolutions, is now develop
ing itself visiby in both the old parties-whig and
democrat-in almost every section of the country
The old men, the old dishes, the old cliques, and
the old coteries, IN every region of the country,
are endeavoring, by every species of agitation,
discomfort and ultraism, to impede the new men,
the new age, the new principles, the new fashions,
which have been gradually brought about by the
revolution of parties, begun two years ago, and
supported and encouraged solely by the indepen.
dent and multitudinous press throughout the Union,
headed by the Ne,r York Herald.
We need not enumerate the various movements
in both the old parties, since the conventions
held in Baltimore and Philadelphia. The noml-
nation of General Cass, with the principles repre-
scented by him, have thrown the same amount Of
discomfort into the old democratic ranks, as the
nomination of General Taylor, by the Philadelphia
whig convention, has cast into the old wing here
ditary ranks. These discontents are still working
and fermenting. Yesterday the rump of the old
ultra Clay party held meeting IN the Park, In this
city, the proceedings of which are spread before
the world in our columns of this day. The views
measures and purposes promulgated at that meet
ing can lead to other special result than to aid
in the organization of grand ultra abolition party
at the North, calculated to shake this confederacy
at no distant day, to its very centre. To counter
act this motion, strong party in the North in the
East, and throughout the country-composed of
those from the native and democratic factions-who
have united to support General Taylor-is busy
organizing and drilling for the approaching battle
The new party, under the banner of General Tay-
lor therefore, is gathering together materials, and
rallying its forces, in the North, South and West
In a few days we shall be enabled to see more
clearly the power, force and popularity which it
will be able to bring into the field in the coming
election. The friends of General Cass, on the
other side, are equally energetic and equally active;
but the confusion of new revolution of parties
makes it difficult, in the midst of ever-varying
changes, to say exactly what may be the result
probably we shall be able to do so in the next
month or six weeks.
At all events, the new position of parties-the
nomination of General Cass on one side, and &C.
neral Taylor on the other-involves the complete
abolition of the old parties of wings and democrats,
and leads to the creation of new parties, upon new
principles with new issues. The recent democra.
tic and wing parties the embodiments Of those
principles which have been respectively bundled
together by Mr.. Clay on one side, and Mr.. Van
Buren, on the other. From the termination of the
late war with England, up to the Inauguration of
the late John Quincy Adams, Mr.. Clay, as pub
lie man in Congress, was engaged in endeavoring
to create personal party of his own, by the enun-
citation of certain principles and measures during
his career at Washington. The tariff, internal i'm
provements, the independence of the South Ameri-
can Republics, United States Bank, with many
otherless but important Issues all put forward
by him for his own particular personal promotion
during his public career in Congress. When he
subsequently became associated with John Quincy
Adams in the government, from 1924 to 1923, Mr..
Clay endeavored to organize his party upon the
above and similar principles and watchwords,
with the object of re-electing John Quincy Adams,
and of placing himself in the line of safe prece-
dents.
In the subsequent contest, which took place for
the Presidency between General Jackson and Mr..
Adams, Mr.. Clay's candidate was defeated by the
union of John C. Calhoun and his party, in the
South, with Mr.. Van Buren,, and his friends, in
the North, in favor of Gen. Jackson. But not
withstandng this defeat, the principles embo-
died by Mr.. Clay, and which were adopted as
tina principles of the wing party, were continued
and kept alive as the basis for action, and bond
of ralyng, by his special friends and supporters,
and the great body of wing voters, down
to the moment of the late Philadelphia conven-
ton The nomination of General Taylor by that
convention was equivalent to an act of the people
dissolving the old wing party, and abandoning all
the old wing principles, such they had been col
lected and constructed together, in platform,
by Mr.. Clay, years before.
In some respects we might say the same
thing, and point out the same analogy of sltua.
ton, without respect to Mr.. Van Buren,, and
the principles, system and watch-words by winch
he sought, under the mantle of General Jackson
to embody party and principles for his own spe.
cial promotion, building up the democratic party
under color of the popularity of General Jackson
in 1928 This party, with his platform, may also
be said to have been abolished by the nomination
of General Cass in the Baltimore convention The
Van Buren, faction of New York with it's affiliations
in the other States, governed General Jackson, and
influenced his administration, giving to the party
which supported him its form and pressure, up to
the late nomination of General Cass
This may be called a brief historical review Of
the two old parties, and their two old leaders, which
have been extingushed by the action of the two
late conventlons-the whig party, which was only
the embodiment of Mr.. Clay's principles and mea
sures; and the democratic party, representing the
views and measures Of Mr.. Van Buren, and his
friends, which had been constructed under the
mantle of General Jackson. The partizans of these
two are now endeavoring to operate secession, in
the present circumstances, of the new nominations
by which these wogreat leaders have been thrown
overheard.
This is the revolution in which we now are. But
in this revolution it is necessary TO ascertain and