The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-17
EK2lI wAshrtores, May IA, lsis I
TIE Eeplorats and Tie Pre.dg,,cu -

EEz3 xKI II WAshreres, MAY IA. lsI. I
The Eeuorats and the prs.ds,,cu
The democrats confident of a union. an or
ganzation, and Of a candidate who will win III.
day. There are active ieaIousies among the
chques, mining and countermlnlng; but there is
that discipline at the bottom which moves the
whole phaanx forward al the tap of the drum.
The abolition and the free territory spirit al the
North must be conc llaed-it cannot be coerced
The barnburners hold the balance of power, and
they know II. New York holds the Presidency In
her hand. As goes the Empire State, so goes the
Union The Keystone Is but incident in the
estimate. Her unchanging fidelity to the regular
lcket, general and local, has rendered her lmpo-
tent, becausc she Is counted upon as certain any
how. II requires no sacrifice To secure her
consancy-and any sacrifice demanded of her
she Will cheerully make. Her obedience
makes It matter OF absolute Indifference
whether her claims are regarded or discarded In
any event, passive and obedient and following the
cry OF democracy, she is to be trusted; and even if
she should open her eyes and resolve upon
inutlny, her dsaection will not affect the generar
result, If New York can be conciliated The Kew.
; tone Is a mere high-sounding name with which
she has been guled, over and over and with
which she will be bamboozled yet once more She
has not the balance OF power She has not that
organization OF dlsorganlzatlon which IA now the
commanding advantage OF New York Her TWEEN
y-elght votes are not equal to the thrtysix of New
York
What then! New York is to be concihated.
even at the expense of Pennsylvania. Her assent
to the tariff of 'i6 is by-gonc operation, paid for
IN the election of Mr.. Dallas to the Vice-Pre-
sidency, IN the appointment of Mr.. Buchanan to
the State Department, and IN various other offices
conferred upon her citizens. She has been amply
compensated for that casting vote she must give
way this time. New York must be concilated-
we mean the banburners. They cannot assent TO
the choice OF Mr.. Buchanan, for he has written a
negro letter. bidding tor the south nor to Mr..
Dallas, tor he, too has made his objectionable
obelsance to the peculiar institution, oubddlng
In nan t,t,r a.. a.
aside ; nor can the Van Burens endorse the nom-
nation OF Cen Cass; for he, too, has written
his letter for the South, and has spoken and
voted against the Wilmot proviso. Without fur
her ceremony, therefore, we lay all these gentle
men upon the shelf. We regret it, but it is work
of necessity, and with all our regrets we lay them
upon the shelf to dry; for we seriously believe,
under present indications, that neither Mr. Bncha-
nan nor Mr. Dallas, nor Gen Cass the most pro-
mlnent OF the trio, has chance for the no.
mination.
One prominent Northern man yet remains and
Judge Woodbury. Is the individual 1t was thought
that he had written no letters on abolition, on
your Wllmot provisoes and your free terretory
and that, therefore, he would be acceptable to
New York, while his free trade and sub-reasury
propenstles would adapt him to the climate of the
South. But 1t would appear from the sequel, that
the Judge, too, has been playing for the South.
Alas! alas! IT would appear that the Judge has
written an anti Wilmot provlso letter to Alabama,
and that, like Messrs. Buchanan, Dallas and Cass,
Lew Woodbury.. too, has his ''llttle niger under
the fence" his piccaninny Sambo hid away in the
bushes. Father Richie gives the evidence of the
letter IN this mornings Union; and unless disprov-
ed, the Judge will not suit the barnburners, and
the barnbumers are to be appeased.
What then, men and brethren, are we to do
we must make an expiration to the names Of Mar
Their - ''' '''@'''"'
"Vaulting ambition has o'ereapt itself
And fallen on tother siden
What thap Ou;cLI L.
Listen. Mr.. Polk, we will suppose, is not very
anxious about either Mr.. Cass, Mr. Buchanan, Mr..
Dallas, or Mr. Woodbury. He would have no OBJ
lection to MIR. Woodbury.; none, perhaps, to Mr..
Dallas but we rather suspect he is not extremely
partial either to Mr. Buchanan or Mr.. Cass. Nor
DO we suppose he desires or expects re-nomna-
tion nor that ne would refuse 1t, if rendered him.
We believe he is more anxious to concate the
barnburners, and to take care of his friends Messrs
Marcy and Croswel, for the future The nom-
nation of General William O. Butler for the Pre-
sdency, and John A. Dix for the Vice Presidency,
would satisfy him. There is another interest in
favor of this ticket-an interest which is closely
allied with the barnhurners-we mean the Blair
and Rives people. which includes, incidentally, if
not not directly, such men as Col. Benton, Senator
Allen, and John Van Buren, and company.
We anticipate, therefore, that as in 1874, the
two-third rule will be applied, with the assent of
the administration. by the approaching Baltimore
rule will have the effect of ruling again all the old
stagers off the track, every man of them; and thar
ticket will be selected with an especial view of
healing tho breach in New York, either in the
nomination of General Worth for the Presidency,
Enough we apprehend he has come up rather too
ate) or of some Southern military chefain for
President, and General John A. Dix for Vice
President. But for Mr.. Dix's votes on the provi-
so, he would very likely get the first appointment;
those votes, however, while they would operate
against him in the South candidate for Presi-
dent, will, with his nomination for Vice President,
secure the State of New York to the whole ticket;
~ m all fhe forth md
least degree endanger the democratic States in the
South. The DoCroR.