The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-14

Export TO RE-oRGANIzE THE FREE Soil PAR
TY.-From certain givings out and Indications, IN
the Tribune, of thus city, we think It is very pro-
babe that Mr.. Greeley, the editor, who has re-
Gently been elected to Congress from the sixth dis
trict of New York, intends to take his seat IN the
character of free soil member OF the House Of
Representatives and that he will endeavor as far
as he csn to reorganize the free soil party which
was broken to pieces and scattered to the four
winds of heaven, by the revolution which has so
recently swept the country The struggle, he
ssys, is by no means ended but the nature of the
end Is certain, and the free soil men hold the
balance of power. Mr.. Greeley, then, according
TO his own showing, intimates he will be the Louis
Blanc of the American Congress. We hope,
however, that he will not be obliged to run away,
as his great French prototype was. We have no
doubt, too, that he will so shape his course as to
eBdeavor to have free soil candidate elected to
the Presidency in 1852; and with this view he IN
PRODUCES In his paper the wing platform OF prIncl-
pies ISSUED by the whi.; national convention in
1874, one Of which Is, that no President ought to
be elected to serve a second term. 1t must be
borne in mind, however, that Gen. Taylor is not
to be the President of the wing party, but of the
country at large, and of the people at large, by
whom he was elected; and furthermore, that there
were no wing principles blazoned to the world
during the late canvass and election. This Is a
cllncher on his in,imation that Gen. Taylor will
not be in Office for second term. Indeed, we
would not be surprised, as we have once be fore
stated, to see Gen. Taylor unanimously nomina-
ted for second term, and elected without show
of opposition of any magnitude or consequence
III L.
utopan ideas of this kind and to desire to reorganze
the free coil party, with himself perhaps, as indl-
date for the Presidency IN 1852; but think it very
probable ha,he whole free soil question will be dis
posed and set at rest forever during the next
sion of Congre land before Gen. Taylor will be in
stalled into the high office to which he has been
ee cted so trumphantly over General Cass and
the free soil candidate, Mr. Van Buren,. Congress
could have satisfactorily settled 1t at the last ses.
sion, fit felt so disposed; but each party was op-
posed to its settlement at that time, lest doing so
would interfere with the chances and prospects Of
the respective candidates the Presidential cleo
ton. That election being over, there Is no i'm
pediment in the way of satisfactory and final
settlement being made at the next session, which
will commence IN December next. All attempts,
after such settlement, to re-organZe the free soil
men political party, will be futile, and If made,
will OF course cunt to nothing practical. The plat
form will be taken from under them, small as it IS,
and then the free soil men will be compelled, If
they persist in their idea of recognizing the
party, to fall back on their allies and friends, the
abolitonsis, and seek to destroy the institution
OF slavery IN such part of the new territory as it
may be extended to, by the settlement of the
question by Congress. We need hardly say that
an attempt to do this will be irowned down, and
utterly discountenanced, by the moderate and
thinking men of all parties, in all sections of the
country.
1t appears that notwithstanding all the buster
that these free soil men made previous to the
election, the number of votes which they cast is
comparatively small, and that instead of lnjuring
the chances of General Cass, they actually pro-
NOTED them in some States, particularly In OHIO
and Massachusetts.