The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-14

geiher, and take . hasty plato OF soup under the
same vine and fig tree, 10 the health Of Gen. Scott.
Sach Is the flexible nature Of politicians, that often,
when they appear TO be as stiff steel, they are
elasuic us gutta percha. They sometimes split upon
personal grudges, jealousies. and rivalries; but
they, of the party, seldom quarrel upon prin-
ciples, when the spells are at stake
We conclude, therefore, that Gen. Scott win not
be required to endorse the Fugitive Slave law by the
Nhis national conyenton-that the convention itself
will not endorse that act, or any other act Of the
sayery adjusmcnt---that the Southern Union wings
viii submit with very little grumbing to the North
ern mnjoriy-that oil the late Southern manifestocs
and pronuncia,ncatccs will be resolved INTO mere
filstian and moonshine, except the letter Of Mr..
Bolts, which, being according to the policy of Sew
ard and compan I. wi ecome the gude-book Of the
Union wings, from Virginia to Texas
The cohesive properties Of shocmakers' wax arc
nothing compared with the adhesive plaster of tho
sroils. Scott will be the whg candidate, and upon
no other principles the fifty millions year from
the public treasury, and the forty thousand Office
holders of the President. But these will be enough
to bring out the full strength Of the wing party,
North and South, abolitionists, Union men, seces-
sionists and all Moro than this let the democrats
see to it in the right way, and at the right time and
place, Scott will inevitably gain enough of their
loose materials to secure his election. His military
glory is intended for the same successful effect upon
the loose democracy as was realized in the election
of Harrison and the election of Taylor.
Now, what are the prospects of recognition Of
the binding effect of the Compromise measures, by
the National Democratic Convention They meet
on the LIST of june and the wings will thus have the
oJv aoff h.ir Me %Lo
democrats, then, cvado the Compromise and give
it the go-by, or lay it under tho table, the wings
will have all the advantages Of doing the same
thing Still it is clear that tho democrats intend to
dodge the question. We have recently had some
very curious Developments on this subject perfectly
satisfactory to us, that the democratic convention
will DO as dumb as General Scott upon the comrro-
mise measures, from fatal misconccpti0n Of their
true policy.
Major Donekon, the late active editor Of the
Washington Union, has just thrown up his interest
in the concern, the plea, that, the advocate Of
the compromise platform, his labors have tended
rather to distract than to harmonic the democratic
party. The plain English Of the matter we sup
pose to be this Major Donelson party to the
recent arrangement in Congress, by which the
public printing was to be taken away from the
present contractor, and given to the Union and
the Republic. But both these organs, standing upon
the compromise platform, were Defeated, or mainly
defeated, by junction Of free sellers and secession
sts who do not recognise the doctrines of such ora
clcs. The Southern rights democrats were particu-
larry determined to give the Union the taste
of a little retaliation So they repudiatcd it,
and Indignantly made sport of its distress.
Failing to harmonic the party upon the public
printing Major Doneson might well despair Of ever
uniting them upon the compromise measures at
Baltimore. He was compelled, therefore, either to
abandon his principles or abandon his post lie
has preferred the latter alternative, and we think
he has acted wisely. The prospect of any very pro.
fitable job of the public printing to the Union
office is slim and dubious; and without government
pap, daily party organ in Washington is pain
fully losing concern Major Donclson therefore, by
leaving the Union, gets rid of his troubles, anxiety
and hope deferred, and saves his principles, his
character, his credit, and his money. But his re-
linquishment ofthc Union simply means that, as
the advocate Of the compromise platform, he hns
been beaten from the field, and that no such plat
oim will be attempted ut Baltimore.
To strengthen this view of the case, Mr. John
Forsyth, leader of the Southern rights branch of
the democratic party of Georgia. forcwans his
Northern brethren against attempting to make
platform of the compromise measures, after all tho
late fierce elections in the South on tho question of
open resistance to the admission Of California The
Southern rights party cannot surrender, at this late
day, to Cobb, and Clemens and Foote, even to save
the democratic party, for this Southern quarrel is
personal matter with tho leaders of the Union party
On the other hand, the Ercniag Post Of this city
tic leading organ Of tho barnbuncrs or anti-slavcry
wing of the New York emocracy-admonishes the
party that they cannot consent to an endorsement
Of the Fugitive Slave law-it must not be made n
party test And thus, to conclate the secessionsts
IN reference to California, and the Van Buren, fac-
ton upon the Fugitive law, we may safely assume
that the Baltimore Democratic Convention viii eiye
the compromise the slip, or throw it overheard as
quietly as possible.
What will the South do! Can they, or will thew.
after submitting to the action of both conventions
at Baltimore, do anything to resist the controlling
influences of the anti slavery sentiment of the
North! Can they do anything but submit, if both
parties at Baltimore dodge the fugitive question !?
This is the only vital question Of the Whole adjust
mcnt; for, while the other parts of it cannot be dis
turbcd. this may be repealed, and the entire North
made as open and safe to fugitive slaves rs Canada
"soh. he. 'ue ochiocra's eSade TINS question, and
without gaining nything in the North, they will
give every advantage OF the dodge to General
Scott in the South, and, most probably, lose the
election, from t useless attempt to outbd Seward
for abolition votes. The true policy Of the demo-
Gratis is to recognise the binding fnality of the Flu
gitive Slave law-ha is the question:; and the true
policy Of the South is to make it the sine qua non
in both the Baltimore conventions. The democratic
party is pretty sound in the North on slavery, ex-
cept in the whig States. Let the democrats adopt
the Fugitive Slave law, and if they fail to bring
Gen. Scott to the mark, they will get their usual
Northern vote, and will sweep tho whole South. II
they bring him to it, they arc at least upon equal
ground on this vital issue.
But we fear the plan Of the campaign is settled
that tic democrats arc resolved to shirk the fugitive