The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-21


democracy concerning the public plumber"
But these squaBbles are very amusing and very
| interesting and full of matter for the prophet
| of future political events. The wing party in
| some places is dead and buried, in others it is
! lying in trance, while here and there it still
| keeps up show Of life organization and pluck,
| without any definite or hopeful idea OF future
| operations.
| The centre of the distracted democracy" is
| New York And here we are sorry to say that
neither Mr.. Champlin's dough-faced resolutions
| in the Assembly, nor the visit of the President,
with half his cabinet. have restored the entente
cordiale between the hard shells and the soft
shells or rather between the old national COM
promise hunkers and the freesolers Of the Buf-
falo platform Mr. Maurice member of Con-
gress elect from the First district, has not
been conciliated. His claims for share OF the
spoils were insultingly set aside. and with him
such empty coHcerns as abstract resolutions
and Qualifications of the President are all
moonshine Mr.. Senator Cooley thinks so too,
and the albany .4rgus and all its disciples. On
the other hand. although the Evening Post has
been read out of church by the Washington or
gan it merely laughs at the impotency Of the
experiment In word, we do not see that
there is any material Improvement in the belli-
| gerent relations between the hards and softs.
| since the first lare-up respecting the dstribu-
| tion Of the share of the plumber accruing to
New y ork. Things in fact. have been getting
rather worse among the brethren, until at
length we do not know how it is possible to
restore the fraternal reunion of hards and softs
| in Tammany Hall short of another shuttle and
| cut and a new deal of the loaves AMI fishes all
| round. The hards do not now fraternize in Old
| Tammany with their soft shell brethren They
| pass by the old Wigwam on the other side. This
state of things will result in some curious devel-
opements in our next November State election.
What the Old Guard of New Hampshire
are about does not exactly appear in our politl-
cal advices from the Granite Hills. Mr.. Burke,
however, has undertaken their cause against
the free soil benefciares of the administration;
| and if he succeeds in making out his case, very
| good and if he fails, so much the better; it
| will only GO to show that principles have very
| little to do with the quarrel on either side,
but that the feshpots of the treasury are the
| real platform of all stripes of the great demo-
| cracy red white, black, and blue.
In Missouri an occasional growl from 'Old
Bullion" or his organ admonishes Con. Pierce
and his cabinet. especially all such as do not
rank among the old legitimists. that they may
expect thunder at the next Congress. We pre-
sumo, too. that the terrible apprehensions en-
tertained by the reorganized democracy Of
Col. Benton will be fully realized if he lives.
And it is quite probable he will live to open
the ball next December, for according to all
accounts he is in good health, and, like old
Marshal Butcher, looks as if he had q halfdozen
campaigns in him yet.
In Ohio the democracy are somewhat discon-
ccrted with Mr.. Woods resignation as Cover
ner, ard his acceptance of the consulate Of
Valparaiso. as contrasted with Sam Medary's
appointment as minister to the same country,
the editor thus overlapping the Governor in
violation of all precedent But the Governor
is practical man, expects to make money
ard money makes the mare go''-and he is
satisfied. lobe sure, Medary gets plum bat
if the Governor can make few good specu-
lations in -four and guano he may come back
and establish himself in the capital of Ohio for
life. upon his own account and let politics go
to the dogs. But still there is trouble between
the Miamies and the Saw bucks, and some under
ground movements by the wings to get back
the free soil party on the platform OF the Maine
Liquor law, so that the party politics Of Ohio
are considerably involved in noise and con-
fusion" Verify, there is not that harmony
among the brethren in Ohio that we could de-
sire.
In South Carolina the administration is abso-
lutely satisfactory out.and-out, as may be seen
from the following toast at Fourth of July
celebration at Beach Branch in the parish of St.
Peters, to wit -
BY WV. YoUMANs, ESQ., Franklin Pierce-His
inaugural address the selection OF his cabinet the
appointment Of foreign ministers, the choice of Gus
tom house officers Throughout the country, show to
great advantage his wise and discriminating Judgment
and prove concusivey his adherence to the principles
of the constitution
Thus it will be observed that South Carolina.
at least. is rectus ia e,uia
In Georgia the 'recogniZed democracy"
with secession candidate for governor, have
placed Governor Cobb in an embarrassing stu
alton. 1t is only two years ago that he was
elected governor by the Union party, aud by
some eighteen thousand majority against all
that Mr. Johnson and his secession friends could
do to defeat him Now Mr. Cobb is expected, if
necessary, to stump it for Johnson. notwith-
standing that. in the disbursement of the
goodies" the Union party have been left in
the short rows" What viii Governor Cobb
do? On the other hand. the wing party in
Georgia is dead and its effects have been
turned over to Mr.. jenkins and the Union
party and they expect to elect him. Should
not be surprised if they did; but If they DO. the
result VIII not stop in Georgia 1t may become
the basis Of an Independent Union party
throughout the country. VINO knows?