The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-16
Progress OF the National Party.


Progress OF the National Party.
1t cannot too often be repeated or dinned into
the ears Of the people, that the administration
appointed this State umpire between it and its
| assailants and the award has been directly
against it. Marcy. Guthrie and Davis may be
fairly likened to three spectators of fight,
who, fred by natural pugnacity or other causes,
leap into the arena, take sides with one or the
other of the combatants, and stake their own
fate on the issue. The wisdom of the proceed
ing may be fairly questioned. Their interior
ence in the quarrel was not only unnecessary,
but was wholly without precedent, and was
moreover. an unprovoked and unwarrantable
encroachment on the Independent rights Of this
State. They did interfere however, and that
in the the most unequivocal and emphatic man
ner. All sorts Of influences they brought
to bear-Custom House tyranny and Post
Office intrigue, as well as the more direct
agency Of dictatorial letters. Marcy patted
the Germans on the head; Davis endorsed Van
Buren,; and Guthrie decapitated Bronson, and
bluntly indicated the free soilers' rights to a
share Of the spoils. This abandonment Of their
neutral position and espousal of cause in our
local quarrel. they ventured upon at time
when ordinary observers would have conf
IDENTIFY predicted that victory would remain
with the party they undertook to support.
Every thing seemed to fOreshadow triumph for
the faction popularity known as soft shells.
Everybody said that the administration had
chosen the strongest side The wings, by their
own confession, were defunct as a party The
hard shells. or national democrats were hardly
born. They had no political organization,
had taken no serious steps towards carrying
on campaign. Even Seward, stunned by the
blow Of November 1852, had not sufficiently
recovered to muster his forces and marshal
them in battle array.
1t was under this extraordinary combination
of favorable circumstances that the admins
tratIon entered the lists, and became the spon-
sor of Van Buren, and Rynders, Of the Syracuse
DULLES, and the unrepentant free sellers. The
result is notorious. Without organizati
without any of the ordinary means which in
fuence our elections, without any ally but the
justice Of their cause, the opponents Of the ad-
ministration were completely victorious. To
day. Next to them stood the men who had
refused to sustain a corrupt government in
using the federal spoils to foster treason. TAX
ing the vote for Secretary of State as the
standard, the three parties in New York may
be thus roughly estimated =
Hard shells OF national democrats . 100, 900
Soft shells Gree soilers, and friends Of the
admLlstratlon) Observation-Disclosures. 95,O0O
And this estimate is liberal towards the latter
party. This is the result OF the interference Of
Marcy, Davis and Guthrie in our elections.
This is the verdict which the people of New
York have pronounced on the course Of the
government Could any possible form OF con-
demnation be more pointed or more severe?
The meeting Of the Democratic Republican
General Committee, held on Monday evening.
was the natural consequence of this event. We
trust that all have read the eloquent remarks
there made by Mr.. Cutting. They may be fairly
taken as an expression of the feelings of every
honest man throughout the country. Thou
sands upon thousands, like Mr. Cutting, feel
that "they could not look an honest man in the
face and remain quiet and see this system OF
corruption going on, BY which mcnof opposite
principles continued to draw together by the
mere influence of the spoils of government"
Thousands upon thousands rejoice with him at
having got rid of the Fowlers and the
CocbIanes, the Rynders, Van Burens and r.
wings, the fighters and boxers, and other misera-
BILE creatures who have degraded the politics of
this State Thousands upon thousands look
forward with hope and yearning for the estab-
lishment of new party, based upon the con-
stitution and the compromise, and purified from
the stains which now defle the names of the
old factions. They are not for this man or for
that they throw to the winds all trumpery
platforms established by herds Of hungry Office
seekers as q mere means of graspag pelf and
plumber. They see clearly enough that there Is
but one principle worth contending for ia this
country, at this time-the compromise OF 1850
and but two partcs--those VINO honestly wish to
carry out the spirit Of that great measure, aud
those who openly or secretly desire to defeatit
They know that all other varieties OF faction
and nomenclature are mere deiusions, contrived
for corrupt ends with regard to the public
spoiis Such men as these viii not long remain
content to be classed as sectional branches
Of any Of the existing parties. Like the
leaders OF tine meeting On Monday, they
will soon see the necessity Of organizing an en-
tirely new party. on princip es that admit ofno
controv ersy. and with the purpose, high and
holy az ever patriot cherished Of preserving
the Union intact and defeating the schemes OF
every fresh gang Of agitator5.
We scgayi " c resolutions adopted on Mon