The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-19
The roposed Coalition Between the Dickin-
SON Democracy and silver Grayss

The roposed Coalition Between tho Dickin- |
son Democracy and silver Grays.
The newspapers have been full latel0of
proposed coalition between the Dickinson de- !
mocracy and the silver gray wings. The no
ton is by no means bad one on the part OF
the latter faction. To all practical intents and
purposes, the coalition was effected two years
ago, by the rank and file of the silver gray ar
my voting with the hunkers. At Pierce's cleo
ton the silver grays swelled his majority seve-
raj clear thousands; and though the leaders. for
forms sake still affected to adhere to Scott they
were without influence and without followers.
Then they refused to credit the almost unani-
nous detection of their men. They could not
believe that the wings who would not follow
Seward preferred voting for Pierce to running
the risk of seeing President elected whose
sympathies were believed to be with the oppo-
nents of the compromise, and who might have
thrown the administration influence into the
free soil scale. The New York election has
opened their eyes. They are now alive to the
fact that the old names are nothing but names;
that the silver grays and the Dickinson democ-
racy are, in point of fact, one and the same par
",
same ends, and voting the same ticket, and that
the division which appears to exist between
them, is in reality nothing more than fanciful,
hadowy barrier.
The conviction has set the silver grays
linking and has not been without its influence
on the recognized chiefs of the Dickinson de-
mocracy. Both are aghast at the Independent
Of fho hn hove hoop
to act as they dictated, and to wait hunlbly
until they gave them their cue Distanced this
time by their henchmen, the leaders on both
sides are making frantic efforts to regain lost
time, by advocating formal recognition Of the
alliance. hoping in the arrangement to conquer
position in the combined party not inferior to
that which they held in the former faction. 1t
remains to be seen how far the rank and file
will submit to the usurpation.
So far as the silver grays are concerned, they
have seen how their leaders adhered to party
flag when honor, patriotism, and due respect
for the constitution and the compromise, forced
their followers into secession; and they may
well speculate on the probability Of their pur-
suing similar course, should the party they
now assume to- lead, again play false to the great
principles which ought to govern the politics Of
this country. To speak plainly, they have seen
enough Of their chiefs to know that they are
guided not by thought Of the country's good
or the benefit Of the people, but by the sole de-
sire to appropriate the government spoils. Into
this all their fidelity to party and staunch ad-
herence to platforms dissolve themselves, if re-
ducedAo their lowest elements; and if the rank
and file of the silver grays again muster under
their old leadership, whether as an independent
party or as an integral fragment of new fac
ton, they may safely rely that they may again
find themselves under the necessity of either
deserving their party and voting with its OPP
ponents, or resigning themselves to support
a candidate whose principles they cannot APP
prove.
In plain truth, it is time that people should
acknowledge the practical dissolution Of all the
old party ties. In every country, parties have
been ushered into birth by ephemeral causes,
have lived SO long as the condition Of their ex-
istence endured and afterwards have made way
for new combinations and new coalitions be-
tween men of like principles We are precisely
in the transition state. All our old parties and
actions have done their work, and can demand
nothing now but to be decently buried, and left
to rest in peace. Most Of their leaders are i'm
possible men for the future. They have too
clearly shown their readiness to sacrifice .prin-
cple for place to be entrusted with any leading
post in the combinations which are shortly to
be formed A few years. perhaps few months
hence, the names Of hunkers, barnburners, silver
grays and the rest will be forgotten. The peo-
pie will have silently ranged themselves into
two distinct parties-the one in favor of, the
other opposed to, the Compromise; and the lead
ers who meanwhile. shall have spent their time
in proposing ingenious coalitions, will find
themselves high and dry on the strand.
THE SOUTHERN PRESS AND THE New YORK
ELECTIoN.-The Richmond Enquirer, the
Charleston Mercury, and some other journals
Of a light calibre took the side of the Van Blu
rem free sellers in this State during the last
election. The Richmond Enquirer, previous
to the appointment of Mr.. Mason to the French |
embassy, was against Dix and the free soilers |
to any extent. AS soon as Mason was appoint |
ed to that embassy it tackled about, and came
out in favor Of the Spells Cabinet, and it may
now be considered as endorsing the attempt Of
that concern to revive the Van Buren, free soil |
party in the North. Singularly enough, the
Charleston Mercury is even more strongly
in favor of the policy Of the Spells Cabinet
and the revival of the Van Buren dynasty,
than any other paper in the South If the
venerable Judge Edmonds, the spiritualist,
would, during the proceedings Of one of
bis spiritual circles, ask the spirit Of the late
John c. Calhoun what he thought of the
leading journals OF South Carolina coming
out in favor of reviving the Van Buren, free
sellers of the North, we should like to know his
response to such question. If the Southern
democratic newspapers and statesmen do not