The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-25

and soft Shells" Vhd the ultra State rights
men or secessiopists of the South. Aud the
wors. Of It. PS,ma Jacie, appears to b. that
from the reiztive strength, in the party, OF
thsse two factions. it becomes a primary
necessity to conciliate them. In IS48, when
the perry IN New York was divided between
Van Furen, the free soil candidate and Gen.
Car, the national rominee, the former received
100 coo votes, against ll4,0o0 for the latter.
liz every subsequent trial the barnburners have
not failed to show that without their co-opera-
ton the party is utterly PROSTATE in this great
State. And the same may be said of Ohio. In
both these States, at this time, that branch
Of the democratic party fraternixing with the
free sellers is in the ascendancy. The total
exclusion, then, Of the free sellers frem the
cabinet suggests itself as dangerous expedi-
ent, if done at the dictation Of the hunkers, or
national branch Of the family.
Turning to the southwark, the national or
Cass division Of the party, is there again in
minority. The State rights division, including
most Of the ultra secessonists, is in the ascen-
dancy. The Union democrats were successful
in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, in
l050-'5l, because the bulk Of the whig
party were combined with them; but in
the Baltimore Convention Of 1852, the State
rights delegation from Georgia were ad-
mitted rs 1.-The legitimate" representatives Of
the democracy Of that State. although the Union
delegation was recognized as entitled to come
in. General Pierce, therefore, cannot very well
exclude the State rights section from his cabi-
net without perilling the disruption Of the par
ty in the South. Such is the position Of the ex-
tremists in the North and in the South. It is
an interesting state of things.
On the other hand. the bunker or Union de-
mocrats. including such men as Cass Dickinson
Cobb Foote. and others, are predisposed to re-
bellion fthe secessionists or free sellers are ad
mitted into the councils Of the new administra-
ton. Between these two fires the President
elect at present stands. What is he to do !?
How can be escape shipwrcck under the heavy
gale which is now blowing. with Scylla on the
one side and Charybdis on the other? Can he
amalgamate oil these diverse factions? Can he
mould them into piece Of mosaic. here bit
ofwhite stone. and there bit Of black" sufi-
GENTLY adhesive to stand the hard scrubbing of
four years active hostility from the wings and
their allies? Can he restore harmony out of the
present feuds and ranking jealousies Of the
various factions, cliques, and coteries of the
party? Can he do anything that will keep, be-
yond the fourth Of March, the existing unwieldy,
cumbersome, and homogeneous elements of the
discordant democracy together! 1t is very
doubtful; and yet his course is plainly marked
out before him.
Let General Pierce, disregarding the SQUAD
bles Of his party entirely, plant himself firmly
upon those Union principles laid down in the
Constitution, in the Compromise measures, and
in the Baltimore platform. Let the Union and
the integrity of the Compromises be the key to
his cabinet and his domestic policy. Let him,
if be will, consult all Sides but act upon his
own counsels. Let him strengthen himself by
calling around him the ablest heads and the
most enterpriaing and practical men Of the
South and the North; but let him do nothing to
conciliate impracticable disorganizers of either
section. Let him make no compromises with
seditious or disunion principles, but look first
and last to the overwhelming Importance of the
unity and harmony of the republic.
tits plainly impossible that the present he
terogeneous elements of the democratic party
can be welded together into homogeneous
mass. 1t is q mistake to act in reference to this
object. especially. 1t will be the paramount
duty of Gen. Pierce, out of these conflicting
materials to organize and mould into shape q
new party, resting, as its basis, upon the gene
raj policy and principles of his administration.
The division Of the spoils will lead to disap-
pointments inevitably, and to assertions Of in
dividuals, and perhaps Of whole factions at
time But little of the iron will and resolution
Of Old Hickory, will overcome all such petty OBJ
stacles. They must be expected. They cannot be
avoided. But the Presi dent elect is free to act,
with perfect independence Of oil the factions of
the party. He is under no special obligations
to any of them. He is pledged, however, to
the Union the compromise measures, and their
preservation intact. He may fulfil this duty
without recognizing the Buffalo platform or the
Nashville convention, either in the appointment
of his cabinet or in the measures Of his admins
tration.
The late melancholy affection which Gen.
Pierce has been called to sustain has not only
secured him, in relation to the stern RESPONSE
bilities of his position. the sympathies of all
parties, but something Of disposition of gen.
erosity. even from the most violent and clamor-
Gus expectants of the spoils. He has the con-
idence of the country. He has splendid field
before him. A new epoch in our own history
and in the worlds history, is upon u.s. progress
sive positive, energetic, and comprehensive as
the vast requirements Of - manifest destiny"
In view Of this broad field of action and Of
duty, how paltry and contemplate the wrang-
lings of the soft-shells and hard-shells, in the
:. coal hole " Of Tammany Hall
The cabinet is still an open question but
the petty difficulties to its annointment will