The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-11

Ore until Il is utterly broke, DOWN, the first
inditpens bic 'ep to the re- ryan sation Of the
de-, ccratic ty Of the Union. This will be
the " other business" which win come before
our ard 81 ell Sta Convention.
We may reasonably expect, t re ORE the
most cordial srmon, and enthusiasm among
tie ards in their denuDciations If tn spoils
party Of the m nj ration. It remains un-
char ge The causes whic provok the rup-
ture with Tammany Hall in 1853 iii exist.
The Van Buren, free sellers con inu t. uxuriate
upon the pu / c plumber In t g highest seats Of
the sy MAJ og while the Old Guar are still
constrained to stsnd back among outsiders
pear the door, In this attitude Of hungry spec
tator Of he sdm:nistrati n love feast to tie
/ free sellers and ecessionists, what else c,n we
expect from e utraged and Indignant hard
shells but the IN 1T emp attic excavations OF
Frank in ri re the sp lis coalition of bis
Cabin, t, Kitchen Cabinet, md all concerned?
We have hearl Of some forts in this city, at
Albany, AMI other place, to soften the hards,
and to induce them to such terms of moderation
at Syr cuse as will l ave an opening for an
other Il mpo. ary junction with the free soil soft
shells, ust for the sake of the spoils. But as
all overtu es to this end have been signally
abcrtiye, and as the hards have gone too far
upon principles to fall back upon the plumber,
we fell tolerably well assured that the last
chance for reupion of the New York democra-
cy upon the basis of the administration and
its folicy has passed away. 1t would not
pay expenses to attempt at this late hour,
upon any armistice whatever, to make the
spoil men at Washington the common centre
of the democratic party. The hard shells, the i,
at 5, racnse, will listen to no terms and leave
no hope for fusion with the administration
party. Upon the naked Issue of the spoils they
viii give the New York Van Buren, soft shells
and their administration allies in other States
clearly to understand that there can be no re-
union Of the democratic party except with che
abandonment of the administration to its ineyi-
table fate. To this extent we suspect the
'oth,r business" Of the convention of the hards
is sufficiently apparent to be perfectly satisfac-
tory.
Upon the brood and general issue of pviuci-
pies, however, there will yet be some "other
business" to transact. The Know Nothings,
the Maine Law league, and the Holy Aat
Slavery Alliance, are in the field. We presume
that TO the Know Nothings the convention
will turn the cold shoulder, aud that the will
touch the temperance question very gingerly
They may pass over both as ticklish Subjects
upon which "the least said the soonest rlend-
ed" But upon the Nebraska question they
must show their hand. Without the vote Of
the bards in Congress the bill might have been
defeated; yet had the majority Of the House fol-
lowed the course OF Messrs. Wheeler, Maurice,
Oliver, Peckham, and Peck, the bill never
would have passed Consequently, of all the
business before the convention we are puzzled
10 know what they are to do in relation to
the repeal of the Missouri compromise.
If they approve the repeal, or condemn
the repeal, they rebuke portion of their dele
CATION 10 Congress, aud probably cut off Z con-
siderable vote from their ticket among the
people. If they compromise the matter upon
Van Buren, poncommittalism, the hard shells
of New York will fall behind their own strength
in the election, and will be nowhere after The
elec.ion-nOwhere.
The anti slavery alliance will make the resto-
ration Of the Missouri line the paramount test
in November. Every Congressional candidate
viii have to meet it face to face. The hards may
blink it at Syracuse /; but they win not be per
mitted to blink it at the ballot boxes Better
then, meet the question at once; and, taking
the high ground that the repeal of the Missouri
restriction restores the Territories involved to
their constitutional status, boldly challenge
the support OF all true constitutional Union
men, in New York, in ell the North, and in all
the South Otherwise, the independent action
of the hard shells goes for nothiug-their
Wanted love Of principles is all humbug, and
their lofty indignation against the unholy
ruling coalition al Washington dwindles down
to pitiful and dirty squabble about the spoils.
The only way in which the hard shells can
prove their fidelity to the national principles
which they profess, and the hollowness and false
pretences of the administration and its spoils-
men, is o clear approval of the repeal Of the
Missouri restriction, and decided ground agains
its restoration. A day or two will show US whit
is In the wind.
CoLr's PATENT EXTENSION = INVESTIGATION
OnDERED.-We cordially approve the rssol .
ton offered by Mr.. Letcher, Of Virginia, on
Saturday laat, for an investigation by COM
mittee Of the House Of Representatives into
certain charges connected with tae lobby and
the bill fr the extens on Of Colts pistol patent
for seven years. We are inclined to bolieve
that, if the investigation Is pur. ued rigidl.
and without fear or Partially, 1t viii result in
opening up 10 the public view disclosures Of