The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-30

to use such miserable trash in reply to facts,
arguments, and logic, showing up the free soil
character of an administration that went into
power by fraud!
The Ncbraska Question Letter 81 Captain
Ryndcrs-Whsre II John Van Burens
We spread this morning before our readers
of all parties. but especially for the edifcstion
of both factions of the re-divided democracy,
the emphatic, straightforward, and decisive let
ter Of Captain Rynders on the Nebraska ques-.
ton. He plants himself boldly on the broad
and comprehensive platform of Douglas, the
constitution the administration, and the spoils.r
AS the Mormon faith comprehends all that there{
is in the Bible, and, extra the creed and dyy
nasty of 10 Smith, so does the faith Of Captain
Rynders include, not only the constitution, but
the Cabinet and the public plumber.
But where is the other great leader of the
present regime of Tammany Hall? Were Is
John Van Buren, The Captain having spoken,
can the Prince longer remain silent? No!-a
thousand times, no VI! He must come ont; he
must speak, or he must be turned adrift again
with the omnium gathernm Of the outside free
soil party. 1t will no longer answer to acqui-
esce in the Baltimore platform. That platform.
by the new Senate bill, is demolished. It
will not avail to fall back upon the
Syracuse soft shell resolutions Of last Sep
TENDER, reafirming the "fnality" Of the
compromise acts of 1850 That "fnality" is
ended. All the presidential patchwork COM
promises on this negro question, from the Mis-
souri, unconstitutionality down, to the reafHr-
nation act Of 1850, inclusive, are all swept
away by the bill Of Mr.. Douglas, and we
brought face to face with the simple constitu-
tional principle that it is with the people to
determine the issue of slavery or free soil for
themselves in all the territories Of the United
States from this time for evermore.
Captain Rynders braces himself fairly and
squarely by the side Of Judge Douglas. Now
we want the other great leader of Tammany
Hall to show his hand. Without him the Wig
wan is still in the fog. Moreover, with the
Captain and the Prince hand in hand the
democracy may be reunited. Past experience
proves that union between these two leaders
is always followed by success. Their political
history exhibits some striking analogies and
some remarkable discrepancies The Prince
has now and then given us political specimen
of ground and lofty tumbling eclipsing the
loftiest gyrations of the Chinese acrobats The
Captain has not been 80 remarkable for turning
somersets himself as for turning others topsy
turvy and beels-over-head-pa particularly the un-
fortunate abolitionists at the Tabernacle and
other places. 1t is also true that, while in the
battles Of the democracy the Captain has
generally led the forlorn hope, the Prince has
uniformly superseded him in the business of
dispensing the spoils In lS4S they were both
off the track-the Prince among the pie-bald
factions Of the Buffalo platform, and the Cap
tain among the democratic allies Of Gen. Tay-
lor, with the whole Empire Club at his back,
drums beating and colors flying The result
was the signal defeat of the democratic party
Now, they must stand shoulder to shoulder
on the Nebraska bill, and all is well. The
party will be reunited on Q constitutional basis
the hard shells and the soft shells will be as
happy again as Burnum's Happy Family, and
Seward will be vanquished forever. But if
these two great leaders, Captain Rynders and
John Van Buren,, split upon this Missouri line,
Tammany Hall, lately re-divided, will be SUBJ
divided all hope of democratic reunion is
ended, and Seward and his partisans will hold
their present possession of the State for an In
definite period to come. Such a misfortune
will at all events, cast New York entirely out
OF the democratic estimates for 1856. Thus
1t will be seen that the prospects Of the sue
cession materially depend upon the position Of
John Van Buren, on this Nebraska question.
w rnou oou ha k,1d L..
which will decide whether, in the next Presi-
dental election, New York is to be for Seward
and free soil or for Douglas and the consti-
tuition.
We call, therefore, upon John Van Buren, to
come out and define his position To DELAY
longer Is to be lost If he cannot open on the
Nebraska bill tonight at the Tabernacle the
columns of the HERALD are freely offered for
his relief He has talents, wit, pluck, tact and
industl y, on his side, land is still young-though
he has rapidly, since l84s, acquired q settled
and venerable aspect. Let him, then part COM
pany and cut adrift from the free soil Evening
Post and the free soil Albany Atlas, and CO.
operate with Judge Douglas and Captain
Rynders for the repeal of the Missouri compro-
mise, out-and-out, for once and forever. We
repeat, that while there is the most brilliant
prospect for rallying hard shells and soft shells,
spontaneously and tremendously, again n
Tammany Hall, provided that Captain Rynders
and John Van Buren, stick together, according
to the principles laid down in the Captains
letter, there is no other prospect than continu-
GUS discord and certain defeat to the party in
this State if there is split between the Prince
and the Captain in this overwhelming question
of Nebraska
Things look squally. There are unmstake-
able symptoms Of tremendous agitation and
desperate fight upon this Missouri line-this
last vestige of sectional discord upon the SUBJ
iect of slavery. But still we believe that thA