The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-27

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be considered wise or foolish according to the
| circumstances of the ease 10 which It Is ap-
piled. Here it seems to be very foolish. What
Is the object Of our wings? 1t is to prevent
the election Of friends of the administration to
Congress and that can be effected only by
the union Of the various branches of the opyo-
sitiOn on the same candidates, which has been
effected in some districts, but not in all. Az.
suIed)y, the running Of two or more opposition
candidates in most districts is not the way to
defeat the Pierce and Paris men, who are
tskiDg courage from the want Of tact and dis
cernmeDt Oh the part Of their foes. A month
ago there was not the ieast prospectof Pierce
democrat being chosen 10 Congress from this
State; now the chances are i'll favor Of the cleo
tiou OF two or three gentlemen Of admnistra-
tien politics. because the wings, who are as
nothing here alone, will Insist upon it that
they only are entitled to profit from the ad-
ministra,ion's many follies. They took the
beating, they say, that created the administra-
tion, ano why should they not be the gamers
hy that course Of events which is carrying it
to the rocks OF destruction? All this would
lie proper enough If the wings were so ssropg
as to he able to help themselves; but as they
IRE not in such condition. and can look for no
marked success az wings. 1t hardly entities
them to be put in the category of wise men,
nnless II be OF such wise men as "weat to sea
in bowl" (" and made very short time of their
trip.
The wings have got notion in their heads
that they must carry the Congressman or a
majority Of them, in order tO secure the vote Of
this State for their party's candidate for the
next Presidency, as they have sort of vague
idea that the successor Of General Pierce will
be chosen by the House Of Representatives.
But for this notion, believe they would have
tod NIT 41ov a
playing, or are likely to display. They are
evidently relying, too, on the breaches that ex-
let in the democratic party, and relying too
much on them. That great deal of i'll feeling
exists between these branches of once united
and homogeneous organization cannot be
doubted by any one who daily sees the exhibi-
TORS OF hostile spirit which they make; but
they have no affection for whiggism, and in
their hearts they hate the wings. If anything
can drive them tOgether-and their reunion is
far from being amongst the impossibilities Of
the world-it is the present conduct Of the
wings, who act as if they thought the whole
earth were theirs, they being the saints to
whom it bas been given as an inheritance.
Having held possession Of the State govern
meDt for two years, and elected Uniled
States Senator, though the popular ma.
j0rity is thousands upon thousands against
them, tho wings think that their own good for
tune and their adversaries' dissensiOns are
bound to continue, and to secure the return Of
not less than four members Of the next United
States House OF Representatives, who shall be
sure to vote for the wbig candidate. for the
Presidency, in case the psople should fail to
make choice of national chief magistrate.
They also expect to maintain possession Of the
State government; and, relying upon the tide
that is setting against the administration, run
hing out to the very last drops, they trust to
be able to carry the Legislature in 1856,
and so establish their power, perhaps, by the
aid Of direct alliance with the temperance
men and free soilers, and by bartering the
GoveInorship againstit, secure another United
States Senator as O colleague to Mr.. Fessen-
den, in place of Mr.. Hamlin who, though no
admiler Of the present administration, and
hated by 1t in return, is as little like o whig as
any man you could find in Maine. That the
wbig leading men are looking forward two
years-a sort Of eternity In politics-I
know, not only because they say sufli-
cient to betray their purpose, but because
the Presidential contest, with its Senatorial
and representative accomplishments, so vast an
array of prospective ''spois," as would have dis
turhed the equsnimity OF st. Anthony himself
in the midst Of his temptations, would be suffi-
cient to tempt even wiser heads than those
which 1t has pleased Providence to place in the
hands of the men who here control the action
Of the whig party YOu may be assured that
the action OF tho wings throughout New England
is based on considerations connected almost en-
tirely with the contest of 1856, and, that they
have been inGuced to modify their. extreme
abolition ideas in consequence Of representa-
tons that have been made to thsm from their
Southern friends. But for these representations,
and the belief that the preservation of the old
whig party is highly necessary for future pur-
poses you would have seen q complete c0ali-
tioD formed here, which would have presented
a stronger anti-slavery front han has ever been
seen in New England
You will easily understand that this change
Of purpose, and consequently of action, has been
by no means perfect Two things have Ope-
rated to prevent the old state of affairs from
being entirely resumed. lst. The idea
Of forming thorough coalition had been
80 far developed that 1t would not be entirely
abandoned, ard the nominations of such men
as Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Perry, in the First and
Second districts, are the effects Of partial adj
hcrence to the first formed plan. Mr.. Gilman,
whig of the best standing and character was
but he handsomely withdrew when it was found
necessary to have q union made on Mr.. Perry
Morrill, man, SO that the same course might
be pursued in the First district on Mr..
Wood whig. Mr.. Woed is q rich man,
who has made his money during the last
few years through railroad operations and
speculations, ard is now aflicted--0r his
friends for him-with desire for political pro-
motion, which be can buy if not earn. He is
just one Of those men who are thought every
thing of because they happen to have money,
but who are thought nothing Of until they have
II. His nomination has been the result Of one
Of the completest little intrigues ever got up
in Maine, where we have had plenty Of such
things on small scale. He is principal owner
of the Advertiser newspaper. our whig organ in
Portland, and controls that paper, which
is supposed TO account for the leaning in
favor of free soilism and Morrill, democracy
that has been displayed by that jour
nal for some time back in the opinion Of its
enemies. have not, feel bound to say, been
able to discover any Of these ahti-whig tenden-
cies in the advertiser that are charged upon
it, beyond desire, which may exhibit itself
in various ways to concliate the various
branches that are ont Of the range of ordinary
whiggery, and which, we would think, indicated