The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-01

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An opening has at length been made in the
party politics of this State, which, ii judcioas-
y followed up, will secure the extinction OF
the administration free soil faction and the
overthrow of the Seward niger worshpping
coalition in November. The democratic hards
and softs have failed to coalesce. Their late
conventions have widened the breach between
them, and they now stand az broadly separated
upon the niger question as upon their Balt-
more and Buffalo platforms in lS48.
The hards repudiate the administration-the
softs give it their "hearty concurrence aud
commentator" the hards endorse and adopt
the doctrine of squatter sovereignty, as en-
bodied in the Kansas and Nebraska bill---the
softs denounce the border rufians,' and
deem this an appropriate occasion to
declare their hostility to the extension Of
slavery into free territory" Thus, upon these
two vital issues between the administration
spolsmen and the Dickinson democracy, there
has been no fusion, no compromise, no "diplo-
matte halfway house of rest" where the two
factions may meet and join their forces in No
vembcr. The plan Of reunion proposed in
halfand-half ticket by Mr.. Daniel E. Sickles,
at the hard convention, was Indignantly de-
clined, and the plan of Prince John, at the soft
convention, of concilating Dickinson by
dead silence upon the administration, and the
full dodge of all the slavery issues Of the day,
was scornfully rejected. The voice Of Tam
many was overwhelmed by the rural dis
tricts, and the counsels of the Prince and
John Cochrane with the Scarlet Letter in
his pocket) were overruled by the unadul-
terated Buffalo free sellers. And thus the
divided democracy have formally placed them
selves in reference to our November election.
Whatever the agreements in the hard and soft
she'll platforms, upon the canals, the liquor
law and the Know Nothings, the two factions
have signally failed to come to any agreement
upon the administration, and they cannot act
together.
The question then recurs, what will these
two factions do in November? The roast beef
and plum pudding Of the Custom House party,
after their endorsement Of Mr.. Pierce, will
compel them to try his strength in the election,
whatever the temptations to fuse with Seward
and his allies In this light, any fusion of the.
hards with the softs would be equivalent to a
disgraceful surrender, and all their professions
of principles and nationality, and SO forth, Of
the last two or three years, would be resolved
into fuss and feathers One Of three courses
the hards will be constrained to adopt They
must capitulate to the Custom House spols-
men, or fight the battle Of the fall election as
an Independent party claiming to be the le-
Ultimate democracy Of the State, or fuse with
the American party by way Of diversion to-
wards the organization Of u new national par
ty movement il 1856.
The hards and the Know Nothings agree in
their opinions of the administration; they
concur upon the compromises Of the constitu-
ton, and, particularly, they hold the same
ground of acquiescence in the doctrines Of the
posed in this State to Pierce, Forney, Marcy
x Co., and the Seward coalition; and, as q
junction of the hards with the American or
ganization would put the State in the front
rank for new national party against all dis
organizers, North and South, this fusion is
clearly suggested as the true policy of the
adamantines for our November scrub race.
We cannot suppose that the hards are as yet
prepared to capitulate to the Custom House,
and apart from this alternative, they have
only to choose between the success Of Seward
and the success of the Know Nothings If the
hards prefer to expose their own weakness,
and to consolidate the Seward Holy Alliance,
a.
November upon e basis Of forty or fifty thou
sand votes; but if they prefer the extinction
Of the Cabinet spoilsmen, and deadly blow
to the Seward combination, they will unite
with the American party, and carry the State
Of the general result we have our misgiv-
inge. The soft shells have returned to the
nigger-worshippers as the "sow that was
washed returns to her wallowing in the mirc"
They are done for, or have only the hope Of
Micawbcr that between this and next June
something may turn up to restore them to
the fold of the regular democracy. The hards,
too, appear to lie ccntending more for recep-
ton at the Cincinnati Democratic Convention
than for The ancient principles of the party.
At the same time, certain newspaper reports
from Binghamton show that the spies of Sew
ard are busy in the Know Nothing camp; and
though the mischief which they have thus far
accomplished has scarcely paid them for their
trouble, We are admonished, from the expert
ence OF our last Legislature, to beware Of the
temptations of the spells which new recruits
may secure by their adhesion to the Seward
managers of the public plumber at Albany
Two o, three points are perfectly clear
first, that there is no reunion between the
hard and The soft shell democracy; second
that they can accomplish nothing even if they
should unite: and, finally, that the only plan
by which the hards can effect telling blow in
November, against Marcy, Van Buren, Pierce
and seward, is by fusion with the American
party. A few days more, and we shall proba-
bly, understand the whole game, and the pros
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