The American patriot., 1855-11-17
Free Love Democracy.

! The political world, is just now, full OF ru'
mars concerning the next Presidency Poll
kieians are busy in endeavoring to manufac-
Ire public sentiment, which they may turn
Laber to their own account or that Of some
kyorite and the various rival candidates for
kbe Democratic nomination are being jostled
Ia The uncertain and deceptive wave Of popu-
Lar favor Pierce still adheres to the "grand
kdea" of uniting the various divisions, subd-
VISIONS and discordant element Of the party
Into one and thus hopes to ride into the sue
kession upon another great wave of popular
Enthusiasm; but the time for such popular
Outbreak has passed Nor is there enough sub
'sance in the man to arouse the sleeping ener-
cries of either Of the factions which constitu-
Lied the dominant psrty of 1862. He has truck
led to the foreign and Catholic population
Iwhencyer occasion would permit, having first
calculated the chances of their support; but
This very course policy and expediency, for
HI was not principle, has ever aroused the Pro-
|tesant and native sentiment of the Free Love
Democracy, into a positive element of opposi-
hion, while. at the same time, the problematic
khtesman, the Little Giant of the West, is pull
Hing the western wires with great skill and ad
Erotness.
| Wise refuses to allow Virginia to send Pierce
delegates to the Cincinnati convention. Hunter
lhaving given in his adhesion to the higher
Ilaw," reposes at home upon the laurels of the
Hast winters campaign, and ponders upon the
Icfeat CT the Gland BILL" The result Of the
PENNSYLVANIA election has brought Buchanan
Iagain to the surface, and, as consequence.
dallas has begun to stir the same muddy pool
Into which all these aspirants are commingled;
Marcy is fled away among the archives of dip
lomacy Cushing is delving amongst the dus-
Hty pages of California land laws and record;
Campbell is plotting, with Jesuitical cunning,
the destruction of some petty postmaster; and
Davis is cndcavoring to pluck laurel from the
brow of old "Fuss and Feathers Is itnot
a sombre picture? Forney, too, aspires to be
something more than mere tool; the Union
is growing FESTIVE under the uncertainties of
the future, and Bright, whose native simpci-
/ ty assumes to be Mortified at political intrigue
and corruption has been by turbulent up
heaving of the elements, jostled into public no.
toriety
Around this political chess-board there sit
many an anxious expectant, each calculating
| the effect of every move; and with each move
changes the current Of popular sentiment. At
one moment the cringiag eticial grows bold at
| the prospects Of his master; at another, the
| awning supplcant for Executive mercy seems
elatcd at the chances ofsome opponent. Now,
/ Pierce holds the pool, and such EXPLANATIONS
of Joy burst forth that make the welkin ring
A moment more, and all things are changed.
From some distant spot there comes random
shot, which disarrangos the whole plan of op.
erations upsets all calculations, and sends a
thrill ofhorror though every bosom. 1t is op,
perfume, and Marcy comes forth from his dip
lomatic reverie, and revels amid the scenes
of the havoc. Soon the fragments are gather
ed up, but the Ilards and Softs refuse to fuse
and thus ends the tale of his sorrow. In thi
aghast and seem appalled,, the problcmati,
statesman, as if, by the magic ofhis wand, call
Hunter from his reposc, and clothes Bright il
the drapery of political innocence. The glae
tidings are borne westwardly, and from tn
broad prairies go up shout after shout, unit
the mountains and valleys are made to re-ech
but one sound. But,
clark from the tombs doleful cry"
And aiar off in the din distance is seen tn
Statesman of Accomac," graphing with
Northern ally, and exclaiming, To fight it a'
must"
Pierce who has yet but partially recovere
from the shock occasioned by recent disa.
ter, again launches forth upon this sea of III
certainty. A bold mariner must he be VIII
| will spread full sail, when the very gods seel
combined to destroy him. Forney lie cut adrif