The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-13

cial, political, commercial, agricultural and
manufacturing interests of the country will
be swallowed up in the slavery agitation; and
that the results of the election will involve
the ultimate issue Of union OF a dissolution OF
the Union, and nothing less.
And what party have we in the field compe-
tent to resist this Northern and European anti
slavery combination for the Presidency? 1t
is not the democratic party, for it appears 10
be hopelessly distracted and divided, North
and South it is not the wing party, for it is
dead and buried nor is it the general North
ern Know Nothing organization, for it Is
strongly tinctured and fused, here and there,
with the negro coaltionists Yet we have the
nucleus of great national conservative party
upon the slavery question, as represented at
Philadelphia by the new American Order OF
New York and the South, in their conservative
platform upon this identical question of save
ny. This party, however, with all the pruning
and trimming which it has received, will need
much more to render it available for the
national battle Of SO. Still we have our hopes
that from this nucleus victorious and pract-
cal American party may be organized and
established within the year before us.
We have our hopes, and we have our fears.
The meeting of the new Congress, in Decem-
Der, will be followed by food of light upon
the subject In the interval, the pith of the
controversy is limited to the border rufians'
of Kansas and the yelping fanatics of the
Seward Holy Alliance. We must await the
lifting Of the curtain before we can determine
exactly the grouping Of the tableaux. We
only know now that the contest for 1856 will
be union or disunion, and that the disunion
party is formidable, boastful and defiant, and
first in the field.
A WHITE STONE DAY-MEXICO AND SEBAsTo-
PoL-To-day is the eighth anniversary of the
triumphant entry of the American army into
lions which placed the name of Lieutenant
General Scott in the roll Of the worlds great
captains The success Of the American army
in the various operations from the seventh to
the thirteenth of September, eighteen hundred
and forty-seven are without parallel in his
tory, when we consider the number Of our
troops engaged and the difficulties which they
surmounted. Every fourth man Of the active
force of General Scott's army was either kill
ed or wounded but this terrible slaughter did
not damp the ardor Of the gallant six thou
sand who never rested by night or day until
they were quartered in the halls of the Monte
zumas. These troops and their general gave
good example to the allied armies in the
Crimea, but it was all thrown away. Had the
he ~ co1l
by the allied generals as that of Chepultepec
by General Scott, Sebastopol would have fall
en- long before this. Now, mark the diffe-
renee: The English General was unsuccessful
he was made q Field Marshal, and his fami-
ly has been magnifcently pensioned. General
Scott was brilliantly successful, and we leave
him in his old age at the M rcy of his credi-
tors, while the politicians Of the War Depart
ment, who "never set a squadron in the field"
refuse him the back pay and allowances which
Congress intended to give him with his grade
Of Lieutenant General. 1t is disgrace to the
republic; and if it were possible for the pre-
sent administration to sink to any lower depths,
its meanness to the gallant old soldier would
disgust even the few politicians who watch,
open mouthed, for the crumbs which fall from
the Presidents table.
We are glad that khe memorable events Of
September are to be celebrated this year by
the remnant of the gallant band who led the
forlrn hope at Moline del Rey, scaled the
heights Of Chepultepec and fought their way,
sword in hand, through the Garita de San
Cosme. The festival tomorrow evening at
Delmonico's is confined to the officers and
others who actually participated in the Mex
lean war. Honor to the brave.
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