The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-17

have sprung the Z zap. and. we Judge. with
some success. Th's copying press of the abo-
htion stripe m de West is preparing the way,
ana a Jew wee As will combine the entire negro
worsh'ppers. of the North under the republican
banners III Seward. At all events, we are be-
ginMn' & to understand the movement, its ex-
tent. its character, its objects, and its men,
With perhaps trifling differences of opinion
upon outside matters, the creed and the ritual
have been determined and adopted. 1t is the
restoration Of the Missouri compromise, the
repeal of the Nebraska Kansas law, and the
abolition of slavery in the District Of Colum
bia. Thus the campaign is opened-the issue
is made, and the battle is to be fought. Says
the Ersning Post, ''The Hon. B. f. Butler is on
the stump" We infer his enlistment for the
war, but whether as chaplain to give "stated
preaching of the gospel" or as a soldier in the
ranks, is left to conjecture.
| Well it is an odd combinations strange
medley Of the odds and ends Of all parties-a
fusion of as desperate band of gamesters as
| ever disturbed the order and well being of
not fail to attract public attention, and excite
| personal interest. Not all the parts have yet
| been assigned and there 10 an adjourned ques-
| ton of management between Mr.. Seward and
| Mr.. Chase, of Ohio, the two most prominent
representatives of the old stage. 1t is no bust
| ness of ours to interfere; but rumOr has it
| that Chase is confident Of being able to over
| turn his New York competitor, and to carry
off the honors and the profits of the perform
ance. We fear his confidence will betray him.
At all events, it is no more than right that he
should fully comprehend the position of his
antagonist, and we rejoice that it is in our
power to aid him. Seward is by no means
certain that the republican ticket can, by any
exertion, be successful in 1856. He advises
his friends, therefore, to thrust Chase into the
foreground-to let him take the responsibility
Of the errors which are necessarily incident
to the organization of a new party-in short,
to make him beat the bush for the Seward
marksmen, and if it is considered impossible
to succeed in the coming Presidential canvass,
to drive Chase into the nomination for the
Presidency. Mark this prediction. The sub
ject has been fully discussed by the Seward
men. To the suggestion that there was danger
| in thrusting the Ohio agitator into too much
prominence, the answer has been uniformly
| returned, "We have the power at any moment
| to lay him aside, even in Ohio" "He occu-
| pies no other position than that which we have
conferred upon him, and will be permitted to
| perform no service except such as we assign
to him." This is hardly fair play; and hence
| we feel bound at least to call the attention of
| Mr.. Chase and his friends to the matter, merely
| remarking that by sending their agents to the
leading Seward men in this State they can be
fully satisfied Of the entire truthfulness of our
| assertion.
Meanwhile, with or without Chase, the re-
publican movement must so on, and, Us mat
ter Of general interest in connection with it's
measures, we propose short sketch of its men
It's head, body and soul is William II. Sew
ard, an anti-Mason, q national republican, a
whig, an abolitonist free soiler-now @rO-
publican-pretty much everything by turns ex-
cept President Of the States. Next comes
Thurlow Weed as desperate political scaven-
ger in early life, and as proud and despotic
manager Of the various elements opposed to
the democratic party in later times, as is to be
found anywhere. He will never have credit
for what he is, unless the spirit of mischief
posts the books. His feats of dexterous horse
manship, in which he has straddled three nags
at o time-abolitionism, whigism and tempe
rance-are common to the country. That he
has ridden two at once in different directions,
and held parley with Bishop Hughes on the
subject of Catholic votes, is extensively be-
lieved. He, too, was an anti-Mason, having
set up business on the corporal estates Of Ii
notify Munroe, which he inherited strictly on
the principle of the present fusion game-"thc
devil take the hindermost." In this way, I'll
notify became useful man, especially after
his death, when he was set to political services
by Weed, and actually laid the foundation of
the present republican party. Whether he
was satisfied to play the part Of ga good enough
Morgan till after election" and thus to force
New York politics into the dominions of ST.
Peter, has never been known.
Next comes Mr.. Philosopher Greeley-some-
thing of a whig, good deal Of an abolition
ist a Grahamite, a Fourierite, abloodless tenn
pcrance man, in favor of women, but constitu-
tionally moral in his tendencies and ideas
| opposed to French government, especially its
prison discipline. Greeley has remarkable
personal appearance, is director of the Crys-
tai Palace, editor of the New York Tribune, the
proprietor of the drab coat, believes in ne
groes and spiritual manifestations, Of which
he is himself q near personiGcation, is repub-
lican Of the til. IS, and has no doubt that Will
liam II. Seward will be President of the Unit
ed States Then cores Gen. Webb of the
Courier and Enquirer--a very late but very earn
est disciple. Just what he can do for the fu-
sionists, now that they have fixed upon name
and have no thought Of creating United
States Bank, it is not easy to discern. Gen.
Webb is a fnancicr, very respectable at com
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