The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-02

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every capital Of svs STAT, and possibly IA every ss~a
Axsg the wires sr tia especial few ssss
~ NO former period o. our htssry has there oosa sase
sspefsbundAoes q sspsn Tor tns v.e.as o
qua aeaors has Inspired every croM roa dsmAy Sas
Win hopes and 6so him .sh tns coav OF as Pre-
eminent tnsss for us ating and sdsrning tue station
once occu Died bv Wsshin state Conventions anf
STATE Legislatures enpo Cd IN me SAM pAs.
labor The sspirants tbemsss.e' wis "s insane tas
general excitement by the ardor Of thu Co
Mr. pserce, Inc present incumbent. ~. It ais son.
taken the field little in advance Of suy& soath
petilors. HIS message : bid for this eua~ "a b.
and the expectation Il, or wG hat tas whole ~oe>
knocked out IL him without rival
The Caresn Mercury Has responded with the dsrsrs-
tn that General Pisrcs is uuaer tbs circumstances
ns prSps5 sro ,s = S
Od Buck Is next In view NJ ssst :! f.r Is external
operations ensbs one TO judge HIS friends nave g..
time present UNDIVIDED front. Having fixed thnys ..
home they sxten0ieg their aud BY
havoc With Mr. Hunters ducks in his native waters.
The 4nterisss have got inkdog Of this sod have
accordingly increased their activity. But they
are too indignant for successful operations They are
indignant With Pierce, for daring 70 lauach bis little
pect of domestic reashsry, and trying TO ode
them o. 70 on Buck and they know not xa.t to think
Be teri o vet the sss game and vi"
quietly waiting till old suct's card is exhausted
General Cass and the whole batch Of sold fogi ~ are
affecting moderation and forbearance in the hope that
Something will turn up while their psrtisans dill
gently at work sowing discord among THAR more youth
"uve Oak George" is making respectable demon
straton in New York-and If . big head and grsa.
heart win the DAY, his friends It fear Of the
result
All the insigoiacants warmed into life AMI hope by
the binary success OF General r., while their
more renowned cmpetitors are stirring ali creation
not idle
But one and all of these ambitious patriots have
reckoned witnou their host While they are spending
sleepless nights and cords Of money -exhausng BODY
promising mbinson tbere-tne "a ne blocked ,sa
them They have 70 gotten tv the only
tho eaost "Aanner Of man. toe next President would
l., Southern man with Northern priocipes Now
he can designate nos ony the msaner Of maa but the
identical man. ana that Is himself He the Presi-
cency In his breaches pockets Sec him of
the street, wi hard Allied with letters sud
with papers Behold him expoundi the Law aud pro-
phes to group Of admrias bsholisrs What energy!
What fervo The e4tnersd fa.ss are sped HIS mss the
result of the ballot Tae inaugural Ia ay pre-
paredhas been read to q select ia the opinion
O. John Smith Co. Ia the most tremendously po .srfal
the present aud The wonder all future ages Even
the Cabinet appointments all dednttvsly acrangsi,
ard ten out Of the sevea hail from tae ever glorious city
Ut Richmond anu vicinity.
Aas tor Olighted hopesl What pity the many great
mn who are now toing sne Presidential stesp coud
rot before sting their energies Of miad and body have
got . peep into Tho hand Of fate and Botts
[From the Ricamond Wh,g.l
MIR. DICKINSON, OF NEW YORK.
Contemporary we believe the LJnsaoufg Vi,y,nidn,
some days since to the TACT at tue last Bal
timore Convention in 1852, Mr. Dickinson of New YORK;
received the unanimous support of the Virginia deegs
ton and would have obtained the no n but Tor
bis noble which scarcely has It's equal
il Ga ecau or Roman Blu. that convention
aSDl,nea and San tns lat twelve
in democratic paper In connection with che Presidency.
In al the lions that spoken Of all tue mui
ifO
suggested find alluson to him. Che policy of L.
ing his preensions-his very exstence-appeArs to
accepted thu party. whs is the meaning Of mis-
duct towards the distinguished ex-senator Of Ne York;
OF what crime has ne eesn guilty. What pledge has he
what principle of psfty has he Violated We
we have heard Of none. He occupies the same manly
position WHICH he did thre years ago He still uphods
WITH the indo ritabls spirit principles of
s'itution and all its guarantees. In the midst Of wide
spread def-s IN he mas stood Arm un,has and tal-
fui to all bis pledges and ell his duties ~ patriot
and an honest uan. But one thing he has doue-and
tn. rein committed the objectionable sn-he has dared
10 arraign TIE dispenser Of Office ashsss trust
false to that trustdebera,ely emp Dying 1t to
ter and pamper the enemies Of the I'D thu
pubic peace He charged the Presidens With using the
ps ronage OF his Office and ,urage free
sellers and abo.ionss of the North, and thereby
detirg them potent mischief His offence hath this
ex ent-no more.
4 Is not purpose to enter the defense of Mr.
Dickinson. We refer to the usage he has received
urni hing another Caring Illustration Sf the Csnsfs
sncs he the caei O. ten
to Destow him the highest Office in the land and which
he failed to receive through his magnsnimous
loss Of ,h favor Of the OF the spoils he
pudatsd from one end Of the country to the other BY
every genuine democratic politician. Is is possible
party abjectI ess to go furhers
from the Charleston Mercury, Ultra Fire Eater.]
THE SOUTH AT CINCINNATI.
It is Indeed astonishing into what giaring consrsdic
the beginning 1t has been urged thai national
tens fairy represent the wishes Of the party rather
rf 1na tp%ttv of 10 A0Ix
upon which the entire claim OF the system
TO any support without which 1t is confsssedy
sbe and unreliable has not the least shadow of founda
ton in theory practice. Que need only
nominations which have been made By these national
copvenions-boh the whig and denocratc--to see a.
once the u ter faFsity Of such argument With
scarcely single exception, they nave rejected the Illus
tricus men OF tue nation aud lighted upoa the obscure
ed has nov become fixed principle Of the convention
system; late wri or in English vreview we'll
COVE, nment be filled by the first mea. Sue,
state of things must stiike every candid mind
But consicer mode in which III con 7enaons
constituted We will not be surprised at any result,
However strange Where there is no pno pie Of
consi tency the results be otherwise than
just ard contradictory. convention, framed wi no at
regard TO the relative strength Of the party in the differ
represent the party Based upon just pducipie Of
oD how 1t justly reflect public opinouf
Judged by this simple and unanswerab test, the
tiona veDtien is usurpation aud
wrong upon the rights OF the people, Protesting to re-
present IL 10 TACT suppresses and mtsrepresen the
pulsr voice. Tbs basis Of representation In It's debera
lions is srhitra and fxed-each State having voe
equal the number of its votes joint ballot ia Con-
gess regardless Of the strength OF party la their
several limits. The inevitable consequence IL,
States in whish the party is in hope minority have
vote greater thsn others in which the party Ia
petely triun phapt-snd this iu party convention pro-
lessng ruthfuy to represent the will Of maj Drity Of
the party.
TIE approaching Cincinnati Convention will present
the fog Of this system in gsrlng terms than
before. We shall there zee, 10 their full grown
perfection, how party tactics prevail simple
truth wiz be Of delesa es tom tue free
New Hanpshite.... Virginia 80. .........l5
vermont. North Carolina. 10
Ma .eachUsetts ID South Carolina.