The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-25

at the same time Of the previous week. Coffee was
steady, with more doing. Freights were steady.
Politicians ana tho Presia s~cy-The Or ~
True Course.
The political world, the press, and tt q W.
rious factions into which politicians are. diyid-
ed, are all basiiy engaged in specu) ating on
the probable tate of the candidate q who are
now before the people. SOn the me side, the
niger driving democracy has br ought forward
several respectable nsmes-v ny respectable,
indeed Mr., BuchansD, Mr.. Pierce, Mr.. Doug
les, and so on; while the Niger worshippers
have their names, also re pectabie-very re-
spectacle Chase, Seward, Mclean and Others
including. no dos'ot, Mr. sumner, now that the
folly Of hot bes ded So atherner has made him
available for H., Presidency, and given him so
astounding reputation. All these indi-
vidusis, as wey in the Niger driving as in the
niger worsAi piping ssmp, are heads Of cliques
in their respe .ctive parties; and the organize
tion, stamp Of DeA6ers, and general style Of
esch clique is the same. Whoever, of all these,
lie nominal I'd for the Presidency, the unconsti.
tutional istinction and dangerous character
OF these organizations is ouch that his triump h
would be certain to ensure q mere repetition
| Of the Pierce adMinistratien-with another
Pierce rat ise head, &ad possibly the same For
| ney ss it's tail. The came Forney, who was the
| executive or the United States during those
| trox5lous times when the Kansas agitation
wse hatched; who was the friend and patron Of
Recder, the prime author of those disturbances,
s,d who, after doing his best to get the coun-
i s,@o N ha1 nod Mr.
fierce to crafty his natural propensities by
turning round a2d throwing himself into the
arms OF the South a niger worshipper one
\ day, nj gger driver the next, who completed
1 his career cougenialiy by deserving his patron
| in the hour of need, and rallying to the supper
1 of the Pennsy lvania nominee How could al
administration with such man at the helm
be better, in any way, than the wretchsd one
he has already SO powerfully contributed to
disgrace How is it possible that anything
new can come of these old niger driving
hacks?
Turn to the other side. Suppose q niger
worshipper elected. What will be the conse-
quence? Continued excitement on the subject
of slavery, increased reasons for hostility in
the South, aggravated disturbances in Kansas,
spreading far and wide throughout the couu-
try, and possibly leading to civil war. Such is
the prospect, without exaggera.ion or extenua-
ton.
On both rides the astounding fact meets the
eye that the candidates who seek the highest
Office in the gift of the people ground their
claim on their opinions on the niger question.
As DR.. Franklin said of the donkey, with
whom the vote died." the real suffrage, the real
principles, the interests of this country seem
to lie-net in the white men, not 10
the great republican truths of the ia
theirs, not in our trade, our arts, our pub
lie works but in few niggera The niger
parties the drivers and the worshippers--are
the only ones which appear to possess any i'm
portance, and to have nominated any candi-
dates They have already driven the country
into most dangerous position, and to- the verge
of civil war; bat their power is still apparently
III shaken.
What does it matter to the people who is no
minated at Cincinnati? To the commercial in.
tereets, to the railroad interests, to the agricul.
tural interests, to the manufacturing interests,
TO the moneyed interests, to nine-tenths of the
people Of the United States? Not one straw.
All the candidates proposed are respectable
men-in private life. Mr.. Buchanan is an old
bachelor Of remarkable gallantry and finished
manners, for whose gentlemanly instincts eve
~ one will vouch: but look at his associates
look at the men by whom he lie surrounded,
and who must exercise greater or less con.
troll over his administration-an say wheth #
his election could possibly benefit the country!
Mr.. Douglas is another respectable man. He
| acted like statesman in introducing the Ne.
braska bill, which, Notwithstanding the clauor
| it aroused at the time, is now seen to be ju-
dicious measures it would never have led to
| the excitement it did, but for the folly and i'm
becility of Pierce and his Cabinet upper and
! lower. But after all, what difference is there
between Mr.. Douglas and Mr.. Buchanan?
| Then on the other side we have Mr.. Seward,
also very respectable man and intelligent:
able, if sufficient time be allowed him to make
very good speech that would be read with
| great pleasure in a magazine. And others,
| whom to enumerate would be to pay them too
grea. honor.
Among all of them what possible difference
can be pointed out? OF what earthly conse-
quence is it to the country which of them sue
ceeds? Whoever out of either party carries
the day, the evil will go on fostering day after
day, and year after year, until the two Sec
tons of the Union are wholly alienased fro n
each other by the fansticism, and the self4h-
nese, and the folly and corruption of the two
| niger parties
The time has certainly come when the PEG
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| time there was revolution aud a revolt
against the domineering tyranny and the re;k-
lees treachery to the country displayed by both
| factions: revolution that would not only d.
vest them of the right Of tearing the nation in