The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-30

sey against Buchanan have not materially i'm
proved and the probabilities still in favor Of his
election In Pennsylvania there is the impracti-
cable third ticket, pure and simple, of Fillmore
and DonelsOn in the way, and should il carry off
five thousand, two thousand, or one thousand
votes from the opposition union ticket, it may
decide the campaign In New Jersey, the Ere
mont and Fillmore conventions, assembled for the
purpose OF a compromise upon q union ticket,
have adjourned without accomplishing anything I;
and New Jersey therefore, as far as Fremont or
Fillmore is concerned, may be considered as
abandoned to the common enemy In addition
TO Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the late Indiana
election indicates pretty strongly that that State
also win cast her electoral vote for Buchanan,
and We need go no further in the North to secure
his election by the people, considering the Ia
inevitable weakness Of Mr.. Fillmore in the South
The suicidal division of the opposition forces
in this contest into two discordant and clashing
parties was step which promised nothing but
universal defeat unsil the nomination of FIRE.
mont After his nomination, the astonishing
popularity Of this new candidate and his plat
form very soon promised to override all opposi-
ton, and to carry everything before them, con
sidering the demoralized corrupted and de-
bauched condition of the spoils democracy. But
the late Pennsylvania and Indiana elections
have shown us that this part of the spoils demo-
cracy, when driven to desperation, is still
strong, and tina, faithless allies and treaehe-
rous friends are still open to the appliances Of
bribery and corruption. Independently how
ever, of all these drawbacks to the republican
Fremont movement in these late elections, there
have been yet some other considerations ope-
rating in favor of the democracy, which cannot
be overlooked.
We have no doubt that vast majority Of the
people OF the Union, including nine-tenths
of the people of the Northern States, npoo
the simple and unmixed issue of this Kansas
question, would pronounce against the Dor
der rufian policy adopted and pursued 10
this hour by the Pierce administration and
the democratic party to make Kansas a
slave State. No sensible man can believe for
a moment that any considerable number OF
the conservative and independent American
PS'Eitf ANtin VI 5oath, Nai IA AhNb
hearts do anything but condemn the hor-
rid atrocities in Kansas committed by and with
the advice and consent of the administration
under which the plains Of thai Territory for q
twelve month past have been the scene OF battles,
fire devastation, robbery, rapine, murder, and all
the crimes incident to q war of extermination by
government officers. regular troops and rufian
meTcenaIies, against body OF free State settlers,
weak in numbers and in means but stubborn in
defence OF their constitutional rights. Again, the
mind Of every Independent and honest American
mnst revolt against that policy Of the Ostend
manifesto which would convert our President
Into the chief of gang of pirates against the rich
Islands Of our weaker neighbors.
Yet, assured as we are Of these facts, and that
our people are Law abiding, magnanimous and
honest people, North and South; aud assured as
we are, too, that the universal sentiment of the
North is against the extension of slavery into
free Territory, especially by force of arms there
has still been higher consideration operating
upon the public mind, of higher moment than the
suppression of border rufiiansm in Kansas, or the
pira:ical Ostend manifesto or the despotic policy
Of extending the area Of Southern slavery aud
Southern political power by force of arms. This
higher consideration, Notwithstanding all others
is involved in this very question of % disunion y
4" dsunion THE hue and cry d Governor
Wise, Cbevalier Brooks, Mr.. Toombs, Mr.. Fill
more, Mr.. Keitt, Mr.. Slidell and company, upon
which, with their secession fitrore, they have sue
ce,ded in neutralizng 10 a great extent in the
North the popular indignation against Pierce and
his border rufiianism. against Brooks and his
brutal outrage in the Senate, against the Ostend
manifesto. and against the tyrannical and lawlcss
policy Of making nsnsas slave State by fire aud
sword. With the masses Of the American peo-
pie, notwithstanding these other Issues, these
threats Of disunon have suggested the paramount
value Of the Union: and many amiable good
Northern men, really alarmed by the fierce blus-
ter Of Southern fire-eatsrs have consented to ap.
pease them for the sake of the Union, aud trust
to chance upon The smaller questions Of Kansas
and our foreign policy.
Ours is the first example Of great and sue
cessful republic covering half continent aud
the different climates and productions OF Maine.
Virginia and louisiana is tho first example
of great popular confederation under the sam
general government. with system Of free white
labor in one half the States, and system Of Afri-
can slave labor in the other half-each half form
ing itself solid section Of the Union, thus dis.
tnctly marked by the existence or non-existence
Of this peculiar African institution. To form
such a Union as ours, OF such apparently
discordant elements. required a compact
Of mutual concessions aud compromises.
and steady adhesion to these can
alone maintain the Union. Fully aware Of this,
the American people, ambi tious Of the glorious
future before them within the Union and Of the
certain disasters which await them with the dis
ruption Of the Union, are particularly sensitive
upon this great issue; and T they are at times
led asfray by designing demagogues and despe-