The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-09

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in vain.
The Presidential CaAPsign-Froabies OF the
Opposition.
The reunion OF the New York democratic
hard shells and soft shells at Cincinnati, under
the magical influence OF the spoils, affords
most instructive lesson OF practical wisdom to
all the various political elements opposed to
the Pierce administration, and the further con-
tinuance Of his imbecile, flibustering and dan
gerOus policy at home and abroad.
For three years past, down to the meeting OF
this Cincinnati Sanhedrim, compared with the
ferocious anmosities that have subsisted be-
tween our democratic hards and softs, the re-
lations between the Know NothiDgs and the
Jesuits have been atfsctionate, pleasing and
full of Christian charity. Our two democratic
factions meet at Cincinnati in the same belli-
gerent frame of mind as that of the meeting,
face to face, of two tom cats, held up by
their tails Bat the instant the Convention
speaks, the two cats begin so lick each others
wounds; and all over the country all the
wranglings and catervaulings in the camp
are quieted; and rank and ile, shoulder to
shoulder, the reunited democracy rally, as
with the spirit OF one man, upon the solid plat.
form of the public plumber and new division
Of the spoils.
In this peculiar trait OF the "unterrited de-
mocracy" we say there is embodied q lesson Of
the highest practical wisdom to the opposition
forces. Looking back through the history OF
the old whig party we at once discover that
its repeated defeats were less in consequence
of the strength of the democracy than on &C
count of divisions in the WING camp. They
had two many captains and too many abssrac-
tions-tOo many irons in the fire, and
too many partizan punctiios to look after
to do much towards winning the greet four
year battles for the spoils. Between ~ and
Webster, free soil and slavery, high tariff
and low tariff, &c, North and South, the
whig party never could achieve anything bit
disastrous defeat against the Macedonian
phalanx of the solid democracy, with who n,
in the hour of battle, sall men, all old s,res,
all family feuds ell disappointments all in
dividual wrongs, all principles were surren.
dered to the cohesive power of public plua-
der"
In 1910, when the wings dropped their
straight laced notions, dropped their old
rickety family carriage, its liveried drivers
and its coat-of-arms-dropped their family
quarrels, dropped Clay and Webster, and took
the field upon the simple platform of the me-
cessities Of a new administration, they swe ot
the country like tornado. Again in 1913,
pursuing the same policy, with no-par.y
candidate, q "whig, but not an ultra whig"-
democrat, but not q Polk and Dallas demo-
crat, and without the vestage Of platform ex-
cept the constitution of the United States the
opposition to the democratic dynasty in
power hurled out the democratic dynasty with
tremendous popular revolutionary reaction
On the other hand in 1874, and again ia
1852, the old hide bound whig party feeling
strong enough to do the whole work of the
opposition, tried it, and in each case they were
ing]oriously beaten by mere second or third
rate captain as the democratic leader.
These triumphs of the combined opposition
forces under General Harrison and General
Taylor and the otherwise inglorious weakness
of the old wing party in single handed fight
against the solid democracy, suggest the true
policy of the opposition forces in the present
campaign. Mr.. Fillmore accepts, On broad ma.
tional grounds, the Philadelphia Kuo y Nothing
nomination. He is popular man in the South,
and with anything like an ordinary effort on
the part of his friends, he ought, at leas', to
carry the States of Delaware, Maryland, Ken
lucky Tennessee and North Carolina. If he
can do this, or anything near it, the opposition
in the North can afford the loss of Pennsylva-
MIA and two or three other smaller St..es, and
still be able to leave Mr.. Buchanan in a mi
nority of the electoral and popular vote Of the
country. In this event the election would, of
course, 60 up to the House of Representatives
at Washington, where the opposition, being in
heavy majority, would undoubtedly be able
to control the election.
But, in order to carry the North against Mr.
Buchanan. it will not do to run in these lati-
tudes Fillmore and Donelson silver gray
whig and Know Nothing ticket, George Law
anti slavery Know Nothing ticket, and niger
worshippers ticket. Compromising, as these
factions do, together with the floating materials
of the North, decided majority of the people
in every Northern State, the fact is still unde-
nisble that unless there is junction of these
forces, there will be no fight. As Napoleon
served the Austrians at Rivoli by chopping
them up in detail with the whole weight of his
army, so will the democracy, should the oppos-
tion have three or even two tickets ia the North
cut them to pieces. The materials at hand
for Northern opposition are 81 ,rr.or In
numbers to that Of the democracy; but unless
the opposition combine, many of the float
ing materials who have no idea of fighting on
the weak side, will 60 over to the democracy,
as afsrding the only living chance for pros
pective sop in the spoils.
Let the opposition camps, then, drop all
such secondary Issues as Know Nothin gism