The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-18
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Abansionun ent OF Fillmore.

earthquake in Maine, are beginning to operate
upon the politicians and unsettled adherents of
all parties with telling effect 1t is a trite but
true old maxim that revolutions never 60 back
wards" Their progress is onward, still onward
and under our popular institutions they start
with the power of a mighty steam engine, and
move with an accelerated momentum at every
bound
We are in the midst of revolution of this char
acter--a great comprehensive, grand and glori-
ouspopular revolution; and among the most extra
ordinary of the many remarkable Developments
which il is working out from day to day, is the
manifesto which we publish this morning from
Hon. Ephraim Marsh, Of New Jersey, President of
February last which put in nomination the I'M
fortunate outside ticket of Willard Fillmore and
Andrew Jackson Donelson Read this logical,
common sense practical matter-of-fact and con-
elusive argument Of Mr.. Marsh in favor of Ere
mont and Dayton. His reasons for dropping
Fillmore are simple, decisive, satisfactory and
unanswerable. He shows that the distinc-
tive issues upon which the so-called
American party took the field have
disappeared like dry weeds and brushwood
before a consuming fire, that the paramount issue
is the new despotic and disorganizing shape
which the Kansas slavery policy of the demo
cratic party has assumed and that upon this
question there is no halfway compromise be
tween Fremont and Buchanan. The terrible
question shall Kansas be made slave State at
the point Of the bayonets-overrides all other
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principle involved, striking, as it does, at the
foundations of our free institutions, involves this
popular revolution in behalf of the constitution
and the Union, on the topmost waves Of which
Fremont and Dayton are now SO gloriously
riding onward to Washington.
A few weeks ago some of the more prominent
of the broken down old political fossils of the
country, formerly of the old defunct whig church
| came out and inundated the newspapers with
| their muddy manfestoes of twaddle and dish
| water, in behalf God bless us , of the Union.
| In these rigmaroles Of balderdash, fustian and
fiummery, these antediluvians took a world of
pains to define the difficulties of their position,
and the strangeness Of the new world into which
they had been thrown as by some sudden
and terrific CONFUSION but most remarl.-
able of all, with the blindness of ba.s
in the open sun, these ancient wings mostly
concluded their melancholy prayers and confes-
sions by taking shelter under the tagging wings
Of the crippled black dragon of modern demo-
cracy. What infatuation When this democracy
was different thing-when it had name a
prestige, a faith and principles of consistency
popularity and power, these poor old line wings
were among its active enemies; but now, after
| ten, twenty, or thirty years Of warfare, and at
| the very time when the ellt of the old Jackson
democratic party, by hundreds and thousands,
are leaving the rotten niger driving conspiracy
OF Atchison, jeff Davis, Pierce. Buchanan and
Forney, these old wing Saurians are coming to
the surface again, wrong side up.
In the very elimination of this magnificent
popular reaction, from the rising to the setting OF
the sun. we find such befogged old whig fogies as
Choate ard Winthrop of Massachusetts,, Barnard
Of New York Pearce and Pratt of Maryland.
Jones of Tennessee, Benjamin of Louisiana, and
other crippled chickens, deliberately consigning
themselves to a roasting which will make them
tender, hard and tough as they might come out
from common boiling. Here and there
saving example Of these "vetssangof lsl2r has
made the happy discovery that there is something
going on, and they have indicated vitality enough
for the exigencies of the day to join hands with
the veritable Young America" who is carrying
all before him, upon the broad and strong plat
form Of the constitution and white mems oonsti-
tutonal rights in the Territories.
Meantime the nswelling tide for Fremont, like
a tremendous ground swell from the broad
Atlantic. IL driving in surging and swelling over
the shore line with its heavy breakers, so as to
obliterate all the old landmarks Of ''tbe ancient
mariner" and the latest charts of the coast sur
vey. Before these heavy surging waves til
crazy craft Of Know Nothingism is fast tumblng
to pieces, and while some Of the old fogy officer.
Of the junk are joining Buchanan, the bulk OF
the ships crew are pulling over 70 Fremont and
the constitution. Thus. in Massachusetts, where
two years ago the Know Nothing movement
swept the State like n whirlwind the whole thing
is now overwhelmed by the more practical. scnsi
bic and constitutional movement for Fremont
thus. in the Great West, Know Nothingism has
melted away like frost before the absorbing Sleve-
ry issue Of the crisis; thus, in Pennsylvania The
friends Of Mr.. Fillmore are turning their bate
ries to the true point Of attack; and thus In New
Jersey, the President-the very head and front
Of the Fillmore Nominating Convcntion-fol-
lows the example OF Live Oak George" fos
Fremont, the constitution aud the glorious revo.
luton which the people have demanded, and
which they have risen to enforce.
For all practical purposes the Maine election
has thrown MFR. Fillmore out of the contest, and
the remains Of the late numerous, but incon.
ruous and impctent Know Nothing organic.
ton are drifting into the actual merits OF tho
fight Many of the deluded leaders Of the Fill
more camp, especially in the South, will doubt
less go over to Buchanan; but the bulk Of the
Know Nothing Northern rank and file, attracted