New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-28

therefore. TIE too prevalent idea Is abandoned NJ
the strength Of this or the weakness Of that a.
the Prc,identi,l candidate Of be Ant. NesrasL.
men. except where the specific strength or weak.
ms 10 decided extent can be clearb pointed out
the sooner W. shall sppro@ch the true starting post
| N the selection Ii IL Of no use to Be- balsocins
Little ccnsidera,.ons or iglriDs up pcayuse differ.
! ences Least Of all, il il wise tV be e.tiuntiay
| the yslue Of imaginary individual advantages.
We ti,k the election Of Mr. Chase as Gove-px
of Ohio lass year strikingly illustrates the tn.
moral of the coming election. He held the no.;
tion Of ft uan, hot repugnant 10 popular prs.
! iu1.ce. and was borne into Office by the sinnls
strength Of the great idea Of the canvass-hostilss
10 the removal OF the Missouri restriction and FREE
dom, for Kansas Another man might have dona
as well, or better, perhaps, but no other ether ma,
could have done as well unless be had fuy and en-.
tirely represented the vital idea OF the contest
That election furnishes the Republicans q clear
chart Of their poicY on tie national tEeater aud
discIoses clearer view OF the reSl power OF the
issue on which they are to fight the Presidential
battle thar.they can easily find elsewhere.
The lste elections are faacious in so far as tAsy
are taken az indications Of the wanin, strength q
the Ant-Neb-asks iorces in the North. Every
" New England State hss been carried by the Oppc-
Z" sition. 10 be sure say the Administration iourn-
ais. "but see t,c diminished rnsjorities." Behold
the explanation. 1t has been trumpeted abroad
FOR tAe last eight or ten months all over the North
that the population of Kansas was five to one 10
favor of its being Free State, and that, there
fore the danger Of Slavery which menaced it, wss
over. Thousands Of the Democratic party, indg
uant at the removal Of the Missouri Restriction aud
who had condemned it by voice and vote, have thus
temporarily abated their hostility, and resumed
their oll places in the Democratic organization,
thinking that though great wrong aud outrage hsd
been committed, yet that after all no practical
damage to Freedom wOuld come of it. We do not
know how much THE TRIBUNE itself will have TO
answer fo- the spread of this deusion in the Free
States-for delusion ii u.s. utter aud profound. The
spread of this uufounded belief has naturally
weakened the rarks Of the Anti. Nebraska men.
Yet it has zowhere broke them, a. it was natural
TO suppose il might. The admitted fact that Kan.
s.s is inevitably to be Free StaN, through tho
force Of Northern emigration, has been seized BY
the file leaders of the office holding party, and held
I'D 10 their followers as evidence that nowihstand-
ing all that had been said and predicted the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise would work no real
mischief The CONSERVATION which everywhere
feI upon the leaders when the foul blowwas first
struck at Freedom has been supplsnted by jubilant
acticipations that its feared consequences were
varded off and that the offended masses of tho
party could BE- reclaimed By active efforts, which
have accordingly been energetically and confidently
put forth. In this consists the secret of the sp-
parent partial revival of the strength Of the Demo-
cratic organization in the Free States. When the
true state of the case is made manifest to the public
understanding and it is seen that the North has
been reposing in false belief of the ultimate
safety of Kra 5as the current will return. must
return with renewed violence. When it is seen, as
il will be seen that the expectations in regard to
Kansas being able to make herself free, are wholly
unfounded, and are tending to her inevitable per-
manent enslayement, the same swelling popular
heart that produced such overwhelming results in
1854, we have good reason to believe, will expand
with not less significant demonstration in 1856.
The Presidential contest is thus, we believe, to
evoke all the fires of 1854 growing out of the cut
oge of the repeal and the political iniquity of its
authors, intensified by the prospect Of certain
Slavery for Kansas if the party in power are able
to retain their power. This issue must electrify
the canvass till the North is in blaze The
ttandard-bearer, the candidate Of the campaign,
will be measuraby forgotten. It will be no can
vass of closely and coolly balanced considsra-
tious. If it be anything but an abortion, It
will glow with magnetism and a sentiment that
will transmute every neutral element a.
the frst touch. Compared with the H.
aueuce and power of the idea which is to
inspire the movement the personal relations the
peculiar characteristics, the individual popularity
and position of the candidate, are nothing All VIII
be forgotten but the towering Importance OF tho
cause, and on that alone victory will be won HIKE
to be won at all There is then, in our view, 10
positive strength TO be lent to the Anti-N NebrasEs
ticket by any name whatever. We have only~
gee that no pame is used that will weaken it. ~
far as the man is concerned We can only be nega-
lively strong Let US look out that We are OF lesss
this. and not leave certain for uncertain grouna'
especially whenwe have no need to do so. j. s. z.
THE CALIFORNIA MAILS
From Our Own Correspondent