The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-19

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markable plank in this Fremont party platform
is the emphatic declaration that Congress has the
constitutional power to expel polygamy as well
as slavery from the Territories This simply
means that if this party is placed in power they
will make short work Of Brigham Young, Mr..
Fillmore's Governor and Mr.. Pierce's Governor
of Utah, with his ninety-six wives Of an nations,
and with the whole breed Of his patriarchs and
saints, with their twenty ten, or halfdozen wives
apiece. This is good hit, and we presume it
will bring Mrs Lucy Stone Blackwell and the
women's rights women of the North in a solid
body to the ticket of Fremont, freedom and
women's rights even among the Mormons.
The Northern opposition forces, with Fremont
and formidable Northern platform, are thus
fairly in for it. But they are not yet out of the
woods, by long shot. Any quantity Of old logs
and lumber, stumps, underwood and rubbish still
obstruct their way out. What is to be done with
Mr.. Fillmore, for whose reception, on his return
from Rome and the Pope, our city fathers are
preparing bit of pageantry second only to the
reception of Kossuth or Captain Tyler? What
becomes of the Know Nothing boilers of the
New Jersey school, who believe that the great
dangers that threaten our liberties are Popery,
Archbishop Hughes and the Irish Catholics?
Does Commodore Stockton surrender? These
are serious obstacles that lie directly across the
track, and must be removed before the train can
run through. Then again, the old wings seem
to be stirring in their graves here and there and
they threaten resurrection in their shrouds
without the aid Of Judge Edmonds How are
they to be kept down? In fact, the hard work of
the opposition forces just now begins in this first
difficult and heavy job of clearing the track.
"Live Oak George Law" like locomotive
attempting to jump chasm in railroad bridge,
has gone down and gone under, leaving nothing
but the top Of his smoke stack sticking above the
water. Mr. Fillmore and the intractable anti
Popery Americans" however, unless they are
whipped in, or coaxed back in some way will
probably carry off twenty-five thousand opposi-
ton votes in the State Of New York alone to the
ticket Of Fillmore and Donelson, when the
whole Of the opposition forces Of the North to be
effective, must be concentrated upon Fremont
The Philadelphia fusionists, in convention will
doubtless nominate their candidate for Vice-Pre-
sident and close up their labors to-day; but the
real work, we say, Of collecting together the
loose opposition materials of the North is still to
be done. The Fremont cause will doubtless have
plenty of money, books, pamphlets pictorials
songs, transparencies, and agitation in every
shape and form; and they will, furthermore
have the stimulus Of clean sweep of the public
plumber. On the other hand, while there is no
thing of enthusiasm in the name or history of Mr..
Buchanan, it is very uncertain whether he will
have even half dozen good offices to give away,
because he will find the bulk Of the fat places
already filled with good democrats that he can't
turn out. Ask Mr.. Cochrane, Mr.. Redfeld or
Mr.. Fowler
Putting all these things together, and taking
BIRDS eye view of the field, are we not right in
predicting the most curious, exciting, ferocious
and momentous Presidential struggle in the
history Of the republic? Let all Sides then, go
work in earnest and clear the track!