The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-10

heavy clouds are rolling mp in the Yves, black
and threatening. and the quick lightning
begins to tash and flicker ever them, and we
hear
-The cloudy grcap
OF distant thunder on the dying wlnS,
viii tell you that storm ia brewing; that we
may soon expect to be in the midst OF rat
ting commotion OF the elements, aud that
earthquakes are about.
the same infsllibls symptoms il the polit
cal horizon foreshadow q gathering storm on
the Presidential question, aud, peraaventure,
sn earthquake far beyond the rsach OF the phi
losophy even OF the Brooklyn clerk OF the
weather. Upon the Cincinnati nomination,
Captain Ryuders and his echoes all over the
country have given us touch of democratic
thunder snd lightning; OUT there are muttsr
ings and chickering's ia the dis.au. horizon Of .
deeper portent than the little six norudsr Of the
Empire CLUB With the country upon the
verge Of cigil strife and political chaos, re-
sultipg from the dehaucheries and corruption
Of this wicked and imbecile Pierce a5mi aistra-
ton, the opposition forces are preparing TO
take the field. They have only to shake of
the secondary sbs;ractiors and distractions
which divide them iLto several factions, and
unite upon some common popular name, and
some broad and popular platform, in order to
make the Presidential contest the hottest, the
6eVcest, the NEST remarkable and exciting since
the first election of Jefferson. or the later ard
nore extraordinary election Of
old Tip ;ecance and Tyler, too.
Upon the threshold Of this canvass, with the
door yet only half open, We cannot subscribe to
the folly ofpronourcing the battle already lost
aud won. We await the action Of our New
York Anti-Slavery Know Nothing Convention
of the 12sh instant, and of the Philadel ohia
Combined Anti-Slavery Convention Of the
18th. With an abundance OF loose materials
for the organization of Q new and powerful
party, there is still but one policy for the op-
position, with any prospect OF SUCCESSIVE
simple policy of consolidation-the simple,
practical plan Of operations which carried, like
q hurricane, the grand revolutionary cleo
| tion Of lS40. A new fresh AID popular man,
simple, popular, comprehensive platform, q
general fusion of all the outside forces against
the con tinuance of this Pierce dynasty, and in
favor of new admin istration, and new di-
vision, out-and.o1t, from stem TO stern, Of the
public Offices and the public plumber will DO.
1t is not too late for this; for the abounding
revolutionary elements Of the country may be
readily amaiesmsted. Look at those splendid
columns of Potomac marble which uphold the
dome OF the House of Representative at Wash
iDgtoD. This marble is nothing more than .
concrete Of pebbles Of all sorts of shapes, sizes
and coloIs; yet By some Of the subtle agencies
Of nature they have been welded iuto solid
rock. So too, through the subtle agencies OF
this revolutionary reaction, which this Pierce
administration has set in motion, and with the
cohesive power of the puclic plunder," may
all the various and apparently incongraous
opposition elements Of the North be welded to-
gether.
Between the present crisis and that which
closed the unfortunate administration OF Mar
tin Van Buren,, there il in some respects a
striking resemblance. Between The down yard
career OF Van Buren, and the downward ten
denotes of Pierce, the parallel is almost perfect
Ia 1886 Van Buren, came into power almost
without an effort ca TIE part of the democracy.
Early il 1887 he took the downhil roai, and
with the subsequent State elections of 49,
So and 40 bis downward progress received
rev impulse, ill he was thrown, a. from the
glaciers OF the Alps, With the crashing ava.
lanehe of 1910. So With Mr.. Pierce His cleo
ten ia 1852 By States, was almost unanimous.
The change OF few thousand votes would
have made il Dapimols But in 1853 the re-
action in the public mind began, and IN toe
succeeding State elections Of "a and '55 this
reaction had extended 10 decisive popular in
parchment of his corrupt aud inbscia admin
istration. His late desperate efforts to rally
upon the CHAMPION enlistment farce, upon the
Central American imbroglio Padre Will and
General Walker, have only made him the stand
ing joke even of the Cincinnati Convention
With the warning of 1910, his party at least
have had the wisdom to avoid another Van
Buren, experiment before the American people.
The general result of this Pierce sdmiostra.
ton has been popular revolution, in which
both the old parties Of the country have been
shattered into fragments. There ia no WING
party, there is no democratic party, 10 It's
Jscksonian Specification. For three years past
the Pierce administration has been 10 popular
minority. The people have been moving and
calling for change. Hence the revolutionary
upheaying of the Know Nothings hence the
successes Of the Seward niger worshippers-
anything tor change-any thing, rather than
further continuance OF this weak. vi sked,
corrupt, shameless and reckless Pierce admin
isration. The election Of the Speaker at
Washington has afforded an indication Of the
revolutionary tendencies Of Pierces follies
al imbecilities. The civil war in Kansas and
the late scenes OF blood and ruffisnism at Ash-
iDgton may be traced to the same ffuitfaI
source Of general demonstration. The niger
drivers Of the democratic party, taking the
alarm from these terrible symptoms Of gene
raj popular revolt have nominated one Of the