The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-13

secuted when their term 10 out, they will
be dropped and heard Of no more. Their
only prospect of doing any good for them
selves is to elect one Of themselves Speaker,
and take the chance of contingencies. Legis-
lation they cannot hope to effect. They would
be powerless in the House as in the Senate.
But they may, if the democrats play false to
the country, foist Mr.. Banks into the Speakers
chair, and, on the strength of this unusual
and anomalous promotion, strive with some
fruit to regain what they have lost at home
At all events, they may make good terms for
each other at Washington and-for it must
be remembered that the real leaders and over
seers Of these black republicans are few New
York editors-may help some befogged cotem-
poraries of ours out Of q bad scrape.
Whatever excuse there might have been,
therefore, for yielding the Speakership to a
party large enough to send plurality Of mem
beers to Congress, there can be none for giving
way to band of intriguing politicians who
have no strength among the people to fall
back upon, and who only got into the House by
accident Banks ought not to be elected. His
triumph would, politically, be a crushing dis
grace to the country, and would, in fact, meet
with no stronger reprobation from any quar-
ter than from many Of the very constituent
ciss which the black republican members
OF Congress now assume to represent
In the present condition of the country all
minor questions ought to be made to yield
to the paramount necessity of guarding the
Union against the assaults of Garrison, Sew
ard and their followers. Let Banks obtain the
Speakership, and who knows but life may be
galvanized into the corpse of black republi-
canism in many Northern States? Who can
say how soon-with these Kansas squabbles to
work upon-a new anti-slavery excitement
might not be got up, to widen still further the
breach between the North and South?
Whereas, let Congress elect national man,
and black republicanism is killed, dead as a
stone. They tell us-these democrats and
Know Nothings-that they cannot unite, can
not sacrifice their principles. 1t is high time
these gentlemen should be told plainly that
the country regards this as mere bosh and non
sense. The people of the United States know of
no differences of opinion between the democrats
and Know Nothings for which they care straw,
or which can affect the destiny Of the nation one
hairs breadth. They do not believe that there
would be the slightest difference between the
legislation or policy Of a Congress under demo
cratic organization, and those of a Congress
under Know Nothing organization. And they
believe-we repeat, the substantial men of
this country, watching the silly scenes
that are going on at Washington, believe
in their hearts and souls that the only
real ground of antagonism between de.
of each body to monopolize the public plum
der. Whether the democrats and Know No.
things care to lie uuder this imputation we
know not. There ought to be gentlemen and
men Of honor among them who will shrink
from playing such part, when they see their
position in its true light. They have now
done all that can be required of them by their
constituents, all that an honest regard for
party fidelity can exact. If they should agree
now to choose some new man-whether
democrat or Know Nothing, it matters not =
and elect him on national principles, the act
could not but be beneficial alike to themselves
and the country, and, among men or sense and
proper feeling, could involve no mischief
which at this time it is possible to foresee.
Mr.. Boris AT HoME-GREAT EXCITEMENT AT
RICHMOND Hon. John Minor Bolts, (the ide
tical gentleman who, once upon a time, slept
under the same blanket with Captain John
Tyler, was lately nominated for the Presi-
dency, by local council of the American
party, in the Broome County Triangle OF this
State. Having thus broken ground success
fully in the North, Mr.. Bolts, it appears re-
turned home to Richmond, Va, where, few
days ago, the combined city Know Nothing
councils, it seems, in the proceedings of joint
meeting, astonished the natives. They fol-
lowed the advice of Mr.. Bolts in abolishing the
twelfth section of the American national plat
form, and they followed the example of the
Broome County Triangle in nominating Mr.
Rotts for the succession.
The Richmond Wing (twelfth section), IN
stonter, declares war to the knife against the
said combined councils, and against Mr..
Bolts. The Wing emphatically declares that
these aforesaid city councils are but the
"tails Of Botts''; that "they have thrown down
the gauntlet and that 1--WE (of the Whig) take
it up" that "both personally and EDITORIAL I
we are in the ring till we crush them or they
crush us." Sebastopol, south side.
But again: Mr.. Bolts has written a long let
ter to the Richmond councils, similar to the
one we published some time ago in answer to
the Triangle nomination. The Wing says that
"that letter is Bottish all over, from whereas
to amen;' that "the Presidency Of the United
States is horse of another colcr, which it has
been prcdcstined from oil eternity that Bolts
shall never ride;" that "the Immortal ought
to he ashamed to let himself be quizzed and
imposed upon, whether by the Council of Forty
or the Triangle Council of New York; .'that