The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-27

essential elements Of iaerality, equality, con-
sfstency, constitutionalisy, unity simplicity and
common sense; and hence, though It grew up
like Jonahs goura, in a night, II wihered, like
Jonah's gourd, in the sun.
From the opposition debris of the two old
parties another organization was formed, purely
sectional, of the ultra anti-siavery type. 1t
seized upon the Kansas-N Nebraska bill-declarea
that the Missouri compromise must be restored
that the Fugitive Slave law must be repealed,
&C. But this programme, also, overshot the
mark in some respects, and in others failed to
reach it. 1t is strange, indeed that even the
telling elections of the last three years, down to
this very hour, have failed, in great de-
gree to tell to the opposition forces the
secret OF their aggregate strength. Clashing and
discortlant as were the Know Nothing and anti
lavery opposition factions, they contrived upon
the common ground of hostility to this administra
ton, to carry into the House of Representatives
at Washington an overwhelming opposition majo-
rity. This triumph should at once have dictated
the course of the opposition for the Presidency
the concentration o. all their forces upon TIE sim
pie programme Of new men and new policy,
foreign and domestic, in the government at
Washington, as in l840.
But what the opposition factions have failed to
perceive, with their aggregate popular majority
Of three hunilYed thousand against the admins
tration, and its spoils squanderng niger driving
and filibustering proclvities- late party
Cnuv t;sp MD no pcaSSitins IF fha heur ha
brought into bold relief The Cincinnati Con-
vention have planted their candidate upon the
platform that Kansas shall be slave S!ate-that
the foreign policy Of Mr. Buchanan, as declared
in the Ostend mani este, shall be the policy Of his
administration, and that in all other respects in
Guiding their extravaganza end wastelal expendi-
ture of the public money. the policy Of Messrs.
Pierce and Forney shall he adhered 10 and per
petuated
With this chart before them, converting the
democracy into Southwestern spoi's and fill
clustering party, the policy Of the Philadelphia
Republican Convention was pretty broadly ind-
Gated 1t is not surprising, therefore,
that this latter party has planted it
self on the bold Northern ground that
Kansas shall be free State; that we have
had enough Of outside flibustering experiments
for season; and that both the foreign and do
nestle policy Of the Pierce administration must
be superseded and set aside. With little more
stress upon this third point, pushing it home to
the convictions of the people, the general issue
between the Southern democracy and Northern
republicans Will be thoroughly filled up and COM
plete. As yet, the Sumner assault and the afro
cities of the border rufians" appear to engross
the attention of the Northern party but the
main question Of a new administration and the
practical prudential considerations requiring it
will doubtless be brought forward into the fore
ground as the contest is shaped and sharpened
into close and doubtful fight.
The last few days have given us develope-
ments quite sufficient for the opinion that the
Northern republican party, with Fremont at its
head and with the stirring popular enthusiasm
which his name and history inspire, will swallow
up. at least throughout the North, all the anti
administration elements yet adrift. There is no
room in this struggle between the Northern re-
publicans and the Southern democracy for Mr..
Fillmore and his exploded American party and
Know Nothing platform. Before six weeks shall
have elapsed our worthy ey-President will learn
that during his long absence in Europe the busy
hand of revolution has been actively at work here
among parties and factions and among the people;
that Know Nothingism is extinct, and tina.
it would be as wise to run for President at
this crisis upon the platform of the annexa-
ton Of China as upon the programme Of the
Philadelphia Know Nothing Convention Of Feb
ruary There was but little of that party left
in the North with the nomination of Mr.. Fillmore
there will he nothing Of it remaining by the
first of September, if we may judge from the
spontaneous enthusiasm with which the anti-ad-
ministration masses, Of all parties and factions,
accept the ticket and platform of Fremont.
Shall Mr.. Buchanan he elected or defeated is,
briefly, The only question left for Mr.. Fillmore to
answer. The battle is narrowed down between
the Southern democracy and the Northern repub-
Ecans-between this administration and a new
onc-between Kansas as slave State and Kan
sas as free State-betwecn filibustering and
suspension of flibustering. Secession, disunion.
Know Nothingism, and g all the rest are but
leather and prunella."
The Credit HIobilicr Of France.
There are good many points of resemblance
between the Credit Mobilier of the present day
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