Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-04-12
THE sKIEs nRIcuTENINc.

forces could be erected TO make any Roadway
against the Democratic party. On the one
hand we beheld M organization which had
swept the country from Maine to California
at the last Presidential election, and which
possessed so much efficiency that it carried
through successfully all its party measures,
however repugnant to the feelings of a great
portion of the people. The prestige Of vic
tory was on its banner. 1t was in possession
of all the administrative Offices in the coun-
try, aud mustered sufficient majority in the
Senate to control the treaty-rnaking power.
In the House of Representatives alone !, was
in minority; but that minority was united
and disciplined, while it, opponents were di-
vided into all the different shades an OPPOSE
ton could assume. On the other hand we
saw hostile parties, no one Of which could of
itself carry majority in any State, arrayed
against each other as well as against the De-
mocracy, and seemingly at loss to know on
which side to strike their most effective blows.
Upon scanning the political field under such
circumstances future triumphs of, and fresh
laurcls for, the administration party seemed
inevitable.
Since that time, and within the last three
months, the aspect of affairs has materially
changed. The different elements of oppose
ton have soltened and united. The struggle
for the Speakcrship, while it more clearly
evolved the great and controlling principle of
the administration, developed new bonds of
union. 1t proved eonclu-iyely that Southern
men, by whatever party elected to Congress,
were quite willing to forcgo all party predi-
lec,ions when Slavery entered into the ele-
ments of any political question. The most
noisy and pretentious Americans forsook their
candidate and their party to defeat the man
who was known to be inheNibly opposed to
the extension of their darling institution.-
The final result Of that election demonstrated
TO the tmorous the existence of a North. A
Speaker had been elected, apd without the
aid Of a Southern vote
From this suspicious beginning a new state
of feeling and Of action has arisen. The mi
nor issues which have divided and distracted
the North are fast losing their significance
The barriers which have separated the Amer
lean and Republican parties and the remains
of the late Wing party from each other, are
tumbling down, and strong desire for fusion
Is every where manifested.
Among the causes which have produced
this desirable result, next to the election Of
Speaker Banks, the nomination of Fillmore
aud Donelson is the most prominent. The
political character of these nominees, no less
than the means used to pace them before the
people as candidates for the first offices in the
country, sufficiently prove the designs Of tho
South. Tie very men who controlled the
Philadelphia Convention had much rather
contribute to the success of the candidates,
whoever they may be, that will be nominate
ed At Cincinnati in June next, than TO see any
man elected President who truly represents
northern sentiments on the great question Of
the day. Hence they took the most effectual
means in their power to weaken the North
and insure the success Of the Democracy.
Their game is fully understood, aud we think
that they have greatly miscalculated upon the
""''N' " HSf NlCAlins. i MS nomination
will be the means Of teaching the friends of
Free Territories that they must rely upon
themselves alone for success. All hopes of
carrying a Southern State against The doc
trines of the Kansas Nebraska bill, are as
baseless as expectations of honor among the
'border-ruilians,' or honesty in the present adj
ministraton.
The recent elections in New Hampshre,
Rhode Island, and Connecticut are also full
of encouragement to the friends of Freedom.
Although the nominations in those States
were principally made before the lines sepa-
rating the opposition from the administration
were SO sharply defined as at present, and
their elections were distracted by local issues,
all of which enured to the benefit of the De-
mocracy, the results are such as to materially
strengthen our belief in ultimate success
The national executive has been b.aten in
his stronghold, aud one of his most abiect
has been consigned to the shades of
private life from which we venture to predict
he will never emerge. The same degree of
mutual concession and forbearance in the 9th
err northern States will place the success of
the cause of Freedom beyond doubt.
CoSNLcrIoUr ELEorIoS.-On Monday last
the State election of Connactic,,t tool H..