The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-05
The Presidential Election Again-SOne
Cleans OF Light.

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The Presidential Election Again-sone
Cleans OF Light.
Among the superficial politicians of the day
the opinion is almost universal that with the
concentration Of the rank and file of the de-
nocratic party upon one Presidential can
didate, while the forces of the opposition are
divided upon three or four tickets Of unequal
strength, the Cincinnati nominee will have
nothing to do but to walk over the course
Charming prospect Only to walk over the
course, in order to secure the honors of the
White House, and its public plumber, augment
ed under our Pierce administration to the
magnificent democratic figure for the peace
establishment, of one hundred millions year .
At fret glance, from the general aspects of
things throughout the country, this conclu
sio2 is agite natural, as a very brief exhibit
will show.
Here We And the demo cratic party, ndtTith
standing its bloody rows, revolvers, bowie
knives and bludgeons, its assaults and batte-
ries, and intestine feuds and quarrela, and its
utter Generalization upon anything like prin-
ciples-here We find it still exhibiting the
practical sagacty of its better days, in rallying
like a band Of brothers upon a common ticket
for the great common object of the spoils.
Their plan is to unite for the plumber. aud
then, if they cannot agree upon its distribution,
to split and quarrel upon principles. In this
point Of view, whether the stakes depend upon
the election OF General Jackson OF General
Pierce, the democracy are unit till the great
battle is fought. How different the case with
the opposition forces just now Strong
enough, if combined, to overwhelm the de-
mocratic party as in 1910, they are yet divided
into four hostile camps. First. There are the
pro-slavery Know Nothings, with their ticket of
Fillmore and Donelson. Second. There are
the anti-slavery Know Nothings, who are to
determine in general convention here on the
18th, where they are TO go. Third. The mig
ger worshippers proper, who hold their nomi-
mating convention at Philadelphi on the 18th.
Lastly. There are the radical abolitionists,
with their banner floating in the breeze bear.
ing the names Of Gerrit Smith, highly re-
spectacle and estimable white man, except
upon the niger question, and Frederick
Douglass, shrewd and smart mulatto fugitive
from Southern labor, who can make stump
speech, edit paper, or cook or eat dish of
fried oysters in style almost equal to that of
our celebrated "free colored American" the
great 7. j. Downing himself. 1t is quite na-
tural, therefore, that even . calculating poll
tician, at first sight, in view of these divisions
of the opposition forces, should conclude that
the united democratic party, against such con-
ficting elements, will have nothing TO do but
to walk over the course and walk into the
"loaves and fishes" without resistance.
Let us, however, take a closer view of the
signs Of the times and the movements in the
opposition camps, and We shall see that it is
quite probable that this Presidential struggle
may yet be hard fought battle, and that pos
sibly it may even be carried up to the House
Of Representatives at Washington. The Ma
tional Council Of the Know Nothings in seq.
sion in this city for the last two days, has been
mainly occu pied in discussing rituals pass
words, signe, grips, winks and bIinks, and such
preposterous rubbish, while the real question
which has agitated the secret deliberations of
the members has been whether they shall con-
firm or lay on the shelf the Philadelphia ticket
OF Fillmore and Donelsor At the first day 8
session OF this present Council, the delegates
present were nearly all Southern men: bu. on
the second day the members from the North
and East flocked in, afraid otherwise of the en-
dorsement of Mr.. Fillmore. In fact. az If CON
WINGED that this National Council was to be
their last, the attendance III it since the frst
day has been singusrly puuctual among the
brethren, earnest AID solemn, like that OF the
poor Jews IN their SanhedFim, when their doom.
ed jerusalem wss beleaguer9d by Titus. The
question ~ this Council bas accordingly been
uuder serious adyissmont whether il would mo-.
be eypedient 10 shelye Fillmore and Doncs5n.
and mite ~ tae fIagnents Of The opposition ia