New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

newspapers and hold the Offices Of The pr,ssst
Fto-Sla'ep d,pas'y seem to be greatl, sxecol ,ed
in mind over tho qualifications and pro.n..,ss If
two Of the promneas candidates for tho Pfs.-
deDcy. They sre exceedingly civil toward Mr.. R.-
cbaDaD, end profuss in their admiration Of n,
pressn, incumbent OF tho offer. They ara wasting
their Efforts. They are bowling and scrapnx at
vacancy. Neither Of the gentlemen named can b
noninated. Mr. Buchanan has budded, blosnel
and gore TO seed quicker than any candidate evsr
did before him. The engineers Of the Nebrasks
rsscalty will not hearken to the proposition that
Northern outsider shall cone in and run away viii
the prize they have debaucbed themselves to o.
tain. If neither Pierce nor Douglas can get the
nomination, they will combine their forces to have
Southern man nominated, so that at he uoxt
turn Of the wheel the nomination sill come North
again for the benefit Of their crowd Pierce wiz
haze TO reipquish his hopes Of renomi astioa, aad
will resist il to the last, bat the South will oon-
mend and fatttr and then desert him on grounds
Of expectancy. The same reasons that win
be fatal to Pierce will cause the setting asids
Of Douglas, who will be sppeased by what he will
be told "a the good time coming. Taose Northern
patriots therefore, who sand ready to indorss any
doctrine and back any policy aud support aay
candidate for the privilege of boiling place. had
better begin their adorat on in ess specific form.
Let them eulogize all she principal Southern uoa
they Can think Of not forgetting the poorest speci
mems of Northern treachery, on the Nebraska
swinde. These latter are not likely to DO dragged
from their Ob-curlty, for the We have sag
ees'ed, that Pierce and Douglas do not intend 10
permit the nomination of Northern man, if no 10
not one of them, but yet they are within the poe
sible circle from which candidate may DO 6shed
up. The most probable aternates, now. arc Mr..
Hunter and Dir. Rusk. There are, however.
objections to both, and some yet unsuggested
name is quite as likely to turn up the nominee ~
either Of them. This gloomy uncerta ny az 10
where to look for thu coming leader of the Slavery
Extension host must be very distressing, Wa know.
to the band of patriots in question But they can
not be relieved before the first week 10 juno by
any possibility. They must BE- content with the 70
Election that when the nOmiEatiOn Ia made they viii
be able to applaud its wisdom with entire una
uimity, and bless their stars that Que 50 admirable
and so aus Dicous should have been made.
AS to Republican candidates, everything is yst
in state Of Ldt ZION aid fermentation The Fro
mont movement has not run long enough to show
how it will cpd. Ii may gather strength, or Is may
prove fash in the pan. Every AntiNobraskS
man in the country is juror in the case, and IL
his opinion b. expressed his influence will be felt
Nobody claims, pretensons, or qualifications, arc
pushed Obtrusively, but thoso Of ali are freely oAn
yasd, and the reenDg desire is to select tho car
didate who will allow of tho best possible run,
and whose success will not prove barren sceptrs
The feeling daily strengthens that il is impossible
that the free States be brought TO the position
Of voting to perpetuate Slavery In Kansas, and tast
hen the vital issue Of the CANVASS is fully psr-
,,yed, that the Northern sentiments of indignation
nd hostility at the contamination OF the audacious
Outrage of selling out Free Territory to Slavery.
VIII sweep all before it. 1t is felt "
De libel upon the philanthropy, upon
he maDliness, upon the intelligence Of che
Northern people to doubt it. If there is any such
thing as moral qualify, sense of justice, .
ceiling of liberty and humanity, sentiment which
prou pts resistance to i,solent encroachmeat and
bare.fuced robbery in the popular mind. it IL
thought to be impossible that they should fail to b
awakened in the coming contest, and that when
awakened they should fail TO overwhelm the
great cons pirscy against Freedom with more thsa
volcanic energy. Yet notwithstanding this, Il
would be uneandid not h acknowledge that thsrs
il in few hearts the apprehension that the people
# the North are stocks and st0nes--that they oaA
~ force of party dill be forced into tho support
If men whose measures degrade the very name Of
Northern men end bring the blush Of shame into
be cheek of spirit and honor and patriotism. They
profess to al that this last outrage W shocking
20 the sense Of all ChrisendOm, SO balefa and por-
eDtOus in ito Omens, will Yet be pusillanmOuJy
ubnitted 10 by the Northern masses. But this Is
he apprehension Of the coDstitlaiOnalIy Responding
\ bO ever almost refuse 10 believe in victory attor
{ is won. II cannot be shared BY any man who
.ntertaips respect for the Intelligence Of tho
people Of the Free States, or who believes they are
apable Of preserving those liberties which are
htir boast. Let the contest then begin. Lot The
Oors be thrown wide open, aud the wnoie suashIns
# heaven be let in upon this great conspiracy -
.faud and rob the Free States of a vast dOmais.
nd to black it with Slavery. Let the motives II
he original act be- thoroughly sifted. Let e'eV
II in this dart and criminal scheme DO fully ex-
,ose5. Let its immediate effects and rernOter con-
equences b. wildly portrayed. Let the public
mind be quickeped, and the public hear. touched
With the fires of a noble enthusiasm ia behalf Of
Liberty. Who shall .ay that when this shall be well
zone, and thoroughly done. that the northern pes-
lie will go stuliOly AID s~inishly to the polls nd