The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-27

FREMoNr's DEFEAT AND IT'S CAusEs.-Our Re
publican journals and orators are amusing them
selves with the causes Of Fremont's defeat
Among others, our contemporary, Philosopher
Greeley in public speech the other evening, at
tributed his defeat to the distractions occa-
sioasA by the Know Nothings, and the dearth Of
correct information in regard to the actual state
of things in Kansas" This may all be very well,
as far as it goes but why these distractions
among the Know Nothings?" They were the re-
suit of bad management partly from stupidity
and partly from design, among the New York and
Philadelphia managers Of the Fremont cause.
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois
were thrown away. Our leading Seward maua-
gers of New York, and the drummers of Mr..
Mclean did not want Fremont nominated, and
some of them did not want him elected. They
desired to use him simply to clear the track for
Seward, Mclean, or somebody else, in 1860, more
closely identified with their peculiar set than Ere
mont Thurlow Weed, E d. Morgan, Isaac
Sherman and other Sewardites of the New York
managing republican committees, in conjunction
with Mr.. Gibbons, Mr.. Fry, Mr.. Sanderson, and
Others of the republican aud Know Nothing
committees of Philadelphia did the business
During the summer there were $4,000 actually
paid over by the republicans to keep alive the
Fillmore faction in Pennsylvania, through sub
division of this fund among certain Fillmore
organs Lieutenant Governor Ford, of Ohio,
was the dispenser of this fund, and we
have the specifications in our possession, which
we may publish by and bye. Thus was the Fill
more faction in Pennsylvania sustained and sub
sisted by the Fremont managers till October, to
the certain prejudice Of Fremont in November.
Another thing operating against the Fremont
cause in Eastern Pennsylvania, was the active ex-
traneous abolition element thrown in among those
conservative people by such journals as the Tri-
bune, and such New England anti-slavery orators
as General Wilson. The people of Eastern Penn
sylvania have pleabeian prejudice against New
England abolition Yankees and the democrats
were not slow to profit from all such blunders
Our contemporaries of the Tribune and some other
republican journals, however in spite Of all such
teachings of the late election have resumed their
old laundering policy Of a deadly war upon the
South but we can tell them that that game will
never win the PRESIDENCY. Certain success awaits
the opposition, in general organization upon
the corruptions excuses, and failures Of the par
ty in power. Such an organization, North and
South, would have carried every Northern State,
and half the Southern States in the late election;
and nothing less than such an organization will
result in anything but another division of the OPP
position majority and another defeat in 1860.
SLAVERY IN NIcARAGUA.-It has been supposed
by many persons that General Walker by his de-
cree of 22d September last, re-introduced slavery
into Nicaragua. This idea was strengthened by
the recent visit of Mr.. Soule to that country, and
his purchase of an estate. We perceive in the
London Times, in communication over the sigma
ture OF T. G. s., statement quite in conformity
with the opinions put forth in the HERALD few
days since on this subject. The writer is Mr.
Squiers, recently our Minister to Nicaragua, and
now in London. According to his statement,
these decrees-which we give In another column
= establish nothing Of the kind but are merely an
attempt to :" wash the slater anew. Slavery can
not exist without positive law, and as none such
exists, it is premature 10 take for granted that
any such will be re-enacted, although the resour-
ces of the country cannot be properly developed
without the labor Of peons