The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-17

from the suspicious its present aspect casts upon
him.
Mr. SENATOR DOUGLAS AND HIS KANSAS Con-
FEDERArEs-Every day we are becoming more
and more satisfied that the late rebellion Of
Mr.. Douglas against the Kansas policy
of Mr.. Buchanan is the result of
foregone conclusion. 1t was doubtless q
sore modification to Mr.. Douglas, after
all that he had done and hazarded for the
South upon the Kansas Nebraska BILL to be su-
perseded at Cincinnati as the champion of the
South by Mr.. Buchanan, and because of the
fact that, having pair Of hands perfectly clean
OF any contact with this Kansas Nebraska job,
"Oid Buck" was more available in the North
than Mr.. Douglas. That was cruel piece Of
Southern ingratitude, to be sure; and we can
hardly wonder at it that Mr.. Douglas should
have made up his mind from that day to give
his Southern fre-eating friends Roland for
an Oliver on the very first opportunity
We can now perceive that from that day to
this Mr.. Douglas has been anything but an en-
thusiastic supporter of Mr.. Buchanan-that he
has been gradually preparing himself for a bolt,
compton Convention as a perfect Godsend.
Some of our supplemented democratic readers
have doubtless been surprised to learn that the
other day Mr.. Douglas had free and full Kan
sas consultation with the republican leaders at
Washington, and that the results were satsfac-
tory to all Sides But we were admonished of
this some six weeks ago in the fattering COM
pliments interchanged between Mr. Seward
and Mr.. Douglas at railroad meeting at
Chicago.
The game, we think, is transparent. Mr..
Douglas having failed with the Southern fire.
eaters, has resolved to try the Northern dirt
eaters for the Presidency. Az for w. Ii. Sc
ward, if he can successfully use Mr.. Douglas in
the work of shelving Colonel Fremont and
ex-Speaker Banks, our man Seward will be salts
fed with the services of "the Little Giant" and
will have no further use for him, except as a
camp follower. But neither politician nor ma
gician can tell the upshot of this Douglas and
Walker meeting, while the solution of squat
ter sovereignty remains undetermined in Kan
sas. The 2lst instant is the day appointed for
the vote upon the Lecompton constitution. It
is possible that the election may be broken up
by amob-possible that the mob may be dis
persed by the United States dragons; and it is
probable that there may be, at the same time, a
popular vote taken on the Topeka constitution,
and that both the Lecompton and the Topeka
constitution may be sent in the same mail bag
to Washington, as having been ratified by the
people of Kansas.
The administration can wait, but the result
may prove that Mr.. Douglas has gone off at
half cock. After Christmas we shall know
which way the cat is jumping.
The REMOVAL OF JOHN MKEoS.-We pub
lished the other day an account of a conference
between certain New York gentlemen and the
President, concerning the case of John M'Keon.
1t seems that these gentlemen went up to the
White House to demonstrate, in friendly way,
against Nixon removal, and that Mr.. Horace
+. Clark was the spokesman of the committee.
But they very soon discovered that in "Old
Buck" they had met with the wrong customer
hat he was thoroughly posted up in the case,
and had made up his mind that a high federal
officer, in going out of his way to play leading
part in the opposition camp for the overthrow
of the democratic party in this city, had ceased
to become proper object of sympathy for a
democratic administration. This was something
after the fashion of Old Hickory; and let the
moro quiet, but equally jealous official confede-
rates of Mr. Keen in the late election, look to
il well, or their heads may be dropped in the
same basket. They must submit to the doctrine
that We can'tall be captains, or go by the board
That's all.