The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-31

nnodore Morgan? He has fought well. win il be
Commodore Law? He has waited well Or will
shall spring up from the ranks of our people or
the desks of our merchants? We have thousands
who are equals of Dessaix in wisdom, or of Give
in valOr and craft. All they need is to be
brought upon the theatre Of actien, and their
genius will burst forth. The theatre of action is
up for sale--who bids?
This great scheme of our Indian empire solves
all our difficulties with the countries south of us,
and meets all our wants. Everywhere the Ame-
rican is threading those countries and preparing,
unwittingly, for the coming future. 1t is the
sentiment that underlies every impulse of
the American people See the thousands
that have already focked to Walker,
surrounded as he is by doubt, difficulty and dan
ger. 1t is the mighty interest that overshadows
all others among US Influence amid countries
untitled to enter our confederacy, inhabited as
they are by mongrel and degraded races, yet
whose territory covers the paths Of our greatest
commerce defence of the outlets of our greatest
rivers and southern seas-prOgress Of commerce
and production to fill the increasing demands of
| the civilized world-these are the elements of
| our Indian empire and superannuated statesmen
| may negotiate, and slumbering Senates ratify
treaties to stop its growth but they are powerless
| before the mighty impulse of our people and the
all pervading rule of their advance. Who bids
| for the gateway of our Indian empire?
THE New YORK DEMOCRACY Down IN THE
HEEI~-On Thursday evening last democratic
legislative caucus was held up at Albany for the
purpose Of nominating a party candidate for
| United States Senator Considering that the de-
mocracy are about as weak in numbers in our
State Legislature as the republicans are in the
| United States Senate, one would naturally sup
pose that the nomination of democratic candi-
! date for Senator at Albany would be mere
| matter of form, and that the man who was first
proposed for the impossible honor would be
unanimously accepted On the contrary, how
ever, the struggle for this nomination was as
sharply contested as if it were equivalent to an
election. On the fifteenth vote or ballot, HOra-
ito Seymour being withdrawn the caucus stood
| in this interesting condition =
For Daniel E sckles, Now York city ............. IA
For George W Clinton, Buffalo .................. IL
For Fernando Wood, New York ciiy.............. II
FOR MI "inon.. ......................
Mr.. Sickles was nominated. But why this
mighty struggle? and why Mr. Sckles, when the
nomination amounts to no more in itself than if he
were nominated for Emperor of China? One
word will explain-spoils 1t is the spoils-the
federal spoils Of the New York Custom House.
Post Offices, &C.; and the vote for Mr. Sickles is
the result of that sagacious conclusion that hay
ing been an attache of Mr.. Buchanan at London,
be will be little nearer the throne in the matter
of the division Of the Presidential plumber Of this
State than anybody else of the New York demo-
cratic party, Captain Rynders himself not ex-
cepted.
What falling off is here in the New York
democracy! We remember the day when they
were power in the land; wheh they were bold,
manly, dgnifed, proud and lofty party, with
high toned organ at Albany, and another in this
city, worthy of their position as the opponents Of
such party. But that was many years ago
Since that time, under the malign influences of
the exploded Albany Regency, and of the Mar
cys, Van Burens, Dickinsons and Dxes, and
other spoilsmen, this New York democratic par
ty. in its squabbles for the plumber and over the
plumber, has been so divided, subdivided, patched
up, split to pieces, pastered together and cover
ed over with the rags Of democratic conventions
a. to he reduced to a mere democratic scarecrow
il is ragged, filthy, hungry, down in character,
down in principle. down in the mouth, down il
the heel, and down in the dirt From having
L. 80 h "a laal -. -.
follies and crimes TO the miserable beggar. dis.
eased and repulsive, creeping about on all fours
for the crumbs that fall from the masters table
Such is the present degraded, debased, disa-
greeable and infectious generalization of what
was once the proud democracy Of the Empire
State. Its organs, pa,i pasu with itself have de-
clined from great things TO mean things, and
from bad to worse, down through twenty odd
years Of this wasting party marasmus. Wat
was once the powerful Albany Argus.is nos a
sorry mongrel, badly mixed. half niger wor-
shipper, half niger driver but humbug spoils-
man from first TO last, known M the Alas and
Argus The great city Of New York, with nearly
million Of people, and with a plurality for Mr.. |
Buchanan of forty thousand, has two little ub-
scure democratic organs, without patronage.
without circulation. and without readers save the
little spoils clques these organs represent, ID
some newspaper exchanges These organs are
the Daily Ne,os and the Day Book. They ~ N
to live upon hopes deferred. or, like the chame-
leon. upon air, their sides are so transparently
thin. They are necessarily the organs of mean
ness, envy hatred, malice, and Of all the low and
debasing instincts of partizan vagabondism out
at the elbows and gone to seed. They are but
the tools and fools Of desperate little squads aud
knots Of starveling speilsmen. They exist from
hand to mouth-apparently in defiance Of all the
laws Of supply and coDsumpton-they must
consume something; but they have nothing. and
there is no visible evidence of anv source of