The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-13

Little Magician. ard secured the nomination and
election of Mr. Polk
But In this Northern democratic triumph
great and glorious az were Its fruits to the couu-
Try, to commerce, and to the civilized world-tu
this adroit defeat of Van Buren, IN 1914, at Bal
timore, the seeds were sown of all the revolu-
tiOnaIy consequences <hat have followed it to
both the old parties Of the country. Cherishing
the idea that he as cheated of the demos atic
nomination in 1874, Martin Van Buren, aad his
confidential chiefs and supporters in New York
resolved upon an ample revenge in ls4s. and
set to work accordingly. The result was the de-
feat of the democratic Baltimore nominee by
General Taylor, through the intervention of
Martin Van Buren,, as the free soil candidate of
the North.
The election was followed by sectional exc te-
ment upon the slavery question, which threatened
for season the dissolution of the Union, until
under the leadership of Henry Clay, a
junction was effected in Congress of the Union
men Of both parties and both sections; and tn.
compromise measures of 1860 were thus carried
through. The danger was passed; but while the
anti-slavery utras of the North attempted revo.
lutionary agitation against The fugitive slave law,
the democratic secession fiction of the South &C
tually attempted dissolution of the Union be-
cause of the admission of the whole If California
az free State. These Northern and Southern
agitators, however, were speedily reduced to
submission, and by the year 1852, the integrity
Of the Union, it was thought, was too firmly re-
established to be shaken TOR at least twenty years
to come.
So overwhelming was this sentiment of the
masses of the people, of all parties, in behalf of
those healing measures of 1850, that the demo.
cratic candidate aud the wing candidate, in 1852,
occupied substantially the same platform. So
sensitive, however, Was this Union sentiment of
the people of all sections, that the prevailing
suspicion that ". II. Stewards penicious anti
slavery doctrines would control General Scott,
if elected, that it resulted in the almost unsni-
nous election of General Pierce, by the States,
North and South. But the hopes of the peo-
pie for this election were speedily extinguished,
and the trucking policy of poor Pierce, begin
ming with especial tavors to the Van Buren, trail
tors Of the North, terminated in the trans-
fer of the administration and the democratic par
ty, body and eOul, TO the secession agitators of
the South.
And thus, though the wing party, from its
Seward affiliations had been destroyed and dis
persed with the defeat of General Scott, we find
the democratic party, from the humiliatng Kan
sas drudgery Of poor Pierce in behalf of the
Southern secessionists, driven, in 1856, to the
south side of Mason and Dixon's line. But the Sc
cession faction here discovered that to follow up
without pause, the game of poor Pierce would
be certain destruction, and 50 they fell back upon
MIR. Buchanan and bis broad national and Union
platform. Now it appears that with the election
of Mr.. Buchanan they expected to use him as
they had used poor Pierce; but one such exam
pie as that Of Pierce was quite enough for q
man of the sagacity, experience and honesty of
Mr.. Buchanan.
Thus all attempts to fatter or to brighten our
new President from the path Of duty to the
whole Union having failed, we find our Southern
ultras reduced to the last resort of an organized
sectional rebellion, in view Of the battle of 1860
We think they have gone too far to recede-that
before another year is over they will have orga-
nized a separate sectional party, outside of the
administration, and that thus the last remains Of
the old democratic party being frittered away,
the only alternative to the Union masses of the
country will be a new Union party, founded
upon the just and concilatory national policy of
Mr.. Buchanan And 20 we say, let our secession
disorganizers go on. The sooner they define
their position for 1850 the better.