New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-01
LFCOMPTON ". RaCf-NEW ihh"o
~ POLITICAL NOSOLOGf - rnDthAL
ACTS AND DEMOCRATIC PkiN'irhhn'

f,,, deruc+iou they rnust r. once create and make
c,,re,, rcx term in politioa nosoogy a. there i.a
nov deveopuert in political disease ne Adminstra-
,ion and the CALLED sAe, who bear IT, yoke mnst hence
forth he called known and set sp,.rt a. "Lecompton-
it.s while Democrats. siher .ng 70 tue Democratic
prncpIcs vii be entitled to retain their preser: gori
Ous name.
OF senaos Douglas end his prospects, the writer has
10 desire - speak. The Democratic masses Of Illinois
are sbnparty able to take care Of the lecompl one
Corporsis guard doing service FOX pay and ratons
uuder James buchanan. Charity begins at home aud
20 should political supervision ii wa not by meddlns
between tie New.York Democrats and Leeompionites
that enrsylvana, Indiana, and that gallant sister-
hood of States achieved Their own d. george Flcto-
ries over the Lecompton dragon.
il TO The Democrats Of this city, ana against the
Lecomp.onites thereof, that the wrier-an Oh Demo
crat-now nrges this appeal Inc proVerD l5iL- u
more should il be lawful to teach, through AL avail
able cbannels such important truth a the differ
ence between Democracy and Leconptonsm'
The friends Of James Buchanan, acting reSretil-y
under his immediate dc,ation, have al length sue
ceeded in placing " LecomptOn a. definite and sole
issue before one Of the most enlightened and lnle-
pendent constituencies in the United States: Ihey
have chosen for their banner-man IN the Win D--
trict congenial representative, one who has Illus
trated in private life that moral condition Oi which
" LecOmpton " il the public exponent.
But against Mr.. HerTick personally i would De gra-
tutous 10 make complaint. The Issue Il strong
enough in itself to be argued without reference 10 men,
We stand on that point Of time which will hereafter
be referred to the second Revolution IN our coun-
irys history. "LecOmpton" lies Oh one side, and
broad tortuous avenue, filed with silver posts and
golden pillars Of the State, leads mp to the Executive
altar on which it has been set for worship. Demo
cratic Justice lies in al opposite direction, and the
path 10 IT, though straight and short, i beset with
horns and pitalls-pivatOns, darkness and the mis-
cries Of a political Siberia.
Bu, before choosing his path let every voter ponder
the future which lies beyond these Immediate y-'ss
The IerInanence of the present Administration i
something more than doubtful. At very worst, the
nightmare cannot bestride US more than a certain
number of months; while an Opposition majority IN
the House and the consequent vote Of want Of con-
" fdoIce il the Cabinet, would relieve us before the
dswniDg Of another year.
That Mr. Buchanan has steered straight toward i'm
parchment and has already brought the ship Of State
within the outer circles Of that whirlpool Is now sor-
rOwfuy conceded by those who took most active
part in giving him command. he was chosen captain
for legitimate voyage and the crew will not suffer
him TO sink the ship, which Is their common property,
in bis efforts to convince them that he welds pirate
power.
many weeks have passed, Mr.. Buchanan viii need
and be compelled to solicit the generous forgiveness
Of those Democrats whom he has outraged, and IS now
working all Lis engines 10 destroy. That they TW
forget their personal injuries under an emergency IKE
this and in view Of the great principles al stake, we
cordially believe. But let those injuries at the
present point for there are wrongs to men OF hohor
which make revenge a duty.
II il boIdlv asserted in prominent Administration
prints and prov ed beyond question by Admlnis1Ta
ton deeds that Mr. Buchanan is anxious for the de-
feat Of every Democratic candidate who will not bow
down and eat dirt before the Iecompton idol. Bend
your head to Lecompton,' If you desire to prosper
in The party: 90 on your knees to " "Lecompton, if
that will not suffice; and grovel with your mouth IN
the DUST if you would escape the armed wheels OF this
Executive juggernaut.
And what must be the result Of this mad Federal
Interference in the LEGAL contests Of the party What
answer do we already find on record in every State
where this Executive pvate-rule, "Obey in every
point or perish" has been put to the vote of the
people! u..,.- r., ,h;. :. ,be
sad, unvarying response from every single State
wherein this question has been tested.
An Opposition majority. Has MI. Bichanan
ever looked this possibility in the face Has he ever
asked bimsef by what title cla OF personal graft
tude he is solicit and clemency when he nds
himself tied hand and foot and PROSTATE on the floor
of an Opposition House With his knowledge of the
agencies used in the passage Of his darling measure
what can he expect but impeachment
All former Presidents have had the breakwater OF
personal respect and generous social intercourse be-
tween their official station and the casual oodde OF
an OPPOSITION majority. The enemies in public discus
sion were the friends Of the drawing room and dinner
table; and while the Opposition might be anxious 10
take all common political advantages, there was a
broad lire preserved between the man occupying hs
Executive clair and the policy which the President
advocated. ,,e
But the bitterness engendered by long unsocla NE
seduced Mr. buchanan into the negatIon 81 tins SOCIAL
safeguard. Tie White House and Cabinet circles
have been maintained on an exclusively Admlnstra'
tion footing; no Republican member has eaten the
President SALT and so far has tins been pushed lna,
when any DemooIat-eyen those most intimate ana at
home in Administration circles-refused to swallow
Lecompton the fiat of social exclusion went forth
both apair that member and his family. The Secre-
IL. 4 .FYNl ,..tV "a he
member 5 polite invitation; they would give baHs TO
which the member was not inyit d. The gentle iniu-
encc Of courtesy in soltenng political asperitles mas
been wanonly ignored; and should justice order The
of al Executive who has used hs patron
age to corrupt the legislative body there will be no
sentiments OF personal friendship or respect to stand
between this Judgment and its victim.
II was the error Of Federalism to attempt making
constituencies the recording instruments oi the
Presidents viii. This is substantially the error oi
james Buchanan at the present moment.
With the increase oi our population ana hhaleliai
wealth the power Of the President has increased,
until he now wields influence of more than one
hundred illions Of collars annually, which he can
dispense at will IL salaries, monOpoes, sales OF puDc
lands and local improy yenents. Are prepared TO
sanction the interference in local affairs OF the
federal officer who exercises this fearful power
In the With Congressional District this issue is
now fairly and fully before the people. l. is areviva,
in its most naked FORM of the question which original
" divided Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic
masses of the people from the aiherens and advocates
ofthe Feders peicy. Personally, As between Horace
F. Clark and Anson Herrick the voters of the With
District could have hesitation in chooeing to sup
pose otherwise would be to il suit them. But as be-
tween Clark, prescribed and prosecuted by the wielder
Of this monstrous patronage, ana Hernek, IN whose
favor every snew OF the Executive resources will be
strained there is test-vote for this District by which
he MANHOOD IF its men must be hereafter estimated
MI Clark runs now, as he ran beicre-iefraying
every shilling Of his own expenses, and offering
inducements bu. those Of principle and honor to the
men whose suifrages against LecoInptouisn be now
soicit. When he last for Congress. not only did