The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-15

have been accomplished, and the government
would have been reduced to chaos; but as the
moral power Of the administration has proved
superior to the decentralization Of the party in
the present Congress, it will prove superior to
result in a positive opposition majority in the
next Congress.
But while the administration may thus con-
template the results Of these late elections with
composure, they preach lesson of fearful i'm
port to the factious leaders and disorganizers Of
the defeated democracy. They may attempt to
console themselves with the delusion that they
have administered wholesome rebukc to the
administration; but the probable consequences
to themselves and the party, in reference to 1860,
are as clear as the Losses which the party have
suffered. Between these treacherous party leaders
and the administration it was utterly out Of the
question to expect the mountain to go to Ma
homet The party must support the admnstra-
ton which it has elevated to power, or the full
flment Of the maxim concerning house divided
against itself, inevitably follows, and the weaker
division goes to the ground. Thus, though the
party may be Frustrated, the administration will
survive, and can succeed, az it has succeeded
against all the treacheries and demoralzations
which may reduce the party to minority.
II is manifest that in these late elections the
Douglas rebellion Of the North has worked its full
share Of mischief to the beaten democracy; but
in this connection the treacherous Douglas SYM
pathsers in the South occupy the most ndefen-
sible position. We all know that, had the lie
compton bill. pure and simple, passed, the South
would at least have gained the principle for
which they contended; we know that Southern
men made that bill test question, even to the
extremity of disunion; and we know, too. that
but for the revolutionary bolt OF Douglas and his
followers, that that bill would have passed We
know something of the Northern abuse, the risks
and endorsements which the President incur
rcd in adherng to the law and the principle
in this business; and we know that Southern
men, in the premises, should be the
last to forget their obligations And
yet the unblushng duplicity and treachery
Of the fire-eating ultras of the South, in their
later sympathies for Douglas, may be set down
among the most efficient causes in producing
these late disasters 10 Northern supporters OF
Southern rights and Southern distractions.
In this view of the matter, such noisy Southern
salamanders as Toombs, Stephens, Brown Of
Mississippi, and others Of the present defenders
Of Douglas, sink into the meanest Of double
dealing conspirators. But the administration
henceforward will know their value and the
emptiness Of their clamor, their professions and
their principles. Thus, with the re-assembing of
Congress. the President will fully understand
the materials with which he viii have to deal in
his party camp; bat in directing his measures
and his policy heretofore, to the best interests
Of the country, he will as certainly command the
cooperation Of Congress and the confidence of
the American people, whatever may be the posi-
ton OF party leaders or factions or Of the party
itself
In the meantime, we can discover in these late
elections no existing principles or elements cs-
sential to q practical fusion of the opposition
actions Of the country. On the contrary, they
are as far from general coalition "a they were
two years ago. and can never be consolidated
except upon some great name. like that Of
General scott. which will swallow up all the
clsshing absurdities Of ani--lavery, anii-popcry,
ant-rum. tariff and anti-tarihI North and South.
The late elections turned upon the expiring
humbugs local issues and contingencies of the
day but the contingencies Of 1850 have yet to
be disclosed.