The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-27
The Neat Presifenty-Th. Aboiit,ouis,s
Giving Il Up.

II appears that in all sections Of the country.
and among all parties and classes Of politicians
the late remarkable speeches OF Senator Seward
and Senator Hammond oD the political issues of
the day arc regarded as more clearly exhibiting
the dangers which surround the great republi.
can party Of the North than MI the other politi-
cal Developments Of the last two even.ful years
In this connection. the article which we publish
10 day OH the signs Of the Tines" from the
.Na,iopoi iud-SLne-y Soaer,d, Of this city, the
central organ Of the radical abolitionists, will be
found somewhat interesting 10 the inquiring po-
litical reader.
We are told by hi. leading abolition organ,
TIA, Notwithstanding the alarm v hich the Roches-
tar manifesto Of Mr. Seward has created among
thc organs Of the republican party. 1t is what
thcy have got TO come 10. for there i no other
bond Of cohesion that can keep their party to-
ecther" This may b. true; but IL true, we
may safely pronounce the speedy dissolu-
abolition Presidential vote Of Birney. Hale
or Van Buren,. Next, We are informed
that Mr. Hammond takes the same vicw Of the
republican policy for 1860 AZ Mr.. Seward, "aud
,ha, IA the foflorn hope Of slavery, he lays down
platform on which ihc SHAREHOLDERS and Mr.
Douglas can stand shoulder to shoulder But
although our abolition contemporary imagines
lha; the whole South, after much yiruleuse and
many contortions" will 'oomc to the same pr1i-
dent conclusion and cat humble pic as an obla.
ton to Douglas and slavery at the congregation
Of Charleston" the fear remains that there may
bc 4 change in The whole order Of things On both
sides which will cast the negro agitation into
the background.
Thus. In reference to 1860, We adopt the words
n our radical abolition philosopher, and concur
in bis opinion "that there may be rcaux in the
tide Of public sentiment" -"that there may BE- yet
another compromise on both sides IN that accept
able year that 1.-The republicans may not GIT
courage enough to put Mr.. Seward al their
head with the standard he HIS unfurled Ia bic
hand and that tho Shareholders, on the other
hand, may fnd the sins Of Douglas too unpardona-
bic to be- wiped out" This on both sides, Is pre-
ciseIy Sha, We thinks mos, likely to take place
The rejection ofboth Seward aud Douglas, the one
for having betrayed himself too aoon In the
North, and the other for having betrayed the
South and broken up the Northern democracy IN
bis desperate popular sovereignty" experiment
Of carrying water on both shoulders
We bold too, that in "the signs Of the times
we may discover abundant symptoms foresha-
downing complete revolution and reconstruction
Of parties in the important interval to 1860
revolution which will leave Seward and Douglas
high and dry among the driflwood Of freshet
that has subsided, and reconstruction that will
bring new mon and new issues on both sides into
the foreground. We have arrived at a crisis in
The diplomatic complications Of Spanish, Mex
lean and Central American Affairs, and upon the
incidental but paramount question Of the mari
time jurisdiction Of the Gulf Of Mexico, which
it appears 10 MS. can no longer b. evaded By our
govtrnnent We arc not, therefore surprised
T. lc.rn that oroa this chapter of our foreign