The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-22

Simeon Draper, Truman Smith, Horace Greeley
Henry = Ra, mond, James Brooks, Efastus
brooke Seward republicans, Webster wings
Fremont NEE aud Fillmore Know Nsthicgs
cozily mixed up il the same hsppy family. The
Tribune, thu Times ann the Express ere eutborita
lively represented. But where is the ChevaIier
Webb IF tar Coari~ and Fngiirsr9-ard where
arc the poets of the Tost7 They fully endorsed
the course Of Messrs Crit.enden ard Bel; - in
iale critica! ana dangerous emergency" and
VII. do they not appear in this pubic dinner
movement:
We dare say hat we have She wkCle explana-
tion at cur finger ends. The c0iu@ns Of the
i'Sts,ae, fer scme weeks past, have betrayed re-
peatedly she important tact that W n Seward
bus fallen from grace in thas quarter. We suspect
that Mr., Stewards patriotic support Of the ad-
ministrstion upon the Army bib DIG the busi-
ress, or that that dere;crion was the last parcel
which broke the cameis back. At all events,
with subsequent indifference to the claims Of
Mr.. Seward, which has been very remarkable,
and with declaration of neutrality 10 refe-
renee to the opposition candidate for 1860, which
is very suspicious, the Tribune has been beating
as cautiously about the bush as any man plot
ting the abandonment of bis old captain could
possibly do it. Thus much for the Hon. Msssa
Greeley Availability has become his motto.
lie has evidently lost his old faith in Seward
availability; and il is very likely that he thinks
Mr.. Crittenden or Mr.. Bell would not only
be available to unite the opposition fac
tons in the North, but competent to
"carry the war into Africa" The "Little
Villains" of the Times are always in
the market and the brothers of the Express re-
cognise in Messrs. Crittenden and Bell two OF
the most brilliant lights Of the rump of the
Know Nothing party.
Now let the Chevalier Webb speak for him.
self. He did not sign the Crittcndcn diuner in
vitation for the simple reason, we apprehend,
that he had other fish to fry; and it is only
necessary to look over the columns of yester
days Courier to be assured that he smells rat
He publishes several extracts from the latest OF
Stewards speeches, and in a sharp editorial no
tice to all concerned Gays, that as leading
Southerners have conceded that Gov. Seward ''ia
hey ond all comparison the most statesmanlike
public man in our ranks" sit follows, as a
necessary consequence, that Governor Seward
is admitted to be, as be unquestionably is, the
ablest statesman Of our country" Nor is this
all; for the Chevalier Webb fatty declares that
this same W. II. Seward, opposed as he is to
slavery extension, is the most national Of all
our public men" This defines the position OF
the Chevalier Webb. While Greeley backs
down from Mr.. Seward and declares the Tribune
open to conviction, the Chevalier adheres to his
first choice, and boldly trots him out against the
field.
As for the poets of the Erenag Posi-, they be-
long to the soft democracy of the Fremont par
ty; they are free traders, and would probably,
like Senator Hammond, prefer the abolition Of
all custom houses to high protective tariff.
For example: the Post of yesterday, in publish
ing the reply of Mr.. Bell to the New York din
ner committee, says, very suggestively, that an
will be observed that the Senator cannot foregt
his old weakness for protective tariff, even in
declining a complimentary invitation" o.
course, neither Mr.. Crittenden nor Mr.. Bell, mol
any other protective tariff man Of the old whie
school, will answer for the Posi- or for that pecu.
liar democratic element of the republican camp
represented by the Post. For further light upon
this subject, it will only be necessary to await
the upshot of the present tariff controversy
going on between the Post and Tribune.
Thus it will appear that while the democracy
as a national party, are in most wretched con-
dition Of Generalization, disorganization and
confusion, the opposition camps, leaders, trum-
peters, managers and wire pullers are in any
thing but condition Of harmony and "happy
accord" We fully agree with Greeley, that II
will be better to leave thequestion open for year
or SO, than to make premature nomination Of
Seward but we have also our apprehension
that high tariff platform with candidate
from the rump of the Know Nothing party
would cost the opposition the loss OF many
Thousands of Fremont free trade democratspd
many thousands Of the Fremont Germans Of lnt
Northern and Western States.
The dead issues Of the old wing party
or Of the dcfunct Know Nothing party, OF
of the Fremont party will never answer for
the new practical contingencies Of 1860, moi
will any candidate identified with the iactious
sectional and personal grudges of any one Of
those old parties These old party managers
arc all at sea, and Their present proceedings arc
just as likely to eliminate in two or three Pre-
sidcntial tickets as in anything else. 1t shall
he our business 10 watch, and report the progress
Of the game.
CLOSING or THE TBEATEEs-THE OrERA.-
The last theatrical season was disastrou,
one throughout the country. The city manager
have struggled through the winter with consid
cradle loses. and have been glad TO be relieyet