The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-10
The Douglas Conspirators and the Public
Printing-Mr. Seward and the Presidency.

The Douglas COnspirators and the Public
Printing-Mr. Seward and the Presidency.
The main results of the Illinois election
Legislature supposed to be in favor of the re-elec
tion of Mr.. Douglas to the Senate-may. if pro-
perly appropriated, restore him again into full
communion in the democratic church To this
end, he and his chosen disciples have only to re-
turn to a cordial support of the administration
which they have betrayed and deserted, and we
doubt not that, overlooking all the mischief
which they have done, the administration will
forgive them, absolye them, and make this act Of
amnesty the beginning Of Q general reunion and
consolidation of the party. Butwill Mr. Douglas
take this indispensable initiative step to the re-
union and harmony Of the dsnantled democracy
No. From all the indications Of the day he will
do no such thing: and the delusive victory which
he has just achieved viii only mislead himself
and bis followers to destruction.
Already, We perceive, the leading organs of
this Douglas movement have fixed their atteA-
icn. not upon his nomination By The Charleston
Convention. but upon the tempting spols in
volved in the printing Of the next Congress
Thus, we find an editorial adventurer Of the
fire-cating school, who has been starved
out Of Richmond, ready. upon the spur Of the
moment, to blend his desperate fortunes with a
little Douglas fiibustering organ at Washington,
which was established in view OF the printing
plumber Of the present Congress, and which .still
lives" upon the hope of sop from the spells Of
the next Thus, too, VIC have the nucleus es.
,abl;chod ~ Wasb;p,,to bo,,~oor Az ~ -. -,
the States, between Wendell (anti-Douglas demo-
crat) and Heiss douglas democrat), OF two
clashing and irreconcileable lobby factions intent
upon the Congress printing The result must
inevitably be the widening Of the breach between
these two factions in Congress and throughout
the country, especially should il appear, as it
most probably will appear in due time, that
Forney has finger in the pie
From the time Of General Jackson the de.
mocraey have regarded the printing Of Congress
as the indispensable alimcnt OF their central
organ, and their all-powerful financial agent for
electioncering purposes. OF late years, however.
In the matter Of these inexhaustible printing
spoils, The machinery Of the lobby, in the hands
of Mr.. Wendell. has been superior to party disci-
pine; and we fear that against this consummate
lobby manager the hot and ravenous lobby forces
OF the Douglas faction will signally fail There
no loophole leli 20 Wendell for a compromise
with these Douglas competitors; for IL there be
envy one thing which i fixed beyond PREPARATION
/, is the deadly fcud existing between Wendell
and Douglas Mr.. Wendell, therefore, will con-
t.ive his plans and combinations outside Of the
Douglas interest, and in defeating IL, he will moi
scruplc TO invoke the aid Of the opposition. no
will they he likely TO refuse him Aer assistance
should the exigency require II. And thus, wc
apprchend that this Congress. printing. 20 long
regarded rs The great central bulwark Of demo
cratic discipline, viii prove itself the rock upon
which the party Is 10 he dashed TO pieces II
will keep alive this Douglas conspiracy IN the
camp. aud This eventual trial FOR The spoils will
as-uredly be terminated by The opposition 10
their own advantage.
Such j. the present game Of the leading
Douglas organs and managers, and such are
their prospects They have seized upon Douglas
as a convenient instrument. and they are using
him. and intend TO use him. to secure the Con
gress printing from the divided democratic party
in an opposition Congress. They will fail. ami
in their greedy struggle for the spols upon
which they have fixed their longing eyes.
they will De outwittcd by Wendell: but
they will mos, likely have established the Dis
cords Of The democracy and downfall Of Douglas
lie i in the hands Of gang ofreoklcss and hun.
gry Larpics, and they will suck him 20 dry in
an. 4. 81 L. -. L..
skeleton In 1860 aud he may bc worse.
Seward, on the other hand. instead Of being
used by bis followers organs and rctainers. uses
them. The Presidency is bis game. lie docs
not care to waste bis time upon smaller objects,
and II he does. il Is only 10 subordinate them 10
the greater. Thus he boasts Of The strength Of
the republican party In Maine, consolidated
under the lead Of Hamln and Fcssendcn: In New
Hampshire. under tle direction OF Hale and
CLARK; In Massachusetts,. under The lead OF vii.
son and Adams; in New York. Of Horace Greeley
and Preston King: in Pennsylvania. under the
lead vf Caincf atfu JampyviI. Uvvu uvys,
says Seward and patting thcm on their backs. he
encourages them 70 still larger endcavors. IL
oven stoops TO a special oulogium upon Matte
son. for Seward we'll knows the value Of such
lobby men as Matteson, whether operating upon
drafts Of thousand or twenty-five thousand
dollars.
But the shrcwdosi d tactitians sometimes
commits the most cgregous blundcrs. SO with
Seward In cutting under Douglas, Gerrit Smith
and biz black republican rivals, Mr.. Seward, at
Rochester, plunged himself into the morass Of
abolitionism, from which no Presidential Con-
yention can lift him To secure the monopoly
Of the anti-slavery sentiment Of the North he
has sacrificed the Northern balance Of power:
and Douglas, 70 recover the Southern side Of the