The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-15

THE BUFFALO Fusion MOVEMENT Upon A NEW
BUFFALO PLATroRM-Tbe JOINT circular of some
OF the leading partizans of W. ii. Seward and
Willard Fillmore, issued from Buffalo che other
day. proposing fusion of our black republicans
seems to be attracting some public attention.
The signers of the circular Ia question call upon
the people, without distinction of party, and
without regard to former political associs-
TONS" to unite in new party against the
administration Of Mr.. Buchanan. The platform
which they propose is war to the knife against
what they call "the absolute and unconditional
surrender Of the government into the hands of
the aggressive and intolerant slave power of
the country BY the national administration. as
exemplidcd in its attempt to Impose repulsive
constitution upon the people Of Kansas, in de-
fance of their expressed wishes"
Such is this new Buffalo platform; but, COM
pared with the old Van Buren, Buffalo platform
Of lS48, II is q very contracted and shabby
affair. "The intolersnt and aggressive slave
power" have lost Kansas. She will be free
State, and, with Kansas, Minnesota and Oregon,
we shall have three new free States before the
expiration, probably, of the present Congress.
With such results from "the intolerant aud az
gressive slave power" We presume there viii
be very little ground for Northern indignation
and wrath. Next, with regard to ''the attempt
to impose q repulsive constitution upon the
people of Kansas" the black republicans and
Know Nothings would do we'll to keep quiet.
The fact that every member of Congress, of
every party, with "a condition precedent" or q
condition subsequent, voted for the admission
of Kansas under the Lecompton programme,
mixes up the whole batch in this alleged
attempt to impose repulsive constitution
upon Kansas" But the bill as finally passed
is the true test and in its substantial submission
| Of the Lecompton constitution to the popular
| Whether the said constitution shall be accepted
or shall be superseded by new constitution
| the question will be settled. Thus, perhaps
before the contamination of this new coalition
| upon the new Buffalo platform there will be
nothing Of the platform left to stand upon. Al
best it is but a broken plank, which will hardly
serve the purposes of our fall elections.
In view of the campaign of 1860, something
broader, larger, more practical and comprehen.
sive than the miserable remnants of the Kansas
and niger agitation must become the platform
of the opposition factions, or they will never be
united. Nay, more, they must not only stand
upon national platform Of practical issues,
ignoring the niger agitation, but they must
make up their minds to abandon all their old
Candidates and leaders identified with the late
slavery agitation, or with any particular fac
ton or clique of the campaign of 1856, and take
up some new man as the compromise can
didate of all the opposition elements, North
and South. Thus they can win the day;
for, Us we have shown, the democratic
party throughout the Union has been
minority party since 1886, and according to
the results of the last Presidential election it
now stands in minority of three hundred and
eighty thousand in the popular vote of the
country. But with two or three candidates in
the field the opposition may be defeated again
as in 1856 and il they want two or three can
didates, the surest way of getting them is to
begin with Northern anti-slavery organization
| upon this new and contracted Buffalo platform
OF General Gustavus Adolphus Scroggs.