New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-22


Prints not finding anything very agreeable or en-
coursging in the aspec. of the political present are
endeaycring to discover consolation and promise
for the future By reyerng to the history of the
past. The tines Of Gen. Jackson, the opposition he
was obliged to encounter, the secession from the
supper. Of his s6n istrationby the Nul6ers of the
South and the Bank Democrats Of the North, are
reverted TO as holding olt great encouragement to
believe that IN the case OF Mr. Buchanan aud the
Demo cratic party of to-day, a similar result may
follow; that the name Of Buchanan may yet, Like
that Of Jackson be " enshTined in the hearts of the
American people," and that any temporary sue
cesses which the Opposition may achieve may
prove ss evanesceAt as did the triumph Of the old
Opposition in tie election. frat Of Harrison, aud
afteIVard cf Taylor.
II strikes us, however, that there is remarkable
difference in the lires of policy adopted respectively
by President jackson and by President Buchanan,
which renders any conclusion from the success Of
the one to the success of tho other rather untrusty
Tie claims of the slaveholdDg interest to control
the policy Of the Federal Government received no
counter ance whatever from Gen. Jackson In
tie struggle which sprung up in the party imme-
diately subsequent to bis election between the
ding and planting minority, as represented
and led by John c. Calhoun, and the free-labor
msoIity, agricultural and manufacturing, as repre-.
se1ted and led at that time by Martin Van Buren,,
Gen. Jackson took very decided stand IN
favor of the free-labor interest. He sided With the
many against the few, not with the few against the
many. The notification and secession projects
then started found countenanco nor encourage
ment from him; on the contrary, he was their most
decided and determined opponent So in the
BaIk controversy, what gave Jackson his success
was, that he lad the support of the inasses. who
saw, or thought they saw, i'll the United States
Bank a dangerous contriyance by means of which
capital might obtain an undue control over labor.
The strength of Gen. Jackson and of his Admnistra
ton consisted in the fact that the decided majority
of the aboriDg men of the country believed him
to be their friend anxious to maintain their rights,
ard determined 70 prevent the legislation of Con-
git Sc from being perverted into an instrument for
advancing the exclusive interests of few.
Surely there is in the position of Mr. Buchanan
nothing whatever similar to THE. Instead of sizing
with the Northern, the free.labor, the most nu-
merous ssction Of bis countrymen, he has thrown
hin. elf exclusively ard unreservedy into the hands
of Southern slaveholding faction. And who are
his supporters at the North Not the body OF the
people-snce every new election shows more and
more conclusively the lamentable minority into
which he is faliDg-but few rich merchants,
bankers and SPECTATORS, who hope to get contracts
and other private advantages out OF the Govern
ment and standing army of Office holders who, in
uphcldirg Mr.. BuchsLau, are OILY buttering their
OWL bread.
But if the position thus occupied by Mr.. Bu-
chanan is totally different from that which gave
Gen. Jackson his hold upon the public mind so
is the opJ osticn which he and his supporters are
Obliged 20 encounter much more homogeneous and
much more formidable. The truth is, that of the
old Democratic party of the time of Jackson al
most the eDtire rank and file have passed over to
the Opposition, and for that matter also many of
The most distinguished leaders as we'll Their
places have been partially filed by recruits picked
ur among the Nullifers, the most desperate enemies
Of jackson, and by renegade Wings, who now fur
nish Congressional leaders t. the Buchanan party
.nd its most Jealous advocates whether at the
North or at the South. 1t will not do for the or
cans of the Administration to twit the Opposition
with being fus;cs party. If fusion be incompati-
be with political strength then must the Buchanan
marty be weak indeed. 1t is true that of the grow
ins host in oppcsiton to Mr.. Buchanaa's Admins
traitor, maIy have heretofore been arranged under
different political banners but in the idea of re.
sist,pce TO minority domination they fnd suii-
cj, nj bond Of union and cooperation.
Tie United States Senate must soon act deci.
.ve,v IN ,he cIsim Of Jesse u. Bright and Giah I'm