Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-04-07
A NEW PARTY-sEwARD's AMBITION.

The Washington correspondent of the Richmond
Souk saws that plan is on foot for the formation
Of party, to be composed of the three sections of
the autiLeeomptonites, to act in opposition TO the
Democracy. This has been in progress for some
time, and one or two hints have been thrown out of
such a movement but strange to say, they have not
excited public attention. The first intimstiOn came
from Mr. SEWARD. in his speech on the Army bill,
in reply to Mr. HALE. It is very likely that the
sagacity Of Mr.. SEWARD has planned this union Of
the wings of the opposition. He is shrewd enough
to forcsee that the mere change Of name by party
will not affect its tendencies and sympsthiesr snd
that vixen the DOUGLAS boilers and South American
Sepoys are absorbed into the mass Of Black Republi
cans that their political complexion will follow that
of the body which gives them life and sustenance in
the same degree that the takes its color from
the bark There is no danger that the FreesOlism
of Mr.. Stewards party will be in anywise diminish
ed by the admixture, On the contrary, it is clear
from the speeches made by the chiefs Of the DoUG-
Las boilers and the SepOys, that they want to enter
the Republican church, not as PrObatiOneTs or neO-
phytes, but with a full confession Of faith, and on
the strength of good works already performed in
opposition to the " slave power"
Mr. SEWARD is aware that the control of this new
party will not pass from his grasp. He has met
Know Nothingism before, in its early strength, and
made it subseryent to his designs whilst he scOrned
10 adopt its dOgmas. He will be the MAGNUs APoL-
10 Of the new -rty, which will be but the Repub-
can party in a new guise. DOUGLAS, STANTON,
WINTER DAVIS and HUMPHREY MARSHALL, will be
his satellites and utterly p0werless to control the
organization. The accession Of SepOys would not
be particularly desired save for the fact that he
means to run in 1860 as the head Of this party for
the Presidency, and hopes in this way to give it the
odor Of nationality" He is aware that there is
danger the South would resist the installation Of
President elected on a sectional basis, and by the
North alone. Hence he will graOiOusly take Messrs
WINTER Davis, HUMPHREY MARSHALL Co., into
the new party, to create division in the South
on the question Of resistance.
Another mode o. Obviating Southern resistance
and secession, will be the avowed purpose Of the
new party It will proclaim itself as par excellence
the Union party, and may possibly take that very
name. Ii is thought by the oOntrivers Of this
scheme, that there is magic enough in the name Of
Union TO lead the South to acquesce in the election
Of SEWARD and to submit to the loss Of that liberty
and equality which the Union was formed to
An important part in the programme, and lead
ing step towards the cOnsummation Of their designs
is the defeat of the LecomptOn Constitution. This
accomplished, they feel that their onward course
to victory and the spOils Of empire is open. They
are persuaded that the defeat Of LecOmptOn will
knit their party together and give them irresistible
strength