The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-24

mony in the party camp. From present ap-
pearances, Meesrs. SlidelI, Bright IL Co. are ia
fair way of raising up another Van Buren, iu
1860; bat let US await the results of the fall
elections
The opposition factions are in a condition Of
dise ereement and disintegration, almost, if not
quite, as Rad as the condition of the stultifed
and dijointed cliques Of the democracy. Be-
tween the Cheyalier Webb, the Hon. Massa
Greeley, the poets of the Post, and the boobies
Of the Express, there is q very interesting quar-
rel going en- over the political remains of Thur
low Weed, snd over the approaching Republi
can State Convention, and over the question of
a fusion between the Seward party and the
remnants of the Fillmore faction Of 1856. The
me aiming of ali this bush fighting, how
ever, may be readily explained. It is a
fight between the Seward managers and
the debris of the old line silver gray anti
Se~ard Know Nothing coterie for the Inside
track for the Presidency. The Seward republi
can managers want Seward, and the Know
Nothing Praise God Barebcnes pipe layers are
working to shelve Seward and to put up Crit
terden in his place, as the basis for uuion Of
both the opposition factions of this great and
important commonwealth.
The result of this bitter preliminary fight in
the Empire State will most probably wind up
in the casting of both Seward aud Crittenden
overheard. The chances are certainly in favor
of the drowning of Seward in our November
election; and, if he goes down, Crittenden and
sll the old outstanding opposition candidates will
be pretty sure to follow. What then! The
Newburyport Herald says that If neither Seward,
nor CritteDden, nor Fremont, nor Douglas will
answer, there may be new men, stronger for
new emergencies and If so, Senator Cameron
of Pennsylvania, Colonel Bisse]l of Illinois, or
Governor Banks" may be found sufficient for
the crisis. Very good, excepting Mr.. Banks.
We fear that be must be set aside with the rest
of the old set. But Cameron is a new man,
and an available man, and 80 is Bissell
of Illinois. Our Newbury port contemporary
is right alec in its views of the negro question.
1t must be cast into the background by the op-
position in 1860 as in 1910, or they will have
several tickets in the field, and will be defeated
as in 1856, notwithstanding their overwhelming
aggregate majority of the popular vete.
To sum up, the democratic party is divided
ard broken up into cliquea, factions and Sec
tions. They are disposed to come together; but
their leaders are qusrrelling over Douglas, and
with him they threaten to sink the party be-
yond redemption in the North. The opposition
are confident of their strength; but instead of
progressing to fusion, they are breaking up
into hostile cliques. Enough is known to know
that Seward must be thrown out, and all the old
set Of republican and Know Nothing candidates,
or that there will be no fusion. Considering
this state of things, on both sides we call upon
the Independent newspaper press to commence
actively the work. on both sides, of clearing the
ground for 1860. An Independent press and an
independent people can, on all sides, if they
will, anticipate and dictate the course and nomi-
nations Of those gatherings Of party hacks and
joqelers, known as national conventions. We
shall not wait for them, at all events.