The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-01-12
Prom the New Orleans Delta, Dec. II.

The political cauldron is boiling fariously !,
Washington, and every day : new bubble ap-
pears upon the surface or new ingredient i
cast in to make it 'thick and slab" No less "a
issue than the fate Of the Presidential struggle
OF 1860 seems to hang upon the awful cenjurs-
ton. 'l's, s' ss.aF sftia s.8sa
Thus far the powers OF darkness seem to a.
vor the political complexion most akin TO their
own-in. other words the Black Republican
magicians have conjured wisely and well, and
have received signs and tokens, called and
evoked apparitions and utseFAnccs, altogether
to their comfort and good cheer. ss.a D
On the other hand. the Old Hunker body
guard Of the Administration are cast down and
perplexed in the extreme, and it requires very
vivid conception Of three years more Of Execu-
tive patronage to keep their spirits up, and en-
able them to exhibit even an appearance Of
pluck. Thus the tables are turned upon them.
or at least slanting in that diyectioa.t4 a. m.
Only the other day the hopes Of the Black
Republicans were down TO zero--now they are
apparently up to vernal heat. What has led 20
such state Of things, and what il to be ito
probable outcome Let US briefly consider. IN
In the outset, 1t must be remembered, a. we
declared ct the time, that il 1856 the Black Re.
publican snake was only slightly scociled, nos
killed. The issue, indeed, with . few excep-
manful, bold and distinct manner, on the slave
~ question, throughout the canvass. Yet, in
spite Of many concessions to it; in spite Of
studious avoidance by the Northern Democratic
managers Of any act Or expression to offend the
anti.slavery sentiment; in spite Of .Free Kan.
sas" emblems and notices emblazoned upon
Democratic banners ct political meetings in the
interior Of many Of the Northern States !; in
spite Of the fact that M. Buchanan was nom
mated because he could plead an oli6; On The
Kansas bill, and was therefore less objectionable
10 the Black Repablicans, Of Democratic cx.
traction and lineage; in spite OF all this the
Democratic party was 10 minority At the elec..
sion in 1856 in every Northern STATE, with,
perhaps, the exception Of Pcnnsy ivania, and
the loss OF that State would have given tho
Presidency to the Black Republicans. Al s4sas
81 Though they did not achieve the Presidency,
the result was rather victory than defeat
They proved the ALARMING abundance eoi their
resources; they showed with what wonderful
rapidly they could organize for aycampaigp;8
they forced the National Democracy TO terms,
causing it to pledge itself to an attitude of hos
tile neutrality toward the South, and now they
show . dissemination to hold il to that pledge
under thess penalty Of the destruction Of the
Northern wing of the party,
Nc. Buchanan having boggled in his Kansas
poliey-having given Wakcrrths bepeIIt Of his
and presented " the Democratic
party an absurd expediency which his argument
Black Republicans and "Free
Kansas" and popular sovereignty" Democrats,
Of the Walker, Forney, Douglas 4 Co school,
aro preparing to execute the aforementioned |
penalty. The Capitol Is the present ecens Of
the struggle TO that end. The Gauis are thun-
dering and shouting - the gates and the Con-
script Fathers OF the Democracy are turning ~ |
pale - the ivory Of their curule chairs.