The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-15
THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION.
The Political Parties OF the Dsy-Gen. Scott
Gen. Wool, and the New York Herald.


| NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS.
From the Rochester Union and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
organ, inclined 70 kick out OF the traces]
THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE OF 1860.
Thus earlybefore ono half the time of ar Buchanau's
administration has expired, but not until s prestige has
entirely departed-the question Of ssths succession
giving rise TO very animated discussions on every hand
The opposition marshang their forces-or rather the
interests and cabas whose united forces
In the ascendant are severay endeavong to consolidate
the opposition under their own particular banner CONF
dent in their ability beat the nominee Of the Charleston
den Banks and others put By their respective
ffiends-the friends Of each claiming for their own par
cular candidate the merit Of superior availability whe
warm a. the decisive time apprenticeship result in two
opposition candidates. ia as yet too early 70 ha
card an opinion The probabilities however, are that the
cashng pretensions and antagonstc elements OF tho op
position be brought into oneness and homoge
| neity.
On the part Of the democracy the prospect not much
more encouraging. Mr.. Buchanan Ia unquestonably q
candidate for denomination And he will endeavor -
make the whole patronage and influence Of his admins
traon tell In his favor. In this he will SUCCEEDS
he succeeds In his other efforts that s he will mseraby
Southern candidates will divide the Southern VOTE while
At the North there will be Buchanan delegates except
such as go for him with rm determination that be shall
not be nominated.
just the great effort Of the leading friends Of other
candidates Is to "ki Douglas" The following from ths
Times Washington despatch indicates an understanding
on the part Of his colleagues crush him out under the
weight Of their combined dspeasure:-
Senator Douglas resumed his seat in the Senate to-day
His reception was sudousy codfew Senator's approach
ing TO welcome his return There q slight attempt
These short sighted partssns win by and BY learn that
they taking the surest way 70 make their hated rival
the favorase Of the people The people Of this great
country will not blndly follow the dctum of senatorial
cabal And would not be surprising II the arrogance
Of these and their sympthzers should ultimately
Douglas the candidate Of the strongest "section."
Such may be the aim Of Mr. Douglas himself but II it bo
he cannot hope for success except through the agency
Of those who think they comprising his certain ami
hiation. Thus far there is absolutely nothing in Mr..
Douglas political position to attract the Of the
Northern people TO bis support Between bis plaform"
and the catchw0rd popular sovereignty, by which biz
partsans assume to epitomise it, there gulf impas
sable the read of in the Scriptures the mad
Of his enemies may annihatc that gulf, instead
Of the object Of their hate they may bring about SUBJ
stantiay the same result in totally different manner
We shall watch the operations of these conse-
quences thereof with soictudc but still with tho
camness of impartial observer. II has all along boen
opinion which as yet we have seen occasion TO
change that Mr. Douglas prominence will prove fatal
to him. his enemies, however, may rescue him from all
the perls with which be is surrounded.
The HERALD Of yesterday in the course of some speca
lations on the subject, Says
We know of no Northern aspiran of the party in the
field capable of making favorable impression upon the
Charleston Convention. We consider Mr. Dickinson be-
longing epoch that has passed away; and for any
other New York candidate, mixed up In any way with our
Tammany and anti Tammany squahbes, words need
be wasted. He will not go down"
II is cruel on the part of the HERALD to advert to the
fact that Mr. Dicknsons pretensons have ttpassed
away" The latc chairman of his State Central Commit
tee is an out and out Douglas man his long tried
trusted leader at Buffalo; and his prominent par
tsans in Oneida and other conntics Whether tho aoces
sion Of "leaders" without q party viii strengthen 1r
less give its due considerations but that the deseron of
these men has already wiped out the object Of thcir
former attachment Is "nxed fact" Hence, according
to the maxim de ottus &c. the HERALD should refrain
from all unknd expressions relative to the denunct
copviua fS from the Chicago FINES its 70 ~
'two term policy which, too wo claim the mert NOT
of 'orignating." at least of reinventng The Tmes
copies our rerrrks, and adds
1--WE acknowledge the corn We were frightened at the
prospect Of the two term policy being revived at ths
business than terrifying tmd people, by holding up 70
them direfu calamties But opposed to "agta
ton, think perhaps, it would be as well to continue
matters they The people Of Kansas told that
il Lecompton was fraud they could remedy It in 1854;
80 Hthere be anything wrong in continuing things Is they
Union, as agreeing with you
is to be hoped that "two term invention will not
be as badly treated as popuar sovereignty has been;
but we greatly fear II will fare not u whit better.
from the New York Daily News-democratc organ,
very weak In the iegs.]
rs THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SECTIONALIZED?
This is question Of the deepest moment, whether II 10
true the HERALD recently asserted that there
visible hope from the democratic party" Now most
nation Of the party which for many has been tho
chief oSwsrk o. the Union and o. which the proud boast
phcal lines and sectional divisions but Acknowledged
in all their purity from the Lakes to the Gulf aordng
honorable Is possible that the great party which elect
ed MI Buchanan the embodiment of the Cincinnati
platform has since divided, and that there Ia really de-
mocrac party of the North and another Of the South a.
different as black and white, ebony and topaz II this
so we should indeed be disposed 10 despair Of the
Union
We do not read the Indications Of the times nor the
effect Of the wise, patriotic and eminenty popular ad
mnistraton Of James Buchanan. Unfortunately have
to admit that many Of the leaders Of the democracy have
procvty to false doctrines and want Of true faith in
what they profess Freesoilsruwas never q growth Of
Wits IA
sophstca rcnements or rank reachery Of certain lead
ers, who associated more with the opposition than the
These men belonged to the democracy, not because t
the Of justice and the constitution but
ana selfish aspirations. As Il was in 1s4s II is now and
will be in 1860 The heart Of the democracy North and
South beats in unisou and beats unerea measure
TO the triumphant and enduring harmonies of the Unon
We suspect the HERALD trying TO unite the opposition
while at the time it cannot but admit that the pre-
sent administration has been conducted in all respects in
accordance with the constitution In domestic matters and
as to foreign relations in spirit calculated to reflect
honor tho country While the HERALD cannot but ad
mre and praise the efforts Of the administration, which
have indeed been successful thus far paradoxcalIy
asserts that the party of which that administration s the
trusted exponent bopelessy broken up and demora
liked. Such conclusion cannot be drawn from any
political event. The local popularity and Of Mr..
Douglas Indications that the democratic party North
have lost any ground or deserted the great principles on
which they supported Mr. Buchanan in 1856.
If any supposes that the opposition can be united
Gin 1860 against all the sectional disorganzers of the
day. he must have faith exceeding even the removal
of mountains that which boldly predicted the cleo
ton Of Colonel Fremont Ia 1866 This opposition itself has
been for years the hotbed of every form sectona
and whatever may be its majority it is utterly incon-
gruous that plan device Of political strategy by
any means unite 1t under any one head, in CONSOLE
dated and organized party
We are happy to say that there men outside the
pale Of the democratic party who yet NATIONAL and In
whose hands the country would be safe from the over
wheming danger Of dsunion but do say that outside
of the democratic party the sectional element strong
70 allow any such man to become the standard bearer Of
the opposition In the coming struggle The democracy
no place, however, for sectionasts Those who have
under the sounding title of popular sovereignty may
retain for while nominal hold the party, but Il will
be seen before long that the great body Of the democracy
have no sympathy with these and their tangled
and dangerous hcresics.
From the independent opposition Memphis Eagle and En-
quirer edited by Jerc. Clemens, late a democratic
United States Senator from Aabama), in reply 10 tho
Memphis Appeal, democratic organ.l