The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-02

House of Representatives, on the first Monday
in December next will be found divided nearly
as follows:-
Deiao.fats (reguari w
Anti Lecompton democrats Observation-Disclosures. 10
southern opposition observation-disclosures. "a
Total ....................... 2s7
Minority Observation-Disclosures. ll9
Thus it will be seen that while half dozen
recruits from the anti-Lecompton democrats or
Southern opposition men, or from both these
factions will give the republicans the ascend
ancy, the democrats will require all the anti
Lecompton faction and nineteen Of the South
ern opposition members to make up majority.
Still we believe that in the preliminary eau
cusing for the House organization the demo-
cratic leaders will earnestly endeavor to win
over the anti-Lecompton faction as members
of the same great national party, and try also
to secure the Southern opposition members as
the natural and inevitable enemies of the black
republicans and their abolition programme.
But if the Southern democracy are thus be-
ginning to feel the necessity of Cancellation,
the Southern opposition elements are actively
agitating the ways and means for general flu
sion Of all the opposition factions upon COM
mon platform of hostility to the democratic
party. Thus, while on the democratic
side Mr.. Senator Toonbs has been lately
urging upon his party in Georgia, in
very earnest and remarkable speech, the
duty of brotherly love to the North
Al Nv
and his anti-Lecompton followers Mr. Henry
Winter Davis, an opposition member of the last
Congress from Maryland, and a candidate for
this new Congress, has recently, in defining his
position, boldly argued that to the opposition
of all sections the policy which points to sue
cess in 1860 lis the highest of duties.'
His plan, to this end, is very simple: "the
union of the whole body Of those opposed TO
the administrations of President Pierce and
President Buchanan upon some man Of ability
and character not offensive to the North or the
South and upon a platform ignoring the
irrepressible conflict of Seward, and bring
ing into the foreground the shortcomings, ex-
travagances and corruptions of the party in
power. In view of this movement, Mr.. Davis
contends that our interests (Maryland) re-
quire us to unite with the opposition of the
North, rather than with the democrats of the
South" and that upon his union programme
the opposition in 1860 may carry, not only all
the free States but the conservative slave
States of Missouri, Tennessee, North Carolina
Delaware and Maryland
tn bo pavt ,,Iano in ytau IF tbic oppoe;t;oy,
coalition for the succession, the Richmond
Whig, a leading and influential organ of the
Southern anti-democratic elements, has com
nenced boldly and zealously to urge practi-
cal fusion in December next. Thus. in said
paper Of Wednesday last, the editor repeats
what he has before said, ..that the Southern
opposition members Of Congress should
not hesitate single moment about unit
ing with the republicans in the organi-
.zation of the House, ''Not single
Virginia contemporary, I'VE think the public in
terests would be most e1ectually subserved by
this next House devoting one-half or three
fourths Of the coming session in ferrcting out
and exposing the corruptions and rascalities
that have been practised by the officials and
employees of the Administrations" and because
"wth democratic organization of the House
all the enormous abuses and profigacies of the
party will remain hidden and concealed from
the public view"
In this connection, the enormous items of
spoils and political power involved in the House
organization must not be overlooked; nor
can it be denied that the series Of investigating
committees suggested would, to the opposition,
be a master -stroke of policy for 1860. These
committees could furnish an amount Of ammu-
milton for the Presidential campaign which
would be as destructive to the democracy as
the Congressional records Of democratic ex-
trayagances, profigacy and embeMlementw which
! were used in the campaign of 1910. Upon
this subject we have already shown that Mr.
Buchanan has nothing to fear. His official
| record vindicates him. He has done what he
| could he has iabored earnestly and constant
| ly through good report and evil report
to restore the ancient principles of honesty and
economy in all the various branches Of the
government. But the costly legacies and the
extensive and deeply seated corruptions which
were transmitted to his supervision from the
| loose and reckless administrations of Pierce
and Fillmore, have been too much for Mr.
Buchanan, and can only be remcdied and re
formed by great popular revolution. This il
the true state Of the case.
In word, the universal corruptions Of on
democratic politicians and spoilsmen, as il
1910, have placed that party completely agar
within the power of the overwhelming opposi
ton forces of the country. They have the roa'
to victory pointed out by Mr. Winter Davis
and our Richmond contemporary, in the pre-
liminary programme Of the new Congress, ha