The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-23

The crisis--1nc New Congress and the
| Southern Opposition Party.
The Hon. Horace Maynard, prominent
member OF the conservative opposition majo.
rity elected to the new Congress from Ten
| nessee in recent public letter touching the
Presidential question, says that "tho future Of
the country depends very much upon the course
of the opposition during the next twelve
months" but that
II the minority az tho South are our line OF con
duet most necessarily depend less upon tho
If ssiis In the Moth. II that large numerous
AID respectable portion Of the people there, who heart
,e'her democrats nor republicans, who good
government for the whole country, and wish live
isaree, viii stand forth ami organized FORM
rally under common standard. But IL tho alter
native submitted to our ctoice should be Douglas dem
ciacy Seward repubicahsm the ISSUE is hardly worth
following to its conclusicn.
The alternative here suggested between
douglas democracy" and Steward republi-
canism" is third party of national conser-
vatiye character, calculated to BIO alike accept
able TO the Unonloving body Of the people
North and South. The late bloody interpreta-
ton at Harper's Ferry of the infamous sectional
and revolutionary programme Of W. II.
Seward shows that the crisis has arrived fer an
active naticsal party organization of the cha
racter suggested; and this good work should be
practically commenced with the organization of
the new Congress.
Down to this late desperate abolition raid
in Virginia, and from various leading
Southern opposition politicians and news.
papers very general disposition has been
tod NIT fha
for a coalition with the Northern repub-
lican party in the matter of the House
organization but this old Kansas fanatic
Brown, has fully developed tho all-absorbing
asceDdancy in the South Of the slavery question,
and the primary necessity among all men of all
parties in that section of providing for their
future security against the abolition incendia-
ries of the North, beginning with W. II. Seward
and bis political engineers.
In this view of the subject, the Southern ON.
position party in Congress are now charged
with the highest responsibilities They cannot
now undertake any coalition with tina
can marty in the bus;ne.- republi-
H...~ -. ..-ss Of organizing the
--..sv, witnout first exacting from that party
the reputation of Seward and his reasonable
Rochester platform If this concession cannot
be extorted from the republicans, the only al
Tentative remaining TO the Southern opposition
members will be the formation and the organiza-
may perhaps be able to organize the House
without the assistance of Southern vote; but
still, in the practical business of legislation the
balance Of power which the twenty.one South
ern opposition members will command must
not be overlooked. At all events, il they can
not bring the republican party down from the |
reasonable and bloody platform of Seward, no |
other course will remain than the active orgsni-
cation Of third party, in Congress and through
out the country, and in direct opposition to ell
the disunion slavery agitators Of the day, North
and South.
All the late Northern elections point in the
same direcsicn-the absolute prosaratou Of the
Northern democracy by the republican party
as sectional anti-slavery organization Thus,
against the Southern sectional democratic |
party, the sectional party Of the North is pro-
missed an easy victory in 1860. But with the |
Organization of new opposition |
party of the character Indicated 1t will be able
% cut in between these two sectional parties,
North and South, sufficiently deep to carry the
lection at least Into the House Of Representa-
ives, where we may hope for good resuit.
This Important achievement, however,
viii depend upon the wisdom, bravery
nd discretion of the twenty-ons Southern op-
position members cf'this new Congress. They |
nay esntrol the House organization; but even |
they fail in that, they may still control the
egisla4ion of that bedy as betw cen the North
I'm and Southern discnion agita.;ors But, BEST |
# all, these twenty-one Southern men may |
hape and control the Presidential election, and |
ave the country in 1861 from "an irrepressible
ectional conflict, by selling ard welding the
popular balance Of power, North and Soush, in
$50.
The conn mentaries of our Southern journals |
pom this Harpers Ferry revolutionary out
reak ar beginning to come in. They fore |
hade~ . deep and powerful sensation through |
usths' south, and a reaction which will listen |
Ono erms Of mercy in behalf of Seward, to
Q AID iations with Mr.. Senator Douglas, and
CONCESSIONS, on any sluc, VIII Ihe view
so Itening the anti-slavery sentiment Of the
Ior tn. The crisis, then, is at hand, for new
~ ty, which, in dropping the slavery question,
Ill be competent, North and South, to save
he Union.
THE FINALE OF THE DIAMOND WEDDING
The papers have not yet ceased to exploit the
details of o recent wedding in high life, which
created an intense excitement in the crinoine
world of the metropolis. The rural journals,
generally abuse the father Of the bride, Mr..
Bartlett, for having unnecessarily exploited his
daughters nuptials; but we believe that the
facts do not bear out the course which the