The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-22

hands were clean OF any contact with that Kan
sas-Nebraska juggle; and thus the democratic
party was saved from the very jaws Of destruc-
ton
From this point the party had another op-
por,unity to recover the ground which they
had lost. The inaugural platform, and the
conservative national Cabinet of Mr.. Blu
chanan, afforded basis upon which all
sections and factions of the democracy might
hav. been consolidated. But Southern Presi-
dent makers and Northern Presidential aspi-
rants instantly began with their plots and in
trigaes, their schemes and conspiraoies, to rule
or ruin the administration for their own sordid
and selfish purposes Prominent among these
soured and disaiiected party leaders was Mr..
Senator Douglas. The consequences of his an
ti-Lecompton rebellion are patent to our read
ers. The Northern democracy, barely saved
in 1856 by the personal popularity Of Mr. Bu-
chanan, are broken to pieces, and overwhelmed
by the most formidable anti-slsvery orgauiza-
den that has ever lifted its head above the
troubled waters Of our sectional disoords
And thus, with the North in the occupation
of an anti-slavery alliance which has ad-
vanced its standard from the Territories to the
slave States and with the South in a state of
active fermentation upon the desperate alter
native of Southern confederacy, we find the
same old corrupting aud demoralizing system
of party tactics, from which we suffer all these
political disorders, still in full blast Who is
there that has any hope of peace and harmony
from the Charleston Convention! Who expects
anything but an "irrepressible" sectional con-
fiict from the Republican National Convention?
Where are we to look for relief? Is there
no way of escape from the debasng and de-
structive despotisms of these old party conyen-
ton gamblers, hucksters, vagabond loafers and
trading spoilsmen? The only hope of deliver
ance is through a popular revolution in behalf
Of the independence of the people, Our
financial and commercial, our agricultural,
manufacturing and mechanical classes have
The power in their hands. They have only to
organize upon an independent platform, and
the day is won. They have only to begin this
work of organization, and it will go on like
great river released from its bonds.
AT the late Union meeting in this city,
among the independent masses outside the
Academy, the right chord was touched in the
nomination of General Scott as the embodi-
ment of those great ideas of patriotism, conser-
vatism, nationality, fraternity, law and order,
cherished by the solid majority of the American
people. Thus, in the name, character, public
services and Independent patriotic principles
of Scott, we have the true platform desired
and required for new national organization
Let this movement be followed up, and if the
Charleston Convention jugglers cannot be
brought to reason, and if the Republican Con-
vention cannot be brought down from the three
legged platform of Seward, Brown and Helper,
all this rotten party machinery, democratic
and republican, with all the Juggling spoils-
men concerned, can be demolished by this
new national party, either before the
people or in the House of Representatives
The old democratic party has run to seed;
the republican party has run into an abolition
crusade. We want new national eonstitu-
tional party. The people are ready. The time
is suspicious. The materials are abundant
North and South, and from them we have the
fullest confidence in the signs of peaceable
and glorious revolution, and reconstruction of
our political affairs.