The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-19

missable.
We spread before our readers this morning
full length, the wsrlike manifesto of the Ma
tional Executive Committee at Washington, of
the Douglas democratic faction, "to the demo
crazy Of the United States" satisfied that this
extraordinary document will command the
special attention of every politician of every
political party or faction in the country.
Beginning with the Wilmot proviso move
ment of 1876, the committee in the premises
first give us something of "the history of the
question of slavery in the Territories" includ-
| ing, by all means, that terrible box of Pandors
to the democracy, the Kansas-Nebraska bill.
| The committee next proceed to give what they
| designate the excuses of the anti-Douglas
democracy "for altering the Cincinnati plat
FORM" and then they follow with very in
teresting summing up Of the revolutionary pro-
ceedings Of The several recent conventions at
Charleston, Richmond and Baltimore, from
which they make it appear that while the Sc
ceders represented but factious and mutinous
fragment Of the party, Mr.. Douglas, on the other.
hand, was unanimously nominated in a con-,
ton representing more than two-thirds of all
the electoral votes
Next the committee proceed to show up the
seceders, or Breckenridge Convention, in which,
we are informed, there were thirteen States
without the representation of single delegate,
and that $50 far as nationality is concerned, the
black republican Convention at Chicago made
a better exhibition" The reader will thus be
prepared for the final decree Of this Douglas
National Executive Committee touching the
policy of that side of the house towards the
Breckenridge wing of the party.
The policy of the Douglas faction is war to
the knife The Committee emphatically de-
clare that "no compromise whatever is admissi-
ble;" that 1--WE desire to ascertain the strength
of the national democracy in every State, North
and South, and intend to ascertain it," that 1--WE
have made no proposition for joint electoral
ticket in any State, and we earnestly expect
you (the Douglas rank and fle) to reject such
propositions Indignantly whenever and wher-
ever made;" and that "if we have any friends
in any State let those friends call State Con-
vention at once, and nominate full electoral
ticket, pledged to the exclusive support of
Douglas and Johnson"
Thus all the friendly offices of Mayor Wood
in behalf of treaty of peace in this State, and
the movements Of the Breckenridge leaders and
organs in Pennsylvania and Virginia looking to
the same object, are pronounced by this Ma
tional Douglas Committee at Washington out
Of order. There is to be no truce, no compro-
mise, no quarter, given to the Breckenridge
faction in any State, for any purpose or under
any circumstances. The fight of the Douglas
faction is not with Lincoln, but with Breckin-
ridge, for the ascendancy in the democratic
party-a fight which. If kept up, will surely
put this party in the same grave with the old
wing party.
Upon the programme of this Douglas mani
festo it is easy to solve the riddle Of this Presi
dental election. The Breckenridge wing will
take away from the democracy of the North
the last hope Of carrying a single Northern
State. The Douglas democracy may turn over
some of the border slave States to John Bell
But Lincoln will be elected; and where, then,
will stand these belligerent advisers of Mr.
Douglass The Southern democracy will re-
pudiate them, and the Douglas faction will
have to prolong the eight, with oil the odds
against them, or 60 over into the republican
camp.
Perhaps, however upon this suicidal policy |
of no quarter, the belligerent Douglas leaders |
may be forced into the background before |
November. The tide is evidently turning
against them, as they will discover probably be-
fore many days are over