The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-21

DC OVertnrOWn, because II ID helping to pro-
mote disunion "by its frequent and unnecessary
intrusion of the slavery question into party
politics" and thus increasing the growing spirit
of disunion at the South and affordiag opportu.
mites for anti-slavery agitation at the North.
Our readers know that we are far from partial
to the democratic organization, and that we
have denounced its leaders again and again.
But we must in justice to 1t, say that this
charge is not well founded, and that the saddle
is not put upon the dG1t horse. II is the anti
slavery party which is the aggressor, and il that
party did not exist there would be no pro-
slavery party. The democratic party, including
the dsunionists Of the South, are on the defen-
sive, and the republicans are the assaiants.
Extinguish the anti slavery agitation, and there
will no longer be pro-slavery party. The
country is forced into an issue on the slavery
question, not by the democrats, but by the abo-
litionized republicans. For the last twenty-five
years the antislavery party have agitated the
country, and kept it in hot water. continually
making aggressions and gaining in strength, till
now they are rampant with success, and threaten
to march upon the South with eighteen millions
of men and subdue it in bloody struggle, if
they cannot wrest its rights from it by the
ballot box. This is the party which the exigen-
cies of the times require to be put down first.
But say the leaders of the third party, the
democracy is corrupt, and therefore we oppose
it. These gentlemen cannot have a worse
opinion of the leaders of that party, particu-
larly at the North, than we have. They are
for the most part rotten. But the charge at
present is ill timed, and is no reason why we
should reject their services at such crisis as
this. If there was any chance of party less
corrupt being organized and capable of defeat
ing the republicans, then indeed it would be
desirable to break up the democracy. But such
is not the case, and if our house were on fire we
might as well refuse to cooperate with dis
reputable fire company to extinguish the flames,
because many of its members were blackguards,
as to oppose the democracy now when they are
endeavoring to put out the incendiary fires of
Northern fanaticism which threaten to lay the
temple of the Union in ashes. The democrats
and republicans are both bad, but one party is
infinitely worse than the other. Of the two
evils we ought to choose the least Let us now
use the dirty materials of which the democratic
party is composed, and when we whip the re-
publicans with it, and put down revolution,
then let US turn our attention to the purifca-
ton of the democracy. Samson slew thou
sands of the Philistines with the jaw bone of
an ass, and the democracy is a good enough
instrument for the defeat of an enemy whose
triumph involves the dismemberment of our
confederacy, and all the fatal consequences re-
sulting from dissolution of the Union.
VISIT OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT, New YORK
STATE MILITIA, TO WAsHNGToN-THE STANDING
ARMY OF THE UNITED STATEs.-We have before
announced that the Congressional Committee
having the matter in charge had extended to
the Seventh regiment of this city an invitation
to be present at the Inauguration Of Mills
statue of Washington, at the national capital,
tomorrow, February 20. At very full meeting
of the regiment, held at the Arsenal yesterday,
it was decided, by an overwhelming majority,
that this invitation should be accepted; and
to-day, the gallant Seventh leaves our city to
assist at tomorrow's magnificent celebration.
For variety of causes the Seventh has come
to be considered the "crack" regiment of our
country. It's perfection of drill and equipment,
which has elicitea the admiration of foreign
military men as well as those Of our own
land; its gallant conduct at the Aston place
riot, which it suppressed; its presence-as
and RichuoOud-
which give it reflex interest and honor;
its "Child of the Regiment" young lady
q daughter of deceased offcer-whom
it has reared and educated; its splendid new
band and drum corps-these and many other
circumstances, to which we have not space to
allude, have conspired to give this regiment q
national reputation and an fclat which its
appearance to morrow can scarcely fail to in
crease, since it is only by comparison withsuch
fine companies as those from Maryland, vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia, and those
of the United States army, that the merit of our
Seventh regiment can be fully appreciated.
But, although we do not suppose that the
Seventh regiment can be surpassed anywhere
else in this country, we have in New York seve-
raj corps which already, in all points of SOL
dierly excellence, contest the palm with, and
might perhaps bear 1t away from, the celebrated
Seventh In this, as in most other things, the
great metropolis of America seems to have q
superfuity Of superiority, an excess of excel
lence. And these military organizations, more
or less perfect in drill and equipment, extend
from the metropolis over the entire country,
and form grand standing crmy in round num-
bers of t,oo and Ia half millions Of men. Most
of the European nations maintain, at an i'm
mense expense, standing armies Of four, five or
steps crush out life, liberty and wealth from
the very countries which support them. But
here in the United States we have standing