The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-26

another place. Sugars were selling rather more freely
The transactions embraced about $50 hhds. at quota:
tons given in another column. Coffee was steady whie
the sales embraced 200 bags Java private terms and
$50 bags Laguayra l3c. In reights there was more
Offering to English ports Among the engagements were
4,5O0 bushels corn, in bags to Liverpool at CID and
1000 bales cotton at 3,l6d 1924
One OF the Authors of the Helper Book i'm
the Metropolis.
Mr. L. p. Blair, Jr., of st. Louis, one of the
leaders of the black republican party, and
somewhat remarkable as the only prominent
partisan of that stripe who lives in Southern
State addressed the Young Mems Republican
Union of this city, at the Cooper Institute, last
evening. A report of Mr.. Blair's remarks will
be found in another part of this paper. We
purpose also to devote 1.-THE of our space to
some account Of the Blairs, father and son.
Twenty-Five years ago, when General jack
son was in the height of his power and his
glory, the elder Blair was the conductor of the
semi official organ of Old Hickory's administra-
ton. The Globe was the organ of the conserva-
tivedemocracy: Blair was its prophet, and great
were his profits. Although the printing for the
government was not such magnificent job as
it has lately become, yet it was o very fat
thing. In the latter part of Van Buren's ad-
ministration Blairs influence had sensibly de-
| clined, and he went, with the Sage of Linden
void, into comparative obscurity. With the
| spells Of the printing Blair retired to Silver
Spring, near Washington, and gradually fos-
IA. lie was p0Irlclan OF the carbo-
mic era. After several years of hamilton,
Blair suddenly cropped out with a fresh
! growth of republicanism, and during the
preliminary arrangements for the campaign of
1856, his house was the daily resort of promi-
nent men in the republican ranks. The younger
Blair who resided at st. Louis, was relied upon
to bridge over the sectional aspect of the party,
and the elder Blair, as veteran politician, was
looked up to for advice and counsel. Although
the general election turned out badly for the
elder Blair, the younger succeeded in getting
the city of st. Louis to return him as repre-
sentative in Congress- where he was accounted
among the leaders of the opposition. He stood
for the present Congress, but after very hot
contest was beaten by the candidate of the ad-
ministration, Mr.. Barrett. Mr.. Blair intends to
certificate, on the ground of fraud in the cleo.
tion--the usual. we may say universal, cry
where the vote is very close. Ii is so much
more disagreeable to be beaten by one than by
one thousand votes.
Well, as the House is not yet organized, and
shows no signs Of such thing just at present,
Mr.. Blair is travelling about the country, filling
up his time 10y letting of his political steam,
and ventilating his ideas upon the question of
the day." And that accounts for his presence
in the metropolis Just at this time. He appeals
| from Philip drunk at Washington to Philip
sober at New York. Mr.. Blair, politically, is
after the manner of those insecure steam boil
ers to which we have directed the attention of
the Common Council several times. According
| to the statement of John Sherman and others,
the Helper book was gotten up under the SUI
pervision Of the Junior Blair. The name of
Helper was used as blind. Blair was too nearly
identified with Seward, and Helper was an I'M
known man, hailing from Southern State. So
Blair, With the assistance, it is said, of Grow
and other black republican leaders, compiled
the Helper book. It was finished and put to
press in 1867, hut for various reasons was
not placed prominently before the public until
the early part Of 1853 The famous circular
asking for subscriptions to aid in the circula-
ton of the Compendium was then issued, and
the book was endorsed by John Sherman and
sixty-seven other members Of the last and pre-
sent Congress The black republicans threw
away the Himsy platforms adopted in 1856 at
Pittsburg and Philadelphia and assumed the
Helper book in its entirety as the plat
form-the Koran--the FIRST and last text
book Of the party. Some Of them have tried
to shuttle out of this responsibility, but no one
man at Washington has had the pluck to rise
from the republican benches and disavow the
principles laid down in that book 1t has been
agreed upon by Blair, Seward Il Co. as the
rule of guidance for the republican speakers
and writer's, and it is on that platform that
they will have to 60 to the country next Novcm.
Der, no matter how many evasive and tricky
resolutions they may adopt in the meantime.
As matter Of course, Mr.. Blair supports the
theories of his book. and gives the young repub.
licans republican speech. He will find, how.
ever, that, with the exception Of few small
politicians, who are hanging to the skirts Of Mr.
! Seward, In the vain hope Of at some distant