The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-14

Progress or the Political Revelation.
We notice that the democratic journals in the
interior of this State and elsewhere are shiver
ing in the wind as to the course which they
shall take in the present distracted and revolu-
iionary condition of the party. The great ma
jority Of the Northern democratic journals are
for Mr.. Douglas, but they do not take position
with that vigor which indicates very strong
hopes Of success. The position Of the rural
press upon this question is not, however, impor-
tant. The editors and orators are good deal
bothered by the present position of political
matters, and are utterly in the dark as to what
it all means. In the political revolution now
going on, they are like the curbstone brokers of
Wall street in the time of great financial re-
yuision-eddies circling on the surface Of re-
sistess current, totally unable to direct or con-
troll it, or even to manage their own frail barks
The real truth about the whole matter is, that
all the trouble in the political world is not con-
fined to the democratic party. 1t has extended
to the republicans. as Greeley, Weed and the
other leaders know full we'll Hence the iugu-
brious article in the Albany EyeninJ ,Jourpal,
wherein Weed tells the republicans not to be
lulled into false sense Of security by the dis
tracted condition of the democracy. Weed says,
in effect, wake up, or you will be beaten; orga-
nize and work. Don't take things for granted.
Nothing is to be taken for granted in politics.
And the fact is that the republicans have not
gone into the campaign with anything like the
enthusiasm they displayed in 1856. Three
weeks after Colonel Fremont received the Phila-
delphia nomination. there was a Rocky Moun-
tain Club in every important town and village
in the Northern and Central States. The young
men, many of them formerly democrats, worked
for Fremont like beavers. They are doing no
thing for Lincoln. The Seward men said at
Chicago, "You have nominated your man, now
let us see you elect him. We will not raise
hand or spend q dollar in his behalf These
are two items. Then we have the opposition TO
Lincoln by the ultra republicans, led by
Wendell Phillips, and the detection of large
numbers of the barnburners, or free soil de-
mocracy of this State, who have acted with the
republican party during the last Eve years.
Again. we find their more recent recruits, the
anti Lecompton democrats-the men in Penn
Hickman, Adrian and Haskin-have separated
themselves from the republicans, and will 90
with the free soil democracy for Douglas. The
rump of the American party sticks to Bell and
Everett, and so the republicans have to rely up
on their own party, pure and simple. Now, the
L.. IL.
the aid Of the barnburners they could never
have carried the local or Congressional cleo
tons in this State, and that without the anti Le-
compton democrats they could not have chosen
Pennington as Speaker, and secured the spoils
pendant to the control of the House. Shorn of
valuable per Sc, but of the greatest importance
in giving their organization more liberal and
national aspect than il had hitherto worn. the
republican organization has to come down now
TO its former footing as a factous minority,
without vital issue or living principle upon
which to rally new recruits in place OF those
who have gone over TO Mr.. Douglas banner.
On the whole, the split in the democratic par
~. which seemed at first 10 help the republi-
cans wonderfully. may, il rightly used, turn
out in the end to be the best thing that could
happen for the democracy The Northern Bal
timore platform will draw of thousands OF votes
which were given to Fremont In 1855. and il is
more than probable that Lincoln will stand
second in the poll in this State. II
is quite impossible that there should be
a political revolution. and that only one
party should be injured by it. The difference
between the democrats and the republicans Is
simply that the former have an open war, while
in the ranks Of the latter there is sullcu calm,
Indifference and absolstc treason or open dis
affection. As matters stand now, the rcpubli
cans may be cut to pieces by the Douglas de-
in the North, and the election thrown
into the House. in which case the issue would
be doubtful. On the whole, we should not be
greatly surprised to see Joe Lane chosen as the
next President of the United States.