The Constitutional., 1860-08-25
The Position Of the New York
Herald.

''no chance" candidate gives the following sound
advice 10 its friends: The democratic party is
smashed, sud IT, fragments are.scattcrcd II can
no longer resist the revolutionary current of black
mpubhcanism. What, then, is the duty of the
conservative uicmcsts of the democracy II is
| incumbent on them, ls they would save the coun-
try from the consequences Of the advent 10 power
of the republican party, to come together and
consider what they ought to do in the emergency.
If the democratic party, split Ento two factions
which n" as hostile to each other as they are to
rcpublicanism itself as hostile rs ever the cava-
irrs wore To the roundhcads, or the;IIousc of
York To- ihc House of Lancastcr-if thus divided
INTO two hostile camps. the democracy can do
nothing against the common foe, and II there is
40 probability # reconciliation before the election
ihcu the best ling thai can BE- done is to asccr-
tain whether Il ne is any other conservative party
in ia" country which, with their aid. would be
strong enough TO stcm the torrent revolution
From 'hc Indications furnished by the elections in
the south, the Union party, represented by Bell
and Everett, X the strongest, and is just The con
scUatIyc nucleus around which the divided forces
! n the democracy could rally without compromisc
or humiliation on either side The Only alternative.
ilt * that they bo;b come to the assistance ,r ,bo
mon ticket, and help 10 dci'a, black republican.
| ism. These two iaciions cannot r,irly, ,sk ,b,
mon men to unit" with them, for they are not
united themselves and it would b. useless for the
ni"nlSts to Join either oftlcm Indeed: il would
be impossible for them a.crrr ~ to which or IN,
t"" n'm"rralic camp, they would flock to in tbe
hnl'n' states. Bot the Union party are unit.
hey seek the same obi, ct ms the domocracy-the
dtcat Of rcpullicauisn,-and they have no ouar.
rel with either section Of H. Why, then. should
not both sections of democrats marshall them
selves under tll" standard of the Union men for
'l'S election, To- avert the pressing danger aud
prN"ut tn scrndrucy "f "A desperate Cnc
ilon, VIII" have proclaimed sectional war against
tlur lnslulion, Of tho South. whose result can
"nly be the dlsmembcnunt of the federal public
u X clear that with three conservative tickets in
III" fcd all divided from each other. and actinr
against each other as much rs against the encmy.
th" republican party must triumph beyond all
doubt. house divided against itself cannot
stand. The great mass of the conscr, atvc elc-
m"nts Of the North are anxiousy locking for some
way IN which they can resist the onward march
of rPublicanism. The oulyCpraciicablc way is
that which wc have pointed out. OF two evils
Tho democracy ought to cloos, the lesser. II is a
"sS"r evil To elect Bell than Lincoln; and rs thu
matter now stands one or the other must be- ccc
trd.'-.Hcr (Ia) Go-ciic
|
WnrH - THE ENENY oF THE SurTu.
The Louisville Democrat asks the follow
mg plain aud pertinent questions:
The Black Republicans are more hon
est in their opinions than the Yanccy par
". They hold that it is the duty Of Con
grcs- to prohibit slavery in the Territories.
They had y majority in the House, and
they passed ;hougl, the House bill pro-
hibitiug slavery in New MrNiro.
The laucry Brrckmridgc party hold
;hat it * TIA, duty Of Congress to protect
slavery in the Territories They had n
majority in the Senate, but when the prop
ositioa wa made there 60 protect slavery
in Kau~as, ouly three Of their number yo-
It'd for th" B'opos'ion..
NC" h'" Inc ''""'' 'i' most c"u'"
=" lear an open Toe or lr'ach'I"uS
friend
nat !" p'r,Ih'nt question: "nd one
winch "a" people should ponder lh"
l"n'ry boilers are very great humhngs'
~ 'hr'r I"'r "h '"' Pr"P'''u2h !" protect
,r,N''l !" "''N'' "'P'S "e,"onN'r'''rS'
"'N '"' "'''''''','''7 ''" '3 3'''''''S ''''-
VII" 1t WV ~ ".....''".
NEN"cRNTIc L'uN"Nl.-"lnd"pcn-
don't the Washington correspondent Of
the Philadelphia North American, says
that, by Tia" TIM Mr.. buchanan rriircs
from Office, and HI i"-ar'"' are paid the
public debt NJ! ha'" Increased to about
1000 900, exclusive Of the >2O,O90,O0o
which Gen. Pierre turned over to him on
: the 4th of March, iN51.
The present Administration came into
power with all manner of promises Of
economy and "rtrcnchmcnt' on its
lips. Vet II has been the most cNtrarcgant,
not to say dishonesty lavish one we have
y w ""'
during rs Whnl" term, II has been Spcil-
din" ai the rate of twenty millions Il ycar
,,or,, ,I,p it's rccai,ts from, rcvc,r,. /,