The New York herald., 1867-04-16
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A little ootsris Of State rights democrats )"
tho old ooppsrhead school had, 1t appears,
comfortable celebration to themselves In this
city, on Saturday evening last, In honor OF
Thsmas Jensrson's birthday, and the late Con-
necticut election, ~ great State rights VIC |
tory. 1t further appears that the irrepressible
vallandigham Is out with . pronunciamiento
claiming the result In Connecticut a. popular
reaction In favor of the State rights principles
Of tho vallandigham Chicago platform. The
democratic victory In the State Of New York IN
1862, when Seymour was elected Governor on
the platform Of "a more vigorous prosecution
Of the war" was, we remember, in the same
way appropriated = . oopperhead victory,
and the democracy were led or ON that false
assumption; but what has followedf They
have been beaten and routed in every battle
In every Northern State from that day to this,
excepting this little Connecticut election. Asd'
to what do they owe their success in Connect
cutf Motto their ocpperhead leaders or prin
ciples; for they were judiciously kept in the
background, out ofsight n the canvass They
owe their success In Connecticut to Barnuna,
the showman, the Feejee mermaid, Joyce Heth
and the woolly horse. II was woolly horse
victory to the edemocracy-a humbug, as party
success, of the style ofBarnum's "nigger turn
ing white" The showman's platform cost the
republicans in Connaeticut seyeral thousand
votes, and yet change of few hundred
would have given them the State. Take of the
dead weight Of Barnum and they hold the State
to-day by decided majority.
Let the Northern democracy beware Of fall
ing again into the hands of their old copper
head leaders; for their road, as 1t has been, will
always be the road TO ruin. They have been
The making of the republican party, and If
such State rights notions as those of Calhoun,
Sharkey and the Chicago Vallandigham plat
form are still to be the principles of the de-
mocracy, they will continue to melt away until
they totally disappear, like the rank and file,
name and place, of the old federal party. In
word, if the copperheads are to lead the oppo-
sition elements, hcnceforward the republican
party is good for an uninterrupted reign as
long as this opposition shall last, whether it
be for ton, twenty or fifty years; for the great
North will forever repudiate the copperhead
idea that the war for the Union was q failure.
Tho Austrian DIission-Mr. Raymond's Nemi.
nation. e
Since the resignation Of the Austrian mission
by Mr.. Motley, in being called to answer by
the Secretary OF State the accusations Of
MoCraoken, the President has fouad it exceed
ingly difficult to pick out man for the place
satisfactory to the Senate. First, he tried that
outand-ous Pennsylvania Johnson man, exSsn-
ator Cowan; bat the radicals Of tAe Senate
made short work ct Cowaa. Next, General
Francis r Blair, Of Missouri. coed Union
soldier, was nominated but a. Blair was IN
the same political boat with Cowan. he was
made to walk the Same plank overheard.
Jersey democrat was sent up, only to be sent
back among his illustrious rejected predeces-
sors. Thus driven to the wall the President
hit upon the happy compromise Of Mr.. Henry
J. Raymond, of New York, late q very con-
spicuous Johnson, conservative, radical repub-
lican member Of Congress, and this appoint
ment, we think, ought to be confirmed.
Incredulous people may say that this is only
another tub 10 the whale; but we accept it as
the best offer that Mr.. johnson has to make.
We are satisfied that diplomacy is Mr.. Ray
mond's vocation. He has tried the rSle OF a
leading politician in Congress and has signally
failed. Had he grappled Old Thad Stevens y
in the very outset, and held fast to him with the
tenacity of bull terrier, the majority which the
conservative republicans were able to command
in the House at the beginning of the last Con-
gress, they might have held all the way
through, and Mr. Raymond might thus have
become the leader Of the House. But from
lack Of nerve, or from deficiency in weight
of metal, or in the quality of his powder, or
from some cause or causes, Mr.. Raymond fell
wide and far short Of the mark Even in his
failures, however, as q legislator, he betrayed
his skill in diplomacy. He can say more and
mean less in deliberate speech or political
address than any other man we know Of, not
excepting Horatio Seymour. Mr.. Raymond,
in fact, Is the very man to discuss knotty
pointin affairs Of state with Won Beust or Won
Bismarck; for he can, If required hold his
ground against either Of them for month, and
keep them both In ignorance oil the time as to
what he is driving at and where he intends to
come out Talleyrand says that the secret and
substance of diplomacy lie in this simple rule,
that words are intended to conceal ideas;' and
in this qualification Mr.. Raymond il the very
man for Vienna, and, therefore, he ought to be
confirmed. Like his preceptor, Mr.. Seward,
the very peculiarities which have tripped him
up rs an aspiring politician qualify him for