The Next Presidency

Who will bo the next President of th Jnited Stntes ? We cannot answen- Vhowill be ihe candidate of the great Whig party of the country ? This we annot onswer. But though we cannot olvetliese questions, we may ventura pon the expression of some opinions as o the principies which will be put in issue n the next election. In that speech of rare eloquenco, on ie occupalion of Portugal by Britisti rms. Canning foretold, in mernorabl words,that the next war in Europe would e "a war not merely of contending rmies, but of contending opinions." lt equirei little forecast to discern such a rife as near at hand in the politics of ur own country. Personal partialities nd early prejudices of party are losing heir nfluence. There is no name on ither sido, whether of individual or of arty, which is likely to become a sur alisman of success. And the old watchvords of party all promise to be impotent n the earnestness of the approaching ontest. No man will be condemned beause h hasprne the name of Federalist, Democrat or Whig. The single ques on will be as to his present opinions : or the conflict will not be merely of ontending paities, but of " contending pinions." The questions, which have entered iota he late elections, seem ta have lost tbeir hold upon the people Not that we sup. ose they are ta sïumber in entire negect, but are. rather to be taken out of the absorbing vortex of party, It will bo obscrved that they chiefly concern what may becalled the material interests of thO country. But other questions are noir crowding upon the attention of the peo pie, which, whi'e they involve pecuniary considerations, touch higher and more mportant interests. These questiont have their origin in slavery, and in the luty of the free states to carry out, so far as they can under the constitution and aws of the United States, the principie of the Declaration of Independenee. Sevenly-one years have now elapsed ince ourfathers proclaimed, as the vital ruth of our institutious, that " all men are created {tee and equal." For seveny-one years that truth has slept, neglected and dishonored. From its neglect has arisen many derangements in the body politie. It is cerlainly not unnatural that such should occur in a republie, when the principies of liberty and justice are inactive. What is a republic, without liberty and justice ? The free states, then, should unite in constitutional eflbrts, not only for the abolition of slavery,but for the overthrow of the "Slave Power !" Considerationa of religion,of politics, andof philanthropy urge ihe Union. In order io make this union practically feit, the free states must support for office, such men only, os will inflexibly su3tain the interests of freedom, and seek to carry out the truths of the Declaration of Independence, men plcdged by their lires, or public opinions, to all cnmtitutional effortsfor the abolition of slavery and the overthrow of the "Slave Power." Especially must this be the case with the candidate for tho Presidencv. He must be as earnest for freedom as Mr. Calhoun is for s:avery. Nor is it hardly less important in thecandidate for the Vice Presidency. The untoward accensión of John T) Ier is a warning, which should not be neglected. No man should be Vico President, whom we should be unwilling to hail as President. - Boston Courier. On the Sth of January, the demócrata in the Missouri Legislature, held a meeting in the Capítol at Jeflerson City, and adopted resolutions recommending a National Convention to be held in Baltimore on the first Monday in May, 1848, to nomínate democratie candidates for Preaident and Vicc President. Hon. Thomas H. Benton was recommended by the meeting to the detnocracy of the nation as a proper candidate for the next Preai dency.