The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-24

rica for Vice President In 1862, with Douglas for
President
Commodore r. r. Stockton, N. J.-waiting FOR
ZONE time
Gener Jefferson Davis, (Seoretary OF War;
Had respectable vote Tor Vie President at Balti.
mere Convention of 1862. Secsssionist.
Howell Cobb, of Geo. gia--stands wsn with hard
Csss men for succession.
General Thomas j. Rusk. Il Texss-UniOn demo
crat
Thomas H. Benton-Independen candidate Of the
Van Buren, Synasty and Central Pacih, Railroad
route.
W. H ssward-Universsl Presidential champion
Of Northern whig free sellers.
John p. Hale-Hold-over regular sboliticn free
SOL candidate from the election of 1852.
Here we have sum total exceeding score
Of candidates, Of all sorts and sizes, and OF
every stripe and shade Of politics, and of every
grade of availability, from the first class states
man to the lowest hucksteriDg demagogue !;
and all Of them are doubtless DESTROYS of a run
before the people for the honors OF the White
House and the federal spoils, rapidly swelling
up to sixty millions year. And is not this
free country IT is. And has not every man
right to fair trial upon his merits, before the
people? He has. What valid objection, then,
can be raised against free scrub race, open to
oil entries. for the Presidency in 1856? None.
And o scrub race may be expected. Now is
the time, therefore, for all the candidates for
the succession, regulars or jrregulars in party
politics, to prepare the way for active opera
tons at the appointed day. The plan adopted
in behalf of General Houston, some two years
ago, by Donaldson and Greer-th of private
correspondence with the leading men through
ont the country ought to be adopted by the
friends Of every candidate without delay.
Furthermore as this next Presidential election
will, in all probability. be carried up to the
House, let the various aspirants for the success
sion keep IN especial eye upon the elections to
the next Congress- Let it be remembered that
the three highest candidates before the
people go into the House, and that there
each State only gives one vote, thus
placing every State upon footing
Of sovereign equality. Let Southern men, par
ticularly. bear this in mind-that in the election
Of q President by the House Of Representatives,
the vote OF Florida with only one member in
the House, (she being, like New York, sove-
reign State) is equal to the vote Of New York
with thirty three members on the noor-each
State giving but one vote.
1t is thus clearly the policy of the Southern
States to have free election before the people,
with the view Of carrying up the final issue to
the House. A free election is, also, the only
plan by which all the various candidates for the
succession can ever expect to obtain trial be-
fore the people. Let all the aspirants, there
fore, prepare for the scrub race Of 1856.
The Congressional caucus system was tried
aud abandoned the Convention system is con-
trolled by Juggling spoilsmen the only re
course left is q free election, directly upon the
merits Of the several candidates. Let them act
accordingly, appoint their central committees
Of correspondence in this city and elsewhere
keep sharp eye upon the Cabinet, and the
spoilsmen in Congress, and look we'll to the
next Congres sional elections. TIE true nation
81 policy Tor 1866 is free election.