The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-03

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trapspired Freight engagements were moderate and
rates steady. Among the engagements we're 100 aes
Of cotton for Liverpool at s SD.
w. H. Stewards Rochester BIanifesto-Ths
True Issue for Our November Election.
For the purpose Of refreshing the memories
OF our readers, we republish to-day the startling
abolition speech delivered at Rochester on the
twenty. fifth day Of October last by W. II. Sew
ard, the recognized leader and embodiment OF
the New York republican party, aud their
anointed candidate for the Presidential success
sion.
From the circumstances under which this
speech was delivered it was universally re-
ceived at the time as the platform of Seward
for the next Presidency. The democracy, upon
the Lecompton proslavery constitution for
Kansas, had very recently suffered succession
of disastrous defeats in the Maine, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and other Northern elections.
| In Pennsylvania, especially, the turning point
in the campaign Of 1856, so complete last fall
was the rout Of the democracy, and 80 heavy
The aggregate opposition majorities that the
reaction upon New York was instantly accepted
on all sides as decisive of similar results from
| the same causes. Thus assured of q republican
victory, and believing that the time had come
for a full disclosure Of his Presidential plan
| of operations, Mr.. Seward disclosed it in this
astounding speech at Rochester.
! He was thus in season to appropriate
the State victory Of the republicans as an en-
dorsement of this "irrepressible conflict " with
the slave States; and he was too near the day of
the election to suffer from that popular reaction
against his party which they would have suf
fered had this infamous pronun aamiento been de-
! ivered ten days earlier. As il was, the democ-
racy in this city, from this Rochester speech,
were enabled to maintain, last November, much
Of the ground which they othaO@ise would have
| lost.
But we are now approaching another State
election, in which the people Of this whole com
monweallh will have a fair opportunity for a
deliberate Judgment upon the pretensons of
Seward as New York candidate for the Presi-
dency upon the basis of this one idea F" of per.
| petual war against the slave oligarchy," the
! slave power" aud the institution of slavery in
the slave States. The author of this sweeping
abolition proclamation has made no retraction
of the policy and purposes therein set forth. 1t
remains, and will remain, at least till after our
November election Of this year, the platform Of
it's author as republican candidate for the
Presidential Office.
We may safely declare, too, that the sue
cess of the republican party in this approaching
State election, whatever may be the issues upon
which they may conduct the canvass, will be ap-
propriated by the organs and agents of Seward
as another vote of the people of New York in his
favor for the White House. 1t is upon this calcu-
lation that his managers expect to secure bis
nomination in 1861 and If thus "backed ups by
repeated triumphs in the Empire State, he will
unquestionably enter the Repu blican Nominating
Convention in some measure the dictator of the
party. We thus perceive that the success of the
republicans in this State. this fall will probably
involve in 1860 the beginning ofthat "irrepressi-
BILE conflict" between the North and the South,
which can only end in an abrupt and bloody
| separation Of the two sections.
The true course, then, of all the factions and
cliques of the democratic party, and of all the
conservative odds and ends of all other parties
in this State, is to sink all minor Issues in this
November campaign in the paramount issues OF
W. II. Seward and his Presidential programme
In this joint stock anti-Seward combination, our
| old line wings and Americans will be able to
bring him into the DUST and thus settle their out
standing accounts against him in single decisive
blow. The democracy Of this State, on their part
from this coalition, will regain their ancient
ascepdar cy 10 the national councils of the party,
and will thus be enabled to dictate the nominee
of the Charleston Convention.
! In round numbers there were thirty thousand
Fremont republicans in the State who failed
thousand Americans who preferred to throw
their votes away upon q third candidate, aud
] there were sixty thousand Americans missing ia
| the returns Of the election. Bat we may account
| foi large portion of these missing Americans
il the increased vote Of thirty thousand for Par
| ker, the democratic candidate for Governor. In
! fact considering the distractions and divisions
among the democracy, we may pretty safely as
sumo that this whole increase of the democratic
vote was drawn from the opposition camps. And
wherefore? From the inveterate hostility of the
opposition conservatives to Seward as Presi-
dental aspirant, and his disunion principles.
Here, then, are abundant materials for an over
whelming defeat Of that party of which Seward
is the anointed chief and embodiment. We adj
here to the opinion that, from the returns of our
last November elec ion, the dormant elements thus
represented do in fact represent popular ma
jority of at least fifty thousand against Seward
and his abominable heresies. Let the democracy,
then, acting tremendously together, and literally
towards old line wings, Fremont democrats and
anti-seward Americans, prepare to fight this
next State election upon the zone idea' Of Sew
ard, in opposition to his zone idea" of incessant
war upon the South; and the result will be a