The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-20
The New Congress and the Vote OF New
York ON the Presidential Question.


The New Congress and the Vote OF New
York ON the Presidential Question.
We have shown, from the results Of the late
State elections. North and South. that while the
democratic party are morally certain of the
vote of every Southern State upon the Presi-
Dental question, they may also secure the vote
of New York, which will give them the victory,
and another four years lease of power at
Washington. We have shown, too, from the
divided honors upon the State ticket in our
recent election, and from the one hundred and
fifty thousand or more of our popular vote
held in reserve, that the Presidential vote Of
the Empire State is in the hands of conserva-
tive balance of power; and we are daily
strengthened in our belief that this balance Of
power can never be brought over to VIM H.
Seward or his revolutionary Rochester mani
festo.
In order to impress these opinions upon the
minds Of the democratic leaders and managers
of the uew Congress, We will put them in
another form, to wit: Without the vote of New
York Ne democratic party will almost as GER
tainly be defeated in 1860 as with the vote of
New York they will be victorious; and as this
decisive vote is within their reach, all other
considerations upon the subject should be rem
dered subordinate to this paramount idea-the
vote of New York. All the troubles and quar-
rels in the camp between rival candidates,
cliques, factions and sections should be set
aside. and every candidate, clique, faction and
section of the party should be prepared for
every sacrifice and any compromise necessary
to carry the vote of New York
Ts this end it will be folly to await the ac-
ton of the Charleston Convention. The de-
mocratic members Of the new Congress may
supersede that Convention, or dictate its po-
Icy. AS the authorized and responsible rep
resentatives of the party from all quarters of
the Union, these democratic members Of the
two houses may command, If they will, the re-
spectful acquiescence Of the party, North and
South, to any reasonable and practical Pres-
Dental platform, in reference to the decisive
vote of New York. These Congressional
chiefs of the party, however, must, in the first
among themselves. Thus consolidated, the le-
gislative and the executive representatives of
the democracy at headquarters will be COM
petent to reunite the broken battalions of the
party throughout the Union, and competent,
also, to dictate to the Charleston Convention
the proper policy for winning the indispensa-
BILE and decisive vote Of New York in the Pre-
sidential election.
But, as the loss of New York will inevitably
involve the defeat Of the republican party, We
may be assured that they will not neglect this
field of their labors. They may, perhaps be
carried away by their delusive estimates
of Stewards popularity but in any
event. we shall soon he able to form
definite opinion of their prospects, from the
general course Of the party in Congress. A
violent antislavery republican programme in
the House against the administration, the
South, the Northern doughfaces" and the
slave oligarchy, will leave the balance Of power
in New York, subject to the decision of the
Charleston Convention" On the other hand,
a moderate and conservative national course
on the part of the republicans will be some
what difficult, inasmucb as this will require the
Reputation of Seward and his eternal war
upon the South. Possibly his whppers-in may
force him or his sectional crusade upon the
party, even in the face Of this overwhelming
antiSeward popular vote Of the Empire State.
But therein lies the hope of the democracy.
We submit the subject to the careful atten-
ion Of their Presidential arithmeticians Of the
pew Congress. As New York, between the
anti-slavery heresies of the republican camp
and the ultra Southern pro slavery distractions
of the democratic camp stands in the position
of doubtful neutrality, and as the vote Of
New York will in all probability decide the
Presidential election, is it not worth every
thing? for does it not involve the issue OF life
or death to the democratic party. The late
third party Of this State has disappeared. It
has ceased to exist Bat, wing, democrat and
American, there is a body Of at least one hun
dred thousand men in this State awaiting the
final arrangements Of the republicans and the
democracy for the Presidential battle; and
these arrangements, involving the defeat Of the
| one party or the other, will probably be de-
| termined within three months from the meet
ing Of Congress.