Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-09-21

TIE Psosprcr IN New YORK. The OPIN-
,oxor BELL MAN.-It is one of the thou
sand cheering features of the campaign that
50 mapv of the opponents of Mr.. Lincoln,
seeing that his election is a fOregOne oonclu-
sion. feel at liberty, if they write Or talk at
al to tell the truth, as to the prospects OF a
Republican triumph in November. Take
for instance the following letter, from New
York, which appears in the Baltimore Pat
riot
al see that our Maryland friends are
counting LARGELY ON New York going against
lincoln There is no possible hope for so
desirable an issue. Differing widely iroIa
Won mon the question of coalitions, deemlng
them 10 be legitimate political weapons,
whenever they can be used to efiect an oo-
;oct that cannot be effected without them
and not considering any moral question 10
be involved, went into the plan OF uniting
the Opposition to Lincoln in this State, hearS
and soul. but alas the votes did not ana
thew will not be transferred. The devil, OF
something else, has got them why, whaV
! do YOU think? The Lincoln men have the
names of 81 900 of the very men VINO vote1
for Fillmore in 1856, inscribed on their poll
lists for Lincoin-not put there by guess,
! but by actual, veritable, personal inquiry Oh
each man as to his course When l came
70 know this. saw that all was up. But
this is not half the story. The Douglas and
Brackinridre men, being Democrats, and
having hankering after the hesh-pots OIL
Ecvpt. are breaking their ranks and rushing
to Lincoln with perfect stampede be
sides this. the Bell men are also taking the
same chute every day. The primary cause
of all this is the persuasion that Lincoln Is
the coming man and the secondary, which
is almost as powerful, is the reyulsion o.
feeling among the honest voters at beng re-
ouered to cast their sullrages Tor and Will
parties against which their prejudices are SC
strong. We politicians. you know, have ut
tie oualms of conscience in Selling at every
plank that vii! save us from drowning; no.
SO with people who are not in quest OF plac,
and power. And this prejudice Is tanned
into inordinate fury by the Lincoln press
Nothing has done the cause Of the coalition
so much harm as the course OF Depeyster g
den. Huntington, and Carroll, who were pu
on the Douglass-Bell ticket as Bell men
Their kick up mas overset our buckets. Ant
there is the hullheaced obstinacy OF Often
dorfer and McNaster. that has driven off tn
mass Of the Irish AMI Dutch votes. Adde'
to this. is the unwise attempt OF MeSsrs
Hunt, Brooks, Ketchum and Others to breai
the force Of these delinquencies, by bravln;
public opinion. There may possibly be
fusion with the Breckenridge men, but 1t /
doubtful after Breckinridge's Lexington
speech But it matters little now what the.
do regard the game as up. New. I ork
irretrieyably for Lincoln, and | shall return
home, and try to save old Maryland from tn
grasp of the Breckinridge party 1t Is tn
duty of all Southern Wings aud American
to break the backbone OF the Breckinridg
Democracy in the slave States. That done
we may be in a position to hold in checl
the new Lincoln administration, aud proven
it from running into excuses. This is al
that is left us, in my Judgment.