New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-30
THs FIisIoN M NEW YoRIS.

THE FUSION IN NEW YORK.
The Douglas and Bell men in the State of New
York have agreed upon common electoral ticket
New York has thirtyfye votes in the electoral COZ
lege and the ticket has been made up OF twenty
Ave Douglas electors and ten for Beih inns is
about the correct proportion for those parties IL
that State, the advantage Of the arrangement
any, being perhaps on the side OF BeH,
Thus, two of the three parties in oppostioH to
Lincoln have combined together, and it now only
remains for the Breoknridge men to come into the
arrangement and thus consolidate the whole oppo-
stion to the Black Republicans and prevent them
from carrying the State.
WIN the supporters of Mr.. Breckinrilge do it2
We think they will. They surely are net willing to
see Lincoln elected, when it is in their power SO
easily to prevent it Let them enter into the COM
hination. and they will have q full representation
of their strength on the electoral ticket. Two
good ends may be thus secured. Breckenridge
will receive electoral votes in State which would
otherwise yete for Lincoln, and-better than all
the election Of Lincoln by the people may be de-
feated If Lincoln lose New York he loses his
election. He cannot be chosen in the House of
Representatives. Take New York alone from him,
and he is defeated beyend all doubt, and the party
Of which he is the representative will fall to
pieces.
This arrangement requires no sacrifice either of
principle or of pride. But the occasion is one in
which trfing obstacles ought not to be allowed to
interfere The grand object Of all Of US is to de-
feat Lincoln Let everything else be postponed
until that ehject be accomplished. We cannot af-
ford to quarrel upon immaterial points, when, not
the South only, but the whole Union, is menaced
with the election Of a sectional President Let us
band our forces together for the work--and wait
until the election is over to adjust our differences
samong ourselves. When a confagration is going
on in city, rival fire companies ought not to ne
glect the fire and let the house burn down, while
they settling their private disputes. Let them
put the fire out first and then wrange as much
as they choose afterwards. 1t is not the part of
wisdom, but tits the part of folly for the consery
atives of the North to draw off in separate lines,
and thus permit what by cooperation they might
easily preVent-the imposition upon the country of
a sectional Administration.
But we rejoice in the belief that so unwise a
policy as the division of our forces will not be
pursued. The latest report is that the movement
will be general that there will be thorough and
cordial union in New York Of the Breckinridge,
the Bell and the Douglas men upon common
ticket. Such are the last advices from Washing
ton-and il is reported, further, that Augustus
Schell Of New York city, prominent and infuen-
tal politician, and supporter Of Breckenridge, has
gone to Bedford Springs to consult Mr.. Buchanan
upon the subject, and to secure the Presidents ap
proyal of the arrangement.
X The importance or this movement cannot be
over-estimated. In 1856 Fremont carried New
York by plurality only. The combined vote of
Buchanan and Fillmore exceeded that of Fremont
by nearly forty,five thousand Supposing the rela-
tive strength OF parties to be the same the success
of the combination ticket at the present time is
easy and decisive. And with New York lost to
Lincoln, he is defeated and with that defeat the
whole Black Republican party tumbles to pieces.
Is not such an object worthy of an effort? Can
any wing of the conservatives Of the North con |
sent to stand aloof and see Lincoln elected by |
minority vote?
That our prospects of success, in such combi- |
nation, are good, we need no further proof than
the bitter hostility shown to the movement by the
organs Of Black Republicanism. 1t
is only necessary to witness the rage into which
the Tribune and Evening Post have been thrown
by the action Of the Convention at Syracuse, to
know that the movement means something, and
threatens to overturn all the Black Republican
calculations. Greeley already trembles with ap-
prehension, when only the Bell and Douglas men
are united. Let the supporters of Mr. Breckenridge
strengthen the cause with their aid, and the finish
ing blow will be struck to the hopes of the sec
tionalists.
We repeat what we have more than once said
before in the progress of this canvass that the bat
tie is to be fought in the North-not with US here
in the Soath- The majority Of the electoral vote is
in the North-a large majority. A unanimous
Southern vote for any one candidate cannot elect
him. We must detach from Lincoln some of the
Northern states-but New York alone will be suf-
icient. II there can be no combination in the |
South upon one electoral ticket, as we had hoped /
here might be, it is of the first importance that
here should be such combination in the North.
A combination in the South is desirable ony-not
essential IN the North it is not only desirable but
lnleas it be done there j. an assured triumph for
lincoln.