New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-27

Second, they seem 10 act on the assumption that
Bell 10 fair game, and his followers Ia this State
mere mercepares ready to sell out to the highest
bidder, and therefore is entirely proper to cheat
him ard them. Third, The Union j. an orgioal
Douqlss organ, and Of course thinks it comuenda-
BILE to cheat Breckenridge; The Journal Of Com
msres being supporter of the Vice President. and
an organ of the Administration, sees no harm IN
cheating the Little Gisnt; while The Atlas and
Argus, acting from instinct and education Is
naturally intent upon cheating them oil. We may
lot have educed the exact meaning Of these three
articIes-for each is long, and rather Opaque in
spots; but such is our understanding of them,
after careful reading.
The Union strikes out confidently and boldly for
the Souatter Chief. With the cooperation of all
the elem ents of opposition to Lincoln, it regards
"Mr. Douglass prospects of an election by the
"People as comparatively certain" Making all
due allowances Oh every side, Mr.. Douglas seems
"certain of over the requisite l52 electoral votes"
So much for the Douglas trumpeter. Now for the
Breckenridge mOuthpiece. The Journal o. Com
meree, in summing up its nearly two columns OF
ciphfripg says:
Thus appears by cordial cooperation with tho Douglas
and Bell men, Of Breckndse and Lane In the state
Of New York have three fold chance Of eectng their csnd
dates or one Of them least First in the election oil Dreck
indge by the Electoral Coegcs second III tho esc
ton Of Breckndge by the House Of Representatives, ana
third In the election of yeePesdent by the Senate,
with the powers of President in failure Of the House TO select
President Is enough Can they rot
afford to give the Douglas the outer covering when they
the Brecknrdge men, have the kerne think
they can"
The cool suggestion to give the Douglasites in.
this State the husks as their share Of the common
plumber, while Breckenridge and Lane run of to
Washington with the corn, is worthy of the Soft
Central organ itself. Doubtless captivated with
the exquisite decacy of this proposal, The atlas
and Argus, though it copies the article from The
Union rather gives it the cold shoulder, while it
cordially indorses the views and objects of The
journal of Commerce, calling its article sentiment.
"ly practical" and of marked candor and fair
"ness, and prompted by sincere desire to pre-
event the triumph of Black Republican, 'm 10 the
&" nation" as characterized by practical wis
"dom and practical sense" as "sagacious,'
/" liberal" and much more of the same sort of
hOpeyed encOmium.
sis there not some cheating going on around
Z" the board2" as the gambler said who
held two aces in his hand, and con-
cealed the other two in bis boot, to be used
as the exjgeDcy of the game might require We
can conceive of player who is rogue enough to
hide couple of aces in his boot, but we cannot
imagine gambler fool enough to show them to his
antagonist. 1t seems very natural that The Union
and The Journal Of Commerce, should each write
an article for its own readers, in favor of fusion,
and claim that the result would be beneficial to its
own candidate; and if each slyy insinuated that
the other would get cheated in the operation this
would only be giving characteristic flavor to the
compound. But, until these articles all appeared
together on the broad side of The atlas and Argus,
we did not believe there was stupidity enough even
in the Central Organ, to exhibit to the whole table
the cards which Douglas holds in his hands, and
Breckenridge conceals in his boots. As to pJor
Bell his friends in this State seem to be used by
the Democratic gamblers as mere counters Of the
game.
Mr. Dickinson, in his graphic outline sketch of
the Soft Delegates to Charleston in his speech at
the Cooper Institute, said they cheated every can
ddate before the Convention, except Douglas, and
bitterly lamented that things took such turn that
they did not have an opportunity to cheat him!
We think the leaders of the Soft Democracy are
casting about for good chance to regain their re-
putatiOn, temporarily lost at Baltimore, as COM
mon cheats. Until they can complete their
coalition with the Bellies in this State, they
will display their Douglas cards Then, at the
pinch of the game, they will pull from their boots
their Breckenridge and Lane aces, and win if they
can.