The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-06

do Pork war steady, with sales OF ness at SIG IS ard
prime At $40 g. Coeo quiet, and in the absence
o, sslcs Of moment quotations nominal Freghts
were nrmer. Wheat, In chip. bags, for Liverpool,
touched lii., ard to Lorion at l5d with nsur a, Is
The Crisis or the Il pubIfc-Attituds OF
the Republican Lsadsfs-Dangsr to the
North,
The Presidential Electors OF this State have
discharged their duty 10 their party, and have
css. their votes for Abraham Lincoln, who will.
therefore be President over so many Of the
States as will remain in the confederacy after
he 4th Of March next. There may have
been some lipgeriog hore in the breasts of sim.
pie persons who are not aware of the superior
i'y OF party considerations over all others
even with men who are far above the common
run of pclii,ians--tha. the republican electors
would hesitate for moment before they as.
sumsd this awful responsibility, and took the
risk Of breaking mp the confedera,y. Bat they
not only cast their votes formally for Lincoln,
but, according to the correspondent OF the
Lesser black republican organ In this city, they
and other leading members o. The party tool
strong ground against The conclliatory policy
suggested by Ihu1loW Weed, VINO his been
roundly abused by al his cronies, excepting
Raymond IL may be said thai the electors were
pledged in honor to their constituents, al
though left free by the constitution; but we
believe that II II were possible to take the
sense Of the Northern people TO day. Lincoln
would be in minority. bis majority In the
Northern States Is little over q quarter OF
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many az hall million Of his supporters have
deserted him since the election. In this mum
Der We account the mechanics and mauufac.ur
ers, who see now that ruin s.Gres them In the
face, and the very large number Of respectable
voters who threw their influence upon the op-
position side In order that the corrupt demo-
cratic party might receive lie death blow. All
these persons we're misled for the moment;
they are now sincerely sorry for what they
have done, and exceedingly anxious to receae
from the extreme position into which the black
republican leaders snticed them.
And now tha. the work has been finished
now that the last straw has escaped from the
clutch Of the drowning man, the general in
quiry il. what Of the future. We can see but
little hope in the signs Of the times. The
black republicans do not purpose to act
until after Lincoln bae been inaugurated. This
Is evident from the facts that the President elect
has failed 70 indicate Ia any Official way his
probable policy; that the general tone Of the
presses In his interes. IL defiant rather than con-
eiliatory; that the leaders Of the party, almost
without exception, condemn the course Of
Weed; that Grow, AZ the outset Of the session,
lueged in his Homestead bill, in order to stave
OF discussion upon the topic which was upper
most In the mind Of every member, aud that
thirty eight republicans voted against Boteler's
resolution. We do not envy such. men as
Grow, Burlingame, Sherman, Hickman, How.
ard and Lovejoy their pace in the history Of
the country. They have now taken the second
step In career Of political infamy most APPLY
begun by the endorsement Of the Helper book
In this state Of things-the South preparing
10 20 out OF the Union--the friends OF the new
administration sitting with folded hands the
material interests Of he county paralJ zed-it
behooves every good citizen 10 look the dan
ger In the face. II there IL doubt NJ 10 the
immiDence Of the crisls II may be resolved By
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