, 1860-03-06


It is pretty generally conceded that the Re
publican National Convention must SO arrange
the order Of battle this yeRr as not to repel
The 80, $50 votes cast III the free States for
Mr.. Fillmore iu ls5G. 1t does not follow
TINT VIC must nominate Mr. Fillmore or a dis
1inc,iyo Fillmore man. That, experiment
would perhaps cut or moro inches from tho
top Of the blanket tlau it would add to tie
bottom. Bul il is TOO plain for argument that
tie character Of OFT Presidential ticket must
bo sucl as to commend itself GAyorab]y to the
s2,l75 supporters Of Mt. Fillmore in Pcnnsy1.
vania, the 24,l15 in New Jersey, the ooe,3SG
in Indiana, and tic 37,l1A in Illinois. It is
equally palpablo that regard must be Ind for
the 124, ,o0l voters Of like predictions in New
York, the 28,l.C in Ohio, and the 9,lS0 in
1owa,-in either Of which States tho cenbin-
cd Democratic and American vote exceeded
tile Republican. Last fall tue American party
IA New York held a convention and nominated
one half Of tho Democratic aud ono half OF
tho Republican ticket, 4 largo section 1f tie
raak and file flew OIL and gravitatcd directly
to one side or the ouler, yet there were enough
left to elect three Of the four Democratic nom-
nccs who figured On their sl.ate. This is in
evidence that tue is still an element in the
Empire State powerful for mischief to tho Re-
publican cause il it IS wicld' i against US in
the coming campaign. At tie last State cleo
ton in Illinois The Republican ticket received
fully two-tl;rds Of the Fillmore vote and was
1riumphautly elected.
1t thrs becomes question Of the grayest
import: Who among the candidates for tho
Chicago nomination can eecuro tho largest
number Of tho supporters Of Nj. Fillmore With
out losing any considerable number Of straight
out Republicans? If Mr. Seward is the per
6on 10 conciliatc then ho is uuqucstionab!y the
man for tho crisis. If the probabilities Of har-
monizing aud concentrating this element arc
greater with him for the Republican standard.
bearer, than with any other equally staunch
Republican, lie ought 10 be nominated by &C.
clamation without the lor1nality Of ballot.
But if tue concurrent Testimony Of tho times
points to Gov. Chase, or Mr.. Lincoln, or Judge
Road, or Judge AeLenn, as more likely to
carry that element in the fierce contest now
at hand, without sacrificing any other equally
important element, it strikes us that
they arc not the true friends Of Mr.
Seward ehu would crowd his nomination
upon us at this time. 1t is matter Of hlstor-
icd prominence that tho peculiar supporters
Of hi. Fillmore, have been the peculiar antag-
onists Of Mr.. Seward ever since tho inausura.
dion Of General Taylor in the Presidential
chair. The principal seat Of tue bitterness has
been in the State Of New York, but it has ram
ilied through a1l the Free States, making seri.
GUS difficulty in New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
1ndiana and Illinois. The disease has become
chronic. It breaks out in every national cleo
ton 1t is an accomplished fact in American
politics, and the moro It is sought 70 be whis-
tied away, the more persistcnt|y it makes itself
manifest. 1t datea very Cur buck Of Mr.. Sew
ards enuncialion Of tho "irrepressible con-
hict,' and exists Independently Of it. That
phrnsc, (which simply announces fact as self.
evident as the sun, not to be controyerted by
any lumber Of words,) has been seized upon