The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-01

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the North, and would, for the very reason that
he had been beaten In saeA cause, have been
taken up by the Southern interest, which will
be dominant at Charleston. The popular
leader defeated while defending the principles
of his party is far more powerful than the po-
pular leader who departs from those principles
in order to win doubtful victory. Mr.
Douglas squatter sovereignty horse has thrown
him. and the rider cannot, by any known poll
tical linimept, be lubricated or embrocated so
as to run smoothly at Charleston. That is the
fixed opinion of the managers of the party-the
men who pull all the unseen wires that make
and unmake politicians and Presidents.
Mr. Douglas, then, being out of the question,
1t recurs again, who shall be nominated The
South is wealthy in candidates-all able men.
Georgia has two or three; South Carolina,
two; Mississippi two; Louisiana, one or two,
and 80 on. All these candidates have more or
less strength, which they will hold back until
the time comes to throw /. all CON-
bined for one man. At the proper mo-
ment the Southern delegates will wheel
into line, and nominate the President. For
obvious reasons Zone of them the multiplicity
OF candidates), II is not probable the candidate
will be q Southern man. He will be taken
probably, from the great Central States, the
belt which binds the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans together. Let US see who the demo-
Gratis have in these States. New York has no
candidate. No such sticks as the venerable
Dickinson or the visionary Seymour could be
thought of for moment General Wool has
been mentioned, but he could hardly be
claimed as New York candidate, as he has
never meddled with the dirty pool of politics
in this State, and, as an officer of the army,
halls from the Union at large. Pennsylvania
has no candidate. Poor Pierce has remnant
of his followers left in New England, but he is
a dead man, and poor Pierce, gone forever"
might be appropriately inscribed upon his
political tombstone In Oregon, General Har-
ney has been put in nomination by the Legisa-
ture of the State. There is also still another
General in the field, Lane, of Oregon, now in
the Senate. Lane has many elements of popu-
larity. He is Western pioneer, and was one
of the heroes of the Mexican war, heading the
Indiana regiment at the battle of Buena Vista.
Not 30 brilliant man as Douglas, not SO noisy
nor SO oratorically pugnacious as the Illinois
Senator, Lane has sound administrative facul-
ties and good strong common sense, which
this, as well as every other country, wants,
above everything else, in its rulers. The three
Generals+Lane, Harvey and Wool-have all
served their country in the field, and either of
them would consequently have an increased
hold upon the masses. If it should appear
clear that either of them could be surely
elected, then the duty of the Convention will
be obvious, and it will be done, without the
slightest regard to any minor considerations.
But, after all said and done, there is no tell.
ing exactly, from present indications, how the
Charleston cat will jump. If the leaders of the
party will put some good man forward on the
broad general principle which we have laid
down so frequently in these columns, he can
be elected beyond doubt. The Convention
should throw aside all the hair-splitting plat.
forms and sentimental distractions which puz.
zle the common and disgust the learned reader,
and fight the battle on the basis Of war against
this eternal quarter Of century niger agita-
tion-this reasonable abolition raid upon the
institution of the South. That is the only issue.
The republicans are trying to dodge it, but
they cannot escape the responsibility of the
speeches and writings and acts of their leaders
and co-workers. The democracy must appeal
to the sense of the country upon the vital ques-
ton of the preservation of the Union by
maintaining the constitutional guarantees and
the laws founded thereon. That is platform
enough for victory.