The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-20
The Conservation or Popular Sentiments
Who Does MIR. Lincoln Representl

Who Does MIR. Lincoln Represent
Ii has become so evident, through recent
Developments and careful analysis of the
late Presidential vote, that Mr.. Lincoln was not
elected to the Chief Magistracy Of the United
States by any prediction of the people for
abolitionist disunion, but by fortutous causes.
that even the wayfaring man, though fool, !"
cannot fail to perceive how utterly false the
idea j. of those pseudo religious and philan-
thropist fanatics who press him forward n the
representative of anti-slave power asccndancy
in the Union. Out of n total Of 4.71054s votes
in the country. We have had occasion to show
that. including the whig and conservative
suffrage of $4,000 for the President elect.
l,2S5 500 for Douglas $50. 800 for Breckenridge.
and 7i2500 for Bell, a solid mass of 1861 800
people may be regarded arrayed on the side
Of concession and the preservation of the in
tegrity Of the nation, while but fifty thousand
over million were. even on the 9th of Novcm-
Der last. to be considered a siding with the
principle that the Northern conscience Is ire
concilably opposed to slavery. because slavery
j. wrong The popular voice itself has pro-
claimed by majority of three and half to
one. it. adherence OF abolitionism: and II the
revulsion Of feeling, from Maine TO Kansas.
within the las, five weeks. is estimated at pro
per worth, il j. within bounds to assert that not
one cut Of Fix of those who are entitled To
vote within the United States are prepared
10 endorse the continuance Of aggressive
policy against the South. The practical eiiect
of the rawlings oil Messrs. Garrison, Wendell
Phillips. Greeley. Henry Ward Becchcr. Gid
dngs. Wade. Hale and sumner has been = com
plcte reversal OF the medal which the crazy ul-
trasm Of the last quarter OF century has been
coming in the hearts Of the clcrgy-beriddcn
crotchet mongers of the North, and the stagna-
ton Of trade and commerce, the closing of the
outlets for our produce, and the pnchings Of
hunger. which will be the consequence, are di-
minishing their numbers from day to day.
II is evident. therefore. that Mr. Lincoln Is
not the President elect Of "a party or u faction.
but that he stands, il he will but appreciate the
advantages Of hi- position, upon the cnviable
vantage ground of being bound by fewer ties
and obligations than any ruler Of the country
who ever preceded him. The party which clc-
vat, a him 10 power was hut a temporary con-
glomeration of heterogeneous elements. 10 which
he can never owe any allegiance because il
has ever been. and j., irrcconcilably divided
in itself All party lines have become gra-
dually oblterated by the alarming crisis to-
wards which the country has been hurrying.
and while democrats, Unonists and conserva-
tive republicans look 10 the President elect TO
emulate the glories Of Washington, jefferson
and Madison. only a contemplate and con-
tnually decreasing faction place their trust In
him to perpetuate the sectional discord which
is surely reducing US 10 state of political
anarchy.
A critical examination Of the history of
the rise and progress Of the republi-
can party would show that the vital
element which has sustained II will
readily account for It's present disorgani-
zatiou, NJ we'll as for the singular manner in
which II has acquired Its Fictitious claims upon
the attention Of the people. Its success has
been owing 10 the advantages which minority
whatever principles Il may have, possesses over
majority. in rallying around II all the discon-
tented and disaHected portions Of the commu-
nifty. Of the voters for the republican ticket
AZ The late election. iwo-thirds, at least, were
simply sn,-democrais men disguised with the
ysnaliiy. corruption. li,,cness and want Of title
to personal and public respect enjoyed by the
leaders Of he dominant party, and prepared 70