New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-20

a meg: entirely TO the siDgls 4uAi1n, Who can be
Pnsdsptl' cOps'e,iog u In CONVECTION with the a.
ten RI anti Republican eoubn tiors in this SAFE and
e'sew here. His speech, thorgn much ha; was said
il necessarily eOnde' ssd, Taas substantially as fol
lows
CIrIZEgs OF NEW York: I come among you 10
plead the sscred oaust OF Freedom and Free Labor
To your dsvotisn 70 that en- ind-ets for your
20 cordial Teoaplon5 Of ito aivo,aie l me alec IS
the bearer If the greetings Of thea vicc,ous Rep1h-
leans II Ohio % their brother X pa1ticAns OF the
Empire State 10 the rseectioo OF al able and mp,
rgt Judg who pTssrrTg rsason % presiaeni,, Gaa
in rese citing HIM. too by grrat mao ~ over per
fec.ed combination II all the antRepnhcan alements
they have proves the power of that orious Repuo-
Nrap parry which is soen 10 achieve, we rdst Ike
triumuh in New. York.
All The associ,itiors Of this place wi Freedom
and Hun an Progress. The ancient river which hows
through and fartizes this beautiful valley reminds us
Of noble though savage Liberty Tbs very name OF
your villsgs recalls the struggles of Revolutionary
Fathers TO- Freedom. YoDder canal, yopder railroad,
aud yop6, telegraph, whose extending lines link our
West with your 81, repre- sent ihe progressive owl
izaiou of Free ms u,ions. And this crest Stats
s,abet Of the sserbood-tea hes continual y by her
wop6rous progress, in the mos. Impressive maunsr
the grand bison of fires Snd honorable Labor.
congratulate Won your freedom, and your progress;
Gu your fruitful fields on your abundant harvess, on
your vast improveu eDts and on your rich commerce
congratulate you your system OF universal educa
top your almost universal snilr &c, and your homes
New-Yofk wisdom, and virsue, and courage 10 pre-
serve forever what they have so nobly won. After
bese Introductory remarks. Gov. Chase proceeded TO
discuss the question TO which he said he shoud coune
his remarks mainly, Who can be elected Pres ds1tf
All Indications be said pou 20 the election of Mr..
Lincoln. The resut in Penney lgania, Ohio and lndi-
ara seem TO remove every reasonable d)uot IN
respect 10 the final decision OF the people. Bat
there is an effort in this State, by a fasion or
a'her by a combination Of all the various antag-
Obiams to Republican ascendancy, not 10 give the
vote of New.YoIk 10 sDy one of the candidates rep
ented by the combination. for that is out OF the
question, but TO prevent their being given 10 Mr. Lin
coin. But what interest have the friends of Mr.
Douglas or Mr.. Bell in defeating Mr.. Lincoln, unless
they thereby secure The suooe Of their own cand
dates What probability is there that either of these
candidates can be benefited by the success-gTantiug
success possbe-of the arrangement which the leaders
have cOncocted IL can be demonstrated, L think,
hey ond reasonable question: that neither Mr. Douglas
Mr. Bel can in sny event be elected President and
that neither Ms. johnson nor MIR. Everett can be
elected Vice President Suppose the combination sue
ces fu in New York, and an election Of President and
Vice President by the people d-festsd-what then
Everybody knows thst if NJ Lincoln cannot be elect I'd
by the people, candidate can be- and that in case
q no election by the people, the House Of Representa-
ves must choose President if it can, and the Senate
must choose ieePres'dent if can. II can, tn SO
are significant woTds The Constitution requires in the
contingency indicated that Of the three persons having
the highest numbers Of votes for President, the House
ofRepreesrtaves shall choose one to be President and
of the two persona having the highest number OF votes
for Vice. President the Senateha choose TO be
Vice-President. Bnt it also provides that each State
shall in the choice Of President have but one vote,
apd that q rnsjory of all the States shall be necessary
to a choice. Row, majority is seventeen. Suppose
then Messre Lincoln Brecknridge end Bell, TO have
the three largest electoral votes what must then hap
pen We know the political character of the House
and can foIesee with almost positive certainty lie cleo.
toTal action. There is not siDgle STATE which VIII
adhere TO Mr. Bell. There are not probably three
States which cen be induced to vote for him at all Mr..
Bell then cannot be elected. Can Mr.. Lincoln A
majority of representatives. from hfteen States are
known TO prefer bin. Possibly one other state may
pref, him TO Mr.. Breckinrigde. But zee no unrea-
sonabe probability that his vote can be increased BE-
You'd sixteen. Can Mr.. Breckenridge be elected T!
Thirteen State viii certainly give him thirteen votes.
-Four States will be equally divided In preference be-
tween him and Mr.. Bel. il is possible that rather
TRAN permit the Presidency TO be filled indirectly by
the, action Of the Senate, some friends of
Mr.. Bell in each of these States may be Induced to
vote for Mr.. Brs ckDrdge. These votes would elect
him. II is hardly probable that he can obtain them
all snd if not he cannot be chosen by the House IL
lie very manifest that if Mr. Douglas should chance 10
be one Of the threeibghest candidates to be vosd for
the case will In respect be altered. Ia that contn
gercy-almost certain not to occuI-Mr. Douglas ~iil
have the vote of Illinois. Can be obtain another If
30, what other think il impossible to ma ne it. 1t
comes to this then-Mr Breck nrdge or mob Ddy, BY
the HOUSE; unees possibly and barsly possibly Mr..
Lincoln In case Of no election By the House, then
the Vice President, If the Senate sha have designated
either Of the two highest candidates 10 bill that OH 20
will become the acting President Will the SeUale be
able 10 choose q Vce-Presdent7 In making this
choice the Senae does not vote by States but each
s, nsior has vote, and majority of NIL the Senator's
elected is necessary 70 election. Can this majority
he given to any one Of any two candidates for vi 30
President whose naues, under the Constitution, may
possibly be submitted 10 the Senate. The whole num-
Der Of Senators is CO. TO what candidate can "a votes
be given Ii is necessary TO bear in mind that the
Constitution authorizes Congress TO provide by law
who shall exercise the authority Of President when
the Offices Of President and VicePresidsnt shall both
bscome vacant by death removal resignation, or ina
biify; and that Congress by en- act passsd in 1872
has provided that in ouch the President pro tenn
pore Of the Senate shall exercise the powers OF Pres
dents ard that in there be no such officer these
powers shall deVolve upon the Speaker of the Houss
Of Representatives. The act further provides for a
rev election Of President and Vice President by Eec
torsl COLLEGES that the officer thus cal cd 10 Pres
dental furctons will hold the rsns Of Government
only for ono yesr, or perhaps for stated period. Now
IN case Messr Iamln and Lane happen 70 be ths two
hi9hest candidates. there will indeed be little difficulty
The friends Of Messrs. BreckiCr dga aud Lane cOns
tute "A mai rity of the Senator'S aud in the case sup
posed, Gen Lane will Of course be chosen Vice-Pres
dent aud if the House fail to elect VIII be President.
But suppose Messrs. Hemlin and Everett to be the
two bieheF will choice be effected 20 easily Can
either obtain the fuli ages OF majority Of the whole
number of Senators VIII the HreckiUridge ma Ority
allow or rather, effect the election Of either, when,
by waiting two or three months, they Will be able,
after the 4th Of March, 70 eject hr. Breckenridge HIM
self already Senator eleo. for Kentucky President pro
tenpore ard thus maize him, for year u: least acting
President nr. Hamlin Of course cannot obtain the
votes necessary TO make bin ceProfideot for there
are but " eutyve Republicans in the present Senate.
Can hr EyeIe,tl think it very certain that be can
net. II may be said, indeed, that the SeIale must
elect, and that the contingencies enumerated in the
CoDEuUiion Of death, resignation, removal, aud ina
bility 10 not include the contingency of vacancy as-
ing from non election. But tie answer j. obvious.
II is certain that the Senate cannot elect except by
majority Of all the Senators; and i will be insisted,
not without reason, THAT the real contingency for