The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-21


General Superintendent to report if due vigilance
was used by the Eighteenth ward police to arrest
the murderer of Mathews and Walton.
The Present Aspect OF tho Campaig
Tns Fog Rising.
The Presidential campaign of 1860 will be
remembered as one Of the most remarkable in
the history of the republic. The conservative
sense of the country stands arrayed against a
sectional minority, which latter alone presents
an apparently solid front We say apparently
solid because the anti slavery party is really
not without serious dissensions in its ranks, and
is only able to make fair outside show OF
unity through the hope that the divisions of the
democracy may throw the spcils of the fedora
government into the hands of the black repub
licans-a party which has been built up strictly
upon the dogma that the Almighty Niger l. #
paramount importance in the affairs of the
country at large. This position of the repub
liean party il patent and IL cannot he hidden
OF controverted. Mr.. Lincoln and his sup
porters represent the theories which John
Brown attempted 70 carry into effect in the
Harper's Ferry afFair-the practical exempli6-
cation Of Mr.. Stewards "irrepressible con
fict- and Mr.. Summers sacred ami
mostly" That the party creed tavors
interference with slavery anywhere 1t
exists cannot he safely denied. The struggle
has been going on these thirty years and more.
Indeed, We may 60 back to the Congress which
adopted the constitution, and find there that
the subject was the theme OF elaborate dis
cussions in that body, and the diversity Of
opinion upon it came very near to preventing
the enactment of the organic law Of the eoun-
try az it now stands. Thirty years ago the old
sntislsvery party set up in business on the
philanthropic plan, and It's tenets have since
become so far embodied with the politics Of the
country that the question must he met square
ly. II IL too late for any attempt at compro-
missing OF lodging the issue.
The South has been thoroughly aroused upon
this subject and can no longer be iuggled or
triHed with In the North. every man with
a modicum of common sense cannot fail to see
the absolute necessity that exists for the defeat
of the representative Of old John Browns
theories. Yet we End that through the
jealousy and persond enmity Of the small poll
ticians. the opposition to the reasonable doc
trines of the republican party Il divided into
three or four clques. which, If not
hereafter united, must Inevitably be de-
feated. Thus we have TIVE separate and dis
tinct factions Of the democracy. each running
a candidate; the rump of the old whig and
Know Nothing parties. with their candidate.
ard the so-called independent democrats, who
insist upon throwing away their votes on Sam
Houston. II something IL not done to combine
the conservative vote Of the Central States
upon a candidate who will be acceptable to the
South the election OF Lincoln seems to us q fact
already accomplished. II. on the other hand
the conservative vote of the Central States can
be combined upon one candidate, then Lin
coin can he defeated. aud the coup de grace be
given to the negro question for four years
more. If the election is allowed to go by de-
fault. the con,ert will be protracted. aud ter
rible deuouement accelerated.
So stands the present aspect Of the campaign.
We believe. too. that the people are shai per
than thr puliticians that the former understand
the time position Of things, aud are willing to
act npor &c question without regard to the
leaders oi ,.ibvr faction. The rapid spread Of
the Breckenridge movement in this State, and
the present attitude Of Pennsylvania. show
very plainly that n Union. conservative,
conciliatory spiri, prevails in the great Central
States. and that with proper efforts great deal
Of strength ou,~ide of the democratic party may
BE- gained for the Breckenridge ticket IF the
Union. peace loving voters will drop Douglas.
Bell and Houston, neither OF whom can bg any
possibility bee elected, and sirn their votes
10 to Breckenridge and Lane, they will sweep
the country aud demolish the black republi-
cans rs Samson did the Philistines. Mr.. Brock
iuridge Is the only candidate, except Mr.. Lin
coin, who II SURE sc an electoral vote. and the
latter II beaten At all, can only be overthrow
by the former. Il is oil very well to write and
speak against Lincoln and bis supporters. but
IL all avails nothing unless there il united op-
position to him. The sectional republican par.
| ~ must be met and overihrovp q, the polls.
and all other considerations should give way to
the grand objec, in view. Mr. Breckenridge
gains strength In the North every day. II Is
possible that he may conquer Lincoln. II II
not possible. so far a. we can see. for any other
candidate TO 10 so. Therefore wc advise the
conservative masscs of the North TO unite and
outvote Lincoln at the polls, combining to sup
port the only nominations which have touched
the popular heart-ihose Of Breckenridge and
Lane.
JoHy Hicxu,S IN THE HiRvEss. II IL given