The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-29

Let these four outside partles or tacu0nS WITH
draw their tickets, and we shall have fair
fight. In any event it is the very tip-top of
foolishness to talk of electing Mr.. Douglas.
The Presidential Csmpaign-Brsekin-
ridge the Only Hope Against Lincoln.
There are four organized parties and six diff
ferent candidates in the field for the Presiden-
cy, and yet it must be apparent to every intel
Hgent observer, of any party or faction, that for
all practical purposes the contest is to day mar
rowed down to Lincoln or Breckenridge. Were
the Presidential election to come off tomorrow,
it is morally certain that Lincoln would carry
every Northern State, from Maine to Minnesota,
thus giving him l76 electoral votes, or twenty
two more than majority of the whole electoral
vote of the Union.
Such is clearly the commanding position of
the minority republican party to-day; but the
elements of the great popular majority opposed
to it have still the important item of three
months and more of valuable time within
which to arrange their forces for the decisive
battle. Nor is there any longer shadow of
doubt as to the course they should pursue A
few figures will make the case as plain as
pikestaf -
The whole electoral vote of the Union is 1903
And Of this the vote required to elect is 1852
The Northern electoral vote is .....'........I 1873
And the Southern electoral woe is. ......... 100
Thus it will be seen that in addition to the
whole Southern electoral vote, the parties OPP
posed to Lincoln must carry Northern States
enough to cover thirtytwo electoral votes in
order to defeat him. How is this to be done?
Let us see. The whole electoral vote of the
South will surely be cast against Lincoln This
gives us 120. Add California, four, and Ore
gon, three, and we have 127 votes to start with.
Add Pennsylvania, twenty-seven, and the sum
will be l54 or clean majority Of five of the
whole electoral vote.
The vote of Pennsylvania, in short, will de-
eide the election; and how stands Pennsylva-
mia? In the campaign of 1856 her Presidential
vote was:-
For Mr.. Buchanan, democrat ...... 230,772
For Col. Fremont, republican. ......... l47 1868
For MIR. Fillmore, American. ........... 81 POP
The plurality of Mr.. Buchanan over the re-
publican vote was over 81, 900, and his majority
over the vote of both wings of the opposition
united was GOT. Since that day. or rather since
the State contest of 1857, the local elections of
Pennsylvania have gone against the democracy
by default. The republican party there has been
merged in a mongrel combination called the
peoples party; but the Chicago ticket requires
its supporters everywhere TO range themselves
under the republican flag. Thus the oppos-
ton elements of Pennsylvania, which have been
working together since 1857 are again divided
into two camps, the Lincoln camp and the Bell
camp. Taking the vote of 1856 as our guide.
and allowing that half the Fillmore vote of that
year has gone over to the republicans, and, in
round numbers,
The vote for Lincoln will be, say. 200 900
Add democratic antLecompton deserters,
say. ..................... 10 900
And Lincoln's vote will be ............ 2IO 900
Reduce the democratic vote to-. ......... 22O 900
And there is still democratic plurality Of 10 900
Thus, allowing the old line wings and Ameri- |
cans free course for their ticket of Bell and |
Everett, and making liberal allowances for |
American and democratic deserters, we see that
1t is only necessary for the two wings of the
democracy to unite in order to carry Pennsyl- |
vanis by plurality of at least ten thousand |
over Lincoln.
Let the democracy Of Pennsylvania, and of |
every other Northern State, unite upon COM
mon electoral ticket, and Lincoln may be hand
somely defeated. The South will vote solid for
Breckenridge. California and Oregon will fol-
low suit. The vote of Pennsylvania, then, will
only be required to settle the question against
Lincoln; and there is every reason among pa
triotic men for every sacrifice Of party or per-
sonal preferences to accomplish this result. The
factous instructions Of soured and reckless
party managers should be disregarded and the
masses of the democracy should make the de-
feat Of Lincoln their first duty and their para
mount object.
Put this republican party into the White
House, and before IL can be ousted II may COM
pass the control OF every department of the fe-
deral government Then, the republican doc
trine Of negro equality would be apt to assume
a shape so revolving as to 'precipitate the South
into a revolution the terrible consequences Of
which would defy all human calculations. And
so, for the sake OF the Union, and the peace of
the Union. the suffraees Of all Northern men de-
voted TO the Unien should be cast in the way
best adapted TO defeat Lincoln, whose election
will be an anti-slsvery triumph which may
drive the South out of the Union.
In this view, as the friends Of Mr.. Douglas
can do nothing in any event for their cham.
pion, they should cordially resolve to do the
best they can TO save themselves and their par
90 which thev can only do NV dafaat;ny tho RI.
publican ii oket
VERY CHEAP FOR CAsH.-A Washington cor
respondent Of the Cincinnati Enquire douglas
organ) has made q very remarkable discovery.