Newbern weekly progress., 1860-06-05
Our New york correspondence.

Iinco In may be very good one for the Repub-
Ilican party as far relates to giving the ticket
strength in the northwestern States but 1t is as
weak a nomination as that party could have well
made for securing the vote of this State. Seward
is pretty generally conceded by friends and foes
alike, all over the Union. to be the great of
the Republican party. There is not candid in
tenigent man. North or South, who would hesitate
to pronounce Mr. Seward qualified by capacity
education and experience In public affairs, for the
position of President of the United States, were
it not for his anti slavery fanatcism, which mars
the symmetry of one of the most complete minds
in every other respect that has ever adorned the
Senate chamber. The Republicans of New York
would have stood the nomination of Chase, per-
haps who is understood to be a man of capacity
if expediency had demanded the nomination of
Western man or they might even have submit
ted to the nomination OF Bates ifit had been made
apparent to them that AS radical a candidate as
Mr. Seward could not be elected; but they are
Justly indignant at the selection of a man who is
less of statesman, less of scholar, less versed
in public affairs. and less of specimen of re-
fined American gentleman than the famous New
York Senator, and whose opinions on slavery are
quite as radical those of that gentleman and
have been expressed more vulgarly and more of
fensively to the South.
One of our millionaire merchants, the blackest
kind of Republican, remarked to me yesterday
in an excited tone, "I would not hire a book
keeper sir, no sir. outdoor porter of whom
did not know something more than the people
of the United States know of this man. Lincoln
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chief executive power of this great country. Have
we no statesmen, no scholars, no men who have
rendered services to the party? How, in the
name of heaven, sir, can we go before the country
with any prospect OF success, with mere local
politician our candidate for the Presdency-a
man whose highest qualification for that position
as should Judge from the boast of his friends is
derived from his experience in ra-splitting - It
is possible that there will be no overt split in the
Republican party in New York but that Bell I'd
Everett will be worked for and voted for sub rosa
by thousands of Republicans there is no doubt
But there is also large portion of the Repub-
iican voters of this State W ho were formerly mem
bers of the Democratic party, and these only want
some excuse for returning to their former alegi-
ance. The chaotic condition of the Republican
party, whose managers have been becoming more
and more dstasteful to the rank and file for the
last two years, is, of itself. nearly sufficient to
break it down entirely next November, under any
circumstances but if is to be hoped, the Rich
mond and Baltimore conventions should merge
into one, and unite upon some man of sound ma
tional principles, and personally unobectionable
TO the North, it is thought here by most intelli
gent persons that he would draw off from the Re-
publicans every voter who was originally a dem
ocrat. The very existence of the Republican
party depends upon the action of the Richmond
and Baltimore conventions The delegates to
! those bodies should remember that upon them
rests fearful responsibility. If they unite and
| exclude from their deliberations every other con-
! sideration than their coIntry's good, they may
look forward with absolute certainty to victory
so decisive that Black Republicanism will exist
thereafter only as matter of past history. The
succeeding Presidential contests will be between
| great national parties. The Black Repub bcans
without their sectional principles will have been
absorbed by 1864, by the national Democratic
| party and what is now called the Union party.
| If on the other hand two democratic candidates
are put forward, or even only one who cannot
command the confidence and the full vote of the
| Democracy Of every section of the country the
Black Republicans will be encouraged to rally
around Lincoln and thousands of patriotic demo-
Gratis, North and South, will consider it their duty
to cast their votes for Bell and Everett. who, how
ever otherwise Objectionable to the Democracy,
are national men, and would administer the gov
ernment with equal regard for the rights and in
terests of every section of the Union. Either the
Democratic or the Republican party will be killed
! off That's certain. Which is it to be-
The Houston meeting in Union Square, on
/ Tuesday night las we'll attended. Were 1t not
tina tMr Houston is understood to entertain strong
and fixed Native American principles; no man
would run better in the North as the candidate of
| the Democratic party l am not sure that the
prestige of his neme and exploits would not even
counteract the effect of his alledged Know Moth
| inoism on the Irish and German populations.
among whom Houston is otherwise favorite, if
his professed friends would let him alone, or rath
er allow his affairs to be managed by men of char
| actrr and capacity. few fifth-rate of the
! native American party of this city had all to say
| about the affair of Tuesday night and it pal
pable that they had only taken up the old hero
| for the purpose of thrusting themselves into no.
! tice. Had Houston been the candidate of the
| Union party instead of Bell, he would have stood
a fair chance of carrying the North
single Democratic candidate, popular is he
among all classes With two democratic candi-
dates in the field, and he Union candidate,
| he would have had thing of it.
| Tom Hver is dealing faro on money furnished
him by Thurlow Weed in consideration of servi-
ces to have been rendered Seward. during the ap-
preaching campaign. Tom got the money the
! dav before he started for Chicago, so sure was
Weed of his man being nominated When, how
ever. Lincoln got the nomination, Weed wanted
to go back on " Hyer for the money advanced.
Tom wouldn't respond.