Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-08-02
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald
The lest FclIO the Popular iemrL-Thu True
Opening of tae Campaign.
The great ga herring OF the mercantile and industrial
r.s 0t New York at the Breckenridge and Lane rat-
f.rIou meeting On Wednesday night the first
breaking ground the first spadetul thrown with a will
nv the pcopc-in the sharp clear and defined political
contest which is to elect the President and decide the
,ocv OF the federal government for the next four years
The people saw the hOlIOWness Of the Bell movement,
Notwithstanding the hopeful faces OF his political mana
m They perceived the distractions and fallacicS of
tn. Douglas scheme Notwithstanding the confident tone
or hls adlcreuts. UoustOnS name failed to make an
echo and the Gerrit Smith side movement compre-
hcndd IDst1ctvrly the people felt that in none OF
f was there the vitality and strength necessary to
encounter aud defeat the black danger in which Lincoln
and bis destructive allies and followers threatened to in
yovc the highest and dearest interests OF all And
eeore not hand lifted, not sign went forth, to
show how the popular heart listed. Yet it thrills before
the cUmmOJ danger OF black republican triumph and
ready and willing for the contest
The }reckurdge and Lane ratification meeting has
awakened the first echo from the popular heart and
v to the whole country the key note for the nation
al buyyS and the true plan for the opening campaign
The nteS is one Of conservative resistance to the rev.
dictionary and destructive schemes OF the black republl-
can fanatics aud dcmagOgues and it is in the central
commercial manufacturing and mining States that the
people can be rallied and ready to rally upon the
Constitutional principles involved. New \ Ork has Civ
IN lhr first sign. Our commercial and industrial class
is ay. shown that in Breckenridge and Lane they have
found the true representative OF the constitutional
principles which form the soul OF the coming contest
and that their names have awakened the only real and
living enthusiasm which has shown itself in the popular
revolution through which now passing. This
telling will find It's echo among the same classes and 10
terpsts in Pennsylvania and New jersey and there the
issue lies. The battle of 1856 is to be repeated, but OF
g4Gder scale and in most distinct and clearly de
fled form. 1t IS not in New York, but in the centra
and commercial States the Southern border that the
acest OF the fight will rage and the battle be lost Oh
W0D
ILcse facts viii be patent to the whole country
and men everywhere will begin to range themselves OF
the only living principles which enter into the issues
The day. On one side stands Lincoln. procaiming TIT
social moral and political superiority OF the North owe
Tie South, and calling upon men to enter into an If
npcssbc conflict for the complete and entire destruc
ton Of the Southern States. On the other hand we have
Blc AInridge pIoclaimug the equality and brotherhood
D. The States, the harmony Of commerce and industry
oe sacred and constitutional right of selfgoVernment
and urging upon the people to unite in their defence.
10 these the people are responding with unanimit
from the South, aud now with an echo and will iron
New York. The battle is now begun, and it will soo
rave throughout all this Union with strength and in
Usly that will proclaim how deeply rooted in tn
ars OF the people are the Union and the wise precept
Of the constitution