New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-03
THE NEW CONFIDENCE PARTY.

The N. \. HCTGtd is the lesdlng oracle vi Tue
new political movement which has but single
avowed purpose-the defeat of Lincoln and Ham,
lin any how, by any possible combination and by
eecting auy imaginable candidates. 1t is more
blunt and outspoken than the mass of its CON-
patriots and let's in good deal of light upon their
character and principles. Its leader of yesterday
thus sketches the programme of the anti-Republi-
can coalition:
"From all the signs In the political armament Is evident
that the old parties broken BY the corruption and rascaty
Of esders and out Of the ruins oAsrraee eobna
ioa being formed whose aim and object to overthrow
revolutionary Abolition This Il the only definite shape the
revolution has yet taken AL the rest Is involved In OBJ
teury and the subject Of conjecture and speculation What
certain u.s. that Of e eaHddltes orposed TO
Lincoln be elected according to present appearances and all
probability The first great object to be secured is the
defeat the Black Republican candidate and TO accomplish
that oldms Of all The other candidates must Be kept in abe
The candidate who strongly his preen
sions the rsk Of the object viii lind himself IN he
end the lowest in the scale Of popular favor snd the old saying
shall be verhed-"The first shalt be last and the last shall be
fht"
AT present the Presidential question Ia in state of tenn
pora and confusion because the old parties dissolved
into their original elements and the combinations in pro-
formation not completed But for this for all
other political evils there IA remedy In the Constitution itself
The electors whom deyoyes the right Of choice hare
The popsy their hands If they wW nee tdrght Why
sdent Because the founders Of the Republic thought
wiser and safer to ntrust the important duty to honest
discreet and select In whom the people have confidence Ia
every State thsn dre 10 The Of the rotey cho might
betempoyays led astray by party dyte and de"dgog The
the Peoples Committee to do what their sober and
deliberate judgment dictates. BY the provisions OF the Cor
tuition the Of Congress the people elect tn. Electors
order that they may elect the President according the dis
eeion ,ested them and the obligations of their oath
Why the provide for delay they elected before
they elect President Why period OF three mouths al
lowed apse In order to give the colleges Of Electors time
for debeTon, and FOR consultation with the colleges Of the
sister States This provision utterly incompatible with the
idea party conventions making the President beforehand
"By the practice of recent years the design OF the Constiu
ton Is frustrated and BY pereron, Instead OF tue cleo
tors eectins President ceted by rogobond in The bar
and m grogio and discretion Is let TO the Electors
do their bidding According this system, what farce
Il to have Electors ALL Why not let the rowdes and the
shoulder her and the bakegs and thieves direct for the
President The Electors really responsible to the laws and
the Constitution God and the country and yet in the Of
these .ons In violation Of their oeh they have
hitherto in the habit Of voting obedience the dictaOn
bands conspatCr who league together to plumber the
pie They than useless for II there direct vote
for the President all decent who have stake In the
muby would have fair chance. But is the Electors
what tell them and the Conventions the
alton OF the bands Of burglars and DULLES and the scum and Of
securing Of society.
h high time that the Electors should awaken from their
deuson and become alive Of their responsibility
end act accordingly They not elected by h. people to
but such after due deiJeyaon they deem best for The
and he honor Of the country They Of better
character and sounder judgment than the members Of Cor
on the Members Of Congress- and they are better qualified
to select President than any Conventions which have yet met
than such corrupt souHdy those ho ea'i'pte majority
Of the late House Of Representatives. IL remains for them to
yiEdicse their dignity and the freedom Of their choice
corans to the intention Of the Constitution and give death
blow to the system which has long superseded It. BY taking
this high ground and making this bold stand they would
All this is fair, oper, aboye-bOard. The People
are not fit to elect PresideDt-they don't know
enough-they are ignorant, corrupt rowdy and
rascaly -and it is quite enough for them to be
permitted to vote for such candidates for Electors
as Dean. Richmond, Cagger and Church, Hunt,
Brooks and Duer, shall select for them. Being
chosen these Electors are to vote as they see fit,
or (really) as the managers aforesaid shall decide
to have them, without any regard to the wishes of
the "yagabOnds in the bar-room and the grog
" shop" whose votes they condesceuded to receive.
All this must be immensely convenient and accept
able TO the wireworkers, provided the "yaga-
bonds in the bar-rOom and the grog-shop" fall in
with il. Bat those " vagabOuds" have been so
perverted and pulled up by the specous and fiat
terng sophistry of one Tom Jefferson Of pestient
memory, and have such absurd traditions about
another arrant demagogue whose memory they
cherish as Old Hickory, that We don't believe they
will take kindly to the new doctrines go candidy
set forth IN the above manifesto. We feel certain
that they will insist on having word to say about
the choice of President, and will insist on know.
ing for whom the Electors are TO vote before they
vote to give those Electors the power they solicit.
Forewarned as they are as TO how much respect is