The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-26

really possesses.
placed upon the Douglas ticket for the Vice Presidency
he has consented head the electoral ticket Stephen
A. Douglas in Georgia He win .tnnp the State for the
Great squater but with slender prospects. The
star Of Breckenridge waning, and that OF Bell H mani
fes,lv ascending and eliminating Hon b. Hii, the
greatest stump orator in Georgia. heads the Bell ticket
The Breosnrdgo ticket has not single crack speaker
the 49,. od Governor Mcdonald, who heads that
ticket G entirely ipeciert not able TO speak at all, and
In declining health The prestige Of victory for BreckiD
ridge has been woly dmned by tn. Ides Of August In
Missouri Alabama, North Carolina and his Kentucky
so there three electoral tickets battling in Georgis,
and the eight wakes warm.
Within week there have been copious rains aud the
weather has become delightfully."- cool week ago we
were dry and hot-oh how hot-now IL has all the APP
pearance OF early autumn. The crops have improved
beyond expectation and the prices for provisions are de-
Ginning. So ntense the political feeling becoming that
forgetting their short crops and their debts
taking much about parbecues meetings, and,
to use avorle Georgiansn, the ldes OF November"
Oar Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, August 10, 1850.
The Prospects Of ga United South for Brsinridas and
Laae--7he Lake Electitm in North Carolina and Ken
tuety-The Local Questions Pertaining TO the Governor
shp9 Worth Carolinazhs Election Of Leslie Combs in
Kentucky-Hs Pore1y-The San Juan QueStion-Pro-
liability Of Its Amieable SettlemeaXr. Buehdnans Fo-
reign Policy Commended BY american Travellers, dc.
see with regret that of Northern friends, who
by means apt to be weak kneed, arc yet giving
way to certain degree Of misgving about ga united
South for BreckinTidge and Lane There is really
ground at all for such msgving II has been produced
entirely by the reported results of the elections in North
Carolina and Kentucky These results, unexplained did
indeed, give handle To the enemy but plain tale will
remove all reasonable ground for dependency from the
friends Of Breckenridge and ought to make the temporary
exaltaton Of their opponents disappear like dream Of
fancy.
The truth the election Of Gov Ellis North Carolina.
is the very evidence Of the strength OF Beckn
ridge and Lane in that State. There local question
that homo to the bosoms and business Of men in
North Carolina upon which Ellis would have been beaten
the strength which his advocacy of Breckenridge
and Lane gave him. That question was, whether slaves
should continue TO be assessed at dollar head,
poll tax or whether Ike other property they should be
the tax would have been at least dollars and ay
per head AS matter Of course, all persons who do
not slaves, who owned only few iuclud.
ing great numbers engaged in professional mercantile,
mechanical and other industrial pursuits in favor
Of the ad vaorem principle as it would taxation
the great propretors Of land and slaves and proper
tionaly diminish their burdens Nov, Governor
Ellis was openly in favor Of the one dollar capitaon tax
He had the unpopular side and would have been thrown
into minority on this local issue had 1t not been for the
coanteracng popularity OF the national candidates for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency feel the greatest
confidence in assuring the readers Of the HERALD that
North Carolina is pere;ty safe for Breckenridge and
Lane.
The election of General Leslie Combs in Kentucky, to
be Clerk Of the Court Of Appeals also controlled by
local and personal causes that will not operate when the
question is made Breckenridge and any Of his
competitors for the Presidency. The old whig General
was the life long friend Of Clay, clever fine old Ken
lucky gentleman OF gallant bearing beloved for his many
genial qualities and his overHo wing hos pita,y in better
days He poor and is the salary Of this best Office
in State and was in the hearts of Kentu kans
10 withhold the Of comfort declining days to
who had been 30 free Of hand and open of purse
His somewhat dilapida.ed mansion will low be put ia
good order agan-the board will smoke-the wine will
SPARKLE but when after the 4.h Of March next toast
win be given to the President voted for by Kentucky,
the good fellows who stretch their legs under his maho
gany will cheer for Breckenridge.
50 much for North Carolina and Kentucky, over which
s s so sb Inc s
Carolina continues 10 be highly encouraging 10 all who
promise 10 the friends of Breckenridge in the North the
prestige which must be carried by united South. The
only real cause Of regret account Of the results in
North Carolina and Kentucky is the handle which they
give TO the enemy for time; but less than month
even that weak handle i'll be taken away.
There viii be no difficulty about the San Juan question
The British government Of course is unwilling TO give
nor /" propose resort to arbitration.
The foreign policy OF President Buchanan is universally
admitted by travelling Americans TO have placed him in
the highest rank Of statesmen and dploatsts In the
estimation Of European Courts.
wAsHNoroS, August 20, 1860.
The Hrads Test for Opposition to Lncola-The People
Med h-Political Adoeners S9airn, Unaer 1.-THE Best
Men ArYrore A-LeaT Of James Lyons, Of virsinia-
Answer from Government 10 Lord John RasSelrs De.
spaich-Adrantape Of Kar,ny President Who Ca. Do
HIS Orcn Work DC
The HERALD Ia now putting politicians TO test
During The last session Of Congress Southern opposition
lists, Douglas and anti Lecompton men, Know No,hings,
the regular administration forces Constituting the bono
aud snew OF the democratic party) and small sprink-
ling lue wings who you'll no, be cassed under any
the foregoing heaiseach and all Of these sets-consdered
themselves bound duty and honor and safety the Unon
and the constitution oppose the ascendency Of repaS
-
House OF Representatives. the thing OF all thags to
be avoided and prevented Any concert or combination
that would obstruct postpone say utterly defeat
such consummation was pronounced eminenty praise
worthy, highly honorable. sapremely patriotic. The
election OF black republican President Of the United
States surely calls for still decided aud maznaui
nous submergence OF all minor differences from those
who, In their hearts, opposed to IT, aud the HERALD
applies the tes to try whether they are reality
much adverse 70 the reign OF be ready
70 sacrifice their mutual hateds their personal prca
dces and prepossessons their aspirations after the lucrc
and distinction Of place their likes aud their resentment
on the altar OF their country This test the OF the
conservative people In everJ part Of the Unon NEE,
fectly; but political Adventures old fcgies aud all the
walters on Providence squrm under 1t consumedly
Never mind them. What the American people, who are
not partsans, want such union Of those who repre-
sent the commercial, financial business and educated
classes Of the United States who reflect their average
taste, intelligence, Refinement aud proper social ind
vidual AMI national pride, az will prevent destructive
from being placed In the highest executive Office, aud
will rescue the nation from the dcrcd OF being presided
over By rude, hters,e vulgAran This union OF the
best In the different States you doing more TO
bring about than any other papcrf might add than all
others com ned and 10 show that -four e-ts are re-
sponded TO- send brief extract from the letter Of the
Hon James lyons, addressed 10 the late Charlottesville
Convention " the feeling Of the whole people, up
rising against political managers:-
How lamentaole 1t is that the good men OF the
try in quarter OF It, should be divided and arraycd
against each other at such time. How mortifyng how
mournul, how humiliatng TO see the South divided
such time wrangng the spolls Of ofice-no, not
so-wrangling over the hope and chance OF spoil OF
which the common foe, who thunders her gates will
strip her What are all the spoils OF Office compared
with the defeat OF Lincoln and the ruthless horde he
leads against us Who Icld rrcfer that any henes
pa'td should wear petty diadcp, rather than see his
country sd and puldoei By re1rriiess both Of lac
and The co1sfsttonf VIII the South coainue thuef wil
she permit politicians and place hunters longer 10 con.
found and distract her while like the harlot OF old they
rob her OF her strength or will she, with will one
voice one arm, rise to repe the lrvaiefsi God, his
mercy, grant that IL NAV be 20.
The 10 Lord John Russells DESPATCH relative to
the slave and ccolie trade bears AL the Characteristic
marks OF the Presidents own clear, senientlous and