The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-29
The Preside initial Eiectton-How TO Defeat
All the Cand idates.


All the candidates.
Politicians and journalists are evincing la
mentahle ignorance of the issues involved in
the Presidential contest. They persist in die.
cussing the subject as IL there was nobody ia.
terested in II but the -four or FIVE candidates
who are in nomination for the Presidency aud
the politicians who are playing the game. For
instance, there is no limit to the absurd things
said about what is designated the Syracuse co.
alition between the Douglas party and the Bel
party Of this State, and about the various con
ceptons Of what the arrangement is. The pa
pers OF this city treat the matter as if Hunt
Duer, Ullman. Dean Richmond. Peter Cagger
and the other politicians who otiiciatsd in bring.
ing about the union between the adherents of
Douglas and Bell were most important person
ages, and had inaugurated great movement;
and consequently We find the great bulk Of
newspaper editorials devoted TO this theme,
while they appear to ignore the real issues In
the contest, and to forget that the people have
any everything voice in its decision.
In taking this petty view Of great question,
politicians and journalists only show how limited
is their appreciation Of the revolution that is
taking place in the popular mind Of the coun.
try. II was not the Syracuse coalition which
brought about the union of parties in this State
against Lincoln; it was the great patriotic
Union sentiment Of the people which brought
about the coalition. The people had become
thoroughly disguised with the WEAKNESSES and
corruptions Of party organizations, and had
allowed all those rotten and worthless machines
to fall to pieces. The democratic party was
thoroughly broken up at Charleston and Balti
more, and as for the American party. it ended
its brief and inglorious career four years ago.
But the materials Of these parties still remained
with a traditional remnant Of their organiza.
ton, and these materials, combined with those
that had always existed outside Of all parties
might be brought together to form a new and
irresistible power against the progress Of sec
tionalism. That was the view which the HERALD
took and inculcated; that was the scutimen,
which animated the conservative masses
at the North and at the South; that was
the policy to which the arrangement, ut
Syracuse came to give a direction. But it
ton Of parties. The parties represented as
coalescing had, we repeat, ceased virtually
to exist The design simply was, and is, out of
these scattered materials to build up new and
powerful Union party-jlst as the palaces Of
the Eternal City were built out of the materials
of the Coliseum and other temples of pagan
Rome.
The great and overshadowtng political ques-
ton OF the day in connection with the Presi-
dency il therefore the birth of this great Union
aud conservative party, and the power which it
lie TO WELD. II knows no sectional limits From
Maine TO California, and from the Atlantic to the
lakes, the principles Of that party vivify the
public mind. Those principles simply are
fidelity to the Union, the constitution and the
laws. respect to the rights and interests Of all
sections Of the confederacy, and uncompromis-
ing hostility to abolitionism in the North and
disunionism in the South. Can any doubt be en-
tertained Of the irresistible power Of such
peoples party: How despicable in COMPARE
son are the miserable sectional factions which
have so long cursed the country. That is the
party which we have aimed at creating: that Is
the party which Is being organized in this State
and which will save New York from casting its
electoral vote for Lincoln.
Time enough remains TO give an Irresistible
force to this popular movement. IL has taken
strong hold Of the public mind here, as will be
demonstrated by the monster meeting which
viii soon he held in this city In furtheranee Of
its designs We expect to see New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and
perhaps other Northern States, follow In our
wake. There certainly Is enough conservative
feeling in oil these States to give the death
blow to abolitionism. The only thing needed
Is union Of the conservative clements Ken.
lucky, North Carolina, Missouri, Alabama and
other Southern States ere dealing summarily
with their political pests-the secessionists.
Let not the Industrious, commercial, eonserya-
tive North be less patriotic In crushing out their
pests-the abolltionists. But above all II rests
with lie OF New York, with the patriotic and
conservative men Of this city and Of this State.
&c show our adherence Of sectionalism and
Our deyouon to the Union And we car do Il.
We cor. give the vote Of the State TO the Union
electoral ticket formed at Syracuse, and BY
tina. means We cen effectively prevent the cleo.
ten of sectional candidate Ia TIE person OF
Abraham Lincoln.
There need be no apprehension that By thus
defeating az election By the people We only
te,f tee chances Of Breckenridge. the other sec.
lossl e1ids.s, "a the Hesse. TIA. eaa easily