The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-14

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The CANDIDATES FoR rm PREsmMoY-aE
CuIArIoN ON THE WMo.-we publish =
reasoned letter from Warrington, specuIat
On the chances Of the different demeora
candidates for tho Charleston nominsas
They are Ill pretty vol disposed Of exc
Breckenridge, Of whose saecsssia scsrtaia q
dBgsncy our correspondence oplaioa sos
BY far too favorable, for Breokinridgs has
strength In bis own Stats, being ovsrsAadsv|
by Guthrie; nor, II nsniaaaed, wsulA hls chaae
Of election be 80 good, either North or Seat
- some other men. The bet man for lie q
mination, and the best TO run, Is Generai fAs
who, having been born In tie South, would
acceptable to Its people, and hsving settled
Indiana, and finally mads Oregon bis hea|
which sent him a. Senator 10 Congress, n
TINS became fsvorably known to the people I
the West, where he outstrips Ia popularity 4
competitors Hs Is just the right sort Of NJ
for New York, New Jersey, Indiana, aa
the other Middle States, where the brunt of q
battle must be foughs, The South, ss we havl
said, would go for him heartily becsuse he M
born within Its limits, and there ID nothind
against him. All, North and South, would CD
dorse popular man like him, who neved
brought the party into trouble, as Douglas had
done for the last two or three years. Lsae
is not very brilliant man, but that is not che
kind Of man that is needed by the country. Hd
Is man of sound principles and good seaGe.
firm and reliable. II was chiefly by his bravery
and GOODNESS that the battle of Buena Vista wss
won, and he receives the nominston ell
Charleston he will probably win greater bet |
tie, and one decisive of more Important ints.
rests than that which broke the power and he
chivalry Of Mexico, and made Its conquest
easy to the United States Then II was ques-
ton whether certain territory would be added
to enlarge the borders Of the republic. Nov,
the existence Of the republic itself is at stalks,
and the safety of the whole Union Is the great
prize which Is to be contended for In the easu-
ing November election The man who wins Il
ought to feel prouder than to be the victor
chief Of Austerlitz or Waterloo.
Next in order Of time come the Union Ops
sition candidates, whose platform Is sabstan-
tally the same as that Of the democracy. Tha.
principal candidates are Bates, Bell and Hous-
ton, Of whom the last appears to be the
most popular. Al to which of tssR
will obtain the nomination at Baitimoec
It is hard to say, for the Union party is not ~
formed There ia only nucleus, and thGeA
no time to gather party around it, nor ~
principle Of attraction or cohesion suficiea'V
strong to rally a new party. even ;e t',---
time, in the presence OF the great issue WHO
absorbs the public interest and centres Ma
the two great parties-the democrats ana y
publicans. Instead OF losing their iaoor u
forming q new r--4y at the eleventh noutA
theae men would be better engaged In aidingA
against the common enemy the party whose
principles and objects arc identical with their
own. They cannot win, and every vote thsy
poll is one taken away from the chances of tho
democrats, who are equally conservative With
themselves
Last of all comes the Chicago Conventioa.
where, Judging by the Light of the most receak
intelligence from all quarters, and the varioua
signs Of the times, William II. Seward viii
obtain the nomination. Bates has no chance
Of It His little sham republican Convention,
got up for him by Blair, was really confined -
one county, and the bogus members wore
picked up at village barrooms, and wherever
else they could be found at, from sixpencs 10 :
ak shillings head. Seward therefore, win
probably be the champion of the republics
party, with the higher law for itsplaforn,
and with this issue: that the free labor of the
North is incompatible in the same Union with
the slave labor of the South; and that an inter
minable war has commenced between the two
systems and the two parties, which must be
waged till one or other is put down, and
all is slave labor or all is free. This issue the
have accepted, and with such man
as Lane to lead them the chances of victory
are in their favor.