New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-21
"ile wish was aiber % the thoughg "a that antci-

"the wish was fatber 70 the thought ia that antic
patton; for we felt solemn yicon or the certainty
Of bis defeat and tie nominal repr tentative of the
conservative principle IN nfionaI noltic. he
seemed to us as one exsmplary vet arart for such
sacrifee But the majority Of the Republican dele.
gates at Chicago reasoned sacy as we lid In relation
~ Mr. Seward P9sl'ioh before the people, and were
too astne 10 mmoatc their hope Of victory upon the
altar OF TIER asc ION for impraccable chief They
cODsequ'ntly abandoned Seward for Lincoln, the
whllon ar.agonist Of Douglas, and we canno: help
thpkin% that they did il for two reasons; Fret be-
cause ar. Lincoln possesses the negative qlahct0n
% teng comparatively unknown, ana therefore pre-
sents n more favorable fedld of claborag?l for tie
ropuIar imaginalion Secondly, because BE nOmna-
ton may tempt las we think It will the counter-noni.
nation Of Nr. Douglas, that the two may
test their respective popuares, but this time on
Qrasder scae o. political magnitude.
The Democratic Convention TO be held at Baltimore
will probably present us with the name Of Douglas,
and The seeding Southern States with a name more
Immediately identified with their own feelings and in
terefte In view Of such an event. IL would be too
much TO predict that Abraham Lincoln would be orr
next President. II the Democratic party of the North
aud South continue in its present disposition 70 sepa-
rate it can nationally expect no other result. " Dr.
vide and conquer If an old pAaxim, under which its
opponents have wrested more than one victory from
tee Democratic majority, ana tley kecnly alive to
It's applicability on the pr esent occoeion In Mr. LIN
coin they have present I'd gentleman who viii very
nearly poll every vote of the Republican party and the
greater portion OF dat of the Eastern Ab0llonIots'
With Douglas aIainet him. be would ENJOY flr op-
portuny TO calyS Pennsylvania and New-Jersey. lie
would certa.aly carry Ncw-YOrk. How much would
! be, then, nj short 0f an election
It follows if we are correct in our premises, that
the result Of The next Presidential election depends en-
reby mon The course of the June Baltimore Conyen-
tim III The North aud South can unite upon popu-
! lar nominee at that Convention, Ne VIII De eleced.
/ thew cannot both North and South may count upon
contemplating Abraham Lincoln "a the next occupant
"a ''' v From The Albany Alias and Arga,
Mr.. Lincoln first heard OF III polltlcs year ago
last FALL when, limping with wounds ana howins
with anguish he was driven through the State OF Ill,
non by Douglas and defeated with the taclt approval
Of the majority Of bis party and with the puGhcy
expressed gratuations of Greeley, Weed aud others
Last Spring he made s debut IN this Stale as an ora
tor and commenced by charging for his speeches atae
rate of 500 apiece and forced to deSlst and such
public expressions Of contempt that he my be said to
have been fairly hissed ont OF the State He has never
held public office Of any credit, and IL not known
cept a slGng@ hanging stump eaker of class with
which party teens, ard o. which all parties
ashamed. HereIresents no principle and no sentiment
except hostility TO Seward nor did any consideration
Of expedieDcy dictate b. nomination for he is unyer
sally weaker everyw acre than the New Senator,
who II must hot Pc forgotten, was never defeated, ID
Lincoln never succeeded, in an election compare
hr Stewards strength with bis ryal-ilrst III the lie,
puOnca pa' ty proper, next among the dsoausieu anu
estranged elements of the Democracy and then among
tue natP rallied citzens class numbering huhdreds OF
thouS nds of yotersl
b at it is all right The Republican party was
Dc omed to reach end i'll this contest. Soon up,
soon rotten, is the epitaph for that thing OF mus-
room growth As age disease, aud pam, are gwen "
man to reconcile him TO the loss OF hfe SO tins hunia
ton will make death more acceptable to tnat party
which four years ago was so proud, and 80 1uL OF
strength and of promise. IL proves itself unworthy OF
its ostensby high mission retreats i'll the face Of its
enemies, makes cowsrdly captuIation, and surren-
ders its chief and then breaks up aud dissolyes.
boNa lint one qQT uroyy a
revolution 1t is les the Democratic leaders, conscious
of success, and seeing the prize OF the Presidency
within the reach of the weakest candidate should
! rend the approaching Convention by their rvarles.
1t is for the moderate men OF the party-for great
States like New-YOrk, and its now Democratic col
leagues Of the North well for the Central States
| Of the Souh-to combine TO prevent this. The path
of Victory is open before US, and we have but TO par
sue it calmly but firmly TO the glorious end
| From The Trenton True Amerieda
By what process this selection made II Is hard
TO understand but is not difficult To divine what the
result must be. AT the outset the party mad little or
chance of success with their very best man,
Dir. Seward bat in dropping that man and sacrificing
him upon the altar of eXpedency, they have lost what
little chance they had, and Will be ingloriously de-
| feated.
Lincoln will not poll large a vote as FIRE.
| mont In point of principle he is obnoxious any
other Black Republican but he has neither the military
and adventurous fame of Fremont, the prestige Of
talent political sagaciy of Seward. The nomination
is a lad one. 1t has fallen like lump of lead upon
the Black Re publcans who certain defeat s,arln
them IN the face. There is hardly man in the enr
list of nominations who would not do better than Ian
con whose only prominent position before the country
in his controversy in his own State with Judg
Douglas, in which he sgnaly defeated.
Ii is said that he will receive the support OF the
Americans of his State. But if he does, has don
anything to merit that support, he will as certainly
forfeit that OF the fOreign-bOrn citizens.
The Hon. Hannibal Hamlin of Maine received the
nomination for Vice-President, which do the
party the credit to say is entirely IN keeping with the
principal name the ticket. Mr.. iamlln is as black
Mr. Lincoln, ard they both black as-need be.
From The Pennstiranian (Buchanan's Panper Organ)
Seward had been too prominent before the country,
agtator and leader of the black armies TO make
him desirable to the wrepulers and available for their
purposes, at a time when reyuson i'll the feeling of
the nation adverse TO Abolition agitation admonshcd
them to caution, and they chose their standard
bearer man comparatively obscure. Let it not be |
forgotten, however, that this is merely prudential
measure; dodge and eXpedent TO reach power. The
creed of the party is hostility the South and her in
ftitutons and i'll the face OF this glarng word-noO-
rious fact il is absurd to pirate Of moderation Ii |
Lincoln with his modern Hannibal should succeed
iii crossing the Alps il will not be 10 carry the olive
branch. Though MIR. Lncolns fame shines with dim |
light alongside of Seward s-thOugh not as able an |
orator erudite scholar, Lincoln is personally
of the btterest Aboitionss III the country, is
PLAIN enough from his recorded speeches.
From Foyneys Pres douglas organ)
There must have been strong reasons which could |
have induced now, for the second time the rejection
Of Mr. Seward, and the nomination of Mr. Lincoln in
bis place. These obvious. The Charles |
ton Convention adopted the twotrds rule-not two
thirds of tie originally intended but two-thirds
of the whole Convention, from which fifty delegates |
lad already retired and it therefore believed at
Chicago that the nomination OF Mr.. Douglas Balti-
more was impossible Mr. Lincoln was the opponent |
of Mr. Douglas in the late in the State of ILL.,
nois for Senator OF the United States. Mr. Douglas
was successful but with the aid of the Federal oce
holders, who recently presented their discarded dele