The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-26

Is universally Cchcvueu 'ua' u'i''
vote of New York can be turned against hin.
Lincoln's election il inevitable. IL We can,
then. Satisfactorily show, from the facts ana
circumstances bearing upon the case, that the
day has gone by for the redemption Of NV
York, we settle all doubts touching the issue OF
this Presidential contest. This task we now
take IN hard. as simple matter Of duty to our
intelligent readers, and as an act Of sin pie jus
tee to all parties concerned
Our contemporaries in behalf OF the Union
eleetol al ticket Of this State are s,ilic ,ntend-
ing, from the results OF QUE elections in 1856
@7-'5s-'59, hat there is a heavy popular ma
j r,'y -'il existing in the State hostile to the
republican party. We have earnestly labored
a9ou lie -sme plausible statistics t. encourage
the fusion Of all the conservative elements Of
the Commonwealth against Lincoln. But, call
ed 10 take a dispassionate view Of the field,
f,om tie suggestive results Of these late Penn
sylyana Ohio and Indiana elections, we dis
cover that all our statistics of preceding cleo
tions. even az late as 1859, are worthless, ut
terly worthless. And wherefore? Simply be-
cause the disruption OF the democratic party
has thrown the Whole game into the enemys
hands
When the representatives OF the democracy
assembled in their national council at Charles
ton, the Presidential succession was clearly
within their reach. A substantial and signiG
can't popular conservative reaction had COM
menced in the North, in anticipation Of the
union OF all the democratic sections, factions
and cliques upon a common Presidential ticket.
Encouraged by this belief, the conservative ele-
ments nobly rallied against the republicans in
Connec cut, and very nearly carried the State.
Rhode Island they did carry, against picked
representative Of the "irrepressible conflict"
by handsome majority Had these Northern
popular manifestations in behalf of union and
harmony at Charleston been properly appre.
ciated by tina Convention, there would have
been no difficulty in opening the way for
a decisive national triumph over the republi-
cans in November.
To this end the nomination of some such ma
tional democratic Union ticket as Dickinson and
Stephens, of Georgia, or Breckenridge and Lane,
or Horatio Seymour and Jefferson Davis, with
whatever, would have suficed to lead the de-
mocracy to victory. The so called consti'u
tional Union party Convention at Bal
timore-a mere waif upon the waves-might
still have nominated a separate ticket
for the local purposes OF the Southern oppesi
ton party, but practically it would have
amounted to nothing. The South would have
IN xha nat bat nd tha
old line whig and American conservatives Of
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Indiana, between that
ticket and the republican ticket, would have
been at no loss as to their line Of action.
But the conflicting candidates and cliques at
Charleston brought that convention to revo.
lutionary explosion, and from that moment the
great Northern popular tide which had been
setting in towards the democracy began to turn
against them. Still 1t was not too late at Balt
more to repair damages. The New York dele.
cation there-yea, one man Of that delegation,
had be esteemed the defeat Of the republican
party in this contest as the paramount object
Falling short Of this duty, in choosing the local
chances OF hallway Offering to the anti slavery
sentiment of New York, rather than bold ven
ure for natio nal triumph, the chief Of the
New York delegation finished at Baltimore the
work commenced at Charleston, to wit, the
dismemberment and dissolution Of the demo.
cratic party.
With that split OF this party into two
hostile camps, the conviction became
almost universal among men Of all sections and
parties that the republican Presidential ticket
would walk over the course. The rejection of
Seward and the nomination Of Lincoln as the
republican candidate, instead OF weakening,
strengthened this general impression. The
August elections in Missouri and Kentucky
disclosed, in the one case, the confidence and
enthusiasm Of the republicans, and In the other
the hopelessly crippled condition Of the de.
moeracy. Vermont and Maine, In September,
still more significantly betrayed the drift of the
wind, and Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana, in
October, have exhibited Northern popular
stampede which sets all opposing calculations,
election statistics and fusion possibilities at de-
fance.
In the way OF illustration, let US take the case
of Pennsylvania. In 1856 her Presidential
vote In round numbers, was thus divided
For Mr.. Buchanan. Observation-Disclosures. $500
For Mr. Fillmore ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $1,000
Total antirepubcan vote ...,..,...... 3l2 900
For Colonel Fremont, republican. ......... LAT 900
Majority against the republicans. .-. les 900
Now In this late Pennsylvania election
where there was every external appearance
Of coalition between both factions Of
the democracy and the old line Fillmore wings
and Americans upon Foster for Governor,
be should have been elected, according to these
figures, by q splendid majority, with liberia
allowances to the republicans for all drawbacks
on the other side. But look at the actual