New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-24
rHE AHeUMENT or AvArLABITIrY.

TIE A2sNCStGsA
There are great many persons 50 ayerse to
being N minority that they never take position,
either in politics or anything else, ntil they ascer-
tain which Is the strong side. That Candidate
stands no chasse,n in the current slang of the
day is amply sufficient reason for them 70 aesef'
that candidate at once, however much tney nay
otherwise be inclined TO sustain him. ihey HaVea
bolx haired M minorities- them as nature
K said 10 ahlior a VACUUM his Satanic Majesty
| il popuiarsy supposed TO hate holy water These
are yo,ir moral cowars-too timid to stand alone,
ar even in a respectable minority. 1t is not for
| such people as these, whose opposition is always
nre fsrabe TO their support, that we copy the fol
lowing admirable article from the National Intelf
renoer-but for those honest and conscentiets
citizens who are sincerely anxious to do what is
best in the present political contest to avert he
evils of Black Republican triumph, and have aot
get made uE their minds that the only mode of
escape consists in cordisl union OF all eenssrya
tives upon the Constitutional ticket of Ben and
Everett:
THE a sNo-CHANGEr ARer MENT.-We are sure
that our readers have marked with satisfaction the
| daily increasing evidences Of the popular favor
which everywhere attends the nominations of the
Constitutional Union party. 1t is one of the pecu.
arities of the pending canvass that, while each of
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peculiar adherents aud special patrons, they all
alike unite in accepting the policy and the candi-
dates of the Constitutional Union movement as their
second choice.a The ardent friends Of Breckin-
/ ridge and Lane of Douglas and johnson, of Lincoln
/ and Hamn, in default Of securing the election of
| their political fayorites, look with complacency
/ upon the success of Bell and Everett. The fact is
| not without its easy explanation and constitutes
in itself merited tribute not only to the high per-
sonal worth of the candidates thus distinguished
! by the preferences of friends and opponents, but
| also bears strong testimony to the preemnently
national and satisfactory public sentiment which
they represent
j The exponents of policy which looks to the
pacifcaton OF the sections SO long aTTayed against
each other in an antagonism as unnatural in its be-
ginnings needless in its continuance, these hon
ored names are already accepted by the consent
ing voice of their countrymen as the harbinger of
\ repose, if only repese be deemed matter Of the
first necessity. As practical interests of either
4 section, according to the admission OF those who
respectively profess themselves the peculiar cham
pions of each, are suspended upon the success or
defeat of either the Republican or the Democratic
il candidates it remains to he seen whether the de-
lusive force Of popular will prove sufficiently
strong to repress s the sober second thought N
which propitates the favor Of political opponents
in behalf OF apolicy whose triumph it is recognized
by allwould secure the ends of Justice, moderation
i and peace.
! The only opposition which the Constitutional
4 Union party seems called to encounter in the
Northern States il based on the alleged pauctv of
its supporters in that quarter. 1t would thus ap-
Y pear that Conservative Republicans at the North
in common with Union-lovng Democrats at the
1 South, have no charge to bring against Bell and
| Everett which they cannot remove by giving to
those eminent statesmen the hearty and united sup
i port which they are admitted to deserve at the
hands OF in all sections and of all political de-
nominations. One Of the most intelligent, as GER
talnly one among the most candid, of the Republi-
4 can journals-we allude to the New York CONNER
| mercial Advertiser has not hestated to admit
that the Constitutional Union party adopts !. the
standard which should representthe popular mind 2
if it be true that owing to the evil of the times it
! may not be said to take the standard which does
represent the actual state of the rrtated sections
To this support that excellent journal recently re-
marked as follows, in speaking Of the party we
have named:
aConnected with it are unquestionably some of
our coantry's best men and sincerest patriots but
they have fallen into the error of supposng that
they can make party because of their high per
sona characters and positions in the country. For
their platform they look within themselves instead
of into the popular mind. They take the standard
that should represent the popular mind, instead of
that which does, and the inevitable consequence is
| that, instead OF rallying the masses around them
they muster in their ranks only the select few, and
weaken other parties without becoming party
themselves
Recent events have greatly modified the seem
ing force of the only allegation here brought for
ward in excuse for withholding from the Constitu-
tional Union movement the support to which it ii
admitted to be entitled on grounds of moral obli-
SdIuB, IA 90uiy lidt tHOTul ODlBaLOl can De con-
ciliatea with the practical wisdom which respects
in their due subordination the facts as they
are. We do not know that we are called in the
forum of politics. any more than in the forum
of conscience, to lower the standard which
should represent the popular mind in order
to make way for that which does. The casl.
istry which demands that the right should also
be proved the egpedie before it may Justly chal-
lenge the homage of men has long since been
driven in disgrace from the schools, though, from
the attention recently given by some of our con.
temporaries to calculations Of political chances
and probabilities it would seem that there is still
one domain in which it is not deemed safe to strike
bravely forthe right unless assured that the strong
est battalions are also arrayed ON its side. For the
benefit of such haltng spirits we have only to cite
the Virgilian maxim which points the inspiring |
force of high resolve in the prospect Of prize held
up as the incentive and the reward of manly and +
perseVering efforts: poSs,tnt q0id posse Uiden- I
tRr For if it were true that any considerable
weight should have been justly given at any time I
to the no.ehance argument, as It has been satir-
ically called, it must be conceded that the time I
has now passed, and that the friends of Bell and I
Everett may everywhere labor for the success Of |
their chosen candidates under auspices which
afford the reasonable hope of success in the line of
patriotic duty.
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