Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-08-16
The Herald on the Contest.

The New York Herald Of Monday is out in another
long and able article urging the conservatives through
out the country support Bell and Everett as the only
means Of defeating lincoln The following is an e1-
tract from its article, which contains vast deal of
sound sense and sound advice
"FrOm the indications furnished by the elections in
the South the Union party represented by Bell and Ey
erett is the strongest and is just the conservative nu
ceus around which the divided forces OF the Democracy
could rally without compromise or humiliation on either
side The Union party cannot win by ITSELF with two
other conservative tickets in the field and neither Of
the two wings Of the Democracy be successful for
the The only alternative left IS that they
both the assistance OF the Union ticket help
TO defeat Black Republeanism.
These two factions cannot fairly ask the Union to
unite with them for they united themselves; and
would he useless for the UnionS's Join either OF
them Indeed i would be impossible for them to agree
As 70 which OF the two Democratic camps they would
dock 10 in the different States. But the Union party
a unit, They seek the same object as the Democracy
the defeat of RepubEcanism-and have quarrel with
either section OF it, Why, then, should not both
tons Of Democrats marshal themselves under the stand
ard Of the Union for this election TO avert the press
ing danger aud prevent the aScendancy of desperate
faction who have proclaimed 4 sectional against
the institutions of the South whose result only be
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the Federal Republic? Ii is clear
that With three conservative tickets in the field all dyi-
Ied from each other aud acting against each much
against the enemy the republican party must tn
umph beyond all doubt house divided against itself
cannot stand.
.Tae great mass Of the conservative elements Of the
North are anxiousy looking for way in which they
can ress; the onward march Of Repubicanism The
ouly practicable way is that which have pointed out
OF GO evils the Democracy ought to choose the lesser
It is lesser evil TO elect Bell than Lincoln; aud the
natter nov stands the other must be elected
Let the Democracy unable TO elect candidate of their
own determine which OF the they will send 20
The White House. and which OF the two parties would
be the safer TO be entrusted with power.
at seems 70 Us that this question ought 10 be very
easily decided. Let great meeting be called at once
IN this city 10 settle the question, aud let similar meet
ngs be held IN the other cities and throughout the
ry IL is not too late. There still three months TO
the election Much can be done in that time. II the
union movement that recommend be adopted-and
it is the ouly practicable ore, the only that be
successful-there would be such burst Of enthuS
l,m and such Juror Of patriotic excitement would
sweep the revolutionary republican party out of exist
euce"
Coming from a Breckenridge organ, the suggestion
of the Herald ought to weigh great deal with the
B,eckurdge Democrats. The Herald is right-nothing
ia clearer in this world than that the only certain way
70 defeat Lincoln IS for both the Douglas and Breckin
re Democrats TO vote for Bell