The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-17

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Onr Fcur Political Parties-Their Candl-
datep and Their Gale ulAtions.
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chopped meat, picked behring's, oil, onions
vinegar, &c, and it is. therefore, to dish of
political salnagundi that we specially invite,
this morning, the attention of our readers. In
the same general chapter, in four distinct let.
ters, each from different quarter and differ
ent sort Of politician. we present the views,
opinions and calculations of the managers Of
the republican party, the Breckenridge demo-
cratic party the Bell and Everett Union party,
and the Douglas democratic party.
We present these different party views in the
order Of their apparent strength, respectively
before the country as Presidential parties, and
We apprehend that no intelligent person will
dispute the correctness Of our classification
The several parties concerned. however, will
discover, from this first instalment that our
columns are open to all-Lincoln men,
Breckenridge men. Bell men and Douglas
men. so far as they may be able
10 throw any additional light upon the broad
and general question of this Presidential con-
test. Thus, to intelligent correspondents of the
four parties in the field we throw open our
columns, in order that the independent Ameri-
can people through the medium Of this journal,
at least. may have the means and materials for
fair judgment between these four contesting
parties.
The two most prominent features of the let
tiers which we publish to-day are-6rst, the high
confidence Of the republicans in what they call
the inevitable election of Lincoln; and, second
". the self-evident necessity Of combination
or cooperation among the three other parties
TO defeat him. Thus, while the friends of
Breckenridge are coasting about for an arrange
ment whereby they may carry Pennsylvania,
which they think will do to make up the cleo
toral vote necessary to elect their man, the
party supporting John Bell are ready to help to
secure the lions share of the vote OF New York
to Douglas, so as to throw the election into
Congress, where they think Bell, in the House,
may turn up our next President.
1t will be remembered that in 1886, when
Martin Van Buren, was the regular nominee Of
the democratic party, the odds and ends Of the
opposition put up three naturalization,
Webster, and White. Of Tennessee-and that
Van Buren, beat them ALL They were weakened
by their divisions, while Van Buren, was
strengthened by the unity Of his party. So
now the divisions Of the odds and ends opposed
to the republican party, although representing
large majority Of the popular vote, are so
much weakened by their three candidates.
Breckenridge, Douglas and Bell-that unless
they can all agree to pull together they must all
agree to a common defeat.
If the Douglas faction and the Breckenridge
faction could only, in this State, be brought
into the same frame of mind as the Brooks
Brothers, of the firm of Bell and Everett, heaven
aud earth would be turned inside out IL necessa-
~ to defeat Lincoln. But we fear that while Mr..
Douglas goes forth on the holy mission of
hunting down the Southern fre-eaters, Mr..
Breckenridge hns been put on his track to hunt
down the Little Giant. Still. we think that as O
half loaf is better than no bread at all, the
Douglas faction and the Breckenridge faction
may DC pefsuaoeo III shese naiu 'i"'e' W eo"'
bne. even upon the same Presidential electoral
ticket in consideration Of the vast quantity Of
city corporation spoils, county offices, State
Legislature spoils and Congressional vacancies
TO be looked after and provided for in our
coming Northern elections.
We leave our batch of Letters on the subject
to the digestion of our readers; but let not the
opponents Of our modern republicanism de-
SPAR. We have an interval yet Of three months
and half to the Presidential election, and
within this time the defeat of Lincoln may
cease to be difficult enterprise, and become
matter Of manifest destiny.