The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-27

Northern View ~ che Osnpaagn-rrespsct
- . Conservative Rssstasa.
While the dissolutisa Of the demsorAtic party
releases ~ South from its despotic rule II ne
Lest twenty years, and viii operate n hat Sec
ton, under Bell and Everett. 10 bring into &c
foreground . substantial conservative Union
party, somewhat resembling the cid wing party.
there is good prospect Of q similar reaction In
the North
Az the parties in this contest now stand,
Douglas occupies the position of q mere 6libus-
ter or guerilla fighter, not expecting anything
but an ignominious humiliation In the general
battle Of November, but employed BY his ad-
herents 10 watch the roads and cut OF bag
gage train here and there in our Northern local
elections. His supporters seem 10 entertain the
idea that be has boundless popularity, and
that, in spite Of all the heavy odds against him,
his name will enable his psrtisans to elect a
few State executive officers and legislators in
the Northern States, and perhaps even few
scattering members Of Congress-
This Is q lamentablc reduction Of the
original Douglas programme; but even
this We fear is too much. The Brock
inridge ticket, with the administration at its
back, will really leave Mr.. Douglas without
any of the sinews Of war for tho present, and
without any collateral securities for the future
On the other hand, the Independent conserva-
tive members of the democratic party, looking
to the future from the ruins of their party camp
in the North as well as in the South, will be
very apt To fall back upon the ticket of Bell
and Everett as afording the best existing nu-
cleus for new, sound and healthy national
organization.
The mercantile and manufacturing classes of
the North, like the substantial Shareholders of
the South, are eminently conservative in their
political instincts, habits and opinion. Their
interests make them 80. These substantial
classes of the community are, therefore, as
much opposed to the "irrepressible conflict" of
the North against the South as they are to that
wild Southern faction which seeks to lead Z" the
cotton States into a revolution" and separate
Southern confederation.
The Bell ticket, North and South, at this mo-
ment, represents large proportion Of the solid
Wcuitu vi tuC CoUhuy. Out oi tAC OAAotihS SVH-
fusion of the democracy, and considering the
sectional limitations of the republican party,
this Constitutional Union party, 80 much ridi-
culod of late for its weakness, will soon be
respected for its strength. Should the election,
by any lucky chapter of accidents be thrown
into Congress, the contest in the House will be
between Lincoln, Bell and Breckenridge, and in
the Senate, most probably, between Hamlin and
Everett, as the two highest candidates from the
people.
In this event the only compromise upon which
the House will be able to agree for President
will be John Bell and should the House fail,
Everett, by the action of the Senate in having
elected him Vice President, will become the
President. But assuming that Lincoln will be
elected by the people, it is safe to predict that
his party will begin to fritter away from the
moment he begins to divide the spoils. From
that moment this Constitutional Union party will
begin to shine as the rising sun, and the
heir apparent for the succession-a great
homogeneous national party North and
South, resting its cause upon the solid
financial, commercial and industrial Interests of
the country, and upon a suspension Of this ter
rible slavery agitation which has wrecked all
our defunct Presidential parties Of the last forty
years.