The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-23

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Cork market For particulars we refer to another
place
The Position of the Country and the Pre-
stdenrial N Nominations.
The Presidential contest is beginning to as
sumo come apparent order before the people.
Two conventions have brought forward their
candidates and platforms, and the political
leaders, who have yet to define their positions,
are busily writing letters, issuing addresses,
! and calling meetings in different parts of the
country, to further the interests of particular
candidates whom they still desire to have no.
minated. OF this character was the meeting
held last night at the Cooper Institute.
There are probably four millions out of the
| five millions of voters in the country who are
DESTROYS and determined to give their support
| to conservative ticket at the next November
election, and 1t is the fact of the existence of
so large popular majority against the radical
lican party that encourages the hungry poll
ticians to present abstract and minor dis
tinctions, as emitting them particularly to
the conservative vote. With the exception
Of this division among the conservative
politicians, the coming contest bears great
similarity to that of 1852. The chief character
istics Of the political agitation are identical in
their nature; but this year they are much more
marked than they have been in any preceding
contest, from the fact that the ideas and aims
of the black republicans have become more
clearly developed in their revolutionary
character.
In 1852 the Presidential election was, o. II
were, grand ratification Of the compromise of
1850, under which the old giants had buried
the dangerous and impractical issue of political
abolitionism. On that hope Pierce was trium-
phantly elected over the most popular and sue
cessful of our living military heroes. General
Scott had been nominated by the radical Sec
ton of the broken down whig politicians, who
trusted TO his great services and unsullied
name to carry them into power. II was this
fact which turned the people from him. The
greater mass Of the conservative vote dis
trusted the Influences that would have sur
rounded him had he been elected, and they
gave their SURFACES to a comparatively
unknown name. Since then these radical in
iuencos have developed and become organized
in the black republican party, and In many re-
spects the mask hitherto worn has been thrown
of.
The Chicago Convention has thrown aside
the real leader and organizer Of the party, be-
cause, "a some Of the wirepullers assert, he
would have been too considerable towards the
South, or because others Of the more radical
party leaders felt that over him they could not
WELD the influence they could over q man OF
smaller mental calibre. They therefore, by
the artful contrivance Of a big wigwsm, which
would admit large number Of spectators,
expression of local feeling in favor Of man
comparatively unknown out of Chicago and
the State Of Illinois, by which the enthusiasm
of toe delegations In favor of their true party
leader was overborne and crushed out The
man whom they have put in nomination has all
the dangerous theories OF Seward, without the
curb of his experience in statesmanship
Months before Stewards Rochester speech.
Lincoln proclaimed the same brutal and
bloody idea Of an "irrepressibe conflict be-
tween the North Ind South; and more than
year before John Browns raid into Virginia,
the present black republican candidate for Pre-
sident announced his intent TO go down TO the
banks Of the Ohio river, and throw abolition
missiles into Kentucky to disturb slavery there
All this is plain and evident 10 the conserva-
tive elements OF the country, and they unsni.
mously reject the man who has Stewards re-
evolutionary ideas without his Judgment, and
John Browns mania without his pluck.
The nomination Of Bell and Everett by the
Union Convention at Baltimore was sponta-
neous exhibition Of the conservative feeling OF
the political elements which are in opposition
to black republication, without coalition with
the democratic organization. I. was in o mea-
sure directed by the old whig politicians, who
have long been out In the cold Of the political
climates, aud who saw the possibility OF slipping
into warm seats through the dissensions Of the
ambitious leaders Of the democracy. Thus far
the Nomination has not amounted TO much.
because II is not yet known whether the
managers Of the democratic organisation
are going 70 quarrel among themselves,
and present rival candidates on abstract and
humbugkiDg issues about pro.slsvery legisla-
ton or squattsr sovereignty fallacies for the
Territories.
In this state Of affairs the public attention is
turned TO the conventions which are TO meet at
Richmond and Baltimore. II these sink their
sectional and personal preferences, and come
together on platform which truly represents
the issue before the people, nominating men
who are not creatures of any clfrue they can