The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-09
esrs.sr srwsrd President rsnsoSn ana
shs RspubIicsn Party.

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ihs RspubIicsn Party.
y.ke King saul among TIE isrse,ites, IL
Sc tard u ~ late Presidential canvass, stood
Lss4 auo saouioers above all the other stump
sof s-rfe ~ The republican camp. In the length
..la a.sad Ct his views touching the missisu
at s-e srpubncau party and the manifest destiny
a -t.mao freedom not one Of the numerous
ccsoor- ~ the sane work could keep pace with
~, The ois,ineuis hing point however, in all
toe -petches OF his extended journey-from
Name to Kansss end thence back TO this oity-
uss ne e.rrepIessible conflict" Tbns, setting
out With the declaration that "LiDcolns cleo
nor viii he the downfall OF slavery" Mr..
seward hsrped upon this string from the begin
ninc 20 'he end Of bs expedition.
O,r readers will also remember that when
Nh Seward returned TO the United States from
rvs pilgrimage to the Holy Lard he discovered
that he 'nrepressibls conflict speech deliver.
"a at Rochester in October, ls58-and John
pto~t's 'orsy and the Helper book. bad all
been operarine to damage him as republican
sep,rabt for the Presidency. It will be
= urn DtTNu, no, uidt 0t<T LasiuB euui-
Geo, sims 70 canvass the ground, Mr..
sevsro. Mt the last session Of Congress,
delivered IN the Senate, with his flag at half
usvt. a carefully elaborated speech which WAS
= model q ui!cness and Cancellation, on the
slavery question. The object OF that remark
aide speech vas, OF course, to render its au-
tnor acceptable 10 and available for the Presi-
c.ucy with the conservative wing of the repub
ican camp Bur the effort was failure, and
ihe rouiustion OF "Old Abe Lincoln" as the
republican candidate left Mr.. Seward free to
cecide whether he should or should not take a
hama In the work of the campaign.
II vas given out at first that be would
promptly 're,ire to the shades Of private life;"
that tsvipg been slaughtered in the house OF
biz friends by one Horace Greeley, delegate
IRON Oregon, Mr.. Seward would abandon the
treseherous sea OF politics, and never essay to
navigate US dangerous waves again. With q
Little inc for reflection, however. the Sage Of
Auburn rallied and resolved to enter boldly
into the fight. He carried his resolution into
effect, and. resnming bis ''irrepressible con-
fict." which be had abandoned in the Senate,
be preached it from Maine to Kansas, and back
again to New York.
Ard why this change in his coursei We think
the question may be readily answered. Having
failed in his peace Offering to the republican
conservatives, TO secure the great prize Of his
ambition. Mr.. Seward resolved that "Old Abe
Lincoln" should also be held to his "irrepressi-
bic conflict" Hence these campaign speeches
of our stamping Senator, devoted TO that lone
idea," that 1.-The election Of Lincoln will be the
downfall of slavery"
Now, then, the trial between the Seward
radicals OF the republican camp and the anti
Seward conservatives begins Are we or are
We not to have the practical Inauguration of
the "irrepressibls conflict" under Mr. Lincoln's
administration That u the question. From
present appearances Lincoln Is with the con-
servatives, and they have his private ear and
bis public confidence. But between some Of
the journals Of the opposing interests in this
quarter there are symptoms Of an Impending
crisis" Thus, for instance, the New York
Times, q Seward organ, on the subject of the
incoming administration, says:-"Now that the
election is over, we trust the dsunionists of the
South will receive no more aid and comfort
from the opponents Of the republican party In
the Northern Sta,es"-s wish which savors
somewhat Of scorn, contempt and defiance
This would seem TO indicate disposition on
the part Of the Seward wing of the camp to
push Lincoln's administration to. extremitiest.
But what have we on the other side?
In corner Of yesterdays Tribune we Hnd Q
letter from Alabama, copied from the New
Haven Register, the point Of which Is, that
SHOULD Lincoln be elected there win be dis
solution Of the government" that "South Caro-
lima will secede q certain a. Lincoln ID elect
ed" and that "all the cotton States will fol.
low" And this letter, the Tribune tells us, IL
from "a Union loving conservative man, though
not member Of the democratic party" What
does this signify II looks very much a. II our
anti Seward contemporary had adopted this ex-
pedient as q caution to the President elect
against committing himself 10 the 'irrepressi-
BILE" policy which Mr.. Seward has been 30 in.
dustriously preaching.
But we must await further Developments
II Greeley would overcome the hostility of the
organs and agents 81 Seward, his only cour.e
Ia to come out boldly on the conservative side
and expose the folly Of Stewards idea, that
.Lincolns administration will be the downfall
Of slavery" Nay, more: II Mr.. Lincoln him
self would escape the penalty Of swift destruc-
ton TO bis administration and his party, be will
lose no time in declaring that the abolition
crnfsde which W. II. Seward has preached
throughout the North viii not be the programme
Of the new administration.
SoNE OF THE CrMors RESULTS or THE LATE
ErycTIoss.-Th most remarkable reeult of the
last Presidential battle Is the result In New Jer
sey against Lincoln. That New jersey, OF all
the free States this side the Rocky Mountains