The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-14

and render 1t completely harmless
ia the next Congress, even though Mr. Lincoln
should receive majority of the electoral votes
of the Union and be installed as President in
the White House. A republican administration.
with an opposition united majority against 1t Ia
both houses Of Congress, would be powerlsss
for mischief and could never carry out it, revo-
lutionary designs.
Warning 90 the south IN behsif 81
Lincoln's Adm illustration, and, PerhaPs,
. Little Too Fat.
Our ecstatic contemporary, the Tribune, In the
,ull confidence Of q republican President from
and after the 4th Of March next, undertakes
70 give gentle warning to the politicians OF
the South. They are thus admonisned that It
would be best for them to ab'ddon the de-
vice Of represer ting the republicans as band
Of crazy fanatics, intent o. the immediate and
compulsory abolition Of Aavery;' that IT Is folly
LONGER 10 persist in representing Helper and
John Brown as We expounders Of republican
nrinciples. am that our Southern brethren
would do WI, in this connection, to remember
that "it b been 80 habitual with anti-republi-
can sy>akers and writers-especially at the
souAEto represent the republicans as intent
"a compulsory emancipation Of the blacks,
yAat negro instruction {perhaps more than
one) is very likely to follow the knowledge of
a republican triumph
This danger, we are next told, lis one which
calls for the exercise Of wisdom, vigilance and
true courage throughout the slave States to pre-
vent q most deplorable waste Of human
that the sensible, patriotic citizens Of the
South should interpote at once to stop the
ridiculous gasconsde Of disunion;" for that
this thing "csn exert no influence over the free
States, except to confirm them In their fixed re-
solve not to be bullied out Of their convictions
by menaces which strike at the root of constitu.
tional government" and much more In the
same vein. We interpret 1t all as signifying
that unless the conservatives Of the South come
up at once to cordial acquiesoence in Lin.
coins election, they will be apt to suffer for
their neglect In the outbreak. here and there,
of servile Instructions.
This Is certainly terrible rod Of coercion to
hold over the Southern States. Yon must sup
port our President and party In power, or look
out that your slaves do not turn upon you
Have care, or they may really believe that
the mission of the republican party Is to free
them and, thus encouraged, they may strike
for their own deliverance. Is not this despe
rate expedient to frighten the South into sub
mission! Can any good come of it: On the
other hand, Is 1t not fearfully suggestive Of the
future programme Of the republican party:
These warnings Of our republican co.
temporary are based upon the GER
tainty of Lincolns election. But he i not
yet elected, and his friends should not forget
the old truism OF "many slip twixt the cup
and lip Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana
have all gone BY the board, and cannot be re-
covered against Lincoln, we admit but in all
these States the factious jealousies and person
al feuds among Douglas men, Breckenridge
men and Beil-Everett men have been stronger
interests to unite them. Their intestine quar-.
rels Get them to devouring each other, and
while thus engaged their common enemy step
ped forward and knocked them all In the head
In New York the same state Of things would
now exist had such old party caucus and worn
out hack politicians as Dean Richmond and
John A. Green, and others Of the same sort,
been permitted to rule the roast Bat their
foolish and suicidal proceedings en- both sides
disgrsted our sober, practical, conservative
men. and the consequence is that from 40 indie
pendent volunteer union committee Ia this city
We have scared union electoral ticket for
this State against Lincoln, upon which all the
factions concerned are cordially, and from
proper sense Of necessity, concentrating their
strength.
The battle has still to be fought 10 New
York, and she holds the balance Of 20 yer 10
her hands. According TO all our election re-
suits Of the last four years, from year to year,
there is conservative majority In this State
against the republican party of at least forty
thousand; ard II may still be strong enough to
turn the scale In November, allowing liberal
margin for assertions and deiections And so,
before the Tribune proceeds TO lift the curtain
upon the second act of the republican drama.
let Us have the denouement Of the FIRST The
maid, with the milking pail on her head, was
very confident Of q new silk gown; but in the
very act ofdeciding upon the color thereof she
orgot the Law Of gravitation, and all was lost
Lincoln cannot be elected without the vote Of
New York, and he will have to eight to get Il.
Tux Pnu-,DELPHn NEWSPAPERS AND The
New ioRK HERAD.-The Philadelphia news
papers are apparently very much astonished a,
the result Of the Pennsylvania election, and
are perplrxing their brains With al sorp Of
sheories to account for the crushing defeat Of
Foster. Their utter ignorance Of what wa.