, 1860-09-29


TIE latest attemp: 10 unite the opponents Of
Lincoln has me: with more disastrous failure
than any Of the many previous attempts. All
the elements refuse to coalesce. On the Breck.
!nr1dge side, for instance, we hRve the speech of
Mr: Brady ut Albany, in which he denoupces
fusion in the tttersst terma Mr. Brady is the
"hard" candidate for the GoTernorship Of the
State, and cone what will, he ia determined to
hare his full 1ua Of three months in that honor.
able capacity. Ua does not mean to be diye.t
cd Of bis rights; aud whllo he known that Mr.
Dreckloridge will not be elected, and declares it
impossible for Douglas to get .ing'e electoral
vo:s, he ia go certain Of Lsncon's success that
hs atready predicts tie composition Of bis cabi-
ne:: According to Brady, Mr. Seward Is booked
as Secretary Of State, and in The assurance of
this fact, he does not think it worth willis for
the Nationals to b-fou! themselves with apT
Douglas or Know Nothing contact
ou the otter hand, The Staats. Ztitunq, the
German organ Of Douglasism, gires, in this
mornings paper, final word npon the whole
subject Of fusion. Mr. uenry's committee. il
Eays. hc5 set shout executing the prcjecs in the
right way. 1t has made an electoral ticket.
which represents mere negation, on the Eim-
pie feeling ct hostility to tue Republicans. All
who are willing to abandon their party princi.
pies aud party organizations. may consistently
vote for such mongrel affair. But in doing so.
The Ssaots. .Zsitung thinks, 1hey will neitLer 90,
complish the specific end they hare in view
the defeat Of Lincoln-nor any other desirah]e
end. I'VE doubt" says the German editor.
"whcther, with all the distrust of the Republl.
caae, tho majority Of forty millions Of people
will commit their political future to the cbaroe
Of a coalition which announces no principles, in.
dlcates no pcl;cy. and ubose only loadstone Ia
'hatEed' OF their oppoEeots; hnd va doubt
wheths1, if that c3u,d be doae, the admiris,rx-
tion which would follow could ut all weakeu tho
Republican party, Or do It Is much injury q it
- amid II iF1~ asf
combination which rests upon simple neoa.
.ion, and ~ithou: vitality Of its own, even if q
happy change should gre it triumph, must
have very brief aud ve1y sad existence" The
1t44ts Zxi&vng ard the Democratic division it
represents turn to tho future for their only con-
EGfatary prospects.
But while the Breckenridge aud Douolasites
agree in one thing alone, the repudiaken of fu-
BOD, it wonld appear thar the Americans. who
hsEe been moSt eager for the result. are brriu-
Mug t. gise it up. We have before M a conv
Of the Essex County (Sew York; R<pu5licdn,
which publishea list Of the names Of tvo hun.
dred citizens Of heekville, the town in which it
is issued. who hare declared their intention 10
support Lincoln and uamiin. The list il thus
headed:
"Ths following named gentlemen, eompris-
ing the leading and active men in the American
party frem 1854, all Of whom voted for Fillmore
~ 1855, sud Who hare year after year carried
from fifty to one hundred majority, feeling con.
v!ineed that distinct and separate organization
is no longer practicable or expedient. and tbat
the attempt of Brooks aud his colleagues to
transfer the free.oil. protective tariff Democrats
and old Wings Of this town into tho ranks Of
the e.pro~slaverJ Democracy. should be repudi-
ated; hereby give notice that they refuse to be-
sold, and scorn aud reject the unauthorized
transfer, which il as insulting as the mercenary
aud malicious notires which instigated it are
degrading to ita authors
"Belie!lng the principles Of the Republican
OF Peoples party, as laid down in the Chicago
platform, to be night, and that tbs candidates
atanding on that platform will, in the future, ss
they have in the past, prove to be conservative,
safe an nationa! n'en; and believing, too, that
they are the only men in the field vino can bo
elected By the people, they bRve fully aud finsl
y dec;dsd to cast their rotes for Lincoln and
IIamlin."
Here follow tho names Of the two hundred
who nre not to BE- deluded By the fatse lights Of
fusion In many parts Of the State we doubt
cot, the same feeling prevails among the Amer
leans.