Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-08-10
HOW 10 Defeat LIncolil.

Among the various means suggested or ac-
complishins the defeat of Lincoln, We find the
following suggestion in The New York Herald: :
The PRospEcr ur LILcoLS's ELE,TioS-rnE
! DUTY OF THE 0PposISG CANDIDATES. E$.-TSe clcr:-
ton of Abraham Lincoln MS our He%l Press.
dent is now generally couceded to be nev,a-
BILE. 70 be sure, the Republican party, which
cannot command an electoral vote in the South.
ern States, is minority party IN ihc Northern
States, and with the concentration OF the forces
opposed to it, this party could easily he
driven from the field. But while il j.; united
like Macedonian phalanx, the superior mum
bers Of the Opposition arc divided into several
hostile camps, apparent more intent upon the
destruction of each other than upnh the defeat
Of the common enemy.
The Douglas organs and orators, right and
left, are denouncing the Brcckinridsc ticket as
the disunion ticket, the party supporting it as
the Southern disunion party, and Mr. Buchanan
is charged with being L mere instrument Of
mischief in the hands Of the Southern fire
eaters. On the other hand, the organs and ORA.
tors of the Breckenridge faction repudiate Dou-
glas as trickster and traitor, and selnI-
abolitionst, playing away his hopes, his for.
tunes and his followers, into the receiving baS-
ket of the Republican church. Mr.. Douglas,
meantime, is on his travels, here speaking 10 4
boisterous company of serenaders, there 10 the
curious population Of country village, and
next at Yankee clambakc, ard everywhere,
on all occasions, and for all diseases O The body
polite, advertising and recommending his pa.
tent medicine of popular or s11ia'ler sovereign
ty to tho people
Next. there is the Bcll.Everett, ur the old
eentlemen's party" a very conservative party
cutting in and cutting ont, combining with or
opposing Douglas, or Breckenridge, or both, as
the occasion may seem 10 demand, in tits place,
that place and the other. They would be thank
full too, for the support Of the Republicans,
where such support would be uscful-that is,
| in the border slave StateS--aud they doubtless
expect to get it here and there, in default Of 4
Republican electoral ticket
Now. with these three parties or factions in
the field, dividing the forces opposed 10 the Re
publicans in three separate aruIcS eXhausting
| their ammunition against eac other, or fool
ishly negotiating impossible combinations, there
is nothing in the world to prevent the Rcpub-
lcans cutting them all to pieces, as the first
Napoleon cut up the divided forces Of the Aus
TRANS at Rivoli. 1t is sheer nonsense to talk
| of any other result with tine present divisions
and dispositions of the anti-Rcpublican forces.
We cannot believe that there are ten men IN
hundred thousand, who can read newspa-
per- who, under the circumstances and party
movements of the day, anticipate any other re-
suit than Lincoln's election.
With the union or cooperation OF the popu-
lar elements opposed to him, he could be de-
feated; and in view Of this union or co-opera-
lion, we have thrown out the suggestion of a
National Convention, in New York, of the in
dependent conservative people, without dis.
tinction of party. But such large bodies move
SLOWLY. This Convention would take time, even
if undertaken at all, and time is precious
There is shorter and more practical method
for ACCOMPLISHING the end in view. II is the
withdrawal of the three tickets Of Breckenridge
and Lane, Douglas and johnson, and Bell and
Everett, from the field, and the adoption Of a
single ticket upon which these three parties
may. unite.
But how is this to be done? Not by party
caucuses or conferences. No! If left to the
respective ''friends" Of Breckenridge, Douglas,
and Bell, no arrangement Of this kind "oulo
be made, if the election, for their accomnooa'
tion, were postponed for ten years. but thele
is way whereof this scheme Of fusion may
be consummated, and it is very SIMPLE lie.
Mcss,s. Beeckinridge and Lane, Douglas ana
Johnson Bell and Everett meet bsy wgSd v0sS9r ratber tn
have if seven. let them take in General Hous-
ton tom and NJ let them agree among themselves TO
ufbdrar from this canvass, and recommend
iont r stock ticket to the people, including can:
Gidate from each of the two great sections OF
the Union, and Lincoln may De defeated.
We assume that with each Of the seven men
aforesaid party is nothing; personal disap-
uointments, prejudices and sacrifices are moth.
ing; and the empty husks Of party distractions
are nothing, weighed in the balance against
the Union. We take it for granted that they
are patriotic men, and have sense enough TO
see and to know that the election o! Lincoln
will put the Union in jeopardy at once, ana
may speedily destroy it. They all know that
| the fixed purpose, the lone idea of the Re-