New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-02
THE FUSION IN NEW YORK..


It viii be recollected that at the great Union
Meeting at the Cooper Institute in New York,
committee of fifteen was appointed, charged with
tile duty Of forming combination ticket to be
voted for at the coming election, composed Of
friends of Douglas, Bell and Breckenridge, in the
proportion in which the respective parties were
supposed to exist in the State That duty has been
performed, and the ticket is before the people.
New York is entitled to thirty-tive votes in the
Electoral College, and the ticket has been arranged
in the proportion Of eighteen electors for Douglas
ten for Bell, and seven for Breckenridge.
1t remains now for the three parties to sustain
this ticket cordially, and defeat the triumph of
Lincoln in the State. The arrangement, so far as
we know the strength of parties in New York, is
an equitable and Just one. We think the Douglas
men, in point of fact, have been liberal to the
other two parties. There can be no question, we
suppose, that the great bulk of the Democratic
party of New York are supporters of Douglas
but the Breckenridge men, by this arrangement,
are allowed nearly half as many electors as are
awarded to the other wing of the Democracy We
do not think they ought to complain.
The combination has been endorsed by Mozart
Hall, the Fernando Wood division of the New
York city Democracy, and will also be endorsed,
there is reason to believe, by Tammany Hall, the
old headquarters of the party before the split.
The Union men, through their organ, the Express,
have declared in its favor with cheerfulness and
alacrity. There are some malcontents, as was to
be expected who protest against the fusion-but
they are few in numbers and feeble in influence.
Barring only the Breckenridge candidate for Gov
ernor, Mr.. Brady, there are none who can carry
any weight with them, and we look with confidence
to even Mr. Brady's endorsement of the ticket be-
fore the close of the canvass. Occupying the po-
stion that he does, he cannot disappont the high
expectations of defeating Lincoln, which have
been created throughout the South, by factious
and impractcable obstnaey.
But, even though there may be no public aud
formal endorsement of this arrangement by the
parties to it respectively, we are not without hope
that it will all be right in the end. The people Of
New Yerk vote by ballot, not rira uoce. No one
need know how any person votes--and the Office
holders and other Breckenridge men will thus
have an opportunity which they will embrace we
confidently believe, to sustain the National ticket
instead of wasting their ballots upon the useless
enterprise of attempting to carry the State in
favor Of a straight Breckenridge ticket. Thus,
whether the ticket be formally sanctioned in ad.
vance, or not, we believe the result will be about
the same. We have better opinion Of the friends
of Mr.. Breckenridge than to suppose they will in
directly aid in the election of Lincoln by withhold
ing their votes from the National combination
ticket, and casting them in way that cannot
benefit their candidate, but may iniure him to the
extent Of seven votes in the Electoral College.
Without assuming to speak authoritatively for
the South, but still conscious that we express the
almost unanimous sentiment of our section, we
may say that the South expects thorough union
upon this ticket of all the conservative voters of
the Empire State. Its success assures Lincoln's
defeat. Ii we have friends at the North-in the
State and city of New York-now is the time for
them to illustrate that friendship by signal proof
of its sincerity solid front of opposition will
appal the seetionalists and drive them in dismay
from the field. Petty quarrels about Details mis-
cradle disputes over the advantage of an elector
or two on one side or the other will only en-
courage them to warfare more aggressive and
hopeful. Let our friends, therefore, of all parties
who are not ready for the consequences that will
flow from Lincoln's election, close up their ranks
forget triling differences, sink mmaterial issues,
carry the State, and save the South and the Union
The result of the battle now hinges upon the ycti
of the State of New York. Mighty and weighty
consequences depend uponit Let the conserva-
tives Of New York appreciate the fearful RESPONSE
bility of their position, and do their whole duty in
the spirit of patriots and lovers of the Union.