The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-27
FIR, James z. brady and the Volunteer
Uninn Kleesoral Tlohee.

| rfr, James z. BRADY and ths Volunteer
UAisn Kiessorsl TAohes.
Mr. janice T. Trsdy, the Breckenridge
nominee for Governor Of New York, re
fuses TO accept tie Union electoral ticket
agreed upon the other day by the special
committee Of this city charged with this duty,
Net only so, bat after having proposed on Mon
day, in very oonoiiatory letter to the com
mittee, the basis Of coalition with the Breckin-
ridge democracy, which the committee sub
stantially adopted, Mr. Brady hurried Of TO
Albany, and the next thing that We hear Of
bin is that on Tuesday evening. to an Albany
audience Of Eve thousand people, he made
violent speech against fusion, denouncing it IN
every shape and form.
He denounced Douglas and tie squatter
&C yeIeignty doctrine and the recent fusion "a
cheat, and called upon every national demo
crat to support alone the regulas ticket He
said "the Breckenridge and Lane party alone
represented true democratic principles, and
that they would ultimately prevail when
DOuglasisn, Know Eothingism and fusionian
were laid in the DUST This wa. on
Tuesday; and Jet, only the day before, Mr..
Brady had written cool and deliberate letter
To the Cooper Institute Committee, prep osing,
substantially. the very fusion which he de-
nounoes with "Douglasism, Know Nothingism
aud fusIonisr,' and Of which he said, II hope
you will accept ny assurance that. If the terms
l have offered meet tie approval CT your COM
mittae aud the express consent OF the Douglas
State Committee, many gentlemen, Of more In
fuence than l. will unite with me in an earnest,
and, hsve no doubt, . successful effort to eb-
tain at once from our State Committee An ap-
proval of what recommend"
And what did Mr.. Brady recommend. First,
that seven of the Douglas men be taken Of the
Douglas and Bell electoral ticket; second, that
these vacancies be supplied by seven men from
the Breckenridge ticket; third, that the Douglas
organization have the Governor and State Pri-
con Inspector, and that the Breckenridge State
Committee name the Lieutenant Governor and
Canal Commissioner. Now for the committee.
They did displace seven Douglas electors from
the union ticket adopted st Syracuse, aud they
did put in their places seven Breckenridge men,
including four OF the names from the Breckin-
ridge ticket suggested by Mr.. Brady, and among
these four was one Of the electors ct large. The
committee did not touch the proposed com.
promise on the State ticket simply because
they had no authority to do SO. We have nc
doubt however, that had Mr.. Brady acted In
generous good faith In the matter of the cleo
torsl ticket compromise the ways aud means
would have been found for 20 happy accord
On the State ticket
Therefore II is that We are puzzled exceed
ingIy to reconcile this amicable fusion prcpcsi-
ton made by Dir. Brady ir New York on Mon
dag with this violent indignation, an!i-fuslcn
speech made by Mr. Brady liz Albany on Tues
day. Was this proposition mere pretext, in
tended a. an excuse for predetermined refusal
&c fuse: Did Ar. Brady know beforehand that
the committee could no. meet his demands to
the very letter. We cannot say; but it Is posi-
tie that he shaped bis letter TO meet the con.
tempiated contingency Of hi, speech
Mysterious and inscruta5le to plain dealing
men are the tortuous courses Of the profession.
al politician. IL this case, however, there ID
something in Mr. Bradys letter and something
L. bis speech indicating that between the
chances Ct Union victory In this cleo ton, ard
the chances Of future reconstruction OF the
democratic party on democratic principles, he
prefers the latter alternative. IL order &c
drive the Douglas democracy &c the wall, he
will allow this election 70 60 by defsult With
. republican administration installed In power
at Wellington, Mr.. Brady, perhaps, imagines
that the fragments Of the broker democracy
vii, come together again, that the Southern
wig OF the party will dictate the law Of Its
reconstruc,ior, and that, II this event, the
Northern Breckinri1ge men viii be admitted TO
front seats, while the Douglas men, &c be ad.
mit.ed 81 al. must be satisfied to abandon the
Little Giant" &c TIE winds and waves.
TIKI l. the difficulty between the Breckin-
ridge ard Douglas politicians. They consider this
battle az ouly chapter otaccidens, and -
battle not for 1850 but tor 1865 But
they are under q serious delusior. This is net
fght between parties and factions fron which
tie democratic party is TO emerge agsir as
from their defeats Of 1910 and fS4s. II Il the
beginning OF . CREST revolution. under which
with Lincoln's election. ell the parties and fac
tions Of the day may be engulfed as Ia .
n~StPanh otVAAt ~ cSo. asc uunSNAoaS fotsy
i already destroyed. Il Is the vsinest Of all
aeluaions 70 count upon its resuscita,ion after
I.incoln's election. A great Union party must
take its place, utterly ignoring the dead poli-
ticians and party issaes Of TIE present day o.
the monster d'suaioa as o living reality III
stalk upon the stage
This volunteer New York Union movement
meets the necessities Of the crisis Mr. Brady
cannot comprehend i, or he has his little per
-oaal difficulties to settle. of which lie ought to
be ashamed 10 view " his duties 20 the eoup-
try. For good or evil, this Presidential cor.
test mems q rigbty revolution, aud Il can
Cnly be made . revelation Of wholesome re.