The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-05-22

NfHk PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN l6oSs-Ah'
nest campaign and election for PresidentNil
be thS most important that has taken plac'
since tbs Srst election of Washington to the
position % Chief Magistrate of the nation. On
the results Of that election hangsS in great
measure, the future destiny of our country
The signs Of tbs times indicate that the,canvass
will be one of intense excitement and bitter
ness, with great danger Of leading to bio0Nshed
and revolution in she North. The politicians,
In taking the preliminary steps, are doing that
which increases, rather than allays. this animoa-
ty between factions and parties. The radicals,
or niggerheads, are pushing their extreme no
tons with all their power. with determine
ton to force them upon the administration, in
hopes Of thus killing of all who are connected
with the government and do not endorse their
rabid and revolutionary views. II Is under
their pressure that such arrests as that Of Val
landigham are brought about and such things
are Q part and parcel Of their programme for
the election of President. Every effort is being
made to push forward the league Of that wing
Of the republican party. A State convention
10 to be held at Utica on. the -3zth inst. where
there will be . grand explosion Of tongue
patriotism--a sort Of opening day Of the Presi-
dental campaign for 1864 for the niggerhead
party.
The copperheads are starting of with fully
as revolutionary doctrines on the other side.
The harder the niggerheads pursue them the
more bitter they are. Already affairs have
reached an alarming attitude, and that, too, be-
fore the campaign Is really opened to the pub
Lie or its course fully determined. But, fortu-
nately, the niggerheads and copperheads are
not having it all their way. Other elements
are at work which may In short time change
somewhat the whole aspect Of affairs, and pre-
vent the Chases on one side, and Vallandighams
on the other, from controlling matters them
selves. The bitter and acrimonious fight that
the niggerheads have kept up on Secretary
Seward for the last two years, and the conse-
quent bitter feeling that has been engendered
among the masses Of the two wings of that
party, have led the moderate men of both wings
to see that there 10 no hope of doing anything
with either Of those Secretaries. Under this
idea another programme 10 being arranged, In
which they hope to obtain control of the
government and the patronage during another
Presidential term. The movement contem-
plates trottng out President Lincoln for q re-
nomination and election. The idea Ii that
greater strength can be concentrated upon him
than any other candidate, and, that, under the
asperity that has been going on between tho
friends Of other asprants, both sides will natural
ly fall back on Lincoln as the compromise candi-
date. OF course, II the President consents
to thus be put forward, he will control the pa
tronage Of the government, and no longer al
low either Of the Secretaries to use their de-
partments for their own political advancement.
When and where this programme will be in
augurated is yet somewhat uncertain. A great
effort is being made to induce the President to
take part in the meetings of the Leagues in
Philadelphia; but the probabilities are that .
grand mass nesting and popular demonstration
will be held at Washington about the Fourth Of
July next, at which President Lincoln will pre-
side, and that that will be made the initiative Of
this important movement. With this move
ment inaugurated the political contest will as
sumo . different phase from the present; but
whether 1t will be any the less bitter or revolu-
tionary the rapid transpiring Of events alone
can determine. Let US with patience watch
and hope for the best for our once glorious
country.
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