The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-27

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dent not Of party. but Of all tho United States,
common justice demanded that hs should be
retained In once until do facso recognized a.
President Of the whole country meaning q at
10 was entitled to another term 10 make good
his 6rst election. fsr n
The hint thus thrown out by Mr.. Seward was
speedily followed up by active engineering.
The winter was thus appropriated on an extern
sive scale Of operations. The results were
positively astounding to all the anti Lincoln
republican factions, with the return Of the Arst
month Of spring. The Republican State Con-
vention Of New Hampshire opened fire In favor
of Mr.. Lincoln, and this signal was followed
by . continuous volley from Lincoln State
legislatures and State Conventions nom Penn
sylvania to California. The National Repub-
lican Committee, meantime--no doubt duly
posted up-met in Washington, and appointed
the 7th Of June for their Presidential Conven-
ton, and thus. with majority OF the delegates
and tho time and place arranged to their liking,
the Lincoln engineers began to Hatter them.
Seward, the Blair family, Simon Cameron,
Thurlow Weed and the Chevalier Fornsy were
among the happisst Of mon.
But their rejoicings began too soon. Nut
terings Of discomfort from various anti-Lincoln
Journals Of the party began to be heard, the
Independent Fremont legion began to bristle
up, Greeley began to grumble, the poets Of the
EUening Post began to growl, and then came
the bombshell Of the Chase-P omeroy anti-Lin-
coin circular. Then there was Cabinet crisis.
and next there was IN armistice between Lin
coin and Chase, involving the graceful mock
retirement of the latter from the Presidential con-
test The late terrible speech against Chase by r.
r. Blair, Jr, In Congress, and his immediate APP
pointment by the President to an important
command In the army, and the House proceed
ings thereon, show that the conflict between
the President and his Secretary Il irrepressible
& What next The Chase faction desire post
penement Of the Baltimore Convention till
September, simply because they have been
caught mapping, and want time to intrigue and
to buy up the trading politicians among the
delegates to suit their purposes. Postponed or
not, the convention will be but . gathering Of
trading politicians, and some incompetent can
didate may be expected. From the beginning
Of these national party conventions we may
date the beginning of our present troubles
The first convention candidate was Martin Van
Buren,, and his convention successors, Harrison,
Polk, Taylor, poor Pierce, poor old Buchanan,
and Lincoln, the joker, are a sorry catalogue.
The time has fully como when the responsible
representatives of the people in Congress
should again take this matter Of the Presiden-
tial nominations into their own hands Under
this system-from 1900 to leave had such
Presidents as Jefferson, Madison and Monroe;
and in resuming 1t we are confident that Con-
gressional caucus will return to our first class
men. Let the war and Union members Of Con-
gress, therefore, hold conference or two, and
cause It to be understood that towards the
close of the present session they will nominate
q Union ticket for the Presidency, and these
corrupt and demoralizing party conventions
will be superseded.
militaryscampaign will be very apt to designate
the right man for the succession. For the pre-
sent, meeting Of the Union or war members
Of the two houses Of Congress, Of all parties,
and the appointment Of day for the nomina-
ton Of Congressional Presidential ticket, will
be satisfactory to the country.
The MExrcANs STILL DEFENDING THEM.
there seems to exist doubt as
% the truth Of the reports lately received from
Mexico, one fact must be deducsd therefrom.
The Mexicans are still fighting their invaders,
and from the spirit they display we may natu-
rally expect the contest to last for years.
reused against the unlawful inva-
sion Of their SOIL the people Of the III fated re-
public will, It 10 evident, resist to the last, and
they have many things in their favor. The ell
mate must ever prove fatal to the foreign
troops who shall endeavor 70 sustain the new
ruler Of Mexico. Accustomed to . life Of gue-
rilla warfare, tho Mexicans will cling to this
mode OF weakening their enemies. and BY dint
OF constant small successes wear out their
power. The French will find, a. time rolls on,
that the conquest Of Mexico is BY far . more
formidable achievement than they have sup
posed; and We are inclined to doubt whether
they will not signally fail in their grand mining
schemes, owing to the constant opposition and
cnmity OF the natives. Juarez has still a large
force under his command, who, If defeated by
the French, will scatter, and, forming into
bands, keep up q series Of annoying attacks
upon the French 7 equiring so large force to
put them down as to exhaust the revenues Of
the new empire. Napoleon will find that this
Mexican elephant is one Of the most trouble
some kind, and will yet wish he had not med
died with this continent. 40
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joke Old abe made when he heard the news Of
The surrender Of Plymouth. In regard to the