The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-08-30

Pierce. The reader OF American
politics Of the last twelve years cannot
fail 10 remember how, after yaiuly
wrangling and balloting for nearly a
whole week over Douglas, and Marcy.
and Dickinson, and Bachanan, and
bali dozen other old stagfrs, the
convention Of 1892, when poor Pierce
was brought in from behind the curt
ain, seized upon him and nominated
him as by sn &c, Of sponloneous com
husiion. jus, 50 the Regency calcu-
late upon bringing in Governor Sey-
mour as the last resort, after they
shall have killed Of Mcclellan, and
got the convention completely by Tie
ears in reference 10 all such superau-
uuated old iogies and impraeticables
as Judge Nelson; Guthrie, Of Ken
tackyi Fillmore and poor Pierce.
We dare sly HAT il win be diseov-
cred in due season that the Hons.
Fernando and Ben Wood, with the
peace faction under their control, are
up TO their elbows IN this neat lille
plot The equivalent for their servi-
ces to this end at Chicago will prob.
ably be something Substantial in The
way Of Offices, spoils and jobs in the
city and county of New York through
the fusion and bargains and sales Of
Mozart and Tammany halls. There
is evidently "happy accord existing
between the Wood firm aud the Gov
erncr; and from the patronizing way
in which the atlas and Argas speaks
of the late Syracuse Peace Conven-
tion we may reasonably infer that 1t
involved the ratification Of treaty
between the Woods and The Regency
against Mcclellan and in favor of
Seymour.
The question recurs, will the Re.
gency and the peace faction be strong
enough at Chicago to set aside Gen.
Mcclellan? Perhaps they may be !;
for McC lellan is much stronger
among the Democratic masses outside
than he will be among the chosen in
side managers at Chicago. II is said,
to, that Belmont and Barlow have
taken possession Of Little Mac" and
have resolved upon his nomination at
all hazards. If this be true, the de
mocracy al Chicago in 1864 will be
very apt TO repeat their deiectable
performances of the Charleston and
Baltimore conventions Of 1860. The
chances of union and harmony are
the elements OF dis
cord are distinct and positive. Let
US suppose, however, that Belmont,
with the aid Of an outside pressure
too strong 10 be resisted, has secured
a fusion of the factions upon the nom
ination of Mcclellan as a concession
10 the war democracy, and a peace
platform as peace offering 10 the
other side, what will be the result Of
this arrangement in the November
election ?
What will be the result? The is
,ue viii then be fairly joined between
lie administration and the democratic |
party and the contest will be narrowed |
down TO Lincoln or Mcclellan. Is it
not apparent that in such a contest
ihe party, the patronage and Tie pow
er OF the administration will carry the
day? There will be no accessions to
from refractory "adlcals or
other disaffected republicans beyond /
a few stragglers. The dlsconlenied
such as those Of the Irt6ene I
and kreaing Post, and such as Ben
Wade aud Winter Davis, reduced to a
choice between Mcclellan and Lin
coin, will lose no time in making their
peace with Old Abe. The shoddy /
will stand fast, and the
republicans, shrinking /
from an alliance with the copperhead
peace agitators, will rally 10 The side
Of the administration. The soldiers
vote will go the same way, and thus
Ihe results Of the elections OF 1865
will be substantially repeated in 1861,
rom Maine TO California.
As against the foreign democracy,
Abraham Lincoln has the majority
party at his back and the balance ol
power in Iis hands. His reelection,
therefore,, which migat have been de-
Gated by a new Union party organi-
,alion Of all the opposition elements,
,annot be defeated BY the demorallzed
democracy, under their shenl-pcr-
hent and Regency managers at Chi
ago. In this view General McClel-
an will act wisely in DECLINING nom
nation which, if made and accepted,
an only end in his dcfeat.--N. l.
Teraid.
SHOOTING ENDwATs.--The secesh
lon't seem TO fancy Shermans mode