The New York herald., 1864-10-03

| tain.A with secessionism- They xlust pursue
| a Straightforward and indepensent course, and
Aominate men who are thoroughly committed
to the Uaioa record of ramuauy, not only In
the abstract, but in acs and deed.
This much tho people Of New York demand
OF them as q souxition OF their support; with
out it the Tarmany faction IL no better than
the rest of she factions-nere sticklers for the
spoils at .he expense Of principle and the true
interests and welfare Of this city. The nomi-
nations for Congress are about to be made, and
let the Tammsny Hall faction see to 1t that no
such men - the Woods, Chanlsr, Brooks, Gun
ther and BcKesn f1nd any place on ih Con.
gressional ticket. The public have had enough
Of that style Of men in Office to satisfy them
Tor at least one generation to come
Another Great Upsisins for the Uaions
There Is one salient feature Of tie present
political canvass which will very greatly sur
prise Louis Napoleon and Lord Palmerstoo
They have expected that the accession sympa-
thizers at the North would make graud
denonstrasiea at the coming election. aud have
persistently looked for peace, not through the
reconstruction Of the Uaion by war. bat through
the success OF q candidate ready TO sacrifice
the Union in order to stop bieodshed What
will be their astonshment. then, to discover
that there is no such candidate in the field;
that the people-of At, parties have, united in
another magnificent uprising for the Union, and
that the copperheads are completely crushed.
With these facts before them, We trust that the
European aris.oorats viii begin to believe that
the American people are really and heartily in
earnest in the work Of snppressipg this rebel
lion.
II Is true that our political conventions did
not nominate the candidates whom the people
desired to elect Both the Sboddy Convention
at Baltimore and the Shentpcr -Sheut CoDveB-
ton al Chicago passed over our sbiest men aud
selected our failures 20 represent them
Neither the republican nor the democratic poii-
ticans had brains enough to comprehend that
great CRISIS required great ,ren IN Office
Grant and Sherman were hardly mentioned in
either convention. although their names are
upon every lip, and their record "a upon every
heart among the people. The politicians man.
aged their little bargain and sale arrange
ments Just az they lid when they nominated
poor Pierce. who was controlled by JEFF Davis,
and biundering Buchanan. who was controlled
by Floyd, Cobb and Jake Tbompsoa
These two convention Presidents brought the
country into civil war but the ocnycn
tons Of this year mate 40 efort
save i On the contrary. the politicians
were afraid to non,nate strong men. and lrc-
fTred to support men who could be manps
lated and managed. Lincoln is failure 6nan-
ciai!y, mitariiy, socially aud ~ = statesman
but se succeeded in being reno4ninated by Tho
shoddy Grew. Mcclellan is = failure ia mil
tNy psi.t of view through the fault Of oiber
people. and u political point al view through
his own fault. IN not using his power over tho
Cabinet when be ~as Genera-in Chief; but Shr
s5ent-p persistent politicians dominated b;m
nevertheless. Thus it ~ that the great Aen Of
the country are found outside of political par
ties, doing the work for the Union cause neo,y
and trunphantly, and looking with contempt
upon the sQuaobles OF their interiors for Office.
Still when all this has been said the striking
fact remains that both tbe Presidential candi-
dates, ssch AZ they are. stand committed 10 the
platform Of the Union at any price and It al
hazards. Lincoln and Mcclellan agree IN that
however much they may differ IN other re.
specis. That being conceded. and The slavery
question being dead the contest j. narrowed
down to 9 mere personal issue. II Mcclellan
had declared himself peace candidate be
would not have had the slightest chance Of an
election. He understood this, and 30 did his ad-
visers, and the consequence was that he kicked
away the Chicago platform and built up
Union platform Of bis own To ths
pressure Of public opinion in tayor
or the war for the Union we invite
the careful consideration Of onr European crit
les. They must see that both Mcclellan and
Lincoln have been forced to profess to be out
and-out Union men. and from this tbey can
Judge Of the earnestness Of the people. They
must see that after all their noisy blus-
ter the disunion abolition faction and the
disunion copperhesd faction have boon
driven to their holes, and from this they
can Judge Of the unsnimity Of our people.
If vote were taken upon the simple issue OF
the war for the Union and peace with dsunion.
nine -tenths of the votes would undoubtedly be
cast for the Union, and the remaining tenth
would be divided between the ultra abolition
sts and the copperheads, who have been play
ing into each Others hands since the COM
mencement Of the war Let Napoleon aad
Pslmerston rest assured, therefore, that In any
event, whether Lincoln or Mcclellan be elect
ed President, the war for the Union must and
will so on until the rebels lay down their arms
meu.. This is decided in advance, and nothing
can change the decision And let them be as
su-ed further that whether Lincoln or McCel-
Ian be our next President this war will be