Year: 1860




The latest report from New York is that all the
obstacles have been removed which have hereto
fore stood in the way of fusion of the conservative
anti-Lincoln voters of the Empire State. The diff
fculties which at first presented themselves have
now been overcome, in spirit of mutual conces-
sion and compromise and the sectional ticket at
this time finds itself confronted by the solid body
of the conservatives of that State, composed Of
every element of the opposition.


are The combination seems not to have been entered
ely h.pctantly and churlishly, but in spirit Of
sso each, ST s5t6s, and cordial cooperation The
TIL each aics " to 20 a u has been endorsed by the
Dougiah, s. TO 25 c~i.i.tee, by Tammany and Mo-
zart Halls as - ne Breckenridge Association, and
by the supporters of Bell and Everett. The Ad-
ministration has also given its sanction to the
arrangement, and everything conspires to make
the union of all the conservatives Of New York
thorough and effective.


The issue is now fairly made, and all we have to
do is to await the result. The battle-ground of
this fight is not in the South but in the North Keep
ing in view that the defeat of Lincoln is the great
and paramount object Of our wishes, we readily
recognize the fact that we must be defeated, if at
all, by the States of the North. In every possible
contingency, the vote of the South will be unani-
mously against him. But the vote of the South,
alone cannot elect favorite candidate nor can it
defeat an obnoxious one. With only one hundred
and twenty votes in the Electoral College, where
one hundred and fty-two are required to elect the
South is powerless to control the result of the con-
test. Pledging only her entire vote against Lin
coin, she now calls uponthe North to save her from
the disgrace of the domination of sectional party.
| New York alone can prevent Lincoln from being
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can avert that result. Let her not rely upon the
uncertain chances of Pennsylvania and three or
| four other States. Let the Empire State, as the
greatest and most powerful commonwealth Of the
Union in political power, throw herself into the
breach to ward off the blow which an insane and
fanatcal sectional party is aiming at the peace,
the security and the integrity of the South and the
| Union.


II is time the people of the North, particularly oi
the manufacturing districts of New England, and
of the great commercial metropolis, New York
city, were calculating the consequences of the tr
umph of this sectional organization, and its contro
of the Federal Government. If they have con
strued the patriotic forbearance of the South up tt
this time as evidence of tmidity and alright, they
have grievously mistaken the temper of the South
ern people. Let them not, by fatal and terrible
mistake, set down the calm quietude of the Soutl
to the account of Indifference to the result What
ever may be the divisions among ourselves in re
gard to men, let the North be assured that upol
the paramount question Of Southern equality in tn
Union there is no shade nor shadow of diherenc
among Southern people of all parties.


Now, then, it remains for the North, and espee
ally for the great State of New York, to decide th
question. If the South--if the Union-has friend
in the North, now is the occasion for an exhibitio
of that friendship at once timely and signifcan
Not alone the question of the Presidency depend
upon the vote of New York, but graver cons
quences which should be thoroughly understoe
at once. We hope there may be no occasion


reproach that great State with the blame, if an o
noxious sectional Administration shall be fastene
upon reluctant and disloyal people.