Year: 1860

Our New York Correspondence.


New YORK. May "a, 1860


EDITOR CARoLINIAN:


The nomination of Lincoln may be very
good one for the republican party far relates
to giving the ticket strength in the north
states but it is weak a nomination that par
ty could have well made for securing the vote of
this state. Seward is pretty generally conceded by
friends and foes alike, all the Union, to be the
great man of the republican party. There is not a
candid, intelligent man, North South who would
hesitate to pronounce Mr.. Seward qualified by ca
pacity, education and experience in public affairs,
tor the position of President of the United States,
were it not for his anti-slavery fanaticsm wnicn
1harrs the symmetry of one of the most complete
minds in every other respect that has adorned
the Senate Chambers The republicans of New
York would have stood the nomination of CHI; s.,
perhaps, who is understood to be Of capaci-
ty, if expediency had demanded the nomination of
western man they mi ght even have submitted
to that of Bates, if it had been made apparent to
them that radical candidate Mr.. Seward could
not be elected but they justly indignant at the
selection of who is less of statesman less of
scholar, Less versed III public affairs and loss OF
specimen of refined American gentleman than the
famous New York Senator and whose opinions on
slavery are quite radical those of that gentle
man and have been expressed more vulgarly, and
more Extensively to the South.


One of our millionaire merchants, the blackest
kind of republican, remarked ~ me- yesterday, in
an excited tone, Il would not hire book-keeper
sir, no. sir, nor outdoor porter, of whom L did
not know something more th:n the people of the
United States know of this man, Lincoln whom
they are called upon to clothe with the chief
tive honor of this great country. Have no
statesmen Sir, in the republican party, gentle
men, scholars, men who have rendered serv
ces to the party? How in the name of heaven, sir,
go before the country with any prospect of
success, with mere local politician as candi-
date for the Presidency-a whose brightest
qualification for that position, | should judge
experience in railsplittng? 1t is possible that
there will be overt split in the republican party
in New York but, that Bell and Everett will be
worked for and voted for sub rosa by thousands of
republicans, there is not doubt.


But there is also a large proportion Of the repub
llcan voters OF this state who were formerly mem
bers OF the democratic party: and these only want
excuse for returning their former allegiance
The chaotic condition Of the republican party whose
managers have been becoming more and more dis
tasteful to the rank and file for the st two years.
is, of itself, nearly sufficient to break it down
tlrely next November, under any circumstances
but if, as is to be hoped, the Richmond and Bati-
more conventions should merge into one, and unite
upon some man of sound national principles, and
personally unobjectionable to the North it is
thought here by most intelligent persons that he
would draw off from the republicans every voter
who was originally democrat. The very existence
OF the republican party depends upon the action Of
the Richmond and Baltimore conventions. The del
egates to those bodies should remember that upon
them.rests fearful responsibility. If they unite,
an exclude from their deliberations every other
consideration than their countrys good they may
look forward with absolute certainty to victory SO
decisive that black Tepubcanism will exist thereaf
ter only as matter of past history. Succeeding
presidential contests will be between great national
parties. The black republicans, without their sec
tional principles, will have been absorbed by 1864
by the national democratic party and what is now
called the Union party. If on the other hand two
democratic candidates are put forward, even only
one who cannot command the confidence and the
full vote of the democracy of every section of the
country, the black republicans will be encouraged
to rally round Lincoln, and thousands of patriotic
democrats, North and South, will consider it their
duty to cast their votes for Bell and Everett
who, however otherwise Objectionable to the democ-
racy, are national men, and would administer the
government with equal regard for the rights and in
terests of every section of the Union. Either the
democratic or the republican party will be killed off
That is certain. Which is it to be p?


A friend of Senator Brandreth, of this state con-
tends, in semi-comic article in of the morning
papers, that there would have been disruption at
Charleston, if the leaders of the party had made
free use OF Brandreths pills before going there Ac-
cordng to this writer, THE dsharmony had its ori-
gin in stoppage of the usual excavations Of homo
rable members, which first corrupted the humors of
their bodles and then those of their minds If the
condities which the cold of Winter and want of ex-
ercse had locked up in the bowels and solids of
delegates had been expelled early in spring. the ex-
treme irrtability and morbid senstveness displayed
by those gentlemen would have given place to good
sense and good temper. Few democrats are aware
perhaps, continues the writer that the smohness
with which everything went off at Chicago due
to the forethouh of some of the wealthy leaders of
the black republican party who expended large
sum of money in Brandreths pills, and distributed
them gratuitously among thir delegates far back
the first of April that, when they arrived at
Chicago, they had been well purged, and their
blood was pure that which coursed through
the veins of our first parents their breasts
quently, light and joyous, their minds calm and
their temperS good.


The Ieenan testimonial promises to amount to
large more than 50. 900 have already been sub
scrbcd and paid in. and efforts are being made by
the distribution Of circulars all the country, to
a llro TheSa and hair
supporters are rather running the affair into the
ground It is to be hoped that American gen le-
men will be forgetful of himself as contribute
the Heenan fund cent more than has been al
ready subscribed to it, There may be no objection to
making the man present be fitting his station; but
the idea of neg'ecting whose services inven-
tors and in vario other spheres of progress have
been of vast service to humani y. ard IF rewarding
brute courage and the capacity to hit from the
shoulder by $25, 900 testimonial is preposter us,
and calculated to be productive Of evil. 1t is
templated to endeaver to raise the have just
mentioned; but should be sorry to hear that the ef


fort had been successful. By the bye the ronise
agreed to, between Heenan and S yers is r led
here by the party as virtual concession by the
latter and his friends of the superior pro~ess Of
] Heenan. Ea"h of the is t" have new
belt-tha old one to hang up in the office of B It's


Aye to be fought for by whoever aspires tn the
championship, Slyers agrees to retire from the ring
Tom Hyer is dealing faro on money furnished him