The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-05
NOMINATION OF sILAs WRIGHT.

large majority, and his reelection TO the governors
chair by from 1900 to 10000 1t based this cal
cuation upon the hope that all the minor cques OF
the republican party would disappear that the
cant names of harnburnsrs and old hunkers would
cease that every republican would rally around the
nominee, and bear him triumphanuy into the
governors chair All our hopes and predictions,
SO far, have been verified. We have no doubt of
their being fully confirmed TO the end Of the chap
ter. All our information from New York since
the nomination, is Of the most cheering character.
CGques are disappearing. The little divisions
! which appeared IN our ranks huapg up. The
whole party is rallytng IN the finest sprIt upon Mr.
Wright The lot is cast. Sllas Wright is the nom
nce Of the party. His re election has become the
| great political movement of the republicans IN lhe
Empire State. We cannot doubt the course
Of those vino might originally have preferred some
other candidate. We Cannot, for one moment, suspect
any republican Of any desire TO sacrifice the Interests
of his party subordinate feelings Wetrus that the
time has now come when all minor divisions wall
be merged in the success Of The republican cause
What time is so favorable Tor laying our differ.
enees upon the altar Of our eounlry-for buryns for
ever the cant cliquss Of old hunIers and barn
burners, than the present momsnu
| No men co-opsraIed more nobly-sxerted Them
selves more zealously--deserVsd more credit for
their eaOrs--made more disinteresled sacrifices, 10
the great and trying campaign OF 1874, than Mr.
Wright aud his numerous friends. The grea, scr
vices which he has rendered to bis pary-his
great ablIities-lhe open and decided support
which he gave to the Presidents message
and TO the great measures which it chalked
cut for the course Of his administration
title his nomination TO the support Of every re.
publican in New York and now, that he btars
the banners, aud his success is intimately inter
woven with the mass, Of his party, tits believed that
every republican will come forward to assist in his
re election and to defeat the wings.
We are happy see the republican press in other
States coming out to express the same sentiments,
and no one with more enthusiasm aud effect than
the "PenDsylvanila," from which we copy the
following aricIe
"SILAs WnGHr- The State convention for the
nomination of the democratic candidate for governor
ofNew York was held on Thursday at Syracuse,
and We have the qualification to announce that SllaB
Wright was nominated for re election on the first
ballot. The convention was composed Of l26 mem
bers, and Governor Wright received all the votes
but H. Addison Gardiner, the present incumbent,
was also renomInated.
"wuh the local politics Of our sister State we
have little to do--wih the chickering's Of her rival
politicians less. The fdmu Of Slas Wright how
ever, has long since ceased TO be confined TO the
| narrow boundaries OF State, but has become the
ughtful property Of the whole nation. To man
between the ArOostook and the Sabine does the
democracy owe deeper debt Of gratitude. Not
only is his great associated with the past his
tory Of New York, but it is intimately blended
with the brilliant triumph achieved by the democ-
racy Of the Union in the election Of Polk and Dali
las. Friends and foes admit that his great pOpu-
larity secured the victory in New York and the
figures prove that, without victory there defeat in
the nation would have been inevitable.
"No true hearted or right-minded democrat will
forget this fail TO appreciate the patriotic self
denying course of Sias Wright in that critical
| juncture. He was then, along with own great
| and good Buchanan, at the head Of the American
Senate. They sat side by side, the twin champions
Of the pure principles Of democracy, both calm,
dign6ed, and ststesman-ike IN all their actions
Around no member Of that exalted body did the nf
fections of his cOuntrymen cluster more thiCkly
than around Sllas Wright. He was reverenced
within the council chamber and without He had
troops of friends to praise; enemies TO condemn.
The most attractive honors literally pursued his
path The supreme bench, cabinet honors, posts of
diplomacy, the vice-prtsldency, were successfully
at his service but he too unambitious to accept
them. Finally, the democracy of New York, see
ing the Hercuican efforts Of the wings TO carry the
State for Clay, with accord dsrnanded his ser
vices as their standard bearer. He consented, and
the sequel is known. He carried the republican
| flag in triumph through the most excited contest the
country had witnessed since 1900 and exchanged his
proud place in the Senate for The uninvtng and I'M
| grateful duties Of State executive. Nobly, too,
has he sustained the hlgh-wrought expectations of
his friends The Empire State has not had so good
a governor since the days of De Witt Clinton
| tgSn CHI nui.r gnNb CIrc u1ata
one would naturally suppose, would be rechosen
| by reclamation. But, strange to say, such is the
| pcrversity of the human heart, that even he has
been conspired against by factions and contend
| ing cliques, who would fam have thrust HIM
! aside to make room for lesser luminary of their
own Silas Wr ight has paid his full quota of the
toll exacted from those who tread the path Of
| greaness-the tribute wrung by the eDvlous, who
! scorn the excellence they cannot reach He, too,
has realized the truth, brilliantly expressed by
the poet
He who ascends to mountain tops shall find
/ The Hottest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow
He who surpasses subdues mankind
| Must look down on the hate of those below,
| Though high ADORE the sun Of glory glow,
| And far beneah the earth and ocean spread
| Round him icy rocks, and loudly blow
| ContRnding tempcsts on his naked head,
And thus reward the toll which to those SUBMITS led
1t is fortunate, however, that under our inslu-
| tons, the public man, however maIigned, can al
ways appeal from the prejudces of the factous few
to the justice of the disinterested many The ON
impotence of public opinion is an ordeal as grateful
to the good man, as it is terrible and consuming to
the bad. To this umpire the present governor Of
! New York submits his work for approval or con
domination. Who questions the result? 1t would
| be libel on the gallant democrats Of the Empire
State, to suppose them capable Of permitting the de
| feat of such candidate Sas Wright In the
perous campaign of 1874, he threw himself into
the breach to save the democracy Of the Union
That same democracy, never ungrateful to its hon
est servants, expects that the people Of New York
will now cast themselves into the breach to save
him. We but express the general wish of the de-
mocracy in this quarter, in the hope that now, the
nominations made, every species of discord will be
banished from the ranks of our friends and that,
moving forward in solid column, majority Of
! 90 900 will crown their abors
! ain this connection. we may state, ALSO that the
wings Of New York, following the gnis futtus lights
ofthe Tribune, have based their entire expectations
Of success on an amalgnmaon with the oboliiionsts
and the nnii-reners! The latter it is notorious, are
the very kernel Of unadulterntcd Agraranism, who,
for the last few years have waged to the knife,