The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-04
The Election T0-morrovv-The Seward state
Ticket anA Null ficati0n.

ciples involved in the contest, but quite much
confusion as the men upon the State ticket, and
the real position they occupy before the country
The wing candidates would do well enough in
ordinary times, with no great national issues at
stake but their election becomes d very serious
question, when they stand before us the avowed
advocates of the abominable principles of Seward,
Weed, and Greeley, and the nullifc alton resolu-
tons of the Syracuse Convention. These prin-
ciples and these resolutions are all of piece-de
strucve to the quiet of the Union, violative of the
constitution, revolutionary in their inception, aud
treason able in their results. Such are the issues
with which the wing Syracuse State ticket is
sociated The silver grays at Utica, with little
more patriotism, lacked the moral courage re-
qured to take bold national platform; they
sought the Issue with considerable fuss aud bravo
do, but, on coming to the scratch, they apologized
and surrendered. With all the buster of the
Mexicans, they exhibited less than Mexican eou-
rage and consistency. They adopted the Syracuse
ticket-the same set of men, the same set of prin-
ciples True, it was pitful to see Granger and
Duer grounding arms to Weed and Greeley; but
they did it ; and in doing it, they abandoned their
national professons-they cast off the cleanl uni
form of the silver grays, and adopted the peniten
tiary stripe of the nullihers.
The principles and doctrines promulgated at
Castle Garden, as far as they 60, occupy the true
ground They are identified with the prosperity
of our city, the State, and the Union more than all
the platforms of all other parties put together. But
the application of those principles in the coming
election, in the candidates to be voted for, is a
question which has created the greatest confusion
of ideas; and even among sensible men the utmost
difficulty and perplexty We see journals, avowing
doctrines opposite as night and day, supporting
the same State ticket. We see other journals, adj
vocating the same doctrines disputing about the
candidates. Amid such confusion in the journals,
public meetings, and conventions it puzzles many
coolheaded sensible men how to vote, so as best to
save the State from the odum of treason to the
constitution, and destruction to the republic.
The simple truth is, that both the old parties are
equally selfish, equally corrupt, and equally the
mere instruments of aspiring demagogues. Their
love of country is the love of the loaves and fishes,
and everything is fish that into their nets.
Between them il is a mere choice of evils as re-
CARDS men. They both seem destined to the same
ultimate collapse. The dynasty of Van Barren and
the dynasty of Seward, working out the same
results, will end in the same SYNONYMOUS shaflling
tricky, and miserable expedients to keep the drift
together Van Buren, and Seward are the Siamese
twins, or rather the two Dromos of Syracuse.
Both have attempted to ride into power over the
constitute n, upon popular prejudice, ignorance,
and credulity. The one has met his just deserts,
the other will surely be turned adrift. The dis
Of the treason and notification of Van Buren,,
broke out n the democratic party some two years
egc-a disease as destructive TO pure American
patriotism cholera to an Irishman. II "run
lii the cholera" through the democratic party,
and left it powerless, Frustrated, defeated, and
dtgrsced. But they have rallied again. But
they have improved very little in passing through
the fire. The wing party is just now 10 the crisis
OF this abolition epidemic. They are writing in
the con,ortions of this notification cholera and
unless sp edy relief is secured, they will have TO
be Turned over TO the public hospitals, or the aims
| house commissioners. Nothing but a good whole
some puTgmg will save them
But in this anomalous state of things-bstween
two parties equally the victims Of manag ng deml
! gogues-Low is an honest man to choose With the
one party still infused with the dregs of Van Buren,.
| ism, and the other corrupted to the vitals with
| Stwardism, what is an honest man TO do 7 What
! ticket is he to select How liz he 10 vote 7 lie
\ must do the best he can, between a choice of
evils lie can only select the ticket that is the
lesst obnoxious to decent respect for the State
and It's good faith TO the country at large. The
meeting at Castle Garden proposes to repair the
evil by compromise-by selecting several clnd
dates from the wing, and several from the demo-
cratic ticket-a streak Of lean aud streak Of fat,
white stripe and a black stripe. But with all the
good intentions Of the Castle Garden meeting, we
/ doubt the remedy they offer. The great evil to
f be appr,hendei is, that if the Weed ami Greeley
ticket, or any portion Of it, succeeds, It will be
numpeted abroad rs nullfc alton triumph, TO q
greater or less extent. Such triumph will in.
crease the disaiIection in the South, AMI the pre-
vailing treason among the detestabe abolition
traitors Of the North.
The safest policy, then, is to rejec! the entire
wing ticket, from beginning to end. Not because
the democratic ticket is altogether pure, good, o
satisfactory, but hat it is the choice of evils, auc
the ouly choice left Il is TOO late to organ re, OF
resolve upon any other plan. II we cannot carry
out a ticket upon a distinct national platform, ",
rust be content to give the best expression posi-
bic against abolition, treason, disunion, and multi
fcaton. The wing ticket is enlirely too much
for TIE sromaohs OF Intelligent men. compro
mice ticket is a compromise with Seward, Weed,
Greeley, AID notification. The Courier and En-
qiue, and the Day Book, and other journals, 10
thtir attempts TO reconcile the Seward ticket with
national principles, should each employ a hal
dozen donktys to take the burden off their shout
dcrs. The thing will not do. The only ucAc
against notification Is the best to be had ia o3posi-
iion 10 Seward, root aud branch. The Unior
ticket Is good far it goes; but It does not q
far enough. What we want, first OF All, is the last
vts1pe ct sewaIdsm rooted out Of the state. We
nus, strik, at his principles through his ticket
Washington Hunt is, no doubt, an hoaest, clever,
competent able, liberal minded Christian man,
with a word for every faction or ism but, as the
representative of the destructive and reasonable
prncii les Of Seward, Weed, and Greeley, he should
be condemned, and struck down, with all that stand
upon the same platform.
What msy be the result 1t is difficult 70 say.
Bot doubt not the good sense OF tho intelligent