The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-12
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
Prom an oee....a.l Correspondent.
Nrw YoHx, Nov. 10. 1850.


NV YoHK, Nov 10. 1850.
The election In this State, after having been claimed
as victory Ia turn by both parties is taking the shape Of
Of drawn game. The wings claim their governor
hough Il Is by no certainly but they have ma
or la the legislature without doubt and perhaps nearly
the whole oil their State ticket Yet, in view of the
state of things hero Tor years past and from which
the democrats In the State just now emerging. IL 10
easy to see-neary half the representatives in Con-
gress being democratic-wh which party the sig~s Of
comisE vcoyand indeed, the substance Of the victory
itse-realy You cannot meet in the streets Of our
city q wing who exuls q democrat who des-
ponds. Few intelligent democratic politicians In the
State could hope that the union of the party recently
struck up at Syracuse and taking the place OF such total
spill, existed before could show conference and
sodiy enough to triumph in the first encounter the
wings, backed by the whole power Of the State and fed
eral patronage, and distracted only by bolt which, when
put to the test Of nomination, found itself afraid
nominaeby boiling organ cation that is, which did
not dare to organize Considering how the democrats
into the battle they have done better than could have
been reasonably hoped Wing New York is already at the
first goof fully half rsvofionizsd For the first time since
S Things in the Empire State begin look right TOR the
autumn elections Of 1852
But ia fact Is idle speak Of this election any
Of the real party strength Of either party in the State
Questions far other than party questions lod mons minds
during the whole canvass The real issue on which most
men sought to vots this Shall the adjustment Of the
great sectional question Dhich made By Corg its
last sssiom Stand sMbsfantidLy as 10 shall be dis
tbed and the ehes agitation BE- vsosenedf Il the fatal
bunder perhaps rather the capital misfortune, of both
parties in the State that they did could not In their
respective platforms and nominations, this question
disircy. Had either party been in reasonably fair
position to plant itself firmly and squarely on the
around of the Gdtusnent s1bsfGNfiGAy d "a, in
Guiding the boundary and territorial measures the Dis
tric of Columbia savetrade BILL and the whole principle
OF the fugive-save blhad either Of the great parties
had time enough and anything like fair opportunity In
view of past COURSE rally under this banner and con-
form its nomination it, and bring the issue fairly home
minds of the either party would In so doing
have uiumphed by an immense majority. And, In the
present state OF the country such trinmph-hnay set
Ting, would have settled. the slavery agitation in the
State and inuring the inevitable and speedy ascend
ency the have been BETTER far better
than closely and nominal victory OF the democrats
of the State in their present organization But neither
party had any fair chance TO assume this position The
wings cogged and numbered by their whole attitude
upon the slavery question since the annexation Of
Texas made party issue, AS well as by the recent
of Mr. Seward in the Senate, sustained he
by the whole series of Wimot Provi.o and anti-slavey
resolutions adopted in the State conventions Of his party
for three four past and supported as he was
by hreequarters of the wing OF the State enTapped
under the powerful and dexterous lead Of the Tribune in
New York and the Evening Journal Albany pre-
approval of the ultra positions taken in his speeches
upon the California question while the agitation upon the
whole subject of slavery In full blast In Congress
and throughout the country.
With such commitments such leaders, the whg party
Of the State in order plant itself firmly and quarely
the principle of the adjustment II is have aban-
doned its whole party organization in this fact lies the
true reason why the Duer and Granger bolt at Utica
sound IL in principle, and quite In harmony with
the sober thought Of the whig hereurned
its result be arccsl failure. In the TACT of this
plain opposition between the present party organization
and attitude of the whigs and the real conviction
wing in respect the whole slavery adjustment
found the element Of dscord and weakness which
election postnte the whg ascendency this
State. For though the apparent hesitation and halfway
which marked the of the democrats In their
late State convention at Syracuse put out Of their power
take, this seetion and in all their coalition nomna-
TONS the only safe ground in regard the principle OF the
adusmentnamely full and hatfooted adherence to it
in all It's paryet is plainly enough accomplish this
result and other that the whole organization and
democratic party in this State is rapidly and
cssbly tending. Witness the rearmance OF the
Baltimore platform at Syracuse-he implied position OF
Seymour throughout the canvassthe subdued and penn
ofthe barnburner nominees hrougout the State
total though tady recantaton OF his banbnrn
erism by Cochrane in this city when nominated In opposi
ton Brooksand finally the letter of John Van Blu
himself TO the barnburnep of 81 Lawrence. plainly
recognising the fact that he is reluctant upon the
uxoc crusade OF preaching barnburnersm any longer.
All these signs leave doubt how the current of demo-
sentiment setting throughout the State, and
among the late leading factionists Of the party. /,
The whole OF among the wings Of
the STATE 10 In the direction Witness the present ai
ude Of President Flmorethe hal andhaf letter OF Mr..
Hunt after his nomination. though be the nomi
OF the Seward inerese Duer and Granger move a,
Utica-he Castle Garden meetinghe Union ticket--and
the triumphant sustaining OF Mr. Brooks by his large
suency this city, avowedy the ground Of his frank
and manly opposition to northern wing utraism tn.
slavery question. This last fact scarcely less important
significant here than the election Of Mr. Eliot Bos
The sad and omnous predcament OF the wing party
in this State is, that It's prese organisation Is with
this whole tendency Of Its public convictions President
Fmores policy the slavery question being stabbed In
the back by the WING leaders here a~d that too against
the 1u Of the Of their party. Il remains be seen
whether this Seward organization Albany will prove
strong enough send Sewadzng whg join Seward la
the Senate But be this may January Seward and
his friends deeply committed back ont and
the present mpexion Of things is that before 1852 they
will be clearly In the minority OF their party In the State.
and being longer able to rule it, will yet be quite strong
enough to effect lite ,sim. But enough OF politics
The New World has seen anything like the
musical maWia Of which Gotham Is now the roe.
tropolis The showbls for Trpler Hall and the Opera
House loom as largely in the public eye even the
election placsrds, and, for that matter, make more
stir In the country round The river counties and the
jewellers In the centre Of the State all along the line Of the
Erie railroad here nightly in full delegations hear
the "divne Jenny and the tragic queen Of the
Opera whom Msrezek has boldly pted against her. To
look At the audiences at the Tper Hall concerts, and
the Opera the payodi nights, you would Judge tina,
not only the city but the county getting feel the
hearing Of these great misesses song necessary
Of ls Large parties OF visitors the city for the
special purpose from all the adjoining States, and
from States which d, not sdioin The other night there
were half dozen groups in Trpler Hall from Mssschu-
seits, party from Vermont and small crowd from New
Hamp shire-a understood to be here mainly
trip Parod has proved herself already TO be great and