The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-17
Our Albany Correspondence.

ALBANY. October Is. 1858.
Political EIc tenent- IVar to the Kaife-Aetirty
OF Governor Seymour an Knocking of the Heads
of Canal 0Ge1s-Judge Watson's Chaace Of
Electaom-Ppuiaray Of Different Candidates
Uniontsts Regarding Bradys Speech.
There never was more bitterness known bet seen
the two sections OF the democracy in this city than
reigns at the present The feeling has become SO
personal and malignant that the meeting Of unonist
with Van Burenite or free soller generally ends in
high exchange If epithets, and frequently more Sc
rious encounters ensue. The free soil agitation Of
ls4s bore no resemblance to the hostility of these
days. Governor Seymour is taking lively interest
in this warfare He represents himself as the organ
of President Pierce. he asserts hat all the Union
democrats wil very soon declare openly against the
President and that the only true friends of the ad-
ministration are the free soilers OF lS4S and their
namesakes OF the present day.
The free soil me- mbers OF the Canal Board, Messrs
Church, Wri ybt, Welsh, Randall and Chatheld, are
now daily engaged in chopping off the heads Of
unlonft canal officers No cause Is assigned there
for except that it is imagined that they are che
friends 81 the canals and intend to vote the canal
ticket By placing free sellers in those places, the
Canal Board lDten0 to line the canals with laborers
workmen, and 3" State hands," who will be COM
PEELED TO vote the anticanal ticket at the election.
Miserable dupes Of more wretched political cabal,
they can, at the longest, only expect employment
until the clnse OF navigation.
The conduct of Judge Watson, and his bosom
friend, John Adams Of Catskill, at the time the
Judge was renominated at the Mansion house in
this city, beginning to be canvasSed very openly
and freely. On that occasion tue delegation was
largely OF the union order, as were also the Judge
and his Caishill partuer, supposed to be. The
free soilers deman ded pledge from the unioaists
that no resolutions endorsing the Clinton canal
should be offered adopted in case it
were done, that they would secede, and nominate
vaxvx w.. Dnrn 10.
W atson. Adams, though always q unionst,
agreed that no resolutions should be adopted,
and Watson being on the spot strongly advised the
same. 1t is now chuckled over as being OF Gag
ger coup deats, 10 prevent the Union ticket from
being endorsed, and that there really was no inten
ton to get up an opposition candidate against
Watson S,nce the nomination Of Hadley of Troy,
who will divide the anttrent vote with Watson. q
strong feeling has arisen here to prevent hi from
coming in.
The wings, as predicted in the HERALD few
days since have taken no Hamilton Harris for Dis
trict Attorney 1t Is the most lucrative office in this
rowdy county. The Union wing of the "happy
family has hoisted the name of John j. Hill,
and the other side, the free soilers, have
taken up Mr. Corwin, the present incumbent.
He was elected by the aptirent gentry, which in
famous organization, in combination with the aboli
tonists and Maine law Zealots, will use all ex-
ertoDs to reflect him, though Mr.. Harris, who is
free soil anti-rent, and Neal Dow man. viii command
a strong vote. Senator Taber will be again nomina-
He is popular with all the wings, is strong anti.
renter ardent friend of the canals, and though
hater of Tburlow Weed that gentlemen dare not op.
pose his election. Mr.. T. stands among the heads
Of the bar in this county, and has distinguished him
self in the Senate.
The Union democrats are di satisfied with Brady's
attack the Pres tent at the meeting of the nation
al club. They allege that it was very imprudent to
make such bold and dashing assertions. Whatever
may be thought Of Marcy Davis, and Guthrie, they
are not yet ready to condemn the President They
prefer waiting for better and open demonstra-
ton than the intimation given in Guthries episle
that the President endorses all that was written
therein However, SUCH tate of things cannot re-
main in the present position long while, and it is
quite probable that BIadys holiness may hasten the
period.