The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-27

Degan-a sort OF Boston -Four Corners affair." in which
II was bard to tell who got the better The report
however was finally adopted
Our state Eiection-Old Parties Broken
Down-yVhat Comes Next.
Tn tuesday, the eighth day of November,
our annual election will come of, for State or
GERS, members of the Legislature, &c. The
Cabinet at Washington, and the politicians of
all stripes IN New York, look upon this polling
OF The people as more important and momentors
IN It's consequences than any thing which has
transpired since the revolutionary war, while
the people themselves appear to regard it with
a GOODNESS and Indifference expressive only Of
their silent contempt. The result will probably
be the same as in Ohio and Pennsylvania, re-
markably light vote, less by fifty sixty, or
seventy-tve thousand than the average popu-
lar strength of the State. And in a political
view, whatever ticket or faction. or coalition
may succeed, the result will be but the explo-
sion OF a bag Of wind, fall of sound, and gas
and iury, signfying nothing"
1t will be nothing to the wing party, for it
was utterly demoralized and hopelessly cut
to pieces in the great campaign of 81 1t
will be nothing to the democratic party, as
recognized upon the Baltimore coalition.
for that coalition is practically dissolved, and
the new free soil party, which the Cabinet have
attempted to reorganize upon it, is already
scattered to the winds. There is no party in
this State canvass, in the true sense Of that
term--no whig party. for it is annihilated; no
democratic party for that too is democrat
lied divided, confused, and broken up. 1t is
the contest of factions, and can only be COM
pared to guerrilla battle between the scat
tered fragments Of two disbanded armies, fight
ing upon their own hook, without concert, or
order, or any definite object in view; and were
it not that the great interests connected with
our State canals are somewhat involved in this
election, we doubt whether the sober, rational,
and law and order portion Of the people, would
take any part in it whatever Possibly the
Maine ticket may succeed in the melee
We have the four State tickets of four local and
sectional factions in the field. We have the free
soil aboli lion ticket, descended in a right line
from the Van Buren, and Adams ticket and the
Buffalo platform Of 1913 We have the Cabinet
free soil Van Buren, ticket Of 1858 and the Dick
inson ticket, which, although most nearly identl-
fed with the true principles of great national
party, is still supported only by faction
the Dickinson, Bronson and O'Conor fac
ton. Last, though not least, we have the
ring streaked and speckled wing ticket, 50
called, supported by an incomprehensible fac
:, 4bo b.e;1 If icS,
from the floating rubbish Of the WING battle Of
the Nile Of last November
Such are the factions arrayed against each
other in this local canvass Of ours. Their prin-
ciples may be readily disposed Of The Seward
organization is for the spoils Of this solitary
election. Their estimates go no further. The
Cabinet free soil faction, thankful for small
fsvors as well as large ones. are anxious to de-
serve little more Of the public plumber through
their support of the new platform as laid down
by Guthrie 4 Co. The Dickinson faction, hav-
ing been thimble-rigged out Of their fair share
of the spoils are simply bent upon revenge
and the breaking Of all the orockery in the
kitchen cabinet, regardless Of the original cost
The legitimate Van Buren, free sellers Of the
Buffalo platform, now under Hale, have alone
the consistency Of an abiding organization. aud
their ticket is put forward, not with any hopes
of electing il, but with the view Of keeping
their faction together for the great contingen
cies which they foresee all parties will soon have
to meet again, face to face on the slavery
question.
Such are the factions, and such are the prin-
ciples inexplcably mixed up in this State cleo
ton. The Seward wing ticket will probably
be elected but in such an event nothing can
be more fallacious or absurd than the hue ana
cry which will probably be raised upon the re-
kurrection Of the whig party. As poor Hanne-
gan once said Of Folks administration. 6 the
wing party is sunk into damnation so deep
that the hand of resurrection cannot reach it,
1t is dead and done for, now and forever as q
national organization, And we may expect 10
hear some ridiculous Growing and cackling OF
the Cabinet organs should their factioa out
number the forces Of the Dickinson clique at
the polls But the result however great or
small the numbers of the mutineers, can settle
no other question than this, that the democratic
party is bopelessly demoralized and divided,
md that its destiny upon the platform ofGath-