The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-19


Greeley are perfectly consistent upon this issue,
and are directed against common political
enemy. The prospects are that the adminis-
tration and the Seward coalition will be finally
wound up together. In view Of this ultimatum
the Know Nothings promise to render the
highest service to the government and to the
Union.
The NEW GOVERNOR AND THE LIQUOR CUES
TIoN-SEwARD AND THE AssEMBLY.-The cabi-
net organ and the little faction of spoilsmen in
this State woich clipgs 20 the administration
and the spoils, have been congratulating them
selves on the reelection Of Governor Seymour
as an administration victory, IS far as it & 'es.
Inside Of this Commonwealth it is no. necessary
to say one word in REPUTATION of this stupid al
surdity; but outside of it we can most posi-
lively assure our readers that practically the
administration had nothing m re to do with the
e-election Of Seymour, if he is reelected, than
the man in the moon.
II re-elected, it is upon his veto last year Of
the Maine Liquor law. If defeated, which wv
appears to be almost q fixed fact" the large
vote which he received Is due to that veto, aad
to that alone. The overruling question was
lie liquor question. Upon that single issue
Seymour went into the canvass, and upon that
| single issue he comes out of it, Men Of all
parties whose interests and opinions were hos
tile to the despotiS espionage and search war.
rants of the Maine law, supported Seymour, on
the ground that he might safely be irusted in
the event Of another experiment to fasteu it
upon the State. Aud it is doubtless owing to
the fact that Il y N ond had heartily supported
the veto, and had heartily condemned the Miiae
law as an unconstitutional pie &c OF legislation,
that he has been elected Lieutenant Cover.
nor. True, he was supported by the tempe
rance party, on account Of his more recent
pledges; but the uti-Maine law men to some
extent supported him, because they were con-
WINGED that his pledges we're all b0sh, and that
his arguments in support of the veto we're stin
the real principles Of the man. His arguments
for the veto were voluntaryhis pledges for
the law were extorted. Both sides may be
deceived; but in securing the support of both
he has been elected.
The Seward coalition party are congratulate
ing themselves on the election of such an over
whelming majority in the Assembly as will Sc
cure, beyond all doubt, the triumphant election
of their champion to the United States Senate.
But they may be too fast in their calcul atons
We are somewhat apprehensive tina. they are
doomed to disappointment We suspect that
the my sterious and terrible Know Nothings
have not overlook d the Assembly aud the great
object Of sending one of their own order to the
Senate in the place OF the unprincipled trader
for abolition 81 mpathy and foreign votes. In
deco, we shall not in the least degree be sur
prised should the Know Nothing, in conjuac
ton with the other opposition clements in the
Assembly, elect another man to Gil the place
Seward at Washington, much as such a consum-
nation would surprise his partizans and dam
age his estimates for the future.
The Know Nothipgs count upon arrying the
next Presidential election. But what will il
avail them without the two houses OF Congress
Nothing; and they are aware Of it. Wei may
rely upon it, therefore, that they will m IKE al
effort to fill every vacancy which may in tie
meantime occur IN the Senate. In making the
experiment in our own Assembly, it is very
likely they will find the materials with which to
% the work. Had they been aware of the
astounding popularity of their mysterious pri /
ciplse, they might have swept this State as
lDey have swept assachusetts-Governo"
State ticket Congressman, Assembly men and
all. As it is, they are, perhaps, much stronger
in our Assembly than appears upon the surface.
They are mysterious body of men, and very
blows when least expected.
We admonish the Kitchen Cabinet and their
spoilsmen to confne their Civilizations upon
Seymour to the liquor question, and to post
pone their Joy for . few days; for as the case
now stands he is defeated. His veto has re-
elected him, If he is re elected, as we had pre-
dicted it would re-elect him, if he could be re-
elected. But after all the figures are against
him, and he is most probably defeated This
journal urged him to the veto, under the con-
viction that he would be sustained in it by the
people, in fair and square contest, upon that
question alone. We have supported him in the
veto, and the support Of the people has just
about as much to do with the support Of the
administration as the New YORK HERALD. Our
object upon the question Of the Governor was
the defeat of the Seward coalition. Our object
in reference to the Assembly was the defeat of
Seward His partisans claim that he has
triumpbed by large majority We are not so
certain. We have our fears of the Know
Nothings; and for all that we know they may
have the power, and they may have picked out
their man to succeed Seward in the Senate.
Who knows?
The GOVERNOR, THE TEMPERANCE PAR.
TY, AND THE LIQUOR QuEsTIoN.-Clark is
most probably the Governor; aud there
appears to be less doubt of the tempe
rance Maine law majority in the Assem-
bly,. We may count, then, upon the Maine law