New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-20
r1r ,rru YORK E,LlEcTToN.

NE had hoped ID be able to present cur read
ara with The results 81 The late election In New
York this morning. IT took place On the 7th Of
the present month and, from the numerous
issues involved, created more interest and ex-
element, both local and general, than any
other which We can now recall. We have New
York papers Of the 18th and telegr aphic dis
patches Of much later date, but neither the
one nor TIN other bring definite and reliable
information on tho subject.
So far as the nero success Of this or that indi-
can BE- but slightly interested. Even the imme-
diate issues which entered into the election are
Of comparative insignifcance. NewYork might
approve or disapprove her existing license law !;
she might ratify or reject the policy Of the
Administration with regard to the {. Hards Z
and g Softs; she might elect Barker or Wood.
Seymour, d. UIlman, or Glarke-an if the
mere matter Of the success Of one or the other
Of these candidates was oil, . New Jersey cleo
ton would beas important as that Of Newly ork.
IL can not be forgotten, however, that the germs
Of far other, more important, and more remote
measures we're concealed in it, and that these
measures will flourish or fade in accordance
with the victory Or defeat OF the party endorsing
them The most able, the most designing and
the most unscrupulous Of all thu enemies Of the
South directed the movements of one faction
and rallied to it's support whatever aid could be
drawn from sources the most opposite and the
most hostile. temperance and Anti Temper
ance men, Know Eothings and foreigners, Anti
Slavery men and Silver Grays were drafted in
by one means and another to the support Of q
movement whose ultimate end and object is the
Presidency for William IT. Seward at the next
National election.
50 far Az the returns Of the NewYork election
have reached Us in reliable form, we have
reason to congratulate ourselves and the coun-
try at large that no greater success has at
tended the coalition Of SO many different inter-
ests. Clarke may be elected Governor. 1t is
far from a. impossibility. But the doubt that
still hangs over an election in which every
Northern ism conspired to the promotion OF one
man, conclusiyely proves that tho interests Of
Seward are not concurrent with those Of ma
jority Of the citizens of his own State. If it
had not been for the excitement awakened by
the passage Of the Nebraska bill, We much doubt
whether Clarke would not have occupied the
same position that Bronson now does and Bron-
son have been triumphantly elected.
It JIG every way probable that the result Of
the election in New ork will be definitely known
before our next paper goes to press. We look
tor the success 81 Mr. Clarke by small ma.
jority but one 50 small as to show those fanat.
ica, who hope to open q sectional question be-
tween tho North and the South at the mex
Presidential election, that their aims are iejun,
and unattainable; for it is beyond belief thai
the cool and considerable men Of any State vii
allow the yaulting ambition Of one individua
to override every consideration of policy ans
propriety. Let Mr.. Clarke ride into oiiic
with all his hobbies under him. Their grea
objects are different, and when the contes
comes II will DO found, we think, that Nes
York is still an honorable and upright State
that she IS at heart national and more de
voted to the interests Of the whole countr,
than to those Of an individual or faction
and that abe will remain true to the Union sh
aided in forming and the constitution she as
sisted in creating.
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