The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-07
New K,nk In state Palstfcs-Ikn0w
Nothing Nominations.

WI be found highly interesting.
New K,nk In our state Palstics-Ixnow
Nothing Nominations.
The Seward organs Of this city, keen and
anxious upon the trail of the Know Nothings,
profess TO have discovered the result of their
Grand New York State Council the other day,
and announce it to be the nomination of Dan
iel Ullman (silver gray whig) as the indepen-
dent candidate Of the Know Nothings for Gov
ernor.
Great excitement and commotion have fol-
lowed among the Seward coalitionists. Their
alarm is betrayed in their leading journals, in
spite Of their efforts to disguise it. 1t breaks
up the coalition estimates and throws every
thing into confusion. 1t Is said that the Know
Nothings claim one hundred and fifteen thou
sand men in this commonwealth, and that they
eay they can bring this force to the polls in
solid mass on election day. If this be so, and
if they have nominated Ulman in reality, these
one hundred and fifteen thousand votes are all
good for Daniel on the day OF judgment, though
not quite enough perhaps to elect him.
Here, then, we have four prominent nomina-
soft she'll, coalition ti-slavery- Maine law
whig, and Know Nothing-Bronson, Seymour,
Clark and Ullman. Bronson, from his conser-
vative opinions on The slavery question aud
the temperance question, aud from his we'll
known abilities and high character, is deserved
parties. His friends were becoming sanguine
Of a powerful lift from the silver grays, aud
even from the Know Nothings, especially upon
the ground Of his open antagonism to
free soil platforms aud free soil aGilia-
lions. Upon this schedule the hards had
counted upon the defeat of Clark, the anti
slavery coalition candidate, as q contingency
by no means impossible. But this nomination
Of Ullman, iftrue changes the relative weight
Of the figures upon the chess board very ma
terially.
The aggregate available popular vote of
this State is not less than $4,000. We
should not be surprised if, from the pre-
sent excitement on the great questions
of the day. nearly all of this vote were
to be polled in November Gen. Scott's vote,
in 1852 was some 235, 900, Pierce's 100000,
Hale's 25,500, scattering 500. At our last
State election there were only three-ffths of
this vote cast, so that it affords no basis what
ever for present estimates. Assuming the wbig
vote Of the State of all kinds, all together, in
Guiding free sellers and abolitioDists, tempe
rance men, Know Nothings and all, to be
265, 900, and that OF the lis 900 Know No.oings
Of the State 100000 are drawn from the origi-
nal whig camp, it follows that the Independent
nomination by the new order Of natives Daniel
Uilman as their candidate, will be loss of 1OO,-
600 votes to the Seward whig nominee. Now, as
sumng that the united forces of the democrats,
could they all be brought together, upon some
great and distinct line Of DIVISION as between
the two old parties, would be equal to 2S5,000
votes, and assuming, further that this force is
now equally divided between hard shells and
for Bronson 142, 500 votes, and the same num-
Der for Seymour. Deducting from the wing
coalition vote 100000 men and transferring
them to Ullman, it still leaves Clark 10000
strong; and allowing q deduction of 500 from
each of the two democratic parties for the Know
Nothings, the strength of Sey mour and of Bron-
son is diminished each to 900 votes, leaving
Clark still 10000 ahead of either. To defeat
him, therefore under the new order of things,
the silver grays will have to poll over that
number of votes, while it is estimated that that
section Of the party does not number more
than $4,000 votes
What, then, will be the operation of this
Know Nothing nomination of Ullman? The
election of Clark and the triumph of Seward.
Ii Clark is not their man, we should think it
would be the policy of the Know Nothings to
defeat him. The concentration Of their vote
Of $4,000, or any thing near it upon either
Bronson or Seymour would do this; but upon
Ullman it is thrown away, and Seward gets all
the benefit of the diversion. Besides this, in
The triumph of the Seward coalition the prestige
Of the Know Nothings will BE- broken, and their
assumed invincibility will vanish with their de-
feat They cannot elect an Independent candi
late.
To make their vote effective against Seward
the natives must side with Bronson or Sey-
mour. The peculiar position OF the latter ut
terly forbids their co operat on with him: the
position Of the former renders
junction less difficult in that direction. But it
would be crushing blow to the Wanted pow
er Of this secret political order IT, by their
independent support Of Uliman, they should Of.
feet the election Of Seymour. Aud the whole
sale liquor interest, and the retail whskey aud
lager bier interest, and the spoils Of the admin.
stration, make our present Governor a candi
late worthy of being taken into the general es-
inmates Of loss and gain.
We understand however, though we know
lothing upon the subject-that the late STATE
Council of the Know Nothings made no posi-
i've nomination for Governor-that the uomi.
Ialion Of Ullman was sham intended to
blind the Seward eavesdrorpers; but that,
ipon the question of the Lieutenant Governor
he wbig nominee will feel that the brotherhood