Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-20
WISHING roK NEVs AND eossrp

Keep VI In log, % 1t were, Us II past doubt
that Ito eject, politically speaking. has been
aad y to b capital for the future Of the Dem.
oerstie party Of that STATE. The official re-
turns show that ct this time the Hard organi.
sstiol q merely nominal, the number Of votes
thrown for it, Gubernatorial candidate being
lsss than the average Of late years for the
most ultra nominees of the school Of aboli-
tionists who repudiate tho Union and tho Bi.
BILE q the rules for all Americana political
and moral guidance. Indeed, Hsrdism, sincs
the result Of this election has bssn ascer.
tsinsd, passes merely for the political joke of
tho times. A large wing Of that former party
voted for Ullmal, while some sixty-fvs OF
seventy thousand Of ito former voters-two
thirds-voted for Seymour. There were per-
haps twenty thousand Fres-soil Softs in the
whole State who finally disconnected them.
selves from the Democratic party, going over
10 the Seward Wing ticket, and voting straight
through the Wing tickst-Clark at the head
Of 1t. The result in Preston Kings county
Il St. Lawrence proves this fact CLARK having
received there tho usual overwhelming major.
lty for the Democrats. According to the re-
turns from that county, 1t Is evident that full
six thousand persons, whs heretofore acted
with the Democratic party voted tho Seward
ticket on this occasion, "strsight out''-ss
they say in Now York.
We remark above that the Democratic
party has been greatly siren gthened In the
result Of this election. We are satisfied that
in 1t the two extreme wings Of tho former
Democratic organisation sloushed Of. The
very-ultrs Hsrds went of to tho Nativist or.
gsnisstion, while the very-ultrs Free Sellers
went OF to the now now Anti-slavery v hig
party, who assume to themselves tho title of
Republicans" Though that party in non.
slsveholding States south Of New York, q
we'll as in the Massachusetts, and Maine cleo.
tons have had the aid Of "Know Nothing.
ISM" it is already very clear that tho latter
finding they have strength to stand alone,
have set up for themselves, and, aiming to b.
come national In their influence, will continue
to seek to divest themselves Of responsibility
brethren who have voted for Abolitionists for
Congress and other officers in order to show
their strength a. it were,
We need hardly write here that there are
two features in tho policy Of the new party to
which We shall ever be opposed: First, tho
Identification Of religion with politics IN this
country; and next, the adoption Of secrecy -
. means Of Affecting American public Affairs.
We are willing, hswsvsr, to give them credit
fos what they have effected in New York in
the way Of Withdrawing the conservative
Wing vote from tho Abolition nominee. In
doing this they have exposed the real weak
mess of the Seward cause. A month before
the election We predicted that CLARK would, in
tho end, be supported by few others than con-
frmed ismatiss. In coming to that eonclu.
sion We anticipated that Know nottingham
would absorb tho conservative Wing vote
Tho result has borne out this Judgment to the
letter. So far a. tho Democratic party Of the
State Of New York are concerned, they are in
q better condition now than at any previous
they split. They came together In tho cleo
ton of Pierce, not on principle. but in tho
hope (eaeh wing Of getting the better of the
other in the division of tho spoils. The result
of that division-as both could not be pre-
fsrrsd-ssnt Of the disappointed wing growl-
ing. They were the Administrstion's bitter
enemies up to tho day Of the New York cleo
ton. In that election, At least Gxty-nve thou
sand Of them buried tho hstchet renewing In
good faith their allegiance b thei1 former DO
litiosl associations, They have nov (the
two united wingO what thsy have not had for
years before, Wis: . leader and . sonnpo
faith. They have Seymour nas tho ibsues-
. man Of unbounded popularity thFoughqt
tho Empire State; and for tho Latter, they
have 10 policy Of saquieseencs In ths Ne
braska BIN, - leaving With The peopss Of the
Territories, whom tbey shall become States,
the right and duty Of determining what their
institutions shall Do. This IL tho American
doctrine Of popular sovereignty-the only one
upon which all sections Of the Confedersoy
can unite. We congratulate them, therefore,
on being In far better condition than ct any
previous time for tho last six years.
The Last Humbug-We perceive that COZ.
Of some Of the northern papers
writing from this city, are already proclaim.
ing what the President contamplates saying
in the annual message, In tho preparation Of
which he Is now understood to be engaged.
One of these gentlemen gr,vsly assures tho
publap that he certainly will ask Congress to
put thirty millions of dollars at his disposal, q
q war fund, and will argue that our relations
with Spain render that measure wise, DO.
Another, more moderate than that writer,
says that he will only ask for some ton mil.
lions, after that fashion. Upon other points
they profess to give similar do ais with refer.
onoe to what hs intends to say in the mes.
sage.
Now, this is all the sheerest balderdash i'm
aginsble. No man outside Of tho Cabinet can
possibly know snv thing coneerninp What thu