The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27
Our State EIecti0n-strcpRth Of Partacs-
The Grs MT Issue Before emo People.

oyr STATE EIection-strepgth sf Part1cs-
The S.rs nj Issue Before tho People.
There is some arm in the Seward camo-
the / IN nifest pprehsnslon among their
lead, rs Of ap thy and oisaff ction in and Of
exte, sive desertion- from their ranks. Upon
del be ately counting u, their own probable
strength, and tn strength OF the several oppO-
si.ion tickets, the Seward drumarers and trum-
peters are calingup their reserves to strength
Ell their wings against the very possible con-
tipgency Of being outfanked en- he right or on
the left Of the enemy.
The estimates of the elder Seward organ OF
this city are certainly anything BUT discour-
aging to the men of national principles, Of all
parties, whe re lard the defeat Of Seward and
his Northern antislavery programme as the
paramount question before the lie. Upon
a basis of four hundred thousand as the popu-
lar vote of the State in local election like the
present, ard upon the assumption Of the Tri-
1une, that upon the old division Of parties in
this State the vote for the wings and democrats
would be about the same, we should have q
gross whig vote OF 100000, and joint demo-
cratic vote Of the same number. In the cut
ting up these aggregate forces among the party
divisions and sub divisions which now exist,
our Seward philosophers admit that the
silver grays, or anti-Seward wings, can, if
they are united, carry Off fifty thousand
voters from the regular wbig ticket" Then
it is conceded that the Know Eothings are at
least seventy thousand strong, and that fifty
thousand Of them are from the original wing
cimp--an est mate VIII ch does not materially
conflict with our own, heretofore given upon
this po mr. 1t is assumed that o majority Of
these are silver grays Admitting that half OF
them are. we have twenty-five thousand Know
Nothngs to deduct from the general whig ag-
gregate, in addition to the fifty thousand silver
grays. These joined together make the com
elomerate whig loss equal to seventy five
thousand votes, provided silver grays AMI
Know Nothings ia the lump, bolt the abolition
coalition ticket
Thus the Seward aggregate is diminished to
one hundred and twenty five thousand; and AZ
this point we have the further admission that
rum is helping Governor Seymour in the
city, that upon this issue "all party distinc-
ti0ns are forgotten and that "thc most ef
fective canvassers for Seym ut present are
whig runsellers.'' Now, would it be sur
prising, considering the immense wholesale
and retail interests at stake, if this liquor ques-
tion were to cost Clark the net loss Of twenty
or twenty-five thousand whig votes throughout
the State? He would be thus reduced to a
margin Of one hundred thousand, leaving three
hundred thousand ofthe assumed aggregate vote
Of the State to be divided beween Bronson, Sey-
mour and U Imam. Such are the fair and legiti.
mate deductions to be drawn from the basis of
the estimates of our elder Seward coalition organ
We believe their assumed aggregate Of 100000
votes, as the probable vote of the State, to be
too low, and that it fully comes up to five hun
number. The records Of past elections also
show that upon a fair party test, as between the
wings and democrats, the latter have had
standing plurality over the former Of from tif-
teen to twenty thousand votes.
But upon the main point the figures and the
admissions of the Seward organ are sufficient
for our present purpose, which is to show that
the opposition forces against
the Seward coalition are divided into three sepa-
rate parties, the Seward ticket may yet be de-
feated. And our abolition coalition organs are
frank enough to confess exactly where the
danger lies. They do not consider Bronson
any longer an object of anxiety-they have
ceased TO regard him as such. Seymour af.
ords them some annoyance; but he might be
managed, were there no other obstacle in
The way. II is the Know Nothing ticket of
Ullman and Scroggs which causes all the ex-
listing trepidation and embarrassment among
the Saratoga, Syracuse and Auburn coalitionist
1t is this new.faDgled ticket, and this mysteri
GUS Order, in connection with the rebellious
spirit among the silver grays, which causes
all the perturbations in the coalition
estimates. Fifty thousand wing Know n
things on Native American principles, aud
twenty-five thousand silver gray on the slavery
question, threatening to desert Clark for Ul!-
man, is the dreaded contingency which at once
accounts for the milk in the cocoanut. The
Ecening Post, too, is very much concerned
about Ullman, fir m which it may be inferred
that there are Know Nothings among tue SOL
shells, whose antipathy to the Catholic religion
is superior to their love of lager bier.
And here very important question is sug
gested. Clark has been weighed in the ba-
lance" by the Know Nothines and has been
!" found wanting" They have rejected him in
spite Of all his vouchers, drummers and pipe.
layers at the grand State Council. The Know
Nothings, Iona .fde, have refused him, and
nominated, in good faith, man of their own.
Lut how stands Mr.. Clark on the other side?
Has be not done enough to excite the disgust
and contempt against him of every wing in the
, tate who is foreigRer ny hiFtt or a Catholic
in religion If this j. box made m.nies. ii
the election, we shall br com what di-appo ated
in the genera result. II sag = M ~h;.ct. \
card or two which We give sew ere in thas,
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