Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-22
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENTS.


effected, and every conceivable faction and ism
brought to his support. 1t is no evidence Of
Wing strength per sc, no more than Seymour's
election would have been evidence Of the De
mocratic vote of the State. His election was
secured through the vote Of the temperance
party or anti-rum party, that being the most
considerable faction that aided him. This was
secured to him from the fact that Seymour's
nomination was intended, as it did draw, to his
support, the entire rum interest Of the State.
His nomination made the question of governor
trial Of strength between the rum and anti
rum interest broad, clear, and distinct. 1t
concentrated upon those two candidates every
voter If the two interests, and antirum has
carried the day, and with it Seward and Abo-
litionism.
The vote for Ullman, the Know-nothing can
didate, astonishes everybody, and there is much
suspicion expressed at the smallness of the vote
cast for Bronson, by those not familiar with the
history of the two sections of the Democratic
party in this State. No purer or better man
lives than Judge Bronson, but the Hards
would have been satisfied with any good Dem
ocrat as their candidate, provided he stood fair
and square upon the Nebraska platform. This
the Soft, or Administration, party were given to
understand, and though some influential men
of the Softs were willing to take him up and
thus unite the party, the majority refused,
chose to make separate nomination entire,
believing that the rum interest, which they
were certain of securing for Seymour, would
carry him in. The result shows that their cal
culations were pretty well made, but their
hopes were not entirely realized; defeat en-
sued when victory was expected, and now the
combination flor it was not partly is scat
tered to the four winds Of heaven. The Hards
stood square and aatfooted upon the true
Democratic platform, Nebraska and all-the
only platform on which the Democratic
party can stand. No combination, clique,
coterie, or ism, Joined hands with them.
They soon discovered that the strength
of the rum interest was almost overwhelming.
They saw the superhuman efforts that were
being made by this interest for Seymour the
hundreds of thousands of dollars they were
spending to secure his election, and it very
soon became evident that Bronson stood no
chance at all against this powerful combination
so well concentrated upon Seymour, and at the
day of the election, they cast their vote ac-
cording to their individual predictions, many
for Seymour, TO show their dislike to the tenn
perance phrenzy, but more for Ullman as
choice Of evils between the Soft Free-soilers
and the Know-nothings.
Hence the reduction of Bronson's vote.
With fair poll to-day, with no other question
TO distract the voters, the Hards have ma
jority Of the voters Of the State over the Softs.
This you can easily satisfy yourselves of by
footing up the vote of the Hards and Soffs cast
for members Of Congress.
Here were no side questions or issues to
affect the vote. The congressional ticket was
a separate one. Each party showed nearly its
fair and natural strength, though it it is reason
able to suppose that the Soft nominees received
some assistance from the rum interest that
went SO thoroughly for Seymour. But taking
these candidates as the test, believe, when
the vote Of the State is made up, the facts viii
bear me out in the assertion have made.
In this city and Brooklyn, (opposite,) where
we have the vote, the assertion is fully verified,
and shows that the Hardshel vote in this city
alone exceeds by over 1900 that of the Sohs
where Seymour has nearly or quite $4,000
votes over Clark. 1t shows, too, that had il
not been for the folly Of the Softs' making
just before the election, separate nominations
for Congress, we could have carried from this
city and Brooklyn and Suffolk county, eigh
democratic members of Congress, instead o
two, and those two anti-Nebraska, and elected
Wings.
The Softs, and protested friends of the ad
ministration, sacrificed everything To secur,
the election Of Seymour. Their political hopes
centered solely in the State, seemingly caring
nothing for the dilemma in which they would
place the country and the administration b,
filing the House with q majority Of rabid anti
Nebraska Wings. The vote Of the city 70
members Of Congress was as follows, and tn
Democracy Of the Union can judge of tn
honesty Of the Soft and Freesoil sections of tn
Democratic party in this State: