Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-10-28
POLITICS AND PARTIES IN NEW YORK.

Democratic party in the great State of New York,
and to the dissatisfaction among the Wings. With
the first the difference appears to have rpened into
settled enmty and the feuds of the latter are fast
tending to an irreconcilable arrangement. The
result of the election near at hand will therefore we
presume, be no test of the strength Of either Of the
old parties, nor will it afford any certain index for
the future.
Soon after the Wing nominations at Syracuse
were made, the Freesoilers held their adjourned
Convention at Auburn and adopted as their candi-
dates Messrs. CLARK and RAYMOND, who had been
previously nominated by the Wings, and put forth
platform altogether ultra and Objectionable. The
candidates accepted the Creed and at alenated
thousands of National Wings. The Commercial
Advertiser and the Courier Of New York city, the
Commercial Advertiser at Buffalo, and some other
journals spoke our promptly and plainly in dis
appreciation of the facility with which the nominees
embraced the Freesoilers. The detection is now
probably irremediable. The nomination of DANIEL
ULLMANN by the I" Known othings" complicated
the case," as the lawyers would term it; and now
nobody can tell what is to be the result though the
Temperance question is a prominent, if not
controlling, feature in the canvass.
We find by the papers received yesterday that
all these party breaches are widening We believe,
however, with the New York Commercial Advertiser,
that "agtating events may generally disturb the
public mind as to give temporarily radical bias
to the majority Of the whole people, and the sober
rejecting portion Of the community have only the
alternative of waiting for that calm which, in the
political world as surely as in the physical, sue
ceeds the storm"
Referring to the rumor that another Wing State
Convention was to be held, the Commercial consi-
ders that there is no time for the consummation OF
the project, if it has been seriously entertained
We append few extracts from the further sensible
views Of that paper:
'Of course, the movement has its origin with the
conservative portion of the Wing party, who much
dissatisfied with the nominations made at Syracuse and
still with the conduct of the nominees in endorsing
the resolves Of the Saratoga Convention which act Of
theirs unwarranted under the circumstances is nearly
equivalent to endorsement also Of the still stronger
language adopted by the Convention after its ad
tournament Auburn. With their objections strongly
sympathxe believing the conduct Of the candidates to
have inflicted deporabe calamity the party and to
be in violation Of its wellestablished principles"
$50 far we presume the conservative section of the
Wing organization is united in sentiment We are in the
position Of party having candidates. Those in whose
nomination in all sincerity took part and were pre-
pared to support cordially and heartily the balotbox
have failed 1t would though they had far
mistaken the meaning of the uuanimy that prevailed in
the Convention to Interpret it into license to follow
their procves to the bent Of their inclination Be
that it may they have mistaken and in their present
position do greatly misrepresent the real heartfelt
timents Of the true Wing party The nowhere
radicals. They inherently, essentially, necessarily
the They have always inscribed liberal con-
servatism upon their banners and such must be
their distinguishing characteristic Radicalsm and dema
gogism and wild impracticable theories cannot find
congenial and permanent home in their ranks"
The whole free States have been dashed into agitation
by the passing evoked Senator DOUGLAS and his
sbettors the Administration and in the Southern States
and cannot wonder that their political views and
other things taken into consideration, the Wings Of the
free States have participated largely in the ag
taion that in the present state Of the popular sen
ment the Syracuse Convention and consequently its
minees, strongly mpregnated with the slavery
feelingmuch than the minds Of those who have
entertained other ideas and aims than that question
which with the has for the time almost annihated
every other But who supposes that the storm is
to spend itself and be succeeded by calm Who sup
poses that the American peopeand it is with them that
we have to dowil long cherish extreme and sectional
views question Of such moment and such delicacy
that which is now exciting them The reaction is as
certain the return Of the Itmay be imposs
BILE stem the torrent while the storm lasts but with the
abatement of the tempest will also the falling back
of the waters into their accustomed channels We would
counsel Wing conservative friends therefore, to wait
and what next year will bring forth. We should give
the counsel were there ten weeks instead of
days for deliberaon and action. single mistake
what may think mistake is justification for
disorganiEing the party by making opposition nomina
hons. the majority Of the party think with that
grave has been committed they will counteract it
by Withholding their sanction at the polls and will take
care to rectify it next year"
The Commercial thus comes to the conclusion
that no competing nomination ought to be made
by the Wings, and inquiries
"0f what practical utility such convention, or any
Of that character could possibly be at the pre-
sent moment This is the twenty fourth Of October and
the State election will take place the It'll Of November
How is it possible to effect any thing Of organization
even judciousy to select candidates, within that time y
" Surely there already parties enough in the field
candidates Of almost every political shadewithout max
ing confusion COMPOUNDED by the addition Of smother
Let Wings get through the present campaign as
well We can the skies win brighten hereafter"
In regard to the Wing candidates for Congress
there is also some trouble. National Wings, such