The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-21
The Whig State Convontion-What Ship!-
Where B0undg

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The Whig State Convention-what ship.-
Where Bounds
The proceedings Of the Wing State Conven-
ton yesterday are Of national interest and i'm
portance. They will go far, as we have here
tofore suggested, to give shape and direction
to the reconstruction Of parties throughout
the country, though not, perhaps, quite so far
as was projected at the Saratoga free soil fusion
gathering.
The proceedings Of the preliminary organiza-
tion betrayed the weakness Of the silver greys,
the strength of the Seward coalition, and the
mysterious presence Of the Know Nothings
With the adjournment Of the morning session,
it was also manifest that very little difficulty
was expected in securing the support of the
t. temperance party, and the bulk of the Saratoga
holy Alliance. The silver greys, sheltered
under the wings of the Know Nothings, were
exhibiting o little pluck out of doors; but, rs
was to be expected, their cou rage was like that
Of Bob Acres, very quick to i" ooze out at their
finger ends" when called to face the music.
With tenth part of the moral courage of the
democratic "hards," these same silver greys
might be welding now the destinies Of the
State, instead Of clinging, for temporary sup
port, to the skirts Of the Know Nothings.
The Convention got regularly under way a.
81. NJ, with Mr.. Samuel G. Andrews, Of Mon
roe, as President His speech was "short anu
sweet" and directly to the purpose. He re
commended the union of the odds and ends of
the Convention upon the new wing tripod o.
Justice, Temperance and Freedom. This, we
suppose, is intended to embrace the Know
Nothings, the Maine Law league, and the
Saratoga Abolition Coalition. From this
point, the Convention seems to have been i'm
pressed, to o remarkable degree with the
necessity Of despatch, as If the failure to wind
up their business during the day would only
result in multiplying endorsements for the
next morning. Hence we find that speeches
were brief, and that unsatisfactory motions
were as summarily disposed Of as in the House
of Representatives at Washington in the last
stages of the Nebraska bill.
The first informal vote for Governor, as will
be seen by our table in the report of the pro-
ceedings, indicated little or nothing, except
that the twenty-five whig candidates which we
published the other day from wing authority,
were diminished at the first shot to ten. 0
these Mr.. Savage, of this city, secured the
highest vote, 10; Clark Is; Patterson IL;
Campbell IL; Thos. R. Whitney, leading Know
Nothing, 3; and Ex-Governor Hunt l. The
very small vote Of three would seem to show
that the Know Nothings were even weaker than
the silver greys in action, but the Natives
doubtless scattered a few other votes upon
several Of the other candidates. The guberna-
torial ticket finally adopted, with the view of
harmonizing Seward men, silver greys tempe
rance men, Know Nothings, free sellers and
abolitionists, was
hrRos H. CLARK, of Ontario, for Governor.
HENRY J. RAYMOND, Of New York, for Lieutenant
Governor.
benny FnmueH Of Washington, for Canal Commits.
sioner
NoRwoop BowSy for State Prison Inspector
Mr.. Clark Is State Senator, and has been for
several years. He is Of the Seward whig aud
canal enforcement school. Mr.. Ray mond is the
conductor Of the lesser organ Of Scwardism IL
this city; but his nomination by acclaim .tion
shows that be has not committed himself so far
in favor Of Archbishop Hughes and the Irish
Catholics az to be past forgiveness by the Know
Nothings.
1t lie understood that Gee. ". Patterson wac