The Empire County argus., 1855-12-08
Coloma, Saturday Morning, December 8, 1856

Political News. The steamer Cortez arrived
bringing cheering news for the American party
from New York, Maryland, and Massachusetts,.
In these three States the American party has gain
ed signal victory over the combined isms of the
day. In New York the Democracy were split into
Hard Shells, headed by Daniel s. Dickinson, and
Soft Shells, lead by John Van Buren, and John
Cochrane and supported by the Pierce Admins
tration, composed of Democrats, Wings, and Free
Sellers.
Two other parties were prominently in the field,
the Abotionists proper and the Republican party,
led by Preston King and Horace Greeley, besides
several smaller factions. Opposed to all these the
American party stood forth boldly fighting for the
Union against disunion, Aboltionism, Liquor Law
ism Pierce and Marcy-isrh The Soft Shell or Ad-
ministration ticket was composed Of Free Sellers,
including one Agan,a Jerry rescuer at Syracuse in
1851. An examination of the American nominees
will show conclusivey the purity of the triumph
achieved by the literally abused Know Nothings.
Headly Secretary of State, formerly Wing.
Burrows, Controller, Fillmore Whig
Clark, Treasurer, Hard Democrat
Wheelan, Canal Commissioner, Democrat.
Cushing, Attorney General Hard Democrat.
Seymour. Surveyor General, Silver Grey Wing.
Comstock, Court of Appeals, Hard Democrat
After this signal triumph of National principles
in New York, mountebanks, great and small will
cease crying Abolitonism at the American party,
or win the reputation of being knaves or fools.
The Legislature of New York will be a triangular
concern, no party having majority.
Maryland is true to the American party and has
carried CONSERVATION into the rng-streaked and
speckled camp of Franklin Pierce. Massachusetts
has done nobly and is redeeming herself, and will
be strongest in the Presidential contest In New
Jersey the election turned upon railroads. and not
upon any issue of politics. This State is sure for
the American party in 1856 In Louisiana and
Mississippi, the American party was badly organ
ized dssensions having arisen Caholtcity or the
religious test. These States will learn wisdom and
wheel into the American line. They will never
support the cheating policy of Pierce, Douglass,
Cass, Marcy & Co. In Wisconsin the American
party have no organization worth naming. This
State is strongly opposed to the Pierce Admins.
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Altogether the news is cheering. Already the
DeLocrdtlc Journals OF tnlS Stale are setting up
big howl to keep themselves from being frightened
to DEATH having been frightened out of their wits
for long time. If left entirely to themselves they
would devour each ether like lot of Kilkenny cats
There is only one particle of harmony among them,
they agree until they reach the spoils and then
quarrel to the death Witness their efforts to elect
a U. S. Senator. California then, with its harmo-
nious American organization is sure to carry Ma
tional principles in triumph over the discordant
clements opposed to them The only thing now
left for the State Journal and kindred prints is the
howl Of abotionism and disunion, cry which
will not frghten anybody on the continent unless
it be persons who always have niger sticking in
their throats