The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-11-05
The New York Election

The election in New York will be held to-
morrow, and will be one Of the most exciting
elections ever held in that State, excepting the
Presidential elections. The politics of New
York are at this time in dreadfully mixed up
condition. 1t is even difficult to unravel the
political web there sufficiently to tell aow
many parties and isms are striking out for
themselves in the coming election. But there
are four regular tickets-the American, Re-
publican, Soft Shell Democratic and Hard
Shell Democratic--all alive, all hoping, all
working. The attempt to form National
Wing ticket was not very successful. Which
party will be successful, We shall know
better-after the returns come in. John
Van Buren,, who has just been read out Of the
Democratic party by the Administrators par
ticular organ, the Washington Union, claims
that his party, the Soft Shells, will be success
fal by plurality of fifty thousand votes! He
says that every candidate on the soft shell
State ticket, except one judge and the Canal
Commissioner, twas openly and warmly the
advocate Of Marten Van Buren, in 1848.'-
Every one therefore, in 184S opposed Gen.
Cass, the regular nominee of his party, and
voted the Free soil ticket We wish this fact
remembered here, should Johns prediction
come true about the success of the Soft Shells.
We wish it remembered that John himself has
Just been read out of the Democratic party, be-
cause he openly in a speech advocated the
Free Soil doctrines maintained by the Soft
III CT Kill L.
clared their 'fxed hostility to the extension
of slavery to free territory" The Union says
that John in occupying this position is so
nearly on the platform Of Mr.. Seward, that it
is not easy to decide which is the most hostile
to the Democratic party. So we presume the
Union will not feel much like rejoicing if the
Soft Shells should turn up trumps, as they
bid fair to do. The Hard Shells have not fully
its sympathy either because this same species
of political crabs have been exceedingly severe
against the administration ever since the ad-
ministration turned out of office old national
Democrats to put in Free Sellers. In fact we
do not see how the administration is to be
gratified by the success of any party in this
New York election But the reading of the
Soft Shells out of the party by the Union, don't
put them out. They are the regular admin
istration Democrats-the representatives of
the National party.
The Republicans are making vigorous fight.
They are the Sewardites. The n. Y. Tribune
is fighting on that side, and seems sanguine.
1t thinks an easy victory can be gained, if the
Republicans do not rely too confidently on
success and stay at home.
The Americans are also making a gallant
fight-but fighting for the National Platform
and as a national party, every ism has more
or less sucked strength from its veins. Many
of those who go for slavery and for the extern
sion of slavery, have taken to the Hards-
while others who are Free Soil in principle,
have betaken themselves to the Softs or Re-
publicans. But there are a noble band of pat
riots clustered around the American flag, who
will fight to the last gasp. In defeat there
will be no dishonor to them, because the slav-
cry question is the pivot Of the New York cleo
ton this year.