New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-25
A WORD FROM THE GRANITE STATE.
Correspondence of Tho N. Y. Tribune.

Correspondence of Tho N. Y. Tribune
CoscoRD, y. H., Monday, Jan. p, 1855.
One year ago, the Wings and the Free-Sol men in
tli, State were Just commencing an animated poutI-
cal campaign which, upon the whole, resulted IN a
defeat of the Nebraska friends of the National Adj
niuistration. True, Coy. Baker was elected Chief
Magistrate but he was, and is now understood to be
opposed to the passage of the Kansas Nebraska BIZ,
vet a Legislature secured opposed to elecnng
any friend OF the Administration to the L. s. Senate,
although Two Senators were to be elected. Our little
State led of in the elections OF 1854, setting good
cvsnne 10 all the other fifteen free States, and noby
has that example been followed By them all save Cali
forpia. Were it not for new and strange element
in the politics Of the country to-day this state would
be good for four thousand majority against the Al
uiuistraion Of one of her sons but as the con-
test is changed from what it w.s last year. and from
what il should be this year, il is difficult to say what
the result VIII &c weeks nvru to The
Administration party has it, contest now mainly with
an opponent in the dark and this il great relief 20
IT, as the old and hard issues against il are not much
pressed upon its attention. A heavy body Of Wings
end Free Soil men dislike this condition Of the contest
a. they have not much sympathy with what seems to
them to be virtually an attack upon the freedom of
sueeoh and Of the press as well as at variance with
the whole spirit of our Republican Institutions and
tie better teachings Of the religious sentiments Of
New-EDglend.
Bat we are in q contest and clouds and darkness
are round about rs all. We shall, most likely, live
to see fair weather again. there is too much ntelli
gence in the Granite State to make darkness prefer.
able to light. The nigh will be short
You have seen the nominations recently made at a
Convention Of Know Nothings at Manchester, dare
saw. but some Of them are to be changed. Another
Convention will be held at the same place where the
recent one was held, to nominate a candidate f)r
Governor as the Rev. Mr. Moore, Of this place, Is
constitutonally ineligible TO that office. 1t is also
believed an eiior: will be made TO induce the Rev.
Mr. Pike 70 decline the nomination he received az
candidate for Congress from the Ist District. lie IS
GOOD man. but ambitious office seekers we're dissp-
noipted when he and not they received the nomna-
ton. The Convention will be held on the )O.h inst.
Very many Republican Wings and Free-sal men
entered the new organization to keep it ont OF the
hands Of the Administration Democrats and Webster
Wbips. bu. they will be there lot long after " the
ices of March" as we outside believe. The Silver
GRAY Wings are all in it, some 600 strong, rs are At
least 6. 600 Anti Slavery Wings; while lo,ooS OF the
latter class are yet free 70 speak and talk Ike free
men. About half the Free-Sol party have joined
The order. say some 5000, and not far from 1000
Democrats. There are at eas, 1900 Of the Wings
Of the Granite State TO- 900 FreeSoilers, and 10000
Anti. Yebreska Democrats, who yet ike the tone Of
The TRIBUNE or rather hold to the sentiments f'r
which it so nobly battles; and had Republican o.
eanization been formed in Massachusetts, last Sep
TENDER, that organization would have swept the
State in the sane style II swept Ohio, Michigan,
Maize end other STATS whose elections preceded the
election in the Old Boy State, and this State would
have been now Republican by great majority. All
il confusion here to-day, and will be 50 until the
March election shall have passed and there viii
speedily come forth REPUBLIcAS PARTY, composed
OF good men and true, from ,ll the old parties and
the Nebraska Democrats and Silver Gray Wings VIII
have long time for reflection, without being troubled
much in II ansging affairs Of State Although appa-
reptly now surrounded by clouds and darkness, we
are looking for the good time coming