The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-30

kvnsACeA AsP0J1 OF tme AA4UOS SssAs
The only two conventions which are yet |
% be held ir. view of the fall elections are
hose of tie New York State Temperance So
,iety, Which meets at Utica on the I'd of Octo-
ber aid the anti-Maine law State Convention,
which assemblies at Syracuse on the 10th. The
latter is composed Of delegates from the liquor
dealers, " including importers, hotel keepers,
brewers, distillers, saloon keepers jobbers,
grocers, bottlers, makers Of cider and dealers
therein" 1t is understood that this conven-
ton will choose from the tickets already be-
fore the public set of men in whom it can
place confidence, and will exert its influence
to secure their election regardless of party.
On the other hand, the New York State Tenn
perance Convention will in all probability
nominate ticket Of its own. The first an
nouncement Of this convention was call,
which appeared in the New York 1Tibsne dat
ed LIST September, 1855, stating that on COR
sultation, the friends of temperance had decsd-
ed to postpone the convention to the Sd day
of October, when it would meet in the City
Hall at Utica. This call was signed by the
members of the State Committee, in the first
rank by William Richardson, of Albany, and
Horace Greeley, Of New York.
At and before the time this call appeared,
we warned the public that the Seward men
would throw overheard the liquor question
this fall, in order not to cmbarrass their ma
nGuvres for the Presidency, and to swell the
party bound to the interests of William
ii. Seward. The imputation was vehemently
denied; the Tribune was especially indignant at
the bare suspicion that it could, under any cir
cumstances, play false to cause to which it
had owed 50 much. On Thursday last, at the
Republican Convention, when Mr.. Stebbins
proposed to add plank to the platform pledg-
ing the party to the support of the temperance
cause, the body of the Sewardites opposed it,
and the man chosen to be the mouthpiece Of
those who were there to repudiate teetotalism
was Horace Greeley. His speech was convinc-
ing and practical He showed the absurdity Of
the policy pursued by the temperance party /;
deplored their impracticable spirit; wished
Mr.. Delavan had a little more common sense !;
and finally declared his intention of voting
himself and advised others to vote for candi-
dates regardless of their position on the liquor
question.
1t is to be hoped that, now, the country adj
vocates of teetotaism will understand the
character of the men who have undertaken to
lead them and to assume the cares of Office
or craftsmanship for the accomplishment of
great public measures. When the Hon. Fl. J.
Raymond, having been elected Lieutenant
Governor on the strength of letter which to
ninety-nine out of hundred persons who read
it appeared to contain pledge to sign Clarks
liquor bill, turned round upon the party d.
rectly after his election, gave no aid to the
temperance men, shirked the vote on the bill,
and finally aided the liquor dealers as best he
could by waging secret and insidious war
fare in his paper on the prohibitory law, the
temperance men of the country parts consoled
themselves with the reflection that raymond
had always been a slippery chap" and that
Greeley wouldn't have treated them So"
They now see how much more faith may be
placed in Greeley than in Raymond. Whether
after this they will continue to allow than-
selves to be used by every schemng dema-
gogue who pretends to have great humanita-
rian reforms to accomplish, or noble battles to
fight il behalf of human rights and moral
truths, we shall see in the course of the next
twelve months.