The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-20
We Went support John A. King for Gov
ernOr.

these self-glorlfylng and presumlng asSembages
was that calling itself republican, which nomi- /
mated for Governor Mr.. John A. King of Jamai- |
ca, Long Island. This Convention has had the |
assurance to put forward Mr. King as the sole ex-
elusive candidate of the Fremont party though
it supports at the same time candidate for tb
Presidency to whom Mr.. King and his friends
have avowed themselves to be hostile Indeed
we have no doubt that If the truth were known,
it would be found, that during the preliminary
movements which ushercd in the nomisation of
Fremont, Mr.. John A. King underratcd and ira
duced John c. Fremont as Tuch rs many who
are now his political antagonists. We will not
support John A. King for Governor. His polit-
al history and his political reputation are of
such a character as to make it entirely satisfac-
DRY TO US 10 give our support to another cand-
tate.
1t is very well known that all the politicians of
he old wing and democratic PARTIES, whose rank
md file now constitute the Fremont party were
hostile to the nomination of Fremont. Seward
Weed and King made every efort to pre-
vent his name being brought before the
convention and to induce that body to
himself, and sometimes Judge Mclean
Wherever the nomination of Fremont originated
it was effected mainly and almost exclusively by
| the leading journals of this metropolitan city,
aided in some degree by some other journals seat
tered throughout the country. The intelligent
influence of these presses combined with the dor
| mant popular sentiment of the people at large
carried his nomination in the teeth of all other
| candidates Yet see how this Convention, which
was called to nominate Governor for the State,
has accumulated hono-s and complimentary votes
on the old fossils of both parties, while it has Of
ered an intentional insult to Greeley and Bryant
by giving them single vote. Those single votes
we repeat were studied and premeditated insults
which were offered to the very men whose efforts
and labors were as far beyond those of the whole
Convention in bringing about the present state
of things as the efforts of giant might be supe
rior TO those OF Tom Thumb. But these con-
ventions are all of this character-arogant, i'm
pudent, selfish, intriguing corrupt, debased
treacherous-and the Republican Contention in
its character and results is only one more to add
10 the list of those which are not under the un-
controllable movement of public opinion as
Thurlow Need called the nomination of Ere
mont.
We will not support the nominations of the
Convention at Syracuse. We denounce it as in
sulting and atrocious to the men who have Great
impudent and arrogant politicians now presume
to govern. There are other reasons besides why
we withhold our support from John A. King:
some of these reasons arise from his history and
character
Mr.. King, we believe is very respectable
man, who lives on Long Island, in the ordinary
sense of the term. He has occupied a post in the
State Legislature, and also occasionally in Con-
eress. But he belongs to a class of politicians
who are wholly impracticable, fancy themselves
absurdly superior to other people, and hold prn-
ciples which are wholly subversive Of democracy
One only needs to read the silly and ridiculous
speech which he pronounced on receiving his no
mination, and in which he intimates plainly
enough that the Convention has done itself great
honor in nominating man OF his blood, to see
how unfit be is. He plumes himself on his blood
a. though his was any better than that of 100000
voters in this State whose conduct and character
have been irreproachabls. Hereditary honors do
net exist here, and any one in this land of
equality standing up and claiming to be of supe-
rior race or better blood than his neighbors de-
serves their scorn and contempt. Mr.. John A.
King il as respectable as other men; but not more
So We believe that his grandfather was lum-
herman in Maine, and that his father filed with
credit stations of honor under government.
We have among us sons Of Calhoun,
CLAY. and Webster-all men at least as emf |
nent ar Mr.. Kings father; but we have
never heard Of any Of these men-though they
are younger than Mr.. King-claiming especial
credit on account of their fathers. A man. in
short who exhibits SO much weakness as Mr.. |
King does not deserve to govern prosperous
and intelligent State like this He would GER
lainly be altogether under the influence of the
wirepullers at Albany, and others. In fact,
Weed just selected him because he knew his
plant character, and knew that by fattery he
could use him for his own purposes.
For these and Other considerations. which we
shall dcvelope in due time, we will not and can
not support John A. King for Governor and
we call upon the old democrats who are now en-
rolled in the ranks Of the republicans to abstain
from voting for him also While they support
Fremont with ardor for the Presidency we coun-
sci them to adopt some other candidate than
King for the Governorship. Judge Parker, the
democratic candidate, Is man Of sense sagacity
and discretion; and though he has been brought
forward by the opposite party, he will prove
better Governor, and a more independent one
than any that has been named We hope the
mass Of the democracy will agree to make up
ticket of their own, on which Fremont will run
for President and Parker for Governor
TnE OLD LINE Vines At BALrIxoRE.-The
flannel petticoat Convention Of the old line wings
at Baltimore has declared enthusiastically for