Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-09-17
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
tOR GOVERNOR
Ben. NJ. SaDDlluels.
toR LIErT. GOVERNOR
George l.illaspy.


New York Democracy
The New York Democratic State
Convention which met at Syracuse the
l It'll inst, has nominated the following
excellent ticket for State officers -
Gideon J. Tucker, late editor of the
New York News, for Secretary of
State; Sanford L. Church, of Orleans,
for Comptroller; Isaac Y. Nanderpocl,
Of Erie, for Treasurer: John NJ. Jacox,
Of Onondaga, for Canal Commissioner;
Lyman Tremainc, of Albany, for At
torney General; Van K. Richmond, of
Wayne, for Engineer and Surveyor;
William Z. Rhodes, of Chemnng, for
Prison Inspector; and Hiram DEMO, OF
Oneida for Judge of the Court of
Appeals.
The Convention was at first stormy
and boisterous over the New \ ork City
delegates, there being three set claim.
ing to be regular, and fourth set
coming through the agency of sponts-
neous meetings called the Peoples
meetings. The difficulty was amlcably
arranged by the adoption of a. Resolu-
ton that the two delegations called
the Small and the Cooper delegates,
should each select eight delegates, and
the sixteen SO selected should select
the seventeenth. Thus split in the
party was prevented, aud perfect unan-
unity prevailed. That election never
occurred in the State of New York
when the Democracy were thoroughly
united, that they were not successful
The unhappy divisions in the State
have always sprung from the personal
squabbles Of leading democrats in the
City OF New York, not upon any prin
ciple, but through selfish motives.
These squabbles have been completely
ignored by the State Convention, and
thus the difficulty is confined to New
York City where it ought to die
One thing Is certain. The outrageous
usurpations Of the late Republican
spoils Legislature under the direction
cf the Seward oigarchy, have kindled
blaze through that State, that will
result in consuming the Black Rcpub
Leans, root and branch. The tyranical
act of dividing the City of New York
into districts to be plundered, by the
appointment of Gov. King, and in
making new districts for officials who
do not spring from the people, but are
tools Of the Executive, has startled the
great body Of the people, and they
rightly argue, that if the Black Rcpub-
hcans, will be guilty Of one act SO
VIGOROUSLY antagonistic TO the whole
letter and spirit Of the Republican
system, they will 90 further whenever
the opportunity occurs. The principle
Of self government is to be rescued and
vindicated in the approaching election.
1t has been rcmorsely struck down by
the Seward obligarchy, and the people
are rising in mass, to rescue this
precious principle from the spoilers
grasp. The names Of each OF the can
didates above, except that of DEMO,
were received with applause, and they
were nominated by reclamation. Judge
DEMO WAS An exception, and we greatly |
fear his defeat. He it was who wrote
the opinion in the Metropolitan Police
Act case tried in the Court Of Appeals. |
His decision was looked upon AS an
taeonistic to the Democratic creed,
but his friends in the Convention
claimed that the fault was not so much
in the decision, As in the Constitution
Of the State, which unwisely tolerated
such outrages legislation. They affirm
and this il true, that DEMO is one of
the purest ofmen and ablest Of Judges, !
and that his sympathies were adverse |
to the decision which he was COMPEL. |
ed under the Constitution to make,
His nomination was secured by a bare
majority Of the Convention, and We |
deem il . sad mistake. The election
furns upon the villainy of the Act
which he, - Judge, has declared con-
stitutional. Under the circumstances,
his nomination was highly injudicious,
and We fear that he will be defeated.
In other respects the ticket il inmen-
sely popular, and will unite oil shades
Of difference in the party. II the
Democrats Of New York arc successful |
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