New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-04

The victory just won by the Republicans Of our
State is one of which we cannot feel proud. We
ought to have triumphed by Fifty Thousand Ma-
jority, and might have done so but for culpable
misleading. The State is hostile to che Federal
Administration by at least One Hundred Thousand
Msjority, and the Republican party is the nucleus
and natural head Of that majority. Had our late
State Convention at Syracuse been wisely coun.
seled and led, we should have triumpded by at
least Fifty Thousand Majority. To this end,
it was not necessary to appoint Conference
Committees, enter upon 1;:..:"ldt negotiations,
nor hs!ye tickets. What should have been
done was this: /. Hold our Convention some
weeks earlier than we did-before any other
party was in the field; 2. In that Convention, take
ground in favor Of Registry Law, and Of every
necessary precaution against party NaturalizatiOns
and against every facility for fraudulent Voting; 8.
Nominate for Lieutenant Governor some able and
popular anti Lecompton American, like James o.
Putnam, with the present American State Prison
Inspector, another good man of like political an.
tecedents; 4. Decide to nominate anti-LecOmpton
Americans for Congress in three OF four Of the Dis
tricts containing the most American voters, and 80
with regard to the Legislature This done, let all
other parties hold their conventions when they
would and nominate whom they pleased. Had the
Americans nominated other State candidates than
those thus presented BY the Republicans, We do
not believe they could have poled twenty thousand
votes for them in the State.
Instead Of this, our State Convention vas kept
back to within eight weeks of the Election,-i
was said, to give opportunity for formal conference
thereat with the Americans. This was just what
should have been carefully avoided. 1t was our
interest and duty TO have drawn to ourselves the
great bulk of the American party by undertaking
and executing all the laudabe purposes OF their
organization Any other mode Of fusion" could
not fail to be unscemly and unpopular.
What vas badly planned was worse executed.
The Republican State Convention should have
either acceded frankly and cheerfully to the over.
lures of the Americans, or it should have kindly
and courtcously declined them. assigning reasons
therefor. II did neither. II entertained and
seemed about to accede TO the American oyertures,
when all at once the report of the Conference
Committee was referred. and the Convention pro-
ceeded to nominate candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant! That the Americans were incensed
at this, regarding il as wanton insult, was not
surprising. We have listened TO dozen diaeren.
explanations of the matter from divers Repub-
Leans engaged in il; but they did not,
either seyeraly or unitedy, convince Us that the
proceeding was proper and justi6abIe. That it
aided to send Thirty or Forty Thousand American
votes TO Parker and his colleagues, s very clear.
That il would have beaten our State Ticket and
half a dozen of our Members Of Congress, but for
the clectrifying results Of the PENNSYLVANIA and
other October Elections, Ne cannot doubt. Briefly,
Nsw-York was thrown away at Syracuse on the
sth-9th of last September, and only regained BY
virtue Of the magnificent achievements Of our
brethren in other States On the 18th Of October.
We recall these facts. because Of the light they
cast on the future. The Republicans viii have
large m,jority in our new Legislature with State
Oicers eager to cooperate with them in every good
work. We Low hope that the constitutional Con-
yent;ou has been carried, which viii give Us stin
larger opportunities for correcting the aasrsnt
abuses vhich now corrupt the fountain Of political
power in republic. Lot As good Registry Law
% possible be promptly enacted; but in order that
there may bo no csv a. to itsperecs validity, etus
Il there b opportunity. try to e!ecta Convention,