The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11
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NEW YORK ELECTION.
Spirit of the Press.
Ffom tbs EpsStCg Post, Nor Sd,
TIE ELECTIONs OF YESTERDAY,

1T II our SOUu fortune IAlS cav 10 enron
icle aaq,l,rr great trinmph Of the Repub-
lisa= Iesrty II the slase of New foris.
IT, candidate fer the Office Of Governor is
elaate.l by very large majority, along
with al. the other officers who take their
commission from the state at large. la
the Congressional districts, also, stroug as
we were before. our strength has been IN
creased. ard .xc -se9d to Washington 4
lEger number of delegates opposed to Mr..
Duchanaus Administration. The voice
of fNew York is in perfect accordance with
that of Pennsylvania and that chorus OF
states shjch three weeks since uttered al
.tho polls their condemnation Of the party
now In power.
There is one point of vIeN from which
We Mpst ask our readers tplook at the re-
syk Of this election. Considered Is a
generai question, and viewed III regard to
che election of Mr.. Morgan and the can
didates nominated with him at Syracuse,
it is pure Republican triumph-a sim
pie expression of public opinion on the
qnestop, 5etEeen the propagandists ofslav-
cry and tie people Of the free states.-
Those who doubted TIE wisdom Of the
cGSrse taken by the Republican Conven-
ton on that occasion, will probably be
now convinced that they should not have
doubted. The Convention declined to
.9ScGpy any new ground; it allowed no
new issues TO be introduced into the quar-
rel betweea our people and the slave
holders party; it declined to modify its
platform for the sake of purchasing the
aid of those who desired to give other
questions a predominance over that Of
slavery, and it has received the reward of
this 1ppseieptious and honorable austerty
It has beaten the Administration and its
followers in a hang to- Aans; fight; routed
and scattered and driven them out of the
Gsld. 1t has secured from" the people 4
verdict in direct condemnation of the pol
icy of Mr.. Buchanan's administration IA
voring the propagat on of slavery, which it
coud not have done if it had stood on a
modified platform, and connected itself
with set Of allies who preferred to re-
gard that great question as Of secondary
Importance.
Of the vote of tl.at party which calls
itself American, a very considerable pro
portion was given to Judge Parker, the
Buchanan candidate for Governor. They
co-operated to the best of their power
with the Custom house Germans and the
Buchanan Irish, forgetting for the mo-
ment their plans for altering the natural
izatiop laws. We have the authority OF
q NatiViSt Journal for this. The Express
Of tll1s morning says:
"The American party has been pretty well
ground down between the Republicans and
the Observation-Disclosures voters often max
ing their choice for Parker or Morgan, ac-
cording TO their ancient predictions as dem
pcrats or wings"
Thus, the decision of the people has
been what it was desirable that it should
bc-a direct expression of opinion on the
great question SO long before them.
Compared with the result OF the clec-
tien in 1896, this election shows a gain
fE the Republican party. Mr.. Morgan
obtains in this city larger majority by
three thousan than was given t0r Gov
ernor King, Notwithstanding that the
struggle for the Presidency then brought
out the whole strength of the Republi-
can party--a result which, if it does not
indicate a progress in pubic opinion, Ger
tainly indicates the favor with which his
fellow-citizens here regard him.