New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-12
POLITICS ~ EEB-JERSEE
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TRENTON, Aug 9, loJ9
III. dirty waters which The Democracy OF this
State delight 10 dabble in, are no~ beng sr'eu uP
By tie juJ yes and doctors sho give Is" and PD!so
% the party. The sgita.ion has brought 10 'ne
surface some balf dozen candidates for Governor
TIL. Fall, such az in quiet times sink and remain Ia
their natural position a: The bottom OF the mass,
The strife TO secure the ncmlnatlon Is herce ana
bitter. causiDg the candidates to De very unlike Tue
little brds which ia their nests agree. Inc t"o
" DO float uppermo~t, and who IN Consequence oa''
sgsips. esch other the hardest, and # any swearing
q 70 he done. who swear the loudest, are Gen +.
L. Y. Wrjeh.-no hin 10 the late Senator, 70 bis
praise be it spoken-aDd DR.. Charles Skelton oil
thjs city. The former is lawyer in the eastern
part of The S,sts and - quite military character
powerful az 8 Joke, and not missing when teddy IS
about. He il good Datured fellow, regular tree
and.easy, apd accessible Sc pumP-bandle. But he
has for some years bad distressing ltchlDg 70 De
made Governor and seems now determined 20 come
ND 70 the scratch think the General Tell INTO the
tolls of the Know NothiDgs when that party were
So rife in New-Jersey, ana DOW doesn lie 70 near
the subject menti. ned. IL Is barely possible ne
NAV be the next Governor, as q great many prom.
ises were made TO him three years ago II he would
only lie .ill msbe fuss and wait till next time
He d a these three things, but now begins 10 feel
uneasy, as the performance is not forthcoming.
rey ON the UbioD beng safe, even with him Tor
Governor | have my decided impressions ABOUT
his chances, but can speak more positively one DAY
after the election.
The other cork on the surface is SHELTON, some,
times by w.y Of trap to the groundlngs called
"Tbe Trenton Sboem aker, because be makes and
sells shoes in addition 10 bammeriog pretty con,
stahtly ON the p.htics laps.oDe lie astonisneu
al Jer,ey. himself included, by some years ago
bursting INTO Congress from the strongest "nis
District in the State and while there voted against
the Kar .as. Nebraska bill. This vote hiss been
play off ever SINCE as a great card, and " no"
r, ed Oh to catch the few anti Lecompton Demo
Gratis who mean to vote agaiDst the oPpo.lnoh
nominee. But DR.. SkeltOD, unfortunately Tor nun
sef had no backbone, and Immediately after thus
voting became 20 weak in the koees as 10 De una
bic 10 stand. So he bowed down and became
regular dnt.eater, and DOW his nelghoors can say
whether be goes for Lecompton or not Indeed,
few of hem care Thus, while his vote CAUSED
him TO lose caste with the leaders of hs party, his
subsequent shutting caused most others who sym
pathized with thar vote 10 cut loose from bin.
Excepting this shelton 10 fair msn, OF excellent
character, very mild and courteous, talks on the
stump lise the choers and is such slave to party
{. 70 undertske 10 talk up whatever he Is or
dered 70. His chances for the nomination are
rather the best. Some delegates here have even
been instructed TO go for him. but the Instructions
caused furious row for the time, TO be healed b.
fore election by the usual appliance of pudding.
While this i'll b God is beng bred here, attempts
are being made 10 get up worse aess IN the First
Dlstrct, by nominating Stralghtout American
candidate. This left hand movement is made Tor
the purpose of electiDg Democrat. The Ameri-
cans lpuw they cannot elect their own man, but
believe they bold the balance of power and can thus
dictate terms 10 their own advantage. They helds
pr, paratory mass meeting at Camden this week, at
which Commodore Stockton delivered speech re-
pete with American pecularties. So far from the
Americans debating Governor TO the Opposition,
the latter will not BE- dictated to by either Republ
CABS Americans IN party attitude. All shades OF
hostility 10 national mIsrule have in this State be-
come a unit, under the pane of Opposition party,
and the will permit no iDrosd from any quarter 10
be- made a its harmonious phalanXes. In this
sign they have gone forth 70 victory, eecting the
present Governor three years ago. and last Winter,
having secured the Legislature, turned out that
doughface Wright and put stanch Republican
into his place in the Senate. Noeyent has occurred
in these three years to break the ranks of the Op
position, or to alienatets supporters. They can do
this Fall what they cid three years ago. The small
men whom the Democracy are setting up Tor
Governor, will b. LAID fat on their backs in spite
Of the American movement, for Lecompt0n has
been ard still i. a tange-foot of the worst Kind
among them, tripping up old msjorities in their
strongest holds Splits of the most fatal kind have
occurred 10 several counties that show no signs of
healing while the raid Kansas, the waste of pub
be money, and last Of all, the certain urging from
the South of a revival of the ayetrade, will give
an increased vote to the Opposition far exceeding
that which may be drawn off by the Americans.
The latter can lessen vote in one District only,
while We have four in which TO make gains. Our
Convention TO nominate Governor will meet here
Sept. :.
Last Winter our Senate, being Democratic, stub
borply refused to confirm any nomination for Chan
cellor except the then incumbent, though the names
of some twenty able lawyers were presented to
them. The Court Of Chancery consequently died
out for the time, and the vast OF cases before
it have slept IN decided. A very great evil was
done by thir scandalous proceeding. No inunctions
could be granted, no mortgage could be forccOsed,
and sutors whom the Court could have relieved or
prot. ced, have been compelled 10 suffer all forms
OF ICES and oppression. have heard of some cases
of great hardship growing out Of this high handed
attempt to force partisan Chancelloron the State.
But we shall reform all this in January. {.