Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-09-30
NEW YORK POLITICS.

The State Of New York, in any earnest
election. casts above half a million OF votes
II sends more RepreseT tatives to Congress,
and more V ties into tie Electoral College
for President and Vice President than any
other State in the Union. Its political action
is, therefore, Mt al timcs an object OF great
interest throughout the nation. For s"mH
years past its voters have ranged themselves
into three parties. the Republican, the Dem
ocratic and tho American. the last dwindling
down from 1867 votes in 1855. to 81 1877
in 1853. This ranid progress towards the
point Of no VOTES at all. lisa sufficient explain
alton of the ridiculous proceedings OF the late
State Convention Of the party at Uticr. OF
course. the delegates all saw that the party
life was to breathe It's last gasp this fall. But
some wished it to die modestlv. with itsrohes
wrapped d~ecentlv ar lund its en- aciatad limbs.
Others. in their plrenzv, preferred to have
them all east off. and that manilc-like, it
should dance nakel out oflife. to the annoy
ance. the pity. or the amusement Of the by
standrrs. These last were in the majority ::
and throwing all their former professions Of
principle TO the d rs, they selected a list Of
clniidates. partlvof theR publican and partly
Of the Democratic tickets already dominated.
in the hopes that they should take vengeance
on both Republiransand Democrats. hv defeat
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occurring the election of half Of its opponents.
The proposition and adoption Of t is unrrin-
cipl u scheme made a lively time in the Con-
v~ention, rs a few extracts from the Utica
Hrald's repert will show. The result is re-
ceiyed variously by the party organs. Quite
a number of the delegates, after all was over,
signed a pablo manifesto. in which they de-
nounced the proceeding. and said they would
vote just as they had mind to. The \. Y.
Express is wild with Y at the prospect of a
great row. The Troy Wing is very saw
age. and says the Americans Of the State
were tired of laboring and sw a'ing as they
had for three years to elect their own candi-
dates, 70 no purposc-the party growing all
the while smaller, mot by thousands but by
tens Of thousands" They are now going to
make their votes feH-they are going to as
sun ar "old attitude as a bqiance Of pO,cer
party-at liberty to pick and choose h@
best mn from all parties, and to defeat, over
throw, and dcmolish political johbers and
machine politics, which at present alike
curse and rule the State"
The Ke,seyiIle Republican scouts the idea
of .'surporting the hastard-bogus-baby ticket
'cDnceIvcd in sin and brought forth in in
Equity at the last miScalled American Con
ventI n; an others talk in a similar strain.
The Aubarn Union. regarding the m~ongrel
ticket as infoadld to help the pro-s5arery d.
mocracy. runs up the Republican ticket en-
tire. The Utica Herdd considers tie action
Of the convention as practical in It's nature.
SlsS the convention declared 1t laid aside
all principle. It boldly run up as its stan
dmd the black hag inscribed with tie DEATH
h,.d and cr9,-,,n-s." ..Fie ONLY WAY t.
prevent tie installation Of political piracy as
kin. over the blllDt-box, is ty tie e, elton
Of The Republican, candidates, ali and every
one.'
The result Mil DC. that a few Of the 81 coo
will bite tlcir nails hom vocation. and not
vote at all. 4 few more viii e the half
and-haif.' in the Eurcs of d,irr mischief: