The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-18
The Duty or the Empirs state-What w
Rave LoOk To.

The Duty Of the Emptre state-What We
Have Look To.
New York has sacred duty TO perform in
the coming political contest and il it were not
for the selfish strifes Of the demagogues who
have usurped the control of the several party
organizations, the Empire State would nobly
redeem her loyalty to the whole country at the
coming election.
But faction is doing its utmost to complete
the disaster which II began. 1t was in the
hands Of the New York delegation at the
Charleston Convention to have arrested at any
time the spirit of discord there. Subsequently,
at Baltimore, it could have healed the split in
the democratic party without any sacrifice of
honor or power on its part. Returning home,
the Albany Regency gave itself up still farther
10 the spirit Of revenge and, smarting under the
consciousness Of having committed an irretriev-
able error, Dean Richmond, Peter Cagger, and
the men who act with them, have as
sumed the fallacious defence that local poll
tics are more important than national
questions, and the State OF New York higher
consideration than the whole confederation. In
their greed for their railroad spoils, their canal
contracts and their petty plumber OF the county
Offices they forget or assume to forget, that
without the Union New York ceases to be the
Empire State, this city becomes no more great
national metropolis, and the spols Of the rail
roads, the fat contracts on the canals, and all
the local plumber, lose that prosperous tide
which now flows into them from every section
Of cur national existence.
Impelled by such petty views, the New York
politicians have split up everything in the shape
OF party nominations, so that there is danger
that a sectional and fanatical minority will
triumph through the division of the great con-
servauve majority among the masses. In this
state OF things the voters of New York must
| Turn their attention to the two great points OF
| the national contest, and save the honor OF the
| Empire State without reference to the local
| squabbles of the contending politicians. These
Two great points are the fusion electoral ticket
! in opposition TO Lincoln, and the re-
turn OF national men as representatives
to Congress. The State elections are of NO
| sort OF consequence. In the splitting up Of
| the State tickets that naturally results from
national questions, and the vast amount of
che atiDg all round that is gaing on among the
several State Committees and the contendng po
litical balls, the united well organized and well
drilled black republicans will probably have
every thing their own way in local matters out
of New York city. The Governorship is fought
for merely because ii carries the veto power for
schemes OF public plumber, and thus secures
large share of the spoils. The Lieutenant
Governorshp is contended for because as
Presiden, OF the State Senate, he nominates
committees and secures or defeats the plumber
plots. The Canal Commissioner is contested
because he has the disposal Of profitable con.
tracts We might 60 through the whole list Of
State offices and show that plumber is the only
principle on which they are divided, and with
80 many candidates greed must defeat its wor-
shippers.
1t matters not, then, how the people vote on
the State Offices, for the barga to defeat the
popular will and divide the spells have
been contaminated. and all the noise
about Kelly and Brady and company Is merely
Chinese warfare, in which noise takes the place
of determined purpose But If the cliques and
corrupt demagogues succeed in SO dividing the
conservative masses as to permit the black re-
publican electoral ticket to win by plurality,
the people can still save the honor of the En-
pire Safe by supporting national men for
Congress. Fifteen true men elected by New
York will save the House Of Representatives
from the danger Of q black republican minori-
ty, and make the election Of Lincoln harm
less event TO our national interests. Let every
man, therefore, look well to the vote he casts
Tor the Congressional ticket.
II Lincoln should be elected the contest with
the abolition theories OF the black republican
party will rage in the North, not In the South
Below Mason and Dixon's line there will be
but one party the party OF conservative self
defence. In the North division and confusion
will run Ike wilddre through the now spps
! renfly cold ranks Of the black republican
party. Already are It's leaders assuming posi-.
tions from whence to carry on hostilities against
each other. The moderate republicans will not
| fellow seward. Wilson, Sumner and "ihe Massa
| chusetts school oil treason and Hartford Con
vention bluelichtism They are rejecting now
the red repubicanism OF Seward and the
socialisiic theories Of Greeley. Even the
advanced leaders Of ianaticisn, Seward and
Greeley, Wilron ana William Lloyd Garrison,
Sumner and Wendell Phillips, differ radically
~ to the policy 10 be pursued when their party
comes into power. Look out, then, for the
Congressman; see that the right kind are sent
chs - a.. "A
black republican President, II he should be
elected.
TIM CONGRESSIONAL NOMSATIoSs.-The Con
gressional nominations for this city are exciting