Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-09-27

RN~ We have said before, and we regret to have to
repeat it now but sincere conviction is that all the
talk about fusions to carry New York against Lincoln
amounts to just nothing. 1t is all hollow-hollow-
hollow and the Breckenridge men see and know it, and
are outsiders.
The State of New York is governed by scheming
SPECTATORS and railroad influences. The New York
Central and its combinations, connections, patronages
etc. can twist and turn the politics of the interior and
the action of the Legislature. The Albany Regency"
by which the Democratic clique is known, and the " AL
bany Junta," by which name the former Wing, now
Republican, CLIQUE designated the former controlled
by Dean Richmond, the latter by Thurlow Weed, are
both composed of associations of spectators and specu
Iave interests and these interests actuang them con-
troll all their actions.
Now it is said-and perhaps with perfect truth, GER
tainv with every show of truth-that great specula-
tive scheme is aoat and indeed, the understanding
consummaed by which this scheme is to be carried out
This scheme involves the construction OF great North
ern Pacific Railroad to which Congress is to give, by
way advance mail pay military service pay alternate
lands ard what not say two or three hundred millions
of dollars in the course of comparatively short period
of years. Of course private parties to enter into
certain stipuations These stpulaOns will be entered
into by the great lines of railroad running from the
northern Atlantic seaboard to the West They will be-
come contractors and they and their agents will quietly
pocket millions without the outlay of cent TO this
scheme Republican President and Republican Con-
gress are necessary What we expect OF honor from
Richmond Weed and Company, under these crcumstan-
ces. The pretence of Democracy kept up by Rlch-
mond Church, Cagger, or Confidence Cassdey, at
Charleston or Baltimore was most soemny believe,
all nonsense or worse than nonsense-a sham and
a snare 7Hey didn't want Douglas nominated-cer-
tainly not elected. They wanted no Democrat. They
are working now against any fusion. They want no
one who won't go in for their great stealing speculation
OF Pennsylvania there is strong hope The ma
jority of the people of that State although sometimes
carried off to vote for men OF unsound views upon the
slavery question: have done so because of those
views, but in spite of them. We do pot think that
either Pennsylvania New Jersey will endorse the IT.
repressibe Conflict doctrines of Seward and Lincoln or
be lead by political renegades like Forney Hickman
Upon these and upon the Pacific States our hopes are
founded. Although Pennsylvania has fine central
line of Railroad still the management of this line has
not yet become power in the State to the extent that
the intriguers of the New York arrangements have
The good old farmers of the interior not easily roped
in to such movements either. There is also strong
conservative feeling in New jersey If these States &C
for anybody Lincoln they will go for Breckinridg
to beat Lincoln East and North of Pennsylvania anC
New Jersey we look for nothing. If either New YorE
any of the New England States go for anybody save
Lincoln we shall be surprised. They have been specu
lated upon and the balance Of power is controlled b.
the political spectators for a consider alton. Mark tn
Of things with reference to the Pacific Railroad
Fl in the next Congress.