The New York herald., 1862-09-26

The Radical Republican Party or New
York and Its Ca assidate for Governor.
AT the late Republican State Convention at
Syracuse, on Wednesday last, General James S.
Wadsworth was nominated as the party cand-
date for Governor Of New York by 234 votes,
against ITO for General Dix, 33 for Lyman Ire
maine and two for Daniel s. Dickinson Gov.
Morgan, in advance, had cut oil any contention
over his claims by positive dec!,naton. We
presume, however, that, If the radicals had had
no other complaint to bring against the Gov
ern0r, his very proper and patriotic refusal to
join the recent seditious convention Of Cover
nors in Pennsylvania would have been conclu-
sive against him. The vote for Wadsworth on
the first ballot indicates the ascendancy of the
radicals in the party councils OF this Common
wealth, and this nomination falsiies all the late
professions Of the party Of desire to unite
with the loyal men Of all other parties upon the
common platform of the Union.
The platform of this Republican Convention
like all other party platforms, is an elastic con-
Germ. 1t could be stretched or contracted to
suit the measure of Dix Dickinson, Wadsworth
Gerrit Smith or Fred. Douglass. Measured ac-
cording to the candidate adopted, it means not
the employment Of the Southern element Of
slavery to assist our armies In putting down
this rebellion, and in restoring the Union. as
designed by President Lincoln, but the employ
ment Of our armies in crusade against South
ern slavery, Union or disunion. The course Of
General Wadsworth since the outbreak of this
rebellion fully justifes this construction. He
does not belong to that conservative Union
wing OF the administration party of which Mr.
Seward ia the faithful and ssgacious representa-
tive in the Cabinet but to that other wing of the
party-that faction Of abolition fircbrands--of
which the Summers. Wilson's and Loveoys are
the shining lights
We believe that we are not entering into any
imaginary accusations when we charge upon
Wadsworth q leading hand in those radical
plots and intrigues at Washington against Gen.
Mcclellan and others OF our military leaders in
the field which have resulted so disastrously to
our arms from the James river TO the Potomac
Wadsworth, as we have been informed from
time TO time, was very active man in that
radical "pressure" upon the administration
which caused the arrangement and defeat last
spring Of the we'll considered plans and eombi-
nations Of Gen. Halleck and Gen. Mcclellan
for the complete overthrow Of the armies Of
the rebellion, East and West, in a short cam
paign. The intermedding and disorganizing
abolition politicians Of Congress and the Ca
binet and their confederates, including Gen.
Wadswortb, were wiser, in their own conceit,
than Scott, Mcclellan and Hslleck, and thus
the grand campaign arranged by these capable
officers was superseded.
Thus our army in the West was prematurely
moved forward, causing the evacuation Of
Msnassss by the rebel ARM. . month before
the time contemplated; fofA was the plan
of Mcclellan to indulge the rebels in the
occupation Of Manassas until those Virginia
mud roads were sufficiently dried to en-.
able him TO cut In between them and Richmond
and cut them 70 pieces. After this evacuation,
~ We are informed, Con. wadsworth played =
conspicuous part in the work Of breaking up
the army Of General Mcclellan into several
independent armies, which resulted in their
being cut up in detail by the rebels, from the
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