The New York herald., 1862-10-20

state Of Affairs is good excuse for the resignation
OF Seymour, and better excuse for the resigna-
ton of Wadsworth Is either Of them patriots
Which of them will be the first to withdraw
from politics, sacrifice himself for his country
and be immortalizeds Don't let them both
speak at once.
THE TURE CoURsE or LOYALTY-GENERAI.
DIX FOR GovERNoR.-Outsde of the old hide
bound parties Of the day, a new organization,
styled the Federal Union party, has just arisen
in this city, and issues tho following call for a
State convention
Tho electors Of the state Of New York. without dts
tinction OF party. or which OF the old parties they may
have mpahized with who deprecate the attempt
bong made " the politicians OF the old political parties
70 thrust upon the people in the present canvass during
the troubled state OF country strict party lines and
dangerous and alarming issues epdpg equally " weaken
the in its efforts TO vigorously prosecute the
war 10 speedily or, out the rebellion and to
manifest their lrm devotion and support TO the admnsra
ton in ITS enrts to accomplish that end and who are now
willing TO 0rego all old party conventions and TO bury all
past differences and prejudices in Oblivion and rally IN
mass to the support o tho government by supporting
Cen John A. Dix, at the Coming election for tho Govern
orshp the state Of New York. earnestly requested
70 Immediately form Federal Union associations in their
osectve astcs throughout tDe Sta!e ana clect OF a
point two delegates and two aernates To meet Ia conven
tlon at the Cooper Institute the city OF New York on
Tuesday he 2Sh day Of october 10 ray tho nomination
o General John A. Dix candidate for Governor Of tho
State OF New York the coming election and for the
purpose Of forming State Federal Union organization
and appointing state committee the tansacting
such other pertinent matter may properly brought
before the Convention. by the committee
r.. ISAAC COLEMAN. ALFRED STARR WILLIAM E: FLEMING,
EvoNs JoHEs WILLIAM H. INGRAHAM. WILLIAM W. Young,
MINOR d. Wn,Ir0RD, b. REID, LEWIS d AYxAn, MOSES
NussBAUM JAMES T. ABBo1T, GEoRGs W. MACPHERSON Jf
DAVID X. TnoA.
This is tho right movement. Let Wadsworth
decline, let Seymour withdraw, and let the peo-
pie of the Empire State present united front
in support of the administration of Abraham
Lincoln, as represented by General Dix, and
there will be an end to all these party divisions
and feuds which threaten to involve us in riots,
blOodshed and inextricable confusion, if not
speedily arrested. Between Wadsworth, repre-
senting our fierce, fanatical and remorseless
abolition radicals, and Seymour, as the nominee
of the old rotten Albany Regency, the masses of
our Independent people, honestly identified with
the war and President Linooln's conservative
war policy, have no candidate for Governor.
The call of this now political organization,
cutting aloof from all old party distinctions,
and willing, in the support of the government,
Ito forego all old party conventions, and to
bury all past differences and prejudices In
oblivion" fully meets the exigenoies of the
crisis; and upon this platform. to every honest
Union man of every party, the name Of General
Dix for Governor will be acceptable. If our
republican radicals after their instructive de-
feats in these late elections, will still adhere to
Wadsworth, and If the democrats will still stick
to Seymour, let these independent supporters
of General Dix try his strength before the peo-
pie, and the stone which, on both sides, our old
party builders have rejected, may become the
head of the corner.
We hope that the Independent "Federal Union
party Convention" called to meet at the Cooper
Institute on the 2Sth instant, will be largely at
tended, and that it will inaugurate a genuine
Union movement which will give the finishing
blow to tho Wadsworth disunion abolition fac
tion, and shut up the old junk shop of the Alba
ny Regency to the end Of the war.
THE AsGLo-CoNFEDERATE RAID UPoN Our
C0xMERCE.-We are constantly meeting with
paragraphs in the English papers stating that
such and such vessels have been purchased and
are fitting out for the service of the Confederate
II.
has frequently made representations to the
British government in regard to these facts,
but has uniformly been met by Lord John
Russell with the answer that he could not in
terfere with private enterprise, but that our
vessels could capture these piratical vessels
wherever they were to be met with. Now this
would be oil very well if it were not patent
to the world that the government and the
ruling classes in England sympathize with the
rebellion. We require no better evidence of
this than the fact that all the aid that it
has bad in vessels, arms and ammunition
since the commencement of the war has
been received from them. Although France
occupies precisely the same position Of
neutrality, in no instance have we been able
to trace to her the despatch of an armed
vessel or Of supplies to the South. We have
only to put hypothetical case to show what
gross violation of good faith and of the
Queens neutrality proclamation these pro-
ceedings on the part of our English cousins con-
stitute. Let us assume that our shipowners were
to fit out ships for the Chinese rebels, for the
purpose Of preyng on English commerce
Had Mandarin Ward chanced to be on that side,
the idea would in all probability ere this have
been suggested to him by the conduct OF the
English in the present war, and acted upon
by some Of our keen Yankee spectators.
We can imagine what howl would be set up
by the English journals at such a state OF
things, aud what energetic reclamations would
instantly be made Of our government. Let
the English put it to themselves how they
would feel if Mr.. Seward simply gave them
for answer that he could not interfere with
private enterprise, or that our authorities could
not act as police to enforce the law Of
nations.
PAY OF THE DEAD SoIDERs-There are nu.
merous complaints concerning the dlatorincss