The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-10-06
rae Appre.shsas STATE Injections.

TAe Approaehtng state 0iecsaons'
Y The elections in Pennsylvania and Ohio take
place next week. The canvass In the former
State 10 in such muddls that but vague IDEA
can be formed of tho result No one here ap-
pears to know anything positive about It Inc
republicans say they hop 10 carry the state
and the democrats declare thai their chances
are good. Tie State was carried last year by
Che democracy by majority OF about three
Thousand; but in consideration Of Che impor-
tance D The position Of Governor The re-
p.bte may make desperate EFFORT
aud ,''rcome that smsll majority and re-
elect Governor Curtin. In Ohio the tumble is
stiit worse. and is likely to increase from day
to day unt'. the election. New York is the
only one OF the Middle States where this
peculiar condition OF affairs docs not exist.
In one Of the moot exciting canvasses known
ia this State one year ago, with an aggregate
vote Of fraction over six huadred thousand.
the democrats elected their Governor by about
ten thousand majority. This majority, although
smati when the aggregate vote is considered,
in ordinary times might be looked upon as
carrying with it q prestige that would decide
the result this year. But in times Like the
present ii amounts to nothing in regard to the
success or failure Of either side f ,.
The result in this State will be decided By
different causes from that Of any other State
In the first place, both sides have placed their
candidates on a conservative war platform; but
each party has faction in il laboring for the
defeat Of their ticket The Seward Weed Sec
ton Of the republican party we're successful at
the State Convention, and the ether side consider
that the success Of the ticket in November will
be interpreted as the triumph Of Seward, and
thus be an important spoke in the wheel for the
nomination of Seward or LincolR for Presi-
dent next year, and thus defeat oil the
plans Of Chase and his radical fac
ton. The course OF Jim Lane and the other
extreme niggerheads East and West shows
the recklessness and the rule or ruin determi-
nation of that faction throughout the country;
while the insane copperhead clique in this
State are equally determined upon the de-
struction of their party. In short, then, Horc.
Greeley and the Hon. Ben. Wood have more to
do in deciding the result in the Empire State
than any one else. It all depends upon which
Of these two men can do the most mischief to
his party. We are inclined to think that
Greeley can damage the republicans more than
the Hon. Ben Wood can the democracy We
are inclined to believe that Greeley
has the advantage Of Ben Wood
Greeley has taken the very Devil for his
god, whilst Ben. Wood makes Moloch bis king
Greeley, being the embodiment of Satan, has
the advantage of Ben. Wood Although Moioch
is one of the greatest evil genuses. it is not as
bad As the real Devil himself. Greeley's ally is
therefore the strongest. Already Greeley has
commenced denouncing portion Of the ticket
Judge Selden, one Of the ablest men in the
State-and is, like Lane and others, unbottlns
his wrath and letting loose his demoniac spirit
upon his party. Hon. Ben. Wood, on the Other
band, has the advantage Of Greeley In bis
Georgia, Kentucky and Delaware lotteries
and far outstrips Greeley in his strawberry
gold pen and other lottery schemes
| yet all the lesser devils have TO give way *
| Satan himself, and we therefore believe tha
Greeley will come out ahead Of Ben. Wood il
| the end.
This extraordinary CONDITION OF ana,S places
different phase on the issues in this STATE
than that Of any other. 1t narrows the contes
and the excitement of the canvass down to the
point as to which Of two men can do the mos
mischief. Greeley, with Satan to back him, il
just now ahead; but the Hon. Ben. Wood, will
his devil. Moloch, may, before the canvass il
ended, make such turn and twist will
his lotteries and copperhead insanity o.
will ruin the entire party and out
Herod Greeley. Both are bound on mischief
Let all watch their movements, and the,
may soon be able to ascertain whether Creole,
and Satan or Ben. Wood and Moloch are tn
most powerful. 1t is an amusing contest, ant
| will no doubt soon be far more interestin,
than all the operas, theatres and negro minstre
performances put together.