The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-09-23

without the promise II any additions to bis
army. After days Of vaoHlaticn they next or
dercd Burnside to abandon hS }inc and reinforce
kosecrsns; but, Of course, this order was MADE
couple OF days too late. Such ~ another IN
stance OF tho absolute unfitnsss Of tSe War DO
partment people for their dutes-of their dis
position to msddle miserably with Matters
that they cannot comprehend, and Of thcir.h
fancy and vscillaHon in the hour Of dangerA =
In the late affair at Sabine Pass we zoe q simi@
lar proof Of the mismanag cement of affairs In
the Navy Department Agsinss eartkworks.
mounted with heavy guns against such works.
a. trouble the Monitors at Charleston they
send Ia Louisiana an old Staten Island ferry
boat Was the expedition dependent upon
what these boats should do an important one Z.
We may measure it in this way At
this hour, when men are wanted. when
an army corps at Chattanooga would
change the face Of affairs from the worst an
army corps is sent upon this expedition. Il
must then have been Of great Importance Yct
its success or failure is made to depend upon
the resistance that two or three old ferryboals
can offer to ten-inch she'll
So the War Department and the Navy Depart
ment go on. hand in hand and the people fur
nish blood and money iilmitably, and wonder
when they will see the end Of the war;
The Approaching state Eiectton-Ths
Dangers 81 the Conservative Demo-
cracy.
AT the beginning Of 10 present political
canvass for the State election In November we
expressed our opinion that tho conservative
democracy would be able to walk over tho
course. Since then, however. several obstacles
have developed themselves. aud now threaten
TO prevent this contamination so devoutly to 10
wished These obstacles are the course Of
Governor Seymour, who is weakening the con-
servativc party in this city daily; the proceed
ings Of the Albany Regency, who are trying 70
break up the party now az they did at tho
Charleston Convention, and the treacbcrous
policy Of the Woods, who are doing more harm
to the conservative cause than all the radical
politicians and papers between here and
Jericho.
Last year we suggested General Dix ~ tho
democratic nominee for Governor. Had this
suggestion been adopted we could have carried
the State by at least fifty thousand majority.
Governor Seymour was nominated. how
ever. and then came the tug OF war.
The efforts made TO get Seymour
to deliver 4 war speech, and then to rally tho
people to his support. would hare triumphantly
elected a dozen ordinary candidates. A il
was, we elected Seymour. as Adam and Eve
were condemned to earn their living, by the
sweat of our brows. No sooner bad we fairly
forced him upon the patriotic. conservative
platform. however. than he slid of again. like
an obstinate monkey down a CREASED plank.
Once more. with painful expenditure Of labor,
we hoistcd him to the position he should have
occupied: but he had not pluck enough TO stay
there. and again slipped down into the miro
with the Albany Regency. Since then we have
let him alone severely. aud have watched his
tricks. lodges and spoutings more In sorrow
than in anger. He has done aud Il doing
nothing to prove his capacity for his high sta
ton. He has apparently tried hard to demon
strate that he would not be 1T even for the
Office of constable He did nothing in regard to
the draft; has done nothing In regard to the Pc
lice Commissioners; is doing nothing in regard
to the habeas corpus. His pen and his tongue
are kept constantly busy; but writing balder.
dash with the one. or altering worthless, windy
words with the other, is not stAtesmsnship. His
endorsement of the State ticket will do 1t .
great deal more harm than good. and any at
tempt TO identify him with the conservative
party will ruin the party without benefiting
Seymour.
The Albany Regency have their dirty hands
in this pretty kettle OF fish, and keep stirring ID
up continually. They have frequently trotted
out Seymour ~ their next Presidential candi-
date. which is precisely equivalent to cutting
the throat Of the party to which they profess 70
belong Not that we believe that the Regency
politicians are sincere in this or in anything
else. On the contrary, they will sell ont Sey-
mour. body, soul and boots, ii they have the
chance to make anything by it, The sole OBJ
jet Of the Regency, in their management Of
politics as well M railroads. is profit They
had a splendid opportunity to do great deed
for the party and the country at the last Con-
vcniion. Tammany and Mozart presented
their conflicting claims for adjudication. The
Regency knew that Tamnnany wa the reprcsca-
iaiisc OF the genuine democracy Of this city.
aud that Mozart wa. bogus, spurious
concern. This may not always have
been SO; but it j. now. Mozart
was started as a reform party: bat il has ended
by adopting as it, own the very evils it waste
remove, while Tammany has reformed itself
and worked out It's own salvation. In this state
to admit \ sort OF mixed delegation-half Tam
many and half Mozart. half war and half peace.
half live and half water, half right aud half
wrong Then 4 conservative platform, with
large rotten seymour plank Wa carefully