The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-30
THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
The appearance or the CaAvassl from
an Albany standpoint-Thc Churches
No Longer Republican Electionecring
shoPs-The Radicals indifferent as 10
the Result, Sc.

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"a oUa ALBANY CORRESPONDENTS. FIJI
81 ALBANY, Oct. ~, 1855.
The political field appears somewhat different viewed
from this standpoint from what does from yoar city
The manufactured republican counties and pro
mulsated in New York has altogether direrent phase
rs person approaches those localities The democratic
leaders here have no trouble in figuring majority in
the State for the ticket headed by General Soeu aud
appear TO be as certain m0rals be OF anything
that success will attend their efforts They present many
plausible reasons for this belief II must be admitted
that there Ia great force many Of their reasons In
the first place those in the radical counties who
have heretofore buckled on the political and
worked early and late to the people and
wake them up in readiness for election are now
folding their hands, declaring that there is no issue
which they feel any interest and do not know as they
viii take the trouble This apathy among the
republicans exists all through the State The leaders de-
clare that person anything about the success Of
the ticket great effort is being made TO stir up ex
element by public meetings. but this seem TO
accomplish the object. The speakers many Of whom
denounce negro suffrage in New York in the rural
districts advocating universal negro suffrage In hopes Of
awakening some interest in It's favorthus advocating
one policy in democratic localities and another in the
republican strongholds The democrats working
zealously with less noise IL is true than the repub
cans, but in a more effective manner
In conversing with the radicals the republican party
the indifference is everywhere and is very marked
On all sides they say that Weed is the evil genius Of the
party that the OF the ticket this fall viii be
merely an endorsement of him, while its defeat will
end Weeds political and relieve the party from
any further annoyance from him. This they hold Is
of more value to the party than its success this fall
Holding this view they are letting matters drift. Wed
has discovered this fact hence his numerous letters
and great activity He is working with extraordinary
vgor feeling that his prestige is al stake, for
with defeat he longer be powerful either in the
lobby at Albany at headquarters at Washington
and thus his services Of speculation and obbng VIII
be cut OFT Even II Weed should carry the state
tckct he will have but slim show with either the next
Senate or House. His special friends denouncing
bitterly the nominations made by the republicans for those
positions. If person were to believe the assertion Of
those who known 10 be in the confidence of Weed
he could come to other conclusion than that majority
greatest scoundres outside Of the State Prison There IS
for this bitterness and where else il be
found except in tho fact that they will not favor the
schemes Of the Weed wing OF the partly
1t Is well known fact that since the excitement
over bleeding Kansas and the nomination OF Fremont 10
1855, majority OF the churches throughout,
the State have been so many ecctionecrng machines,
where sermons preached during the campaign were all
toned and in fact directed toward the obect-the
silent The parsons who have heretofore been active in
the anti slavery crusade and who eloquent that
vocaes OF suffrage but that not being issue do
not touch political subjects nor do they follow Beecher
in his change tone The religious OF this Class
like the Independent continue their attacks upon the
policy of the President, and the clergy, maintaining
the same views make no appeals to their Hooks that
tend 10 awaken interest In the campaign The niu
Of the churches have heretofore been the strongest
feature Of the republican campaign. They have been OF
tenfod more Importance than all the mass meetings,
party fling, drumming and ppelaying put together.
Their silence therefore, AT this time is great loss 10 the
party, and cannot fail to produce like results.
The denunciatons OF General Slocum by the republi
press and Weed strengthening that gallant officer
day The best thing that the friends Of the Gene
raj can with for him Is that Weed will write letter
every day from till the day Of election den0uncing
him, and that the hume would devote column day
OF abuse. II creates sympathy for him, and repub-
LEANS are everywhere heard 10 say that they did
not intond to vote for him. and would not but for the
abuse that has been poured upon him. Az TO the jus
| tice OF these charges, II IS impossible 10 Ind
| republicans who will say they believe they true
| when you come 10 talk with them in private
sation. "Why them they asked edo you continue
to reiterate them publicly?i The invariably
comes, eve intended to nominate General Socum
standard bearer, and would have done II he would
have accepted He had business To accept the de
say, for taking that nomination II very singular
that man whom the republicans jealous to place
at the head Of their ticket and who whom they
would have been proud 10 have placed there is villain
and thief soon he accepts the nomination from the
hands Of the other party hut such Is the true state OF
the No other Is offered anywhere for the
attack. Such Is political party honor Such Is the
ernl which the conscieDccs OF mon who would have
believe that they are saints are made OF. f
The democracy, however, somewhat anxious about
the city Of New York. While they satisfied with
their prospects In the country they look with
picon upon the result In your city, especially In the
that law greater than that OF the republicans The
latter fearful that IL will reduce their vote from the
failure Of what they call the respectable portion TO attend
TO registering their namea