The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-08
The Kentucky Election.

The Kentucky Election.
| The meagre returns received thus far from
Kentucky indicate the success Of Alvin Duvall,
who ran ostensibly as the democratic candi-
date for the Court of Appeals. This was the
only State Office to be filed at this election.
The candidates were Alvin Duvall and General
4. II. Hobson. The former claimed to be tho
regular democratic candidate, and the latter
the standard bearer Of the Union johnson
party. Political affairs, however, are in such a
confused condition in Kentucky that il is hard
TO determine where the candidates stood In
We're we 70 accept the assertions Of the stump
orators on each side as representing the cor
rect position Of their opponents, we would be
compelled to accept Duvall as the candidate
Of the rebels and Hohson a. the representative
OF the radicals. The DuvaN orators resorted
to every device to show that the success of
Hobson would be The triumph Of the radicals
In Congress and the endorsement Of their
course. While, on tho other hand, the Hobson
orators denied this charge and rctorted with
the assertion that the success Of D,ivall would
he the triumph Of the old Breckenridge seccs-
sionisix These accusations, however, are sim
ply the usual party clectioneering tricks, and
part Of the custom In vogue all over the coan.
try Of trying to prove that the candidate Of
The opposite party is the greatest rascal out If
Jail. In making up an impartial view Of he
case II is therefore necessary 10 leave the
assertions Of these partisan campaign orators
In q grea; measure oul " the question.
Political affairs In Kentucky are the most
complicated Of any State In the Union. This
no doubt grows oui o. her peculiar position
during The early part Of the war. in trying 10
he neutral while many 0i the leading poliii-
clans OF The State were assisting the rebellion
and with Governor (Msgonin) NJ heart se-
cessioNisi, but toe much of n coward 90 apenly
avo~ tho rebel cause. These circumstance
have all had tbcir effect upon te politics Of
the State, and now that ttc wsr Il over the de-
vclopment 81 numerous factions is The rcsalt
There Is class which may be properly syied
tho fighting rchcia another, the stay-at-home
scccssionsls. and siiil another, who claim 10 he
democrats and vote for csndidat. because he
has been nominated by the democratic party,
| II matters not wha; BIZ. snteceacnts may have
been. To the latter c,ass il appears that Judge
Duyali belonged. Iic gems 10 have hcen
nominated and supported in this campaign by
| q union Of these thrce fsctols and claimed 10
support The policy ~ President Johnson. Al
or nearly all Of The old democratic party papers
/ advocated bis election, and such men ~ Val
lsndiglIam. Fendletou, aud Pugh OF Ohio.
sumped IA, State il hIs behalf lfis opponent.
General Hobson, WAS QUE of the Koniuck, gem
/, erals 10 he Union army during the war and
he entire republican party press, including the
Lnuisvillo ,yoVTnoi advocated hi- election.
Among the prominent men supporting him
! were Governor Brsme.le. Senator Guthrie, Gen.
! cral Tom Crittenden, aud several 81 The prscnt
! State officers. General Hobson wa rorncrl, =
! dcmocra, and supported Mcclellan iu 1864.
pis advocates on the stump. With hut few ~
| ccpticns, denounced the revolutionary course
" The present Congress and defended the policy
Of President Johnson. Those who approved
The course OF Congress pretended 10 be in laror
Of his election; bui II i evdcn, that they gave
4 him only half way endorsement, and he wa,
really more damaged than atSsFu pN 'hclf
support. They made themselves Just sum.
cicntly prominent In the canvas. 20 give the
friends OF Duvsll the opportunity 70 charge
! iha. HobsOn wss Tie candidate OF thc Northern
radicals, ,nd that his success would bc'haiicd
! ~ triumph ~ The radical faction ell over The
North. This, in fact. was the burden Of their
! campaign speeches, while the other side
SEEMED 10 direct all their efforts 70 prove tae
lalsily Of ibis charge. We spprebcnd. there
fore, that ~hat few supporters Of 'cncrc"
there are in the State, after doing Hobson all
the damage that they could by pretending g
support him, remained al home on election day
Ia hopes chat the success OF Duvall would h"lr
their party friends in the Northern STATES W.
are STRENGTHENED in his view by TIC cscuil,'