Year: 1863

fr0p0r0tIOm tOr tho raAi H1AeCtAO~s


The election this fall is one in which no ma
tional policy is involved or national questions
are at stake. As far as this State is concerned.
we have an entire Legislature, Secretary OF
State, Comptroller, Attorney General and one
or two other State officers to elect. They, OF
have no important bearing upon
the great problem that is now being solved in
this countryside ability of man to govern him
self-or, in other words, the strength and sta
bility of q republican form Of government. The
however are shaping their course for
the purpose Of making the election this fall the
stepping stone and the basis of their work for
1864, when Chief Magistrate Is to be chosen
to guide the helm Of our once noble, but now
shattered, ship of State. Should the war con-
tinue until then, that election will be the most
important that has ever been held in this coun-
try, and Its results fraught with the most mo-
mentous consequences


The politicians are hard at work preparing
for the election this fall, evidently laboring
under the impression that their success next
year depends upon the results Of the local cleo
tion this fall when, in fact, the election in 1864
will be on issues that will hardly be thought or
dreamed Of this year. The republicans have
been for some time past organizing themselves
into leagues for the express purpose Of carry
ing the State this fall. In fact, one Of the
leaders of the league men but short time since
stated that their only hope Of success was in
are counting without hope. They have already
commenced quarrelling among themselves, and
two separate and distinct leagues have been
organized aud are now in rivalry with each
other. We have, in the first place, the Loyal
League, under the leadership OF Prosper
NJ. Wetmore and Company. with the Times
as its organ. in which the Seward men
of the State-as far as they trouble them
selves with any league-take shelter. Then
we have the Union League, got up under the
auspices Of Chase, Opdyke. Greeley, Ann Dick
inson and Company, with the Tribune as its or
gan, having for its object the capture of the
entire republican party of this State this fall,
in preparation for turning it over to Secretary
Chase for the Presidency next year. While this
tribulation and contest between the factions in
the republican party is going on, there is also
general marshalling Of forces on the democratic
side in this city and State, which presents fully
as interesting q feature on that side of the
question.


Foremost In the contest on the democratic
side Is the defunct Confidence Albany Re-
gcncy, with their organ at Albany, which
Is now at work galvanizing and white
washing itself, endesvoring to shake of
the responsibility of its deeds at Charleston in
1860 and relieve itself of the odium attached
to its acticn-ths division of the country and
civil war, which followed as the natural fruits Of
its labors. They are thus preparing their new
coat to hide the blood Of their countrymen
that rests upon them, and are entering the
field in preparation for the fall contest.
The success of Seymour on great principle
this Confidence band have the conceit to take to
themselves, when, in fact, Gov. Seymour was
nominated in spite of their efforts against him.


and, once in the field, he was taken hold Of aud
elected by the people on great principles
which we do not believe the Albany Renency
to this day have the remotest or faintsst compre.
hension Of. Had the people believed that Gov.
Seymour was last fall the representative or
candidate Of the Regency he would have been
sent so far up Salt river that the sound of
Gabriel's horn on the final Judgment Day
would have never reached him. But, taking
the assurance to themselyes that they are
the power, the Regency are laying their pipe
and are making desperate effort to control
the State, in order that they may have some
stock and capital TO work upon in the National
Convention in 1864. The Mozart and Tam
many factions are both placing their houses in
order for the campaign. Mozart has already
planted itself in opposition to the Confidence
Albany Regency, upon whose skirts rests SO
much Of the responsibility Of the civil war.
The Daily Ne,cs 10 10 be revived, and will be
the exponent Of the platform of Mozart.
We would cordially unite with them in that
movement were IT not for the fact OF the silly
and foolish move of the Mozart leaders In drag
ging In issues which have no bearing upon this
campaign, and can only be properly consid-
cred in the great political contest of next year,
when the people are, as II were, to decide anew
upon the affairs Of our government. Then, and
not until then, will the side issues brought out
by Mozart be available as political question.
Tsmmany has not issued its manifesto, although
there has been great commotion in the wigwam,
growing out Of determination of one party TO
rally around the Regency and help give them
strength enough for them to be able to repeat
their operations Of 1860 again In 1864 whe-
ther the Regency or anti-Regency party will
triumph In Tammany Hall events Of the next
few days will no doubt decide. Besides all
these factions we have the Wall street clique.
which is making great pretensions in Presiden.
tial matters for 1864. This faction Is under
the lead Of Baron Belmont a Co., with the


World - its organ, and probably means mis-
sion or two abroad.


Thus II will be seen we are at the commence