Year: 1865

tary OF the government &C., which hsd strong par
ceived little consideration the hands Of the committee


WITHDRAWAL OF SEYMOUR
an ORIGINAL act of his own Judgment or prompted hv III
friends Certain emissaries In the repub', can in
terest had nstgaed John a. Green ana .ew of sey-
his absehce and have him brought N the c"nvausion 10
play over again the game Of st wear when he was so
njudciously renomlnase' Certain attaches of both
weed ana fento9 A".,w more about this than anybody
else The plc. Wss stupid one and proved entirely i'm
pactcaoie seymour took his place in the convention,
;na Eu, nmsef in false position His friends rea!z
u,on their Judgment. The republican wirepullers
defeated in their little scheme for stgmatizing the solid
and earnest councils OF this convention as Seymour


The acquescence of al the extreme men Of the party
in the nominations and platform shows that the revou-
ton has been most thorough and comprehensive.


MAJOR GENERAL sLooUM ACCEPTS HIS NOMINATION ON THE


ANDY JOHNSON PLATFORM.


The distinguished military position of General Sl0cum
challenges the envy oil the opposition In this regard
his peer cannot be presented on another ticket The
only resource OF the republicans will be to endorse him
be defeated Whatever may be said OF his political
record it is certain that his nomination at the head Of
the democratic ticket was based upon a definite
expression Of his views in letter which had
barely time TO reach the convention the
night before a its formal sitting on the 9th
the condition Of the convention declaring and adopting
Andy Johnsons policy in regard to the restoration of the
platform adopted His friends placed this correspondence
in the hands of Colonel Cauldwell and John A. Green
i ~
journal. The talk about his tdecning is all
partisan bosh. The well defined line between Presi
dent Johnson's policy and that of the radical Chase
Jacobins indicated in the communications OF
General Slocum, and his nomination was made pre-
cisely on this ground. His views are not those of
the radicals, but have the exact limit OF the demo-
cratic creed set forth in the platform adopted by the
convention Here, then, is the great teshe absolute
dividing party line No traditions professions of OBJ
soete dogmas but the practical great questionable ad
mission of Senators and Congressman from the Southern
States at the next session Of Congress- the grounds
ar
several procamations addressed to the people Of the
rebel States. Neither cabinets custom houses nor
meant by this test; it is the vital question OF
the existence of the country that is involved We
queed the rebellion, conquered the whole of the
conederacy, and we have now finally to confront the
last step Of ALL the restoration Of the union, so long
and SO dearly sought, but not yet reached


EXPLOSION REPUBLICAN sLATE-MMoLArIoN OF


MoRBus DErEw AND COMPANY


The Democratic Convention has exploded the proposed
State ticket of the republicans All their well laid plans,
ratified and matured In the recent Loyal League Conven
Saratoga gone off prematurely like pile Of
pyrotechncs in the store house their manufacturers
Chauncey Depews prospects for Secretary Of State
have been cut down in a manner 10 which his cutting
down Of the census population put circumstance.
Tray his Judgment has come upon him even before his
time He was the Weed candidate the radical candi.
da.e and the Loyal League candidate, the rural
district candidate He had thing indeed. But
there thought Of him. The other renomi-
nations Of incumbens OF state Offices, which had all
been SET mp and liked are IN no better position than
Depew The embarrassment Of the republicans
They arguing the eXtenN to which they
will endorse the democracy and adopt their candidates
some think Socum alone will suit then while others
for two three all the names on the ticket They have
already forgotten their ''sate" They have even for
gotten their bitterness against Lucius Robinson and the
unanmity with which he was repudiated both by the
radicals and the Weed before his denomination by
the democracy They talk now Of the necessity OF en-
dorsng Robinson.


THuRIow WEED AND THE CUSTOM Houss-rRBsToN KING IN


PREpicAMEST


The situation of the famous donkey between the
bundles Of hay will make apt Illustration Of the posi-
nfD Einn IN fhp saff hn ftt N
his advent has had the most important bearing
upon parties but this has been reversed by the
doipgs of the Democratic Convention and now the bear
ing OF the parties upon him IS matter OF very curious
interest. How will he manage his patronageY What
will he DO with tY never SO much OF puzzle as
now.


Mr Weed has furnished him with bondstnen, Messrs.
Blachord and Carrfan with his private and with
the able clerk OF the State Senate thus giving him all
the necessary spoons and utensils for serving out
the Custom House soup TO the old guard OF the
the radicals boast that they have chocImatod this
Weed and Governor Fenton have just returned
from Washington The radicals claim that Fenton
obtained agreement ratified by Seward Senators Nor
gan and Harris aud the President 10 the elect
That nobody shall be prescribed from the fat things be-
OF his antagonism TO Weed, and 20 long he
stands otherwise in good faith the Johnson platform
SO that Preston King in office ostensiby III the IN
tercs Of Weed, but be be OF no service by remov
ing and appointing Weeds solicitation The radicals
Claim that they have the patronage and that they also
have the conventions, and that Weed cannot issue his
US endorsed by Preston King, IN any reliable shape,
as TO reach those conventions at this stage.


CUSTOM ROUSE ARRAyrD AGAINST ANDY JoHNsoN2


IL the radicals have thus checkmated Weed what is
the state OF the n regard TO the democracy Have
they not come out squarely upon the administration
paformY IL 10 Not certain that IN the contest be-
the President and the ChaseSumner Stevens fac
ton that the democracy must be ultimately Andy John
sons main reliancey How stands il, then about this
patIonager VIII the Andy johnson democrats be as
sailed by the Preston King tidewatersp


cOaIITIoN--rHE CUSTOM HOUSE AND THE CABINET.


IL is TO be presumed that the Collector will have
the discretion his position and its influence with
view TO the vital crisis In which the President must find
himself before the Congress Can he rely either
OF the divided factions OF the republican 0rganizaton2
Whichever OF these factions he may side with viii he not
need the solid and permanent support OF the democracy
The action Of the convention 70 be held on the 10th may
determine the bearing o the proposed coalition Of parties
IL cannot extend TO anything more than tie acces
sion of faction OF the republicans 10 tho ranks OF the
democracy, II not by open sp then by dctailed ac
cessons The democracy must be the basis OF the future
party OF the Unon and those who take their places IN
its ranks alone bo sure OF eventually being with the
President the restored Union and the fat things Of Pres
ton Kings precinct There will be promises made 10
carry the canvass but even though these may be
gwen IN the interest opposing the democratic ticket they
will be found worthless unless based upon democratic
capital and the great coalition which viii admit the
Southern States in the next Congress-


The work OF the New York State Convention grows 10
Importance. The elections will be attended by an IN
forest Unexpectedly increased. so much will DO dc.
terrnned by the result the Cabinet in parties in Con
gress and so many momentous respects that M conduct
will be attended by the utmost skill and efforts OF its
managers Tie headquarters Tor tie democracy will be
established In New York city.


Delegates to the Union state Convention.


EMMA, Sept 13 1855.


At union county convention held at Horscheads to
day Luther Caldwell Israel McDanolds and Tracy Beadle
were chosen delegates TO the State Convention