Year: 1866

distilleries will cease operations


despatch from New Orleans says that strong guard
of United States (whe) soldiers guard night and
day at the private residence Of Governor Wells at his
ewn urgent request.


The Candidate for GOvcrnor-General Dix


the Man for the Crisis,


The enthusiasm which the tour of the Presi-
dent and his party through the State has cre-
ated among all classes leaves no doubt as to
the result of the political canvass in this State.
The radicals have shown by their loss of tenn
per that their case is hopeless. AT all points
the reaction has commenced against them and
is making rapid progress. The uprising of the
people already signifies change in the char
acter of the representatives in Congress from
the Empire State. The public are fully aroused
to the necessity Of repudiating those who be-
trayed them in Congress, and there is now no
further danger but that the Congressional dis
tricts will be attended to. The work in this
direction will, however, be made much easier
if a wise selection be made and the right kind
of man be nominated for Governor. Any
person possessing the requisite intelligence and
ability will do for Congress, provided he
endorses the restoration policy of the Presi-
dent the platform Of the Philadelphia Conven-
ton and is opposed to the revolutionary policy
Of the radicals. But we want man for Gov
ernor who viii give something of the dignity
to that office which existed in former times,
before it was degraded by modern political
charlatana Who shah it be?


Several gentlemen or more or less promi-
nence are being urged for the nomination at
Convention. We notice among the number
the name of Ex-Governor Seymour But his
political record is closed and sealed. We
elected him Governor in 1862, through the con-
servative movement inaugurated at that time;
but no sooner did he assume the duties of the
Office than he repudiated his pledges and
betrayed those who elected him. He was
elected on a war platform, but on coming into
office turned against the war. He delivered an
address before Tammany Hall, in which he
labored to prove the war failure, and that,
too, at the very hour when we had news of the
great victory at Gettysburg and the capture
Of vicksburg. In short his course has placed



didates and his nomination will be dis
astrous to the great conservative move
ment now sweeping over the Northern States.
Henry C. Murphy, Of Brooklyn, and Mayor
Hoffman, Of this city, are also urged for this
position by their respective friends Neither
of these gentlemen is well enough known or
sufficiently prominent among the people to
justify his nomination for the first Office in
the State. The only thing known Of Murphy,
besides his being member of the State Senate,
is, that he was at one time in the Sugar
House government mission at Hague, and came
within one vote Of being the caucus nominee
for President Mt the convention which brought
poor Pierce forward. Had he purchased a
lottery ticket he might have come within one
number of drawing the prize, and Ben Wood
could then no doubt tell him how he happened
to miss it. As to Mayor Hoffman, he made a
very good Recorder, and was generally con-
sidered young man Of great promise until
the Corporation ring took hold of him as their
last card to save themselves from ruin. As
been in that Office he has been making great
noise about his purity and integrity, and has
hourished q few vetoes to keep up the appear.
ance Of not being q tool of the ring. But the
motive for all this is too apparent to deceive
anybody. An examination OF his record in that
respect will reveal the fact that he has vetoed
the small schemes which amounted to nothing.
and let all the big jobs go through without
raising the first objection. If he can only be
made Governor the Corporation ring will be in
ecssasies, and obtain a new lease OF power
under his rule.


The great conservative movement Of the
day must not be loaded down and encumbered
| with any such men, The interests of the country
are too important to endanger them by nomi-
mating man thus identified, as Mayor Hoffman
is, by being the last card of the City Hall
clique in this metropolis The only man
on the list mentioned who is fitted for the no
siton Is General Dix. He is representative
of that class Of men who gave dignity to our
public Offices, and is about the only one OF
the class left. In bis long public career
not one whisper has been heard against his in
tegrity and purity Of character. In this respect
he stands out 10 bold relief above all his com
peti,ors. His opening speech at the late Phila-
delphia Convention embraced more In a
few words, handled the great questions Of
the hour in a more comprehensive manner
and treated the issues now before the country
Ia clearer and more forcible stvle than anv