The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-21
TIL E RE P u B Lie.
WASHIN GTON:
TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 81, ls49.
THE PEOPLE AND THE REGENCIES.
Downfall of Richmond and Albany.

We have already announced the failure
Of the attempt to reconstruct the Demo-
cratic party in the State of New York, for
the benefit of the corrupt leaders of the
old organization. The Albany regency
and the elite of the distinguished Demo-
Gratis of Richmond are shelved The
young Democracy will never reunite their
fortunes with the Old Hunkers who have
appropriated all the spoils. The Old Hun
kers will never consent to be overridden by
faction which is wise beyond what is
written in the Baltimore platforms, and
which seeks power by identifying itself
with a sectional issue Mr.. BUTLER will
be compelled 10 solace his disappointment
by the composition of "short sonnets"
which the Globe was in the habit of prais-
ing with such sweet concentrations. Gov
ernor MARCY will have ample opportunity
to indulge in his favorite amusement
of writing letters of the swapping turtle
order; and Chancellor WALwoRTH will
find no difficulty in accommodating him
self to that total abstinence from politics
which his country has survived for five
and twenty years, and can survive for at
least twenty years to come.
Why is it that these two factions have
failed to effect a reunion ; The Albany
.7tiaS, the organ of the Barnburners, at
tributes the failure TO the efforts of fer
mischievous politicians in the Hunker sec
ton who have an interest in perpetuating
the division in the Democratic ranks. The
Albany .Argus, on the other hand, the or
gan of the Old Hunkers, AYERS that the
result is owing to those who stubbornly
refused to make the least concession to
restore harmony; who insisted on making
the Wilmot proviso party test, while
they at the same time pretended that they
were willing that every Democrat should
entertain such views as he saw fit
The true reason, we apprehend, is this:
that there is no sufficient inducement in
the existing state Of things for a sacrifice
of personal animosities. There is no rea-
son why any true De mocrat should seek
to re-organize the old Locofoco party, I'M
der the corrupt lead of the Richmond and
Albany regencies, for the sake Of break
ing down the Administration of President
TAYLOR. The more liberal and enlight-
ened of the Democratic party-all the
younger members Of both branches in the
State Of New York-are sick to the death
of the everlasting twaddle about the reso-
lutions of '9S. They are, like the WHO'S,
the friends Of harbor and river improve
ment They are, like the WHICs, in
favor of the policy Of peace and neu-
trality They are, like the WINGS, in
favor of curtailing Executive power.
They are, like the Who's, in favor of a
tariff of duties, competent TO pay the ex
penses of the Government, and liberal
instruments Of the national debt. They
are, like the WHIGs, no special friends Of
the frequent use of the veto. What mo-
tive have they, therefore, to oppose the
Administration of an "honest old SOLDIER"
who avows the doctrine lying at the
foundation of all true Democracy, that the
WILL or THE PEOPLE, expressed through
ITS constitutional organs, ought to be the
LAW OF the LANDl
The masses Of the Democratic party in
the State Of New York can have no such