The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-27
More Coalitions.

New York politics constitute the most per-
picking puzzle of our day. The tricks of Blitz
and Alexander are less .mystefying than the
movements of the political wire pullers Of the
Empire State. One nome {, at daggers drawn,
the next, they "embraee and secretly swear
eternal hatred" like the two Devils of lie Sage.
The New York Herald, thus describes the last
demonstration towards a cordial understanding,
between the Sewardites and the seeding Ad-
ministration Wings
The WELCOME TO GOVERNOR HUNr-A VERY
FUNNY AFFAIR.--Donnybrook fair is not the
thing, as we all know, without fght-elections
are full of quarrels among the candidates for
the Offices but is it new thing under the sun,
on welcoming new Governor, to have a quarrel
over him as to whether he belongs to the Seward
interest, the Silver Grays, or the Union party
There was some such exhibition on Thursday
at the Clarendon Hotel, on the reception of the
Governor elect, by a mixed party of our city
Wings
Mr. Hunt made a clever speech, spreading
himself broadcast over the WING platform, so
as to cover up all the chinks Mr.. Maxwell,
the collector OF the port, not satisfied with this,
proceeded to enlarge the area of Wing prinoi.
pies, so as to embrace "Clay, and Webster, and
Fillmore, and Cass, and Dickinson" The COL
lector is perfectly right. There is no telling
how politics may run hereafter; and it is best to
have the platform well braced up on both sides.
Mr.. Raymond, of the Courier, however, is on
different tack. Proving himself so good q
speaker at the dinner, it is evident he would
have no objections to be Speaker of the AS
sembly. He is a capable man. But he knows
fhinn ar tuo haSidao Tho Sau,r ri nj l.,
predominant in the Assembly. They have very
little sympathy with Castle Garden and the Mu-
steal Fund Hall at Philadelphia. Mr.. Raymond
leans the same way. He thinks these Union
meetings are mere traps to catch noodles. He
can't imagine the necessity of admitting into
the Wing church such outsiders as Cass and
Dickinson. He goes for the Taylor platform
and everybody knows what that means at AL
bany-it is Free-soil and Seward. Mr. Ray
mond goes for the party which will unite the
most votes in the Assembly. That's the Union
party for him-of course it is.
Mr.. Hiram Ketcham proceeded, however, to
catch him on that very thing. He thought the
Taylor platform had run to seed-nota bad idea
and that Clayton was net exactly the man to
set up platform for the wings to begin with
The "hig Ter law of Gov Seward was little
too tall and rickety to be perfectly safe. A
ul9h Hech ouSut w W collSluereu AL puliulHS
platforms.
MIR. Moses II. Grinnell at length came to
the rescue Of the Governor, by bold defence,
followed up by compromise, or there is no
telling what might have happened. The Silver
Grays might have run off again to Utica, as
they did from Syracuse. He explained that it
was all right, that Maxwell was right, and Ray
mond was right, and Ketcham was right, and
the President was right, and the Governor was
right, and that the Wing platform was all
right, and must be kept right side up-with
care"
Now, this is a good beginning-good, per-
haps for the Collector; good for Mr.. Raymond;
and must have been very agreeable to the Gov
ernor. How it is to end, is another affair 1t is
a very complicated and knotty job Of work, and
all the worse for being mixed up with the cotton
question. Suppose we get up another dinner
to the Governor