The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-17
Our Albany Correspondence.
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The 3foutnicats aud Tactics of the Day.

Tho 3fovt8lcnis aud Tactics Of the Day.
As the session Of the Legislature is now drawing
to a close, the majority have taken alarm at the
many rcyerses which their party has experienced
at the spring elections. A caucus was held on
Thursday evening, with the intention of devisng
remedy for the existing difficulties in the whig
ranks. Propositions were made TO the silver greys
form committees on resolutions and address, and
to present such reports would tend to harmonic
the party previous to the November election. The
greys standing firm, very few attended the caucus
Seyera! of them we're named but each and all re-
fused to participate in such action. committee
at length formed consisting of Messrs. Uphau,
Cook, and Owen, of the Senate, and Messrs. Ray
mond, Of New York; Sherman, of Dutchess I'm
derwood, o. Cayuga; Severance, of Erie; and
Wheeler, Of Franklin, all Seward woolleys. This
committee will present address and resolutions
at another caucus previous to adjournment, in
which il will be endeavored to convince every whig
III the state that real misunders landing exists
that Seward and Fillmore ha buried the Ratchet
tina. the former will remove more canal officers
nor the latter any more postmasters marshas ;
that Mr. Webster is not on tour of president
making contrary TO the wish of the Presidents that
General Scott has not been started by the Seward
section as a candidate tor the presidency in oppo-
sition TO MIR. Fillmore that Weed and Fuller are
to unite the Journal and Register /; that Greeley is
10 be sent out of the country for six months; and
that the appellation o. silver grey and woolly head,
Is at 10 be dropped, and the universal family Of
the whig party again will sup together.
The course determined upon is to keep aloof, and
enter into no compromise. The war against their
President has proceeded too far, and the contest
become too serious to show the white feather now.
Mr.. Seward, through his organ, has denounced the
President second Tyler; and the Journal has
declared open hostility. The silver greys will there
fore act only on the defensive. They will form
neither state, county, or town tickets: but when
nomination is made not too transparently wooley,
they VIII hoist the names in the columns of their
paleIs with apparent acquescence, but with a
cret determination that defeat shall ensue. The
greys are too sagacious to nominate separate
state ticket, knowing that, at present, their
strength lies in their secret action; and although
daily dcfed to nominate separate tickets, they will
not make the attempt, prefering the stetto to the
broadsword IN bringing their enemies to terms. No
address or resolutions, which may come from the
pen Of Mr. Raymond, will in any measure bring
reconciliation to the distracted whig party Of this
state, especially when i: is announced that he in
tends toestablish wing free soil paper in the city
of New York.
On the other hand, nothing has transpired among
the democratic leaders that gives any indication of
the course which they intend to pursue. \ meeting
OF the state Centrai Committee was held the mid
die ofthe week, when it agreed upon to resist
the canal bill ut all and every hazard, even to a
dissolution of the Senate-an event unprecedented
in the annals Of New York legislation. The
nttet called n state Convention 10 DC held on tue
10th Of September, and adjourned sue dc. The
course adopted by the democratic members, last
year, having been so universally approved by the
party, II may be that they will again separate
without issuing any address or resolutions. This
will depend, however, upon the fate Of the canal
bill. The expiring days of the session will pro-
duce mighty conflict on that BILL Should the
wings succeed in bringing their seventeen votes
tof which there is scarcely doubD in favor Of the
bill, thereby driving the fifteen democrats TO a re-
signaton, then necessity will exist for the en-
Pigment Of the ables, minds in the party to send
forth the reasons why they we're induced to adopt
q hat method to prevent the passage Of the bill.
In such an eyeLt, caucus viii be held, and plan
for the campaign agreed upon. w.