New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-20

" his own. We would gladly have avoid
ed the necessity.
His original complaint expressl y was that
"For a series Of years this Silver Gray branch
of the party had been systematically ostrdcised'
We showed by facts that there was no
truth at all in this complaint-that fully
two-thirds of all the more desirable nomi-
nations and appointments have been given
to that very wing of the party which is
now boiling and breaking up because it
cannot have everything fixed to its liking.
Our correspondent does not pretend to de-
ny this.
But he falls back on the other branch of
his assertion, and says that the Conserva-
tive Wings have in hardly single in
stance been nominated or appointed when
the power was in the hands of the Sew
ard men,
Now suppose this were the fact-what
of it, The Silver Grays have had two
thirds of the desirable offices, to be sure;
but it was very mean of the Seward men
not to give them a good share of the other
third Isn't that a pretty reason tor
breaking up party
What right has our Silver Gray to ask
the Seward men to prefer for appoint
ments and denominations such as he is ! Does
President Fillmore give his appointments
De- farl rNF1n
raj Hall reject the claims of Silver Grays
to fill his Post Offices and Mail Agencies
with higher law functionaries ! On the
contrary, do they not uniformly prefer
their friends and who thinks Of COM
planning of so rational a choice
But, even though his charge would
amount to nothing if proved, yet it is new
ertheless false-grossly false. Mr.. Fill
more was heartily urged for Vice-Presi-
dent in 1914 by Seward men, and what
little opposition was made to him from this
State came mainly from the most conser-
vative men in the Wing ranks-Chief JUS
tee Spencer Dudley Selden, &c. He was
soon after taken up and unanimously nomi-
mated for Governor. He might have been
nominated the next term if he had chosen
70 be, but he was wiser than those who
claimed to be his friends, and deClined.-
John Young was then nominated-never
Seward man. and now the bead and front
of Silver Grayism. The men active and
influential in procuring his nomination were
nearly all Seward men,, and the friends
of Gov. Seward had clear preponderance
in the Convention. HAMILTON Fish,
whom nobody then accused Of Seward
ISM was nominated for Lieut.. Governor.
The next year Q847) the Wing State
Convention contained a large majority OF
what are termed Seward men, as was
repeatedly proved. WILLARD FILLMORE
for Controller and HAMILTON FISH for
Lieut.. Governor headed the list of candi-
dates it presented. Chas. b. Stuart,
vindictive anti Seward man, was nominated
for State Engineer. Systematically ostra-
ci'ed, did you say
The next year (l343) we had, along
with Willard Fillmore for Vice President
Hamilton Fish for Governor, and Alex. II.
Wells for Prison Inspector-a gentleman
whom Gov. Seward rescued from poverty
and embarrassment by giving him Every
much to his own damage) the Surrogate
ship Of Westchester, and who has not for
gotten to hate and traduce his benefactor
abundantly therefor, and is now a most
vehement Silver Gray. systematically
ostracised, did YOU observe!
The next year Q849) the Wing State
Convention stood about two Seward men
to one of the other stripe, as was proved on
repeated divisions. Among its nominees
were JOSHUA A. SPENCER for Justice of
the Court of Appeals, and SAMUEL STE
VEINS for Attorney General-the latter by
a unanimous vote. the former over George
WoOd-all three known to be anything
but Seward men,. Ostracised, Ell
The next year 165O) it was pretty
thoroughly proved that Gov. Stewards
friends had large majority of the Conven-
ton; and, as none of them bolted, they
nominated as they thought best. Their
candidates, all told, were WAsHINGToN
Hunt for Governor, GEORGE ]. CORNELL
for Lieut.. Governor, EBENEzER BLAKELY
for Canal Commissioner, ABNER BAKER,
Jr for State Prison Inspector and VESSEL
S. SMITH for Clerk Of the Court Of Appeals.
OF these certainly MeSsrs. Cornell and