The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-22

lion was manifsstsA in the dsssss ny hrss n.oritiss
Of I've Of tbers Ssastoss who osoddatss TT 70
election; ths d. eat Of . exth By tso vote; ~ the
slecuoD OF svenn oys pare majority % oo,os;
ton. At an extra session Of the LAglstore convened
in the summer OF that year, the canal Dill oecams
law
At the ensuing fall election the present State officers
candidates the unitsd" democratic tickot Such
their reso. ct for the popular sendmsot or sus1
their desire OF success that on the eve o. tue
they lun tered public circular, and scattered 1t
throuRbou the State pedsog themselves to carry out
the provisions of the canal Lag. Thus performances aud
THE alone rescued them from defeat But they
scarcely Invested with the seals of Off wher tnsv
the labor Of procuring Judicial decision agsost
and ii bee. necessary to plish this
public object through an smeDdms n. to the constellation
At the late annual session amend asnt in conformity
10 tie consrtu nona provision avoiding agaa, the i'm.
position of upon the people urged by thu
mics of the and relying for he peton
Of the pubic works upon their own revaones the v'ua
tary u lis pad By the of and sh
who, through thse nooe channels OF intercourse
and transportation. ch S'a'e aud eola' It's
sources, proposed 10 the Seuste by Messrs Cooley
and Vanderbilt and it passed roat body BY large
majority Such hosever not ITS fate in the Il use
There an upscrupulous presioipg officer and ATS ssso
cstes The coslesced friends of uDipn and harm0nv J"
resisted irs by I'll the arts and efforts OF psr
eDtary obsuuctior and The session Closed lesv,og it
disposed of the general crosrs At the extra
sion also. the e1hbi ions of hostility delayed
action IRON until the popular preston became
ursquvocal and the fear OF con eq ieocss 80 sroos
ing State Copven oD r'm which they hoped TO
Denomination their friends to oh ain control aud TO
the Of trial the polls that tho State OH
gave the sg al and at ouce change of tao los in the
Assem- ny passed the proposed amendment substantially
n a. came from the seoats without dissenting vo'e
greater obqu,y the hi.soy 81 parties 70 ~'sne's
The union Of all rue demSEfSs hcnon
cere prsupos Of principle and ana sis
position when demanded ny tn. public good Ia An 8t
opinions all alive and apparent aod ~hen sca - and
Utility sudden attitude OF aoqai
scspcs we have right to suspect the motives 20 y
PROMPT both, and to rely upon the soeeny OF neither
when the object shall be attained No Intelligent czsn
We think w deceived by these occurreoces No ono
will bsisve that the hostility of these politicians to che
ena Mt and completion Of the canals long and
uni ormly manifested has become extinct or that its
vuuler CO aba ed No can doubt that they can
10 euceDt numbers p the Senate and Ase oy
districts the election they will be prompt
aud active defeat in the next the coast
passing when its passage beyond their power OF
yention.
Such fellow democrats the occurrences and In.
die under which the national democrats proceeded
within the pa month to he choice of delegates to the
State Convention 1t Is well known that 10 fairly
elections in the several Assembly DISTRICTS they
carried decided msjo ity Of the delegates Bat fact
which ought to have confirmed their ,ondNrAnce 10
auced in the dsfea cd coalition only stronger MI
popular democratic will Steps ware At once taken in
several Of the districts where they had sufe ed cefeat
TO stbhod by fictitious contestants seats from cesry
chosen delegates 1t wsswe understood that TO the
tent require TO annu and couDersct the OF
the ration al democrat, chosen this
would be pushed Thus 1t me ,sning Of the
t!on, thir. lie contestants entered the field
In addition to this mode OF reversing or overcoming
majority most ex.raoI binary efforts IN every
oted to- vast array Of official inf iencs, tue
force Of station the auxiltaies Of wealth aud the ap
esea paesd to rtpes
one hitherto unknown in the hi srory OF our political
conventions. The Chief MAGISTRATE of che State pesrei
ON the ground not by proxy but in his proper per
son. and consented to the lob,y foremost in the
active expedebts aud appeals deemed essential 20
I've or overcome the rational democr attic m 4ory aud
to control and erect the movements Of the convention.
That high functionary by C0n ptrOer
Wright Attorney General Cnatded and other STATE off
government in the city OF New Yorkthe Surveyor OF
the Port tho Naval Officer, ana the Postmaster and
from the IN ssor they were assisted By the Post;
Osweeo. the T. stmaster of Buffalo and other official
auxiiiares EVERYTHING was promised and everything
threatened that the emergency seemed to denaad.
Mr. CachraDe known . prominent leader in the
free soil movements and in the employment Of free col
auzilsres assumed to speak by authority and to ds-
nOunce with summary vengeance all who SD ,ud
tHre 10 decline their ocsuon resist their dcaon
But ev II not be supposed fer moment because prom
place holders under the general COVE, ap
pesred among contrasting delegates. and tive
In bringing all the power Of their official Positions TO
control the organization and action Of the Convention
tnst the responsibility of their aoy
but and least OF al the sources Of
their appointment to office The disuoguishsd had
of the national demo cacy the President Of United
States have sympathy with the Of the de
Signs Of men Whose aneeoedents srS al at .h h.
patriotic and vho whatever may bs thsie
DECISIONS for immediate OBJECT ntagonists in
feeling and purpose to all the current Of his political
life past and for the future, and the svowed principles
that govern his pucic sction.
But will not detan longer by any reference to
other events but proceed directly TO inform you of Sh4t
and clio at S,racu and the and consiers
tons which induced to take the and
attitude felt 1t duty fraly to adopt. When
ched that place. all tha inAuences official and
sona brought to bear upon delegates to % THAR
C xtiO nd
friends by whom in the several districts, they had
been were obviously actively and unscrupuousy
a. work and it Is too much to say thxt upon
tmid interested, such inf not without
effect But ths aoother and element brought
the audacy Of political uartizsns however ia niliar
with such associations In their localities has ventursd
before 70 INTRODUCES for tactical performances at demo-
A Iumeqous band Of bullies and fghtiog men, chieas
from the city of Ne~ York, with some slight additions
from Albany and other places, were brought upon the
ground. Among these were less than three of the
niscreants who indicted and convic sd for the
derous and provoked assault made Augustus Sche
cratcs General Com mtee OF the city Of New York ct
TannaDy Hall, In December last; and or more Of
them were prominent in the New Scotland riots few
since in which o. the free soil leaders,
on he ground, made such squire Several OF III
hold appoip under Mr. Cochrane Surveyor of
the Port aud Mr. Fower the Postmaster, Of Ne~ York
Messrs Cochrane and Fowler both present to
test the seats OF pghtfu delegates with sundry other
spec ems of the Sschems" OF Tammany Society, SO.
cr6t rreebopslDie SELF eected whom
The democracy have control, who seek to prescribe
democratic and usurp the right decide quss
!ions affecting democratic organization with which they
have warrant to intermeddls, and which they
have conceivable authority.
Some Of advanced 10 years, aud have been at
democratic State coz ventons before-nAv, many many
times but we YET net at Syracuse else xhsre
such sssembsge drawn this year - par
tcTate in the proceedings Of that body. 1t bodd
good to the democratic party when the executive Of the
State the sole dspspser Of the pardoning po ser aud the
teocis villages OF convics and their ssocses doomed
In the same gas light Bot trusted that iaq atty
itse would shrink from Any attempt sIea
the ightu members By brute force and won leave the
convention TO tho pc Of moral
the votes Of the majority would necessarily ia
this were isspeointed.
On the morning Of the 18th, a was provided at
Bin'na Hall, for the OF the Convention and notices
bsDdble posted up, signed BY the cnairm.n and
Rotary Of the ate Committee Il forming member Of the
fact The delegates assembling there orderly
nd In the usual mannermauy OF them had Assem- bed
short time before twelve oclock-whsn orgs aizei
gang Of lighting men variousy etipatet from ty to
seventy FIVE beo the srscsse, entered the hall IN
'un ultuous ARD violent aud in body forced
their 20 the platform, which ITO ID Mr. Story the
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