Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-09-13
New York Hards and softs

New York Hards and sons
The Hard Shells and the Son Shells oil the Nc"
York City Democracy are preparing Tor a runpus III
the Syracuse State Convention. The harus nave
selected one set Of delegates and the So'ts an
other Both are to go to Syracuse and eaeh e.a''''
the exclusive right to represent the unterIined III
the Democratic State Convention 10 it's through
out the whole State The great question is 10 oe SCI
tied whether the IIars the Soits are the genuine
Democracy They have beautiful fight gong o"
among the common brotherhood, and they arc "oo'-
ING ono another most most numerically. Two sets
Of DELEGATES can't be received. They couldn't harmo
MIC if they were. One set must he sent adrnL d"
the Hards are let in the Sofs off II the soits
arc let in the lards arc of. The coalition Is 10 oo
broken IN IL has had its day and can exist no lon-
ger The division OF the plumber brings matters 10 a
crisis The same leayen of discord which produced
tho splt between the Cass and the Van Buren, Demo
cracy is at work again. The partnership that was
r,tcbed nm between them for the election OF Frank
Pierce Is dissolved by mutual consent but the ting
Of war now comes for the plumber oil the concern
The lIaris arc making a desperate hSh'' out 'ney
have hard time OF it. They have the current TO
struggle against. The SOls are basS'ng IN the sun
shine of Executive patronage, and are confident oil
gaining the entire and undturbed possession oil the
field Prince John is at work ralying the SOILS from
one end of the State to the other lie Is oeh' on go
inc to the Senate of the United States, and the Free
Sellers are bent sending him there WIN MI
Dix Minister to France and Prince John United
States Senator their triumph will be complete. III
the meantime the Dickinson men are ralIyinS then
forces for the Syracuse battle. Let the contest terh
nate as it may the Democracy Of the Union may SIT
il down that the Haris and Softs of New York have
taken final leave of one another and may say good
i've to the har nouy Of the party in that State from
this forth Two such discordant factions cannot
lwcll together in peace. They have tried twice
now I'd the unanimous opinion of both factions Is
that it is no use try it any longer Thus endeth
Demo. ratio aScendancy in the Empire State
A PrcrrRE OF ruE ADMINISTRATORS Good I'D
ricc-The New York Herald is still harnmering away at
the Administr ton The Herald generally knows which
ray the winds blow 1t that there is something
4rong-that the loose and that there dan
ger OF the rckety tumbling TO pieces AZ
ter speaking the Cabinet selections the Herald thus da
suerreotyPes the AdminSfaton-a Democratic authority
" the way
1.-THE principle that guided him in their selection
OF cool one BY it he undertook more than he could
10 and thereby put hazard his reputation and the
his administration. lie descended from ma
ional position OF uuqussoned strength into the arena o
local quarrrs and personal u;gues He abandoned Oh,
position Of commander 10 90 the subaitern work OF the
surgeon and the in the democratic camp. In farm
ing out executive patronage the cabinet, which had
pen collected from the odds ard ends of all the old iac
IONS he unwise introduced into his administration all the
rreconccablc elements of past Qulrels and disssuons
frccsOsm from New York, secessonsm Iom the South
uuiouisru from all parts jumted into common
eryCir with the vain hope thar by passing them through
the executive alter they would purified AMI
20 Grated national patriots II this work, Ircv, with al
IL experience aud wellknowu ability political utri
.uer and manager put up against McClellani who
supposed represent the Cas- strata OF the cabinet
Davis bold ingenious and daring against the quiet
and iHplieasve Mr. DO55n; Guthrie was assigned th,
treasury and had enough 10 attend 70 IL officers al
san Francisco and other points of special interest; While
Cushing charged with the Office Of specja, adviser to
President defender OF the faith. Justice va
thus secured to AL the factions; bu, in exact proportion
the geuty of their respective cabinet representatives
If the experience Of Marcy exceeded that OF McCend
ii Davis outWittel DObbin-!t Gushing played hS Own
game add PLAYED tsucCc>s.uyi Campbell held Ills U~u
aud te morc-ii Guthrie tuly occupied with hi
lIte and had taste for tie spor-N Pierce found him
sell responsible for every tngt the party was weIken-
81 instead OF strcngtHeIedi free -oi-m t1undcrei into
tue ascendant and usoui,m dvpressed-if we hear
conn uts than pTa-e- more curses than blessing
what wodrr j. e. pray By il i vet too early TO judge
the tree IT. first fruits have heea upped by premature
frost. l. j. yet fully acclmated- Another season, anu
with better care 10 will improve. The evil Of applying
hybrid compost 10 sustain it Wl have been Illustrated.
IT, base aud ghenci aud sweetened Toy the Ieuovl
! ting influence Of q distinct aIi positive culture.
! MORTALITY OF NEW ORLEAXs.-The number Of deaths
at New Orleans from the 1T Of June the 81 Of Sep,eni
be 5i1 OF which 1886 Of fever aud 1890 Of