The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-12

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We publish this morning the list Of dele
gates a. far as ascertain-d. hard shell unionisis
and soft shell free sellers. to the Democratic
State Convention, which meets Tomorrow
morning 1T Syracuse. We iuvit. the attention
OF all parties concerned to this curious ANAL
gamation of antagonistical elements; for If it
does not justify the apprehensions OF Donny-
brook compromise at the salt works we are
most egregiously deceived. Nay, more; If this
catalogue does not foreshadow final and deci-
sive defeat Of the free soil coalit0nsts we are
still more widely mistaken.
But what is the Cause OF this clashiDg Of the
clans after their late hearty reunion in Ne
election Of General Pierce? 1t is the spoi's-
the losves and f,hes-the federal patronage
the cohesive power Of the public plumber"
which is not always cohesive. The hard shell,
or old bunker wing of the New York demo-
crscv, as they believe have been OutrageOusly
betrayed and insulted in the distribution Of the
spells by the administration. They charge
adr,ft by General Pierce ard that he has
undertaken to crush them into submission
to coalition Of Northern free sellers aad
Southern secessiOnists. among whom the larg-
est and the sweetest Of the sugar plums have
been distributed. This is the general indict-
ment of the hard she Is against the administra~
ton. They further charge against the soft
hall p,,xE ~ <kn% <T,,l
dodgers Of the compromise platform. and that
the President and his cabinet are aiders and
abettors in their efforts to shirk the paramount
al all-important Issue Of the Fugitive Slave
law. Nor Is it necessary here to argue the
truth or falsity Of these accusations. They are
the grounds of action by the hard shells in the
Il. ctions Of delegates to Syracuse and they
will meet in convention for the purpose Of die
tatipg the terms Of reconciliation or FIR
final aud permanent dsso button of the existing
unsatisfactory copartnership. Such being the
facts, our attention is concentrated upon this
Syracuse Convention, and the probable results
OF its wranglings and deliberations.
When that breachless mathematician, Archi-
nedes, started full chase through the streets
Of the ancient Syracuse. crying, Eureka !
Eureka - the natives pronounced him "a
iool-a fool !" but he knew what he was
about. He had solved great problem-he had
establshed an important mathematical prin
ciple, which would benefit mankind and imnor-
talze himself ragged and hungry as his labor
Of love had left him. Such, let Us hope, will be
the result Of the abors Of the empty-stomachei
hard shells ut the modern Syracuse in their
patriotic desires to settle the great question:
that str ct, implicit bona tide obedience to the
coLst tuition and the laws of the land is the
tue test Of democracy.
But the hard shells have delicate game to
play, and dangerous one, If they attempt the
oft-expI,ded exp, dent Of compromise with
principles for the rake Of harmonizing the party.
That game in the end has always proved to
be and will Away result dsastrously and dis
gracefully t" all concerned. 1t never pays ia
the settling Of accounts And yet party concilIa-
ton is the danger to the hunkers at SYRIA
cuse. We detect in the Albany .7tias, the
central organ Of the Buffalo clique, the symp-
ions of q disposition on that side Of the house
TO concede to the hunkers almost anything
on the State ticket except Mather, and to
acknowledge every thing, In the way Of prin-
ciples, except the direct test Of the Fugitive
Slave law. The only fear is. that between these
two stools the hards will again fall to the
ground.
Lut, while we have no advice to give con.
corning Mather. we sre no reason no necessity,
no policy ON the part Of the hunkers. IN drop
ping single letter, or adding Q solitary quail
fcaton 10 u B. Tayior's resolutions lately Of
f.rtd in the Assembly on the fugitive question.
According to the returns Of the delegates
elected, the huukers will have a decisive con-
trolling msjurty at Syracuse ca majority
which, If not ovcrstated proves the compromise
democrats of the State to possess . large ma
jori,y of the party. And when we deduct the
free soil wings and outside abolitionists that
voted for Van Duren in 1913 from the demo
cratic soft shells We doubt not that the Cass a1d
Dickinson wing have really the numerical pre-
tondcraIce ID The State. We are informed tn It
had the delegates to Baltimore in 1852 proved
true each to the understanding Of the terms
OF bis election that Gen. Clss would have
had the preponderance, even Then. over Cover
nor Marcy. However that may have been Ii
the Cass ard Dickinson men have working
majority OF Syracuse Tomorrow morning, let
them use it efficiently aud practically, or they
will return only to be covered with disgrace
ridicule and contempt.
Let not the bunker party be deceived by any
mysterious overturcs from Washington. Enough
tas been done to justify line Of processing,
wholly iuds pendent OF Washington IN tnite-t,es
or overtuIes Let il be understood nov
wb, tb,r the head If the State Department IL
or is not the master OF the New York demo
tracy, II not satisfied with the Baltimore trial
~ 1852, give him some iutnatou pre- or c0a
81 bis prospects for 1855 Above all LEI The
question le answered, whether the re-org t1iz,
~ al. il