Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-10-14
THE soFT-sHELLs IN COUNCIL.

FROM THE NEW YORK EXPRESS OF FRIDAY.
The proceedings at Tammany Hall last night are inn
pornnt indicating with degree Of defniteness
the tactics which the Soft-Shell" Administration
Democracy, in this city and State to observe in
the coming election The plan of the campaign as We
gather from the outgyngs Of the oraclss on the plat
form, may be laid down thus:
lst To fight mainly under the anti Maine law flag OPP
posing Myron Fl. Clark as the champion of bill in
frngng the peoples rights and far despotic in
principle" than any that the British Government
sought to impose upon US before the revolutionary
war, SC.
I'd Not to bring the Administration, with its mani
fold SINS into the at ALL or if brought in, keep it
much in the back aground possible This it is sup
posed will win some Of the more ractable Hards
for Seymour.
3d. Not to say do any thing gratutousy that might
have tendency to widen the breach with the Adaman
tines; but to direct their guns chiefly against the Wings
and their platform.
4th To represent the Wing ticket as made Of "isms"
and nothing but ''isms," Abolition Woman's Rights
Fourier Teetotal, &c. and ticket therefore, it would
be simply degrading for great State like this to select
We never saw Tammany Hall densely packed
than it was this OCCASION and the Adj
mnistration out in such force The chief engineer Of
tina Fada,Ai Go-arnnas-. Jonr CUUnaAnp {s~.vaynr
the Port) and Capt. RYSDERs Deputy busy as
bees the rostrum and off it, occasion seemed to
qure. While mingling among the b'hoys, try
crowd flor there lack Of such cannbalisms dur
ing the EVENING" the other decaiming in the voice
of Stentor, upon the back, white gray, and speck
led complexion of the ticket headed Clark and Raymond
to the great acceptance Of the crowd At stage
the proceedings there was "free fight the main
floor amsng the "sovereigns;" but Mr. Cochrane when
it all over adroitly explained it away by declaring
that band Of Wing DULLES, paid with Wing gold had
been hired there break up the meeting The
bhoys as in duty bound cheered all this but doubt
the Surveyor laughed at it in his sleeve. 1t is note
worthy fact that there who had the tmerity
applaud the Administration for its heroic exploit at
Greytown The Of this courageous gentleman was
Wright, editor Of the Day Book; here and
new paper the Administration lists. The " Demo
however did not appear be enchanted with the
performance, for they stood all the while as dumb
OYSTER not condescendng to volunteer single hurrah
notwithstanding the emphasis with which the Greytown-
ers pronounced to be incorrigibe scoundrels.
Mr. Wright appeared to be conscious that sort Of
apology necessary for having undertaken the job
for later in the evening he told his hearers he quite
young man, they might by his looks" THAT to
say, little green)
Hardly word was said about the " Bronson" party (;
but it is worthy Of note that whenever alusion was
made to that branch OF the happy family" it was done
in the most gingery and genteel STYLE We were sur
prised to Mr.. Alexander Ming the STAGE He is
old Tammany man, eight of other days" that we
thought had gone out long ago. What he comes to life
for it is impossible to say He pleaded hard obquely
for union and harmony and abused the Wings with
zeal and zest worthy Of his earlier efforts In that par-
cular line of his own