The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-27

chairman, and had the full sentence flushed
some ten seconds before Mr. Venneule bad COM
menced his motion in favor of Ned McG0wan
Why Mr.. B. did this is very simple
As you will learn from the papers, on the
| second day the conventions met at separate
halls. We nominated men who were present,
whose claims bad been freely canvassed since
| the close of the Legislature, who are the choice
I of the State and whose opinions are we'll
known regarding the late Senatorial question.
| On the other hand, the Broderick party have
] put forward men who were and are yet, absent
at their posts at Washington both Of whom
have written dozen letters to friends here,
declining denomination emphatically, aud one
of whom is q candidate for the United States
Senate. All this Mr.. B. and his friends well
knew; but they hoped to lure us to . c0mpro-
mise, to prevail upon us to run some favorte
Of theirs with one If our choice for Congress.
They have entrapped themselves in the pit
they sunk for us. They well know that Latham
and McDougal will return here before the cleo
tiony and that both, besides declining n0mi-
nation at their hands, will CANVASS the State
for our ticket. So now they propose compro-
mise, aud for two Gays past have been nearly
begging us OF the Central State Committee to
! accede TO some terms to save the party. We
are not going to do any such foolish thing.
We have done no wrong-we have nothing to
undo. What will be the result it Is hard to
judge / think that Demer will be elected, but
am rather afraid of Herbert's chaGces. He has
strong man in the whig ranks-Calhoun Ben
ham-as al opponent, ADDED to which the dis
aztec ion in our own ranks, is almost too much
to hope against. l also fear that our candidate
for Clerk Of the Supreme Court, q. A Leake,
Esq, late State Senator, will be beaten By his
whig opponent. Yet it may be possible that
our whole ticket will be elected; but think
otherwise.
The Know Nothings are organizing in every
portion OF the State. and rumor says their
name is already legion. In this city
5000 TO 1000 votes. This is incredible; it
win be impossible think, that they can bring
up more than $500 to 1000. This, you know,
is mighty vote in any city for secret party;
but IL is said these are stronger than any other
party ever sprung up OF the sort l don't
| know nothin', and don't want to. l am down
| on all Native Americanism, for in me to uphold
it would be to outrage the memory of dead
father, and blur the escutcheon of all living
members of our family. l do not believe in
any class of prescription or persecution. These
Know Nothings here will not make up q ticket
Of their own, | understand, but will choose
from the various tickets in the field those can
ddates that best suit them.
The coming election will be a mixed up Of
fair throughout the State. In this city there
will likely be two democratic nominating con-
veniions, and, per consequence, two tickets for
local and county officers. The wings, taking
advantage OF our dscOrd, are likely TO Overdo
| the thing-for now that success seems certaia,
| there are about five hundred candidates for the
various Offices to FILL In fact nearly every noisy
! dog that ever yelped whiggery aboutlection day
| is now barking his superior claims, and whining
his distinguished qualifications for the place
| sought.
| Ii perpect harmony does not prevail in the
wing raDks-if they allow disafection, upon
hn mart nf oil fha 1nuhn will ha n hat
an entire ticket cannot b elected, and that the
mos prominent men Of both parties may fall
an easy prey to the balance Of-ppwer influence
OF the know Nothings, which win have the eff
feet Of elevating into Office those little known,
less cared for, but who have never led enough
in public life to have any antecedents that are
tlaceable, so that If they proclaim themselves
'.all right on the main question" of to-day,
there viii be nobody that knew their yesterday,
who can prove them guilty Of vacillation or
4 regeneration.
n yer in my life have seen such extraordi-
nary and culpable measures used in the at
tempts after power as at Sacramento during
1 the sitting OF our convention, on the first day
| Our party, through three or four of its most
prominent members, proffered-nay, almost
| overwhelmingly and concession, in order
that no distraction Should longer pervade our
ranks, SO that the great democratic party of the
State might act In unity In the coming call
Tered, and as often rejected. Weproposed that
to properly organize, all should retire from
the room, save those whose seats were not con-
tested that these uncontesied delegates should,
then, in whatever manner they saw iit examine
and report upon the contested delegations, de-
termining themselves who were and were not
duly entitled to seats This was refused We
then offered to abnegate the existing double
convention, resolve ourselves back to our origi-
MAJ elements, and then proceed properly to the
| choice of temporary officers. This was also re-
fused. We then proposed that each chairman
should nominate committee of conference
from their respective sides, who should retire
This, too was declined. We had now done
every thing in our power to reconcile and unite
the party; but all our efforts were disgracefully
and unconrieously declined, SO we proceeded to
act as become us. We stopped to no malice,
nor adopted any subterfuge. Henceforth ours
was simple onward course, and that we
pursued. We organized regularly, and gave
the other side the full benefit of all that
properly belonged TO them. We voted, when
all claimed as ours were present, 1879 votes;
they voted 260, the real number of delegates
This they did by allowing parties to cast the
vote OF counties not contested, which returned
delegates OF one Sort and who refused to meet
with them We simply cast the votes of those
who were with US, whose right to seat was
manifest.
| Another thing while they had Committee
on Conference under appointment, which COM
mittee was to have talk with our folks upon
the course to pursue, they went on making
nominations. and had made up their whole
ticket before the committee had retired.
But it is all past, and King David's day is
drawing to close. He never can be United
States Senator from California.
The news from the States by the last two
steamers, has caused several of the first Cuban
filibustero heroes here to make preparations
for their departure on to mOrrow's steamers.
Whether they have any more definite intelli-
geDce than is given US through the papers,
Heaven knows. 1t may be that they are all ex-
tremely anxious to be in time for 0 top slice of
that desired addition to our dominion, and are
feQrfui that aboanca ms rnndar than for0of~