The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-18
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Very Important from Albany.

THE REASONS, OBJECTS AND PROSPECTS, OF THIS
EXTRAORDINARY HARD SHELL MANueUvRE-UNIoN
OR NO UNIoS--wHEREs MARCY NOW?
ALBANY, August Ia, 1855.
The hard shell leaders assembled in council here few
evenings since and in view of the and in
trgues OF Marcy, Seymour, Cochrane Co.. with refer
enee to the fall campaign and the Presidential in
5e dete mined to change the time for holding the Hard
Shell State Convention from September to the I'D ins
six DAYS befo the softs meet their convention being
called for the 10th.
The official notice signed by all the members Of the De
mocraic State Committee will appear tomorrow morn
ing in the HERALD and simultaneously, presume in all
the principal cities in the State.
able give you from reliable sources, the whole
scheme of tactics upon which this movement based
The "hards !" viii thus be the first party in the field.
They will have choice the battle ground determine
upon the programme of the campaign and select the
issues which the contest must be decided.
their leaders act with holiness and tact they can
fame platform and nominate ticket that will put the
isms and the factions hors dc o5 and the State
to the national democracy, infcting final overthrow
upon Pierce, Marcy, and the spoismen.
This movement Of the lizards" is a coup deat upon
the administration softs who panic stricken; they
expected to meet 6rst-nomnate mongrel ticket, part
abolition, part SOFT" and part hard calling it
Union ticket and expecting to force the hards to
tional Convention disorganizers.
The hards will of adopt sound, plain-spoken
platform the Nebraska and slavery issues antMane
law against the religious intolerance and proscriptve
of the fanatical Know Nohngs and by nominating
ticket Of sound national democrats leave the softs the
alternative of accepting their platform and ticket, or
else Of throwing the State into the hands Of the Seward
abolition fusionss for which Marcy will be held respon
sble at Cincinnati.
The hards in the first place, called their State Conven
ton for September at Syracuse, the usual time and
place appointed by the sofs This understood to be
to the ofts inviting them to call their
vention for the same day-face the music on the Me-
braska bill and the slavery issues drop the adminstra
ton, and thus wheel the whole democratic party into
line against the abolitionsts marshacd under Seward
In such fight the national in the American party
would probably have sustained the democratic ticket,
which would have swept the State.
To tho establishment of all except the initiated this
bold overture of the hards rejected by the sofs,
who, afraid to confront the adamannes, called their
convention for the Goth Of August thus hoping to
cape the responsibility Of meeting the issues upon which
alone they could unite with the hards at the time
calculating to get socalled democratic ticket in the
field ahead of the hards with milk and water Marcy
lutions then to nominate two three plastic hards
along with the Custom House men, and compel the
separate ticket throw the State into the hands Of the
opposition and thus incur odium with the next Pres
dental Convention which would result in their being
driven out of the party.
This rejection BY Marcy, fierce, Cochrane, Rynders
Co.. of overture looking towards union of the party
for which they have all along been alternately begging
and scoding, has thrown them upon the defensive in
their own ranks-the rank and file among the softa
openly denounc;ng their leaders guilty of seish,
suicidal policy. There will be, fear almost revolt
at your Custom House, upon the bare suspicion that
the tactics of the Van Burens again in the ascendant
The truth land the hoodwinked softs are beginning
TO -their leaders almost to man in reality OPP
posed to any union of the party this year.
Marcy is against it, because he wants united delega
ton from New York the Cincinnati Convention; and
he knows he cannot get it the party is united before
these chosen. To bring eighty hundred thousand
Buchanan men and Dickinson into the soft ranks,
would utterly demolish the Premier's chances, and
leave him just where he in 1862, his own State
equally divided against him. which the fatal blow to
his nomination then.
Fierce is against ii for similar reasons Cochrane and
Rynders being under bonds to give Pierce delegation
from New York this fall If the anadministration hards
brought into the party, of course Pierce must be
dropped like much poison, and hence the local and
state elections must be sacrificed to to Pierce
What glorious fellows they are
The administration ocehoders being in possession of
all the federal patronage and also Of the organization
recognized regular at headquarters Of in
different about county and State offices which would not
benefit them and could only be secured at the loss Of
their present ascendancy in the organzatonthe inevi
table result Of bringing the hards back into the coal
holcn
Then there the Preston King Ecening Post Van Blu
clique which comprises very active aud consdera-
bic portion of the sof" family These being abolition
ists dead against union with the hards, because
Bryant Co. wish abolitionze the democratic party
in this State This they may easily do with Pierce, Mar
cy Cochrane and Van Buren, is course Of the
question ifthe hards in led by Dickinson schel
Reardsley, Sickles and Brady.
These several elements comprise all the politicians Of
the soft organization; and for different but CONTROL
ing they all opposed 10 any union this year
for the county and state elections thus leaving the
forsakcn candidates for these local Offices the hopeless
task of getting nominations at Tammany Hall and SYRIA
cuse without the shadow Of chance for success In
truth, the only politicians among the sos who for
union the candidates for Offices TO be filled this fall
In this plight what will these poor devils dor What will
the honest but betrayed rank and file do now that they
discover they to be thrown overboadand swamed BY
the selfish intrgues Of Pierce for the succession, and
Marcy for his last, last chances
The hards fun Of pluck, well organized and hold
ing they do the only truly sound national position In
this state upon the great questions of the day. it will be
their fault If they bchndhand in the race The
old line wings must go TO them be aboltionized The
real democrats who yet cling to the soft organization
must do the same The liquor dealers who ~ for the
winning nag must follow and if the sound and sensi.
Die portion of the American party cooperate with the
hards throwing aside their secresy their bigotry and
intolerance Of religion and race, this combination will
form great conservative national party that win sweep
the state and the nation and send Seward Pierce Mnr
Cyl Greeley, and their whole abolition fanaticaI crew.
overheard.
OF course, the very that induce Marcy and
Pierce to oppose any union this fall, would make them
anxious for next year in either of them get the
nomination-Marcys theory being, that the hards
would not venture to bolt him. If he regular
ly nominated by the national convention