The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-24

In tLeH INN edAto ranks Buhcienb
TO take the Geld tor the nomination aga INST him. Sias
~ He We. N tie 5nised Sac. ssnss' and vas :opssnt
with his positkn delegation from Albany waited
him personally q waahington but he remained Arm and
immoveable Then the consprators visited Mr. Van Blu
rem .. knssrho b and urged him 70 use his influences
tai This had the desired effect Mr. Wright obtained
two votes to Gov. BoueAs one in the nominating
ven.ion.
In the meantime he term of Office Of State printer
pred and the tame had arrived when the bArnburners
thought they had the to make the promised reward
70 M French In return for the great sacrifices had
already made in sustaining the beEigsrent Atlas Mr..
Croswe had enjoyed the piEceiy patronage Of State
time Weed held it. ana would have bssn willing to yield
to any fair political opponent But he Keeny lt the
malicious blows which the barnburnrs had for several
years inflicted upon him and his di4tne uished
bunker triends. He put his power to the test in
order to defeat French Cassidy Mr.. Henry H. Van
Dyck then . partner With Croswell In the Argus,
who ambitious to become State print r. He would
mot allow his to be used in coparnership With
Crsswes but with regard to State printer he de-
ternned to b., be said 1T the time, .'a Cesar,
nsuu.o Croswell conquered, kicked Van Dyek out OF
the Argus Office, leaving james NJ French and William
f.y SIMPLY the os'snso.e pHoasisrs o. the Aas
bntd force Of the barnburners had been defeated and
outgenersled By single man. They were placed in q
bad cherished the fond hope hSt the proprietor of the
Attos would become State printer, and that 1t would
then assume position Of strength and sventa.iy de-
these antieipations were blown sky high.
Mr. French then became discouraged and disheartened
and, no doubt, An additional amount obtained by
Iisgs. in sustaining the Atlas for several years
The a % tn. n1ntss
chip, and those payments must b met the
would sink. silas Wright then Governor; Fagg,
rpeton treasurer The paper was on the point Of being
abandoned For weeks 1t lived from hand mouth and
collected for its Saturday
Aer several and interviews the amount of ts
indebtedness for which Mr. French WAS liable,
acertsined The largest creditors were advised Of the
state CT things majority OF whom sgreed to settle for
fifty per stock concern then proposed and
Mr.. FIagg Or Grain of Herkmer DR.. Beekuian of Kin
der hook (who had the promise OF Governor
John A. INK of New York, James s. Wadsworth of Iiv
ngston, Dean Richmond Of Buffalo, and few others,
solicited to cepost certain assessed John
vsn Buren,, though brothern-iaw of French, did NJ.
subscribe dollar This arrangement being perfected
the Aforesaid fifty per cent paid, Mr. French with
drew penniless and risheartened. Mr.. Van Dyck =
clerk in Mr. Faggs office, was then transferred to the
Atlas in 1916.
About this period The wmot Proviso was thrust into
the lower house OF Congress- means and for the pur
pose Cistracrg the national democracy In OCTOBER
lS47 smocratic State Convention was held at Syria
cufe, called Tor the object of nominating candidates for
Com pt,oler and other State officers The hulkers
barnburners had then become vsiby divided the Pro
vlso question. Neither faction could confidently rely
upon ms jofity In that body. There dozen
tested seats AID it became evident, early stage
that the section which could control and admit the
tending delegates would have the convention. Four
The first question taken showed a bunker majority,
though the vote wssa coss one. John Van Buren,
Ons'eo claiming to OF the Albany districts
Two three Of the barnburners were voted in and ali
tie rest rejected Amongst the eaciug hunkers James
Brady and Horatio Seymour bore the most conspcuou.
part Not sipgie tarnbnrnsr would consent to
rs an officer Of the convention after R,bect H
Morris, Of New York. WAS made President. A thorough
hnr ker ticket nominated, upon which place
0rye Hungerford tor Comptroller The ticket h. ougb
out vas very weak one, a. tho result Of the election
abundsntly proved.
Of o,her free rollers dld, bat remained sen
member, for the purpose OF distraction until thu
close Of rho business he then arose and submitted the
following resolution
scented in th. convention viii faithfully adhere TO the
when the question must be met thea eco@prom,sias host
the extension Of slavery rrory which
hereafter be acquired by action OF The Unied States
The hurkers having the majority promptly laid tbs
missile ON the table it was introduced for miscuievou
purposes and it produced toe INTENDED effect which was
rupture in the convention and scat ering of the de
nocratic hosts This was food for the Atlas Van Dycx
ming from the convention placed Fields abolition
resolution the editorial columns the stone
Of the baInburner ith accompanied with the express
zion, iE ious as it waIrhs stone which the builder.
c.ed the shall become the head of the corper
This gave new vgor to that sheet became at occe the
leading abosion print In the North The Buffalo pls.
form and the placing Martin Van Buren, in nomns to
effect the defeat Of General CAss in lS4S, gave III.
Atlas still greater prominence. ~ it outstrippei
al other publications in advocating the Niger
Burep It's columns teemed with venemous, malignant
and e1colia'irg Articles from the abNst abolition
pens in the State Amor those contributors 1t may not
be auss to mention few of them, such as Gerrit Smith,
Preston King, Benjamin WEIGH Charles s. Benton Chas
B. Sedg~iek Dudley BurSell VIM. Jay, Erastus D. Gull
yer, James Nye, willsr, Bsrsto. and Henry staa-
and dimensions Of the paper were enlarged Contriou
tons towards the support Of the Atlas came IN abolition
uppsr,cd for Office such men as Charles Francis Adam.
Seth n Gates 1t continued 10 prosper during the
contest OF l84s and claimed the support Of the abo
ionists iee sellers and barnburners without sssocs.
tiI at all with the democracy, down to 1852 keeping
floating At it, flagstaff the celes grated ant-sAvery cor
ner stone" with william CASSIDY q Is. editor. BY that
sorrow, that they had taken snake to their bosom
They became convinced that al the love the Atlas evsr
sgain.t General Cars as long as he vas pronncntya
Presidential candidate, and no longer. After the
neminakons in 1859 Of Seymour for Governor, and
apparently, its abolition niegerim. The celebrated
"corner stone" silently. secretly and stea,hly
lover ed down from ts editorial head without giving the
readers why or wherefore No change # editor pro-
pisor repentance tor its tratorous course, during
the previous four years particularly; apology for s
of every prominent national democrat in The coun
try located either North SOUTH given for
isg protested national candidate for the Presidency
sections the party wondered at the and why
the tcorpons teeth hac noiseessy been plucked from
the editorials OF the Atlas. the most extraod
nary scmmertaut ever thrown by poll iciaIs either in
the good old Puritan days or in thsse latter
times. aere print dyed in the wool Of aoonon,sm
nutured and supported by free soil sectonasts nursed
by s the Gerrit Smiths and Fred. Dougiasses ia the
State which suddenly shut Gown its foodgates Of
and openly exhibited pretensons OF harmony and
with The democratic party. Notwithstanding the AaS
contributed more than all oher papers and parties
bned to distract and destroy the democracy Of sew
York. and keep it in minority year after year. 1t came
out with unpaI alleed inpudence and supported the
matte nal nominees In 1852 How true the words Of
poet:-
Men change with fortune change with clines;
Tenets With books, and principles with times.
In than three months af the election Of Pierce
the ample and abundant facts became transparent
why the abolition artillery Of the Atlas had sud
denly spiked, and why there echoes re-
bounding from Mason and Dixons barrier. II then be-
came evident that Pierce had formed league with the
New York free soil barnburners. Dix to go in the
Cabinet and other prominent free sellers receive
crAtive appointments both at home and abroad.
The patronage of the departments was to be
given to the Atlas, and it to take promi-
nent and leading ground, and be considered the
&C mnistration organ in the entire North. This
wa. the consideration preferred, and it WAS eagerly
grssped At. For year and halt this Albany Hercules
took upon itself the responsibility Of unfolding and
seie noing Pierce Marcy and the administration. The
hards and hunkers, who abandoned Pierce a.