The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-19

until 1t hes absorbed the vitality Of that organization
IN the co:hiot Of double allegiance, which the VIII,
on. and secretly 70 tho Know Nothing
the force Of the latter obligation prevailed and in
included the Of Clark Burnhsu for Canal Cammis
oner END Aeram vernam, for State Prison inspector,
sSoss x KrSw Nothing, Of high ssndns coupled with
ma suppor.ss who east their votes for Umsn, (k NJ
ss.1s ts. g 44o no B,0n'0n with vote Of only out of
The result showed the extent of the amalgamAton of
thus seson With the Know Nothing party and its conse
Democratic. Whia
Governor seymour. lSe, ,4os Clark :. ....1ss, 80,
Canal Sss. Ss% Sssa Sossss E''A'sh Hard
Goysrcos ul!.son :i?s 2sa Bronson. $3.50
Cans. nal Cen e so wis~s 1924 Burnham.. ..l2o747
the vote Of ths Know No,hicg party, upon secret
dsrstandiDg Of mutual support
origin, has sharacerizsd it to its last moments,
marks its present aspect it stands at hs door OF til
Sss,sDaI sonasDo CSnssnon .sans for sdm:son tn.
Nothing leader, transferred Immediately aftsr the
officers. ss Division Engineer on the canals. 1t
inslxded IN ta numbers, many influential members OF
be judged thus indirectly, from the apparent sympa
thiss and associations Of those who constituted 1t.
10 ssy nothing Of those who are understood to have
hard delegation discoies the names of several avowed
rtmbers and champions Of the Order Samuel Bovine.
these Els altsrnsts L. j. Burdett understood to bs
the editor Of the Euami the Know Nothing paper of
0seg0, DarTia Smith Of the Twenty ninth Is an
party for Supreme Court Judge and elected such and
j. b. Crosby Joseph sbley and J. Patterson, delegates
ings also. f. D. Smith, of Twenty first district is Of
the same Order, and VIM. G. Sands his alternate; and
the
place In the gift OF the American State officers s..
Wendell alternate from the Albany district, is of the
same stamp. John S. Nafew, the other alternate from
that district is member of the order of United Ameri
csns, the parent society of the Know Noshings.
H. N. Hewes both members of the Order g. p Pei
ton, alternate from the Twelfth district delegate
on the lS Ss aS
and the 26th October of the year. delegate to
the Know Nothing County Convention at Peekskll. Hs
tons and two Hard Shell Conventions Charles Gray Of
the seventeenth district is member Of the Order.
thing candidate for Congress- in 1854 W. Williams, Of
the second district is also member Of the Order,
indeed have been or now are many other delegates
claiming admission to the Convention
1t painful to to make these accusations against
persons claiming to be members of the democratic party
leaders to on the secret Order have returned
to their democratic ailegance and will In future,
doubt be found acting with the democracy: But it is
true Also that OF the leaders In promoting the secession
Of 1853 which divided the democratic party AID left the
State government prey frs. to the black republicans
and next to the Americans many Of the prominent
openly and avowedy and exclusively members that
party, and that equally large number Of the hard
presses IN the State which sustained the seeding move
ricansm, and have transered their services wholly to
R Before & ihs nomination of Fillmore and ponslson bv
the Know Nothngs, In National Convention It be.
heved that there chance for the selection of
y for 00s the ss the
and the motive for concliating the Know Nothing
ganzaton, by giving prominence and democratic
Of M sandds.ss has esased IN Ii. delegate: 'pVIss who
teek admission into the Convention may therefore, dis
cannot dspy their past sfstion with IT, nor that Il rs
jected BY democratc convention they have the full
right take their places, and continue their unbroken
communion with the American party
We have thus traced the the seeding section
from the time Of the rupture cesgnedly brought about
the present time We have traced the motive for this
rupture to hostility to the democratic national admins
tration and questions Of internal government In tbs
State The only apology offered BY the seceders al the
time, WAS the apprehension of violence. They alleged
that they afraid to remain in the same room with
the democratic delegates But the design to organize
apart entertained and the attempt made before any
Of the acts out Of which the fictitious story Of violence
was ced had occarred before indeed any confer
been shown fase-vague accusations o 'unsoundness"
put forth by the seceders against the main body Of
"na,ionap' democrats substitute for that Of ada
mantine hard shell. But this afterthought proved
e on
dual Withdrawal of the confidence of the democratic
masses.
The regular democratic organization of the State such
a. 1t in 1852 has moved in its course despite this
secession Drawing the whole brunt Of the hostility the
to the great
democracy procl aimed ;by the Baltimore Convention Of
that year. and true to the of good government in
with it. They have already passed upon this controversy
and it is for them and their rights that We speak.
the Of to bs
atves OF the democracy Of the several States OF the
Union. They not accustomed to defend themselves
cracy to believe 1t needs defence They have no inten
on asssil Others and they have reained from as
much possible. In their references TO she men who
compose the seeding they have ony ought
to strip eff The mask from disguised adversary They
disdan to found claim Of admission into the Convention
upon other basis than that OF right and
but they can point to the majority Of nearly thirty thou
sand which New York gave to the democratic candidates
the pledge what they can do when with recognised
rights and admitted to their just place the democratic
party they contend in behalf of the common cause the
sacred principles OF democracy and the candidates that
represent them.
A Prudential Candidate for the Northwest.
(From the Madison (Wis.) Argus and Democrat, May
The Northwestern States, more peculiarly, those
formed of the old Northwest Territory and IowA-Ohio
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin aud Iowa. Except
the latter they formed under the compact known a.
Jug ol In0r0 Ib uet0 uOubt but that at
the coming election they will all their votes for the
democratic candidate for President regarding Perces
nomination as out of the question They will have in
the Cincinnati Convention delegates as foliows:-
On.o 40
Indiana. ......................,2 26
illinois,. 20
Michigan. 10
wisconsin. ..................... 10
Total. IA
These delegates, divided would hardly have audible
voice in the Convention. United they would exercise
over its deliberations . commanding influence.
has been suggested that previous the nomination
ct Cincinnati the delegates from the six North western
States should meet exchange views and agree to
their votes togetherthat they should fact by agree
ment present to the Convention candidate for the no.
minaton who will be understood the candidate of this
great North vest given by her to the Convention.
majority OF the ega es should prefer Buchanan let
him be the man. II they prefer Douglas let him be
the man. Such movement % this would secure
the nomination of the thau fanf