The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-14
The Democs attic State Coavsnuons
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

The Democratic State Convention.
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
SYRACUSE Sept Ia, 1857.
pA~r R.h;ud N, S,uss-7As Wood and Stekks Tboolio
-OoS,. Of ne DI.oaer IN sse Conussicn- Why Judge
s,io ,oas Re,,omnstodA Splendid Scheme Ascsde4auy
Upsd
Wel. the agony V over the democracy have - they
nav 4, tho south "been, and gone ard done and had
usuvenuon" which really one Of the most amusing
humbuss that I have ever witnersed, and have had
ssms sxpericuoe In that way. State Conventions arc
usually very stupid humbugs, but this very fanny
eoe-so Tho outsider-ss funny Of Aoheres como
4ss TN besD u the beginning, and tell you all ssoth
You take II with without salt, you please When
arrived at ibis lovely village tbs evening before
Ne Convention the classic sdc vak In front OF me syria
ouse HoCse, the barrooms and parlors adjacent we're
cooupcd by some OF the "smarsest' men In the
0ate. There was Peter Uagger, WAC never says
anything, but Ii splendid IN Caucus With
e,osed doors, Dean Richmond, rough, sinols un
sduoated, but With an inuitive knowledge of
nca and any quantity Of solid common sense a ratio
Seymour, polite, courteous, Anable with unb uoded In
Auence the rural delegates, which no was already
using friend DEMO; Fernando Wood, likewise the
PINK OF courtesy, cool, easy and agreeable, and Ion
asacng the speasantry" Edwin Cros ~e, not quite veil
but sa holding his p1uenoe and carry Ing the hard SEQ
uon Of the party In his pocket Daniel Doknson spps
ssny uncertain whether 10 acknowledge the Convention
Or nos but finally including 70 pauonIe In LOFTY, pa
%svnAl manner; sckles floating about In light, airy,
plomso Of way Jewest, Of xunroe and Fairchld,
a Madison two old e leaders Of the unterridsd Taylor
q Brookyn Sam Fow ler John Ooohrape, and last bot
ast leaet, Tom Byrnes and tas greas AaligsD
fhe Ne York quarrel was the principal thing on nAud,
snd nth u the Denio bupness was pretty well mixed
up Hcbies desired that Demo should be nominated in
order 70 rebuke Wood Toe other side want.
~ hnt
20 run .sgsnst Demo Richmond and the others
b the railroad interest srethed every for Dsnlo,
Who ", believe the only the ecket esentng
has int<Hcs On tho s night .heg figured up ty votes
for him, and sickes promed them che Of me New
York delegates provided lne Cooper men sere I'd dpted
snd Wood licked out they agreed bargain the
scneme dentsy frustrated So you see thai
With Bro IN figh.e ed OF the track WOOD kcxef oa and
sare ne rural deegNes loo ked u1on su the Ne Yo
squAbbles vbh profo. nd ooue mot and many we're n
Of sbung Them out Aage!her think THAI Sickles
stood little with hem than Wood, but you shall
tudse for yourself
sden OF the Con genuon Propety pointed to Soy mour
Dckinson but policy said lot get sous pod, plsbe
Ss ns .s@s ss oaw I sD, oap
yEeaidg officer the post but the nards oood
rsive him for bis course In the Assembly SO Or swell
md CaSger apay pitched Taylor, mild old barn
burner, whom nobody knew m acn ABOUT lay or began
very wel but broke do very Ho h.d nstve,
uunacient quicsness in sppyin what he did know.
when the delegates found thai they could bully him they
Is OO1eneS0,
Oenven lon caused by his inefhcepoy
me nrs shot thrown from tho Cooper camp sss hand
grenade resolution thrown by Mr. saAv,of oseso ,er-
who s capab CT doing great deal OF abng With
o1t enecns anything In particular This resolution de-
sared that In whatever gay the Convention should set,
sides scS les pledged his this bus the Wood par
q saw The dodge, and IL failed Then the second ep
oy me 81 o. s" .0s .. Ss
Wsod do tried to get the committee appointed bsore I'd
snmen. fearing th.i the Cooper men would indsoe the
easy going chairman TO p<ck IT, which undoubtedly vas
. S al -s1 u n, Tsylo1'' notion rSior became
nas, but the matter Vas sf,e, wards smoothed
fay sad ckes that he did not anything for he
eoe not st quiet ana ses tee southern section OF the
elase snubbed. Taylor was right
b faz The Cooper mon had carried matters With high
md. Tho ohab man weot {, his dinner, and ScxIes,
Oochrane, CAtgel and others vent 70 work TO settle all
sIe matters the Cooper delegation could be admitted
sas In the afternoon and lne Wood party politely
Eoksd out Ny Information ss to the maoner In which
ell their plans upet, taken from reliable sources,
and runs lhns They had the oommttee which they do
ared-a committee which ~as 70 report .. onoc 10
hvor OF the Cooper men-aud they believed that
y count 1p vOs a s % Ss
suhaue perfect was arranged oy the shre sdest
pont,csl ptrgOcrs In the state MANY times, bo@eyer
tthe beat lsio plans Of and mos, &C. &C. 30 Il was
h ths oase They occupied little 700 much lme In srraug
ING their details and man Of the name OF Jones', mot even
principle involved NeW YsrE quar- e the delegates
must settle the matter amors themselves John Kelly,
ID, = opaed and amended it, A test vote showed
Ne Cooper tha' they were beaten, when
nekles gave up .he struggle His folio vs xer., II ugh
1 hear, swore that they would never 20 in,,
NE oon 1enior bu, they ,Iepi the mat er and felt
bsasr in the morning thus the thing - 60, rd Of for
Ihe moment. The railroad occupied this pign, Ia
onucusng for DEMO, and count Vas had wo,h male
ns% feel Sus esay ons .omsses ,ns ,es o s ns
bus would stand all They cast as1us In vain for
. candidate The nominations down 70 Nham we're
TVxaEA AHi hpga thA
Hips Wa ali arranged beforehand, aod a. nobody
IMAGINED the ticket could be elected there not very
ss spss n sickle. % desired ' .h., s b: pet Gr.a.%,
shouh be the ticket, and Wool vent into
Ne hsd ,sain,a Daniel: Then We s. nsa IN me a.. =.
O. ak tmes 8ickles had little The worst Of this, be-
be acknowledte cd that he voted VI ME black re
Srbnoans while Wood adroly avoided elmer Admitting
= Denying bis oonnecion win the Kuo~ No'hugs
Nnkles seemed ha party, and hs renarts we're
svs ssS his men who cneered Tremendously and made
hs donv enion ring wh his name, which oas been the
cry for so many well rouen, pot io.l es.es Gransn
vas sid out cold three days old subsct cut up Tor
Ne use Of The young sswboncs in rhirsenlb slreea
Wei hey nled tho ucke, down 70 the Judge Of the
desiring q make everything snug, lei u 20 ove'
Ill AFTER dinner. Then came eymou' shh laoored,
40 mshs srear away !, he eleventh hour seymour
aSgued that he duty OF the party 70 sustain Ornio
wood and occhrane followed the other SIDE aad Scxes
RAde more speciAl pleading FOR DEMO. The managers
Nd back quietly knowing that all the talk After So mour
veald amount 10 nothing They had seven votes more
hAn majority OF the delegates In their scas The
e Ne New Yorhen awful Denlo's nomination, and
nomas Byrnes, Esq, expressed himself In the very strong
ssssssy NE Cnsir nan decided saas The nomination ~ss
rNnned unAnImously, although the quite
80. Ancr this pomnAon the minority nearly all len tho
ssavension, solacine themselves With lager bier.
"YN,n said Constable Nesbt who has not been n By
without peepirg inside, they don't In
New York whcu they want Gent al Railroad the
nnket Eyeryhlns has 70 DO done for that road nothing
fg the city OF New York"
ne worthy constable wa perfectly correct Barring
~ ntiie episode about the Ne~ York quarrel, about
VSsoh nothing d. nns done, this might be called with
propriety Oeuu Railroad Convention Richmond a uays
6Has hngs and once when Ind gpan individual
d3sarsd " get resolution opposing al political oonneo
~ With railway naancal schemes, Rohmonf said he
would vote for u with peascre II didnt mske any differ
go about the resolution, or, indeed which party won
- railroad Interest would always be cafe.
rhey len he New York dhcuiy Just whore they found
John Kelly tried very hard 70 get The Onnvsntoa 70
s~oommeud that the rival organizations should havmonse
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