The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-31
Our Albany CorrespondeDce.

Our Albany Correspo"de"ce'
ALBANY. MAY "a, 1857.
zS< Hon. W1uism L. Marcy in AIasy-Hs Career as a
Po,aSctaw.
AIthouRh this u Mr. Marcys old political and family
home and although he had been absent nearly toir and
bal. wears Notwithstanding he Was al any time within
tvsutv four hours Of this place, he would not
M na,a bu, s,r soecaa interesthe looks Of the thing
The public man. especially, who after many years loses bis
ho,d uroo old homo associations, have in his own
bosom some hateful impulses or else hal In his conduc,
something re- pulve 70 his neighbors. Strange may
appear else where, the not Is fully apparen, here that
marcy. beyond The members Of his family, has no
sincere friend Ia Albany Ever since fret came here
he has been the merest managing poiu ian aud Ia tha
end his supreme selashness an lack Of any heary sent
neut In politics hare caused him 10 be hatei even by
those who have proded by bis management or who 1t II
fawn about his presence. From youth Marcy has been
close student Of history and of mankind labor has
been to make the Ways Of the world converge own
hand adopting politics for profession, for atty years he
has sudousy and perseverngy addressed himself the
objects Of his ambition and cupidlty.
For years anterior to the administration of Polk Marcy
had been defunct politician He had literally gone seed
In New York politics. account OF his fahlessness 70
friendships deficiency Of settled principles, and incou
stAncy Of conduct BE had however, 1t that specu
lative and kobbng relations with General Cass and
through that statesman obaned the of Polk Several
local politicians headed b. John CrAmer induced V
made secretary Of War. Peter Cagssr, Nicholas Hill,
Dean Richmond, William Cassidy and the other soft shell
professors Of Marcytsm rrous A this and waged
compromising warfare upon Polk chteny this account
concae casser Co. By oics favors and By his COM
promise Of hard principles at tho Rome Convention On
the strength of this he sought the Presidential nomination
Ia 1862 but adroy defeated by the secret hostility
of the barrburners the hand aud the cbicanery
of the Seymour sos the other Both these Of
political juggers sought keep Marcy OF Perce's
Cabinet but the willy old Tsileyrand, after getting the
friends Of Dix and the supporters Of Dickinson handsomely
by the care, paid Pierce personal visit and followed 1t
up deepaichng OF his few croues to Concord
convince poor Pierce Of the wisdom Of bis appointment
This again excited the ire of Cagger, Hill aud Co.,
and they threatened repetition OF their warfare upon
Polk but Marcy bought them o He soemnly agreed to
wage externang crusade against the <rds and for
he true to bis pledges He ,caed into the hards
right and left indeed he carried hts hostility far
be frightened poor Pierce of his proprcy thai for
time the wreiched vscia,ng and sonnet fantng br
gader absolutely checkmase him. aud drive him
from his cabinet For year and half Fierce tried 10 got
rid OF Marcy BY overrupg him In ore policy In appoint
ments, and In most trivial matters But Marcy was not TO
be shaken of Place dearer to him than anything
else in this world If not the next and the old Premier
had his revenge in entertaining bis friends aud visitors by
cxtong "he Presidents great intellectual atainmsnts,
eob iety Of habits, and rmness or purpose He sue
ceeded IN holding long enough TO disgust Perces true
supporters; and then the poor man. like the nebrate 70
s S Wind
with handful Of insiucere ocebolde votes 10 the Cu-
cipnat! Convention.
Notwithstanding bis plotting and contemplating against
Buchanan and Cas- he tried every way In the world get
Into Mr. scseinet and falling In that to contro! Cass for
the benefit Of his family and adhereuts Richmond
Csfger, Cassidy Co.. gave the President 70 understand
that they were not to be graaed by harcys ,centon
while the hsrds proper boed the thing out snd the
sofls improper did not desire IT, But the thing
thought OF BY Mr. Buchanan indeed incumbeuts Of place
well g Office seekers, coon found there was nothing
~ A hv vpofN~ n Mac
So after hanging around Washington for . month or two
begging the smallest fsvors Of the administration and
to New York to supe-nend the present of pl,te started
under the auspices Of the Journal Of Commerce Thai
ceTn, you may hxve noticed as well ~ its toady dior
has had scvera small savors from the State Dstartmens
The service OF pinto started by srrsnxcmcnt and 81
though Re the FREE will Offering Of chants for dts
SsS
Co., until has reached the very tdewmters of the Gus
tom House, and finally the hat has been passed around
to Albany before leaving the connry and whether he
here now In part on account OF the delay OF the plate this
deponent saith not.
adverted to Marcys total want OF friends al this hi
old home 30 emphacally is this the case. that may
truly say that Thurlow Weed and his class OF politicians
Marcy tueet they about his only sdbercn!s
Albany, or indeed In tho Stale OF New York The demo
crat who voted for Rnchanan anti
Marcy while the hundred thousand who v,,ed against
him took that the most avable, ifnot the method
Of repudiang Aarcyism developed under poor Pierce
Early las winter When was found that Marcy must re
get up glorious welcome homo for the crafty old SPOTS
1t started with bis knowledge, If not by his
pivance tn be without disnciion OF party - and
singular o. II might seem, Weed and Co, by The counse
and Of Draper Morgan and Co., Of city,
the only cordial operators in the movement The cool
ness OF essential actors Albany politics fatal the
proposed goridcaton and II abandoned. You have
doubtless noticed tho frequent puts OF Marcy In the Eo
Journal and these only have forced the Alas I'd Argus
respond Cassidy I'm behalf OF Richmond, Van Buren,,
Dagger and Co and Comstock (or Seymour Corning and
CO. are both hostile TO Marcy. Marcy has personal inter-
eft nj q m
In the oocoanut but rumor accreds the special admra-
ton Of the Journal FOR Marcy at thls time 70 private ef
fort 70 safely the approschsole pat OF the Court OF APP
pea OF the proprety OF declaring for the ttuonay
OF the Albany Metropolitan Police Commission The pro-
foundcst argument addressed 10 members Of the Court
that IL for the interest OF the soshes 10 break down
Mayor Wood in New York, thing Inaccessible sept
the shoulders OF the black republicans.
Marcy protracts hs stay and continues garrulous,
will present him 10 your readers again before he
abroad enjoy the hpaltcs OF the dist nguishcd repre-
senauvc Of his country who indebted 70 him for their