New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-18

cor,rcl II tie orgsnzs.ioa Of tne party ier tie
coming Presidential conte.t the Baraburners. II
I-,s. under shs iesl Ct y.1 Buren,, JeSstt Cas-
.idy. Csgger. aud their PsIt.sns, die Preo'se'!
vbs. Gov. W,e uow advises lie friends TO do s1c
the bs.e msntioL CT which las SLTo~n these VIZ
tuous gentlemen into consulsors Ga; hIusie's
pre.ext. they eel. 81 extra delegation to Bait
more. TIE Convention refused to receive ether
! set AID TIE Bsrcburrers returned home I'D de-
fested It's nomree.
In ISL, these qu,rTeling factions seiIn made
desperate I'll rts 70 seize upon the party mschneTy
preparatory TO tie then approaching Presidential
election. TIE :eud broke out 10 almost every As
sembly District on tie occasion Of selecting deIe-
ps,ps "a the State Convection. The section that
was beaten in the District Convention generally
retired frem the field, end under some pretense
chose an Irregular delegate, who, IN the Subsequent
pjtcbed battle at Syracuse, held his antagonist a.
BAY until ,;ctory declared for the one side or tne
| other.
The rather amusing and decidedly exciting pre-
Tuipsry battle. shock at Syracuse, on the OCCASION
IN ubicb VIZ sluGe, is fresh in our recoilectiou.
IT,, Atlcs. and The Argus, then rvsi orsans Oh '1e
re.psctiye factions on tie day preceding the Con-
verton ppblsbed, each for Itself, list OF the
d.I.ss,ss to that body. They differed in about haii
the Districts. As the clock struck the hour for
assembling. Mr.. Briggs of Onondasa, waving The
Aims b,gh in mir, ard Mr. Birdsall OF O"ego, bear
ins slofs Tie Areus spraDg to the PLATFORM and
zach At the same instant, called the Convection to
Ifrr itst an
delegates contained in bis fsyorte journal The
rolcall beirg completed, each nominated differ
ent presiding officer, put the question to vote, de-
clsred it carried unanimously amid stunning cheers
and counter cheers from the respective factions,
when 10 in the twinklirg of an eye, two gentle
men simultaneously stepped upon the platform
each making his several bow, rapping with bis re-
spective cane, and desiring to know the further
pleasure of the Convention. An average specimen
of the "uLion and harmony of the New-lofk De-
mocrscyi After 8 long and bitter fight, IN which
some Of the contestants withdrew, others we're po-
litely bowed cut, AID the rest elected without
ceremony, the Joint aud several heads Of the Demo-
cratic household "made up" their quarrel for the
time being. and turned their weapons upon the
common foe.
The same spectacle in all its phases-doube del
eea ions doube-headed craftsmanship, and all-was
exhibited at the State Convention in 1853. The
stake at issue was the Federal patronage In this
Safe under the Pierce Administration 1t was at
this assembsge that the famous "Short Boys
from this city, some clad in Kendall green, but
mostly wearing buckram, burst 10 upon the CON
clsye, and go frightened Dicknsons friends that,
after stand worthy of Sir John at Gadshlll' they
fed to tie Globe Hotel and then and there formally
organized The Hard Shell party
In 1856, fully conscious that they could not dis
lodge the Sofs from their lntrenchments behind
the Federal patronage, ard get control Of the or
gunzation Of the party the Hards resolved upon
sending a delegation of their own to Cincinnati
The Softs did likewise. For the second tune
therefore, in eight years, the Newlork Democracy
appeared at the National Convention with two sets
of delegates. And everybody knows that but for
their distrust OF Wood. and the unexpected explo-
sion of their mine by the treacherous exposure OF
Wise's letter. the Dickinson IIards intended that
this State should have double delegation at
Char lesion, the Softs choosing by State Conven-
ton, and the Hards by Congressional Districts.
Having regard TO the character, anteccdents and
presidents of such politicians and such party
Wise, in his letter to Donnely says in substances:
"Conciste Ludlow, Cassidy and Peter Cagger,
1.-The controlling spirits among the Softs, if you
&" can But don't count too much on them They
"are slippery set. At all events, we must not
"be beaten. If they try to cheat US, we must
"eitber whip them or send two delegations. That
"is the way they do things in New-fork; and II
"we hope to succeed on that field, We must resort
"to the tactics in vogue there
When Pecksnifi, no longer able TO bear up against
the seethng stimulus Of Mrs. Todgers's punch and
the soothing blanshments Of Mrs. Todgers person,
fell heavily upon that lady, she shouted in terror to
the daughters of her guest /" Your father IS took
suddenly Ill To which the pious old Soft,
laying bis hand upon bis head responded, 'No :
Chronic Chronic :" Sending double delegations
to State and National Conventions has been the
chronic condition Of the New-iork Democracy for
many years. Either faction will have hard work
to convince anybody but the simplest of old women
that Wises hint to Donnely has thrown them into
sudden commissions
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