New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-03


son spd f~merly Secretary OF State, Je~es', U ).
Marshal Of Northern Ne~-l"rk. Courcs, STATE
Controller aud ex Lieutenant Goyernor-these are
yetersp politicians, able, srtful. wary ~''y--And
though, TO sveDge fsncied ~r''ng they 'sh'ieked
for freedom, ~ Boif,o, N Isis, so loud THAI she
followers III Garrison looked on With mug'ed in'
creduhty ard stmrstion. they will to WIN the
favor OF those whom they ID. \ rePelled shout Tor
Slavery at Charleston. in 1850, with an ostsnt.'
tous gnsto that v Ill excite The envy and the su'p'-
ciou OF the disciples OF Calhoun These gentlemen,
and Their compeers and coufrdersfes ia the dsess-
ton, will WELD its power duriog the proceedings
Of the Convention.
When We say that their wishes viii ultimately
control the action of the delegation We are aware
that it contains several promin members OF Toe
Hard faction. Among these are Mr Schel', toe
Collector Of this port, and SIR De Wolf of Osw'so,
both sound ,pd trust rcrthy friends of Mr. Dickinson
Mr.. Cre.wel formerly had no superior as tacn-
cian either within or beyond the limits OF our
State; but be is now somesbat eufeebed by pro
trscted disease. One Of their strongest men Is
Mr. David l. Seymour ex Member Of Congress-
from Troy; sni M,. Russell who recently repre-
scented the Ulster District and Mr. w. W. Wright,
are skilluI and energetic partIsans Bu, each Hard
6eles ATE will have Soft Huoker set 10 watch over
BIN q, Charleston, while the Bsrnburners, thus
relieved Of their Hunker colleagues, will manage
everything in their own way
Such are the elem. nts composing the delegation
Who are their Presidential favortesl OF the
t~epty.two Hards, eighteen are poUlnslly for
Dickinson. Perhaps a dozen or fifteen Of these
really desire bis nomination. But at least forty OF
the Soits are implscsbly hostile to him. and be
stands 10 more chance Of receiving the bona tide
vote of the deless, than Captain ISAIAH RAIDERS
With two or three exceptions, the Old B.roburn
ers sneer at bis candidacy, while of tue eighteen
Soits, who we're formerly Hunkers at least dozen
are bis memorable enemies In fact, It Is uader>
stood that his friends in the delegation are not at
liberty to press bis claims until sufi ;ient mum
Der of States have presented bis name to gise hin
the nomination with the cote Of NeS-fork. Tnsn
the twenty eight BsrnbuIers, Who jeer at his
Presidential pretepslons and the dozen Hunkers,
" no hate bin personally, are, under their " unit
resolution Of the Syracuse Convention, to decide
what they viii do in the premises. II any friend
of Mr. Dickinson is simple enough to suppose that
they will so the contest to reach that stage, the
prompt manner in which they will walk out OF the
dilemma will make him both wiser aud ssddsr
man than be ever was before.
Some OfMr. Douglass sapguine supporters think
be has msjorlty of the delegation. II each
member were TO be compelled to-day TO
pronounce the name Of candidate, probably
more than half the seventy would utter that
Of that distinguished Squatter Sovereign
But they would do so simply because they had not
yet made up their minds. II anybody supposes
the delegation is for him in the same sense that the
dele alton of his own State was in the last two
Democratic Conventions, or that tho PennsJ lvauis
delegates were for Dir. Buchanan in those Couven.
tons, he is egregloully mistaken. The Softs are
not wont to commit their fortunes 10 the keeping
of Chief who is struggling to retain, or, rather
to regain bis hold upon the dominating element Of
the party. The willy faction that rules the New
YorA Democracy may play with the name OF Doug |
las TO conceal their Real Intentions; but they ~ill
never so complicate themselves with him that il be
slDks they must 90 down with him.
Doubtless Mr.. Horato Seymour has more real
friends in the delegation than soy other OF the
prominent candidates. lie is the leader of the fac
ton which controls it. They know hin to be true
to their interests His Sffilities, apimO-ities,
hopes and fears are Identical with theirs. II tho |
wave of their hands could place him in the White
House its doors would open TO receive him on the |
4th Of March, 1861 But the difficulties that st) |
IN the way of bis nomination are increased rather |
than diminished by the purchase of Dickinson at |
Albany, aDd the failure to pay bin the agreed con-
.ideIation at Syracuse. 1t will be taxing bis for
bearance TO tho last degree Of endurance to use his
delegates to Domioats some Southern mao woo will |
promise the Sofs the control Of the Federal psf |
ronsgs in this State. To add to this seeming slight |
of himself the positive insult Of nominating his
New-York rival would b. humiliation to which |
even our doclle Hards would not tsmely submit
We think the Softs are too cautious to
try so hazardous an experiment. Still, they
are as bold as they are unprinciped, and,
with so brilliant prize at stake, they might
re solve to stand the hazard of the die. II sufi
c. Ut number Of the Convent on were ready to nom
mate Mr.. Seymour, provided be could receive the
vote Of ms osn State, the "gGit' resolution
would probably be put in requisition and the entire
seventy Scbell, Creswell, and all-brougdt to the
sticking point, the arrogant m,jority trusting to
another series Of specioas promises TO traosnate
the hostility Of Mr. Dickinson into neutrality, or
even seeming appreciation.
But We have reason TO believe that the leading
men of the deles alton on all sides concur in the
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