Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-08-09
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
fCgrrespondtncs Of tie Richmond Enquirer
New YORK. Aug. 6, 1857.

L ma
present week, has been the meeting oil the
State Central Democratic Committee at Alba
nv The result of its proceedings are, no
doubt already before your readers Inc As
~ :" IT, committee. was OIL hand, the mcIn-
beers of which drew up 1 memorial, addressed
IN the Central Committee III q spirit Oh cohcn'a-
tion. and recommending the postponeheht OIL
the selection OF delegates TO the charleston
Convention until after the State election thls
fall and that the business Of the convention
he limited to the business oil mahi',S "ias
mcnts for the State election, &C. !. nnJ
rial was received by All unanimous 'o,e, "'
without special action on Its rccohiinenu
further than the desire expressed ny se,."'
members in favor of harmonizlnS the Pa''! vi
the State elections.
4 communication was also receiver HUM
Samuel VI. Shaw. endorsed by u long string "'
Democrats, in favor of the appointment oil ue'-
ccatcs TO the Charleston Convention ny '"e
State Central Committee, which they claimed
TO be in accordance with the u>ases o! the pax
~. ,.h.
Mr.. Kennedy made 4 speech III favor OF the
union and harmony of the party. vt the con-
clusiou of his remarks, Mr.. Peter Caggcr offer
ed the following resolution. prclaccd by II pre-
arnblc. acknowledging 4 diversity Of opinion
regarding the method and time of appointing
delegates to the Charleston Convention, and adj
vi,ing that all such differences should bc sub
United to the Democratic electors oil the State,
to be by them determined by the delegates cho-
sen to a State Convention:
Therefore. Resolved, That the Chairman
and Secretary, in issuing 4 call for the election
of delegates to the next Democratic State Con-
~ycntion, give notice Of such purpose in the iol-
lowing form:
..The Democratic electors Of the several AS
scrmbly districts of the state are requested 10
appoint one delegate each to Il State ConveII-
ton. to be held at Syracuse the l4th day OF
September next, 1T II NJ. to nominate Il canh'-
date for Secretary of State, Comptroller, lrca,
srlrcr. State Engineer and Surveyor, Canal
Commissioner State Prison Inspector, Judge
and Clerk of the Court Of Appeals, and 10
choose delegates to the next National Conveh'
ton. TO bc held a, Charleston, or TO determine
the manner in which AMI the time when they
shall bc chosen, and for tranSaciinG such other
business as 10 the Convention shall seem pro
per-
mously; after which there seemed to have been
little else to 10. and the convention separated
in apparent harmony. :,
The most remarkable development attending
the Convention was that Of a base conspiracy
concocted against the popularity of Governor
Wise.
For sometime his political strength at the
North, and especially in this city, has been
growing SO rapidly rs to excite the alarm oi
his enemies, which include the Black RcpnbIl-
can press and members Of the free soil party,
and Of that portion of the Democrats who Sc
crctly o%fficiatc with them. In this city thou
sands were cspousing his cause and putting
measures in train to make their influence lcIl'
which not only aroused the i'll will OF the class
of the persons named, but also the jealousy oil
tbc friends of other candidates for the PreSi-
dency in the Democratic ranks. Hence, this
this vile and contemplate piece OF conspiracy
was Matched up, the contamination OF when
bv previous arrangement, was to occur III -''na-
nv. and during the session Of the Convention
aforesaid. Mixed up with this conspiracy were
4 few of the bitter enemies of Fernando W ood,
who. through their i'll will to Gov Wise, also
wished to injure him. 1t was not the work oil
a single hand or Of a single mind. The writer
Of this, on the best authority, las found o"t
who two of the miscreantS were that were IN
volvcd in this base transaction. they both
reside in this city and are well known anu
whose names could be given if necessary.
The thing was concocted in New York ana
carried UP to Albany, and there copies OF the
letter were distributed among the members oil
the Convention; one was also sent TO the Hon.
Daniel :. Dickinson, than whom, New York,
nor the country, contains no noblcr specimen
of humanity. lie nobly declared to his friends
in the Convention that he did not desire TO be
4 candidate for the PrcSidcncy-that the nolni-
nation Of a Democratic candidate to Till that
office clearly belonged to the South. And it Is
said that the able and stirling Democrat, the
| Hon. Horatio Seymour, cntertains similar sell
timcnts.
The feeling Of i'll will, amounting to n mani
~fcstation Of gross injustice towards Governor
Wise, will be seen in the avidity with which
nearly all of the New York press, with the en-
ccption of the News and Day Book. (thc two
Democratic papers have seized upon his let
ter, and made it the foundation of his blttcrcst
dcnunciation, and. that too. without stopping
one moment 10 inquire whether the latter was
a forgery, or to consider the character of the
conspiracy, on which the proceedings at Alba
ny were based.
Onc of the principal aims OF the conSpira-
tors. was To destroy the influence of the
leaders of the Mozart Hall wing Of the Dem
ocratic party, to estrangc Dickinson and his
friends from sympathy with them, and thus
force an acqniesccnce into the designs on the
part of the central committee, whom the dele.
gates chosen by it at Syracuse, without SUBJ
hitting their selection to the direct votes ofth
people.
The Governor NAV rest assured, that all
his unjust and underhandcd war upon his
growing popularity, will he Of no avail. All
such base attempts to destroy 4 man, only re-
coils upon the conspirators. leaving him so
much the stronger before an impartial public.
You. will have noticed an interesting de-
bate in the British House Of Commons, COLI
tanned in the English papers, brought out by
the Persia.
1t appeared from statements made by one Of
the speakers. that overturcS were made to the
British Ministry ten years ago by Austria, to
rive up Lombardy. but the proposition was not
acqnicSccd in by the former.
During the existence Of the Derby Ministry
the Earl Of Malmesbury was frequently, accused
by the opposition, Of (~avoring Austria in her
movements in Italy, and being influenced
against the Italians. 1t now turns out from
documentary evidence to HIVE OcciI "'ic''i, ''|
reverse. \ Mr.. Grilliths in an able speech de-
clarcd that these misconceptions arose from the
rcprehenSible practice Of secret diplomacy.
which ought to be abolished. That the people
were entitled to know all important measures
affecting their interest, and in advance of the
final decision of the government. lie conten.
dcd that had the people or the House Of Com
mons understood ten years ago that Austria
was willing to make concessions to Italy. by
giving up Lombardy. they would have
compelled the officers Of the crown TO have lent
their influence in favor Of the measure. Several
Of the speakers condemned the London press
and some members Of Parliament for their I'M
warranted and iniudicious abuse cast upon the
Emperor of the French, and contended that the
suspicious gratuitouSly entertained towards the
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