New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-01

ST.. NICHOLAS HOTEL, NKw-YoRK, May y, 1859.
paper IN your city, which flies the name Of Senator
DOuglas for President and advocates the principles Of
senator Seward gives an account of meeting held in
this city, otensby to further the claims Of ex-senator
Dickinson to the Presidency. 1t purports to be no
more than an eayedroIpers accOun-he observations
OF a lackey that hung about the halls of the AsOr
House aud peeped through the k@y-hole.
IL opens with observation that il the keynote to
The whole, and the revelation of the purpose behind
the meeting and Of the motive Of the publication viz:
that Whenever Dir. Stewards Affairs in crisis he
has influence enough 10 get up division in the Dem
Ccratc party Two persons closely allied to the Sew
ard aders figured a; this Astor House neetingMr.
Reynolds the Republican nominee at Albany for Con
gres5, and Mr.. Croswe, the agent of the steamship
Interests who receives $4,000 year for al influence
that lac exeris successfully upon the New-l ork
Senator ard bis friends. There others there OF
the eame kidney but none of much Importance, and it
- not my intention 20 alude 10 the personnel OF the
gathering further than to show is character.
The meeting marked by the absence of
ieadng men than by thCir presence. lnerc was not
representative Of Buffalo there Of 1T. La awrence
and the northern region aod few representative men
of any sort Messrs. r. gens and Williams of your
oity hac been Invited. Iney can tell you their reply,
aud thor reasons for discounonanciug the project.
Iiemain the Attoruey-C Ceneral, WAS solicited, and
Lis only response was rebuke Deos DE Wolf of Os-
wego wrote reply discouutenencinS the whole affair.
Such men a. " Ilam W. Wright and John Nernam,
representing canal interests urged to be present,
and refused, because they had no h IN the meeting
or ts ohicCts When the names of Peckham of Al
Banv, Spencer oi Ogdcnsburgn, HoTeH OF DutdrlO
end others called the answer was not present. II
Bas meeting marked by many significant hiatus.
a Judge t;reere c. Bronson was there After hearing
n statement of the ostensbc objects of tue meeting,
he addressed it, saying that " if the object was to
create division in the Democratic party or to
recognize the existence Of one, he opposed to
it, lie offered resolution cOuched in the spirit o
his declaration, aud, when il WAS rejected, retired. II
received twelve hteen votes out of thirty 10
all Such men as David X. Floyd Jones Of Queens,
and Robert Christie OF Richmond slded with BrnnSon
The resolution which Senator Mather offered reducing
the action of the mcoT' to the appointment of Com
Intee to write letter to the State Committee, was
INTENDED a5 q compromise Of differences, and as the
only solution Of the ENHANCEMENT which The meeting
got into Mr.. Dcknsoh's name was used 10 get uP
the meeting but those who tried To ge the leadership
in If were the enemies of the statesman OF the Su4que
hanna and IL required all the management OF his
friends TO reduce the affair to mere harmless nuty
To put a boiling delegation in the hands Of Wood,
Croswe1 and Reynolds was scheme that offered
chance 10 every Presidential aspuant III the tmon,
except Mr.. Dickinson. $780, go
Mayor of New-Yoik. Hs diplomacy Is of the school
of Louis Napoleon and his prOclamaOns oi peace IN
duce his friends as well rs enemies, to arm for war
Mr Diokinsons friends may apply to him the WORDS OF
JennysOns last ode
"True We have fithhi ally
But only the devil knows hat he meals"
ue a.sur,ej 20 cohduct the correspondence Of the
committee moved by Senator Maiher, that gentleman
discreetly refusing 10 be of the Committee. lie
wrote that he had something of "vita Importance to
communicate to the State Committees and that ,hey
had better be called together forthwith to communicate
H. Dean Richmond Chairman replied that he would
be happy 10 receive any coninunic anon, and would
iay il before the Committee, and would notify the ex
Mayor OF the time when the Committee was to meet
TLsre was an iutima,on also in his reply that any
other respectable number of Democrats should meet
ip sny tavern on barruOn in the State and desire To
communicate to the State Committee, they would be
heard.
There is an impression abroad, also that the ex-
Mayor has indicated that he is assured oi the nom
nation for MayoI in December next the promises ne
has made to Mr.. Dickinson, to Mr.. Douglas, and Mi
Nise ar6 others, will remain uttuhlled. Perhaps IL
voah be wise to let the cNsNayors ambition oe
yrstied but that depends upon the politicians oi the
city aud not upon thUsc oi the State.
The meeting is called sgan, at the Astor House. lor
The 3l.t ias t. and number Of more piabo men have
been invited.
There is lesson 10 be derived from las years con-
test by which all sections in the Democl ave party
NAV profit You iccolltct with what bi ternesS the
coiiesi was OPT nd by the men who were oeeated IN
the Convention how wahtonly they revived Old ani-
mostes, anc sought to reopen the bleeding wounds CT
the party. IL was campaign OF prescription Sgaus,
democrats and, down TO the very last, tue Leaders
in il boasted that they had carried majoiiy o the
dlCates In truth they elected but % out OF the lo