New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-29

any candidate are nevertheless 70 De co 1posed OF
materials that will readily yieiA in a. expected
emergency to the manipalations OF the Sey nocr-
Soft leaders 1t il the slilful hscdling Of such
q dele gation thst he fouBds lis hopes He remen-
bers how, after Van Buren and Csss, in the Con-
yent;ou of 1874, had each exhibited just strength
enough 10 defeat his rival bat not sufficient to Be-
cure bis own success modest Mr. Polk VA brought
forward at q happy moment as al une1ceptiouable
gentleman upon whom the friends Of b,th coald
unite. Iudeed. it was suspected that he took part
with Gov. Marcy in the intrigue that ultimately
drove the Sage Of LiDdsnwald over the ships side
on that stormy occasion. Gov. s must freshly rec
olect (for be aud Marcy were leaders 10 this In
trigue also) how Casa Buchanan and Douglas,
eight years afterward, at Baltimore, worried each
other u til, at the opPortune instant, the weary
delegates seized upon the name Of Gen Pierce as
dernier escape from protractsd baIotngs, be~i-
derins complications, and the fetid air of packed
hall in the Summer sols,ce Of 3 Southern city
And Gov s., being well read 10 the partisan history
Of the country s undoubtedly aware that in the case
of both Polk and Pierce the delegations Of their
favor and that few trusty friends in other States
were psrticipstors in the plan of springing their
nsmes upon the Convention at an susp!cious mo-
ment
Now, Gov. Seymour is aiming to pl.ee himself
in the precise relation to the approaching National
Convention that Polk aud Pierce held toward those
Of 1874 and 352 Not even all the Soft leaders.
much less the masses Of the faction have yet been
intrusted with this secret. II will be time enough
to instruct the smaller head. men of the Soft tribe
on this point, after Seymour, Richmord, Comstock.
and the other chiefs, have secured q supple set Of
delegates to sit in the Grand Council at Charleston.
Seymour, once on the trail 70, the White Wigwan,
the rapk and file in New-York, who do the vulgar
tomshawkipg and scslpiog of the csmpsign, whether
Softs or Hards will be expected to follow where
the Sachens lead.
Nor does Gov. Seymour forget that, though
Marcy was not q candidate in the Convention of
1874 and was an unsuccessful one in that Of 1852,
feat Van Buren, by the Secretaryship Of War,
while for assisting at the execution Of both Cass
and Buchanan, eight years later Pierce bestowed
upon him the Premiership. Therefore Seymour,
though he may not contend for the prize himself at
Charleston or may contend unsuccesfully, yet, II,
by means the New-York delegation, he can ulti-
mately control the selection Of the candidate, he
may receive his reward, as did his exemplar-friend
in the shape of a seat at the councd-board OF the
Hence the effort to secure, by all
arts and appliances, delegation to Charleston
ostensbly unpledged, but that will yield to the
Soft Establishments of Seymours friends at the crit
cal moment for striking bold blow for their chief
Mr. Fernando Wood is probably trying to use
the Hard sentiment in this State for his oyn sg.
erandizement in 1860, just as Gov. Seymour is the
Soft We fancy the ex Mayor is not disposed to
act as the mere armor. bearer Of Gov. Dickinson
in this contest lie has not been accustomed to
follow but to lead rather. He has national aspira-
tions of his own. Though he may struggle for the
Mayoralty nomination next December his eye is
elevated far above any mere municipal position
Whether he has yet begun to think seriously OF the
Presidency, We are not now prepared to say. That
be is looking to some combination or complication
at Charleston, that shall give him the second place
on the ticket, or ultimately, assure him seat in
the Cabinet, is certain We can gather nothing
less from recent ar cle in The Richmond Enquirer
Gov. Wise's personal organ, than that the e1-
Mayor is moving to secure the nomination at Char
lesion of the eccentric Virginian. Assays The En-
Quirtr, Nothing would give US more pleasure
4" than to be assured that the great body of the
:. Conservative Democracy of New-York are al
&" ready moving under the auspices OF such true
" and tried leader as Fernando Wood, to secure
" the nomination of Gov. Wise at Charleston. But,
" our own adyices from that State all 60 to assure
us that the msjority of the New-York Democracy
are working with enthusiastic earnestness 10 be-
half of their own well-deserying favorite, Daniel
IS. Dickinson. In case the iriends
D." of Mr. Dickinson shall find it impracticsble, at
Z" Charleston, to nominate their own favone, moth
" ing is more probable than that they will deter
" mine to cast their vote for some such Consef-
o yatiye Southern Democrat as Gov. Wise In
the course of its significant article, The inquirer
tenders the most hattering compliments to Gov.
Dickinson as " q man Of high capacity, oil sterhng
" principle, always true and conservative In the
" maintenance Of the doctrines OF bis party, sna
" bold in their vindication, whenever and py
" whomsoever they are assailed:" but it broadly
intmates that the Southern Democracy VIII DOL
yield the nomination, for the fourth time, IN un'
" broken succession, to the North" Considering
the intimate relations Of Wise and Wood, ana
the frequent coupling Of their names as candidates
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency in looO'
We would suggest to Gov. Dickinson, as an dm'ea'
enriae whether they not attempting to politely
ho him ont of the WAY for the first Office in srder