Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-17
The Charleston Conventional Movement of the
New York Democracy

The secret intrigues, plots and counter
plots Of the caucus and convention managers,
of all parties, factions and cli9ues, for the
next Presidency, have actively commenced
| in various quarters: but, as usual, the New
! York democracy. hards and sotts, are fore
most in getting up a row. We have already
| appraised our readers of the movement I'M
dertakcm by the s"its /" compass the cleo
] ton Of the whole New York delegation to
| Charleston: and Of the counter movement
of the hards who. thoroughly alive Ia their
. danger have set themselves earnestly to work
to escape being swallowed up alive hy the
soft faction, after the fashion in which brood
Of helpless ribbits are swallowed up by hun
gry boa constructor.
! lth has leaked out that the softs. who con-
| troll the Central State Committee, and the
Central Railroad and lobby interests of the
democracy at Albany, hayetaken it into their
wise heads To- monopoliSe the delegates OF
. this State at Charleston, through the annual
party State Convention next fall. WepreSume
! that they contemplate the election 10y said
| Convention of the delegates to Charleston
in the lump. and certainly more summary
! or decisive process with the hards could not
very well be- devised We know. from the
last September Democratic Convention III
Syracuse. that in The next the soits will hold
4 decided ma i0ritv, and that where they
have purpose to serve they will not stick
upon trtles in their treatment of the minuri-
~.
The hards. understanding all this, and
still smarting from their rough and shabby
treatment at Syracuse last September, have
Hail. Stutn
Convention of their own at the Aston House,
including upwards of hundred delegates,
gathered together from every quarter OF the
State. The result of their deliberations WAS
the appointment or committee To walt upon
the sut,s Including the State Central Com
mittce at Albany with these points Ola peace
protocol, to Wit
| First-That at the Democratic State Con
ventiun ofthe next fall, for the nomination
of candidate for State officers, the question
of the Charleston Convention shall not be
introduced but shall he postponed until after
the State election, in order that, i'll the work
of that election. the democracy may present
an unbrokrn front IL the enemy.
Second-That neither Il State Committee
nor Il State Convention called for other pur-
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the Charleston Convention, but that the
right belongs to the people of the several
Congressional districts. and that the plea OF
the committee (soft). that unity in this mat
ter is essential to strength, is the plea OF des-
potism. unknown to democracy.
The hard committee are to report to anoth-
cr meeting of this wing Of the party on the
2lst the answer of the soits To these pro
positions. lfrcjeried, it is understood that
the hards will keep al""1' from the soits III
the State Con, entiun and election. aud leave
them To their fate. Thu, it will he seen
that We leave here the direct issue upon which
the New York democracy are 10 the reunited
or redivided in our State election of N"vem-
her If united, they may possibly carry
the State, If divided, they are certain not
only to suffer crushing local defeat in NJ
vcmher, but split which will repeat III lSOo
the terrible lesson of lS4S.-N. J. He'aid.