The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-12
Governor Wise and the Albany Regency-A
Broadside Il ON the Richmond Enquirer.

BrOansidc fiOm the Richmond Enquirer.
"When the sky falls we shall catch larks,'
says one Of our most ancient prophecies; and
from the number of laIks entangled in the
meshes Of this Albany conspiracy against Gov
Wise one might suppose that the sky had really
caved in. Read the terrible onslaught of the
Richmond Enquirer upon the conspirators, which
we publish to-day. 1t bears the ominous title of
"The Tricksters Thwarted or the Last Conspi-
racy Fooled in the Work of Political Assassina-
tion-A Chapter in New York Politics" Let
the historian of ''The Midnight Scream; or, the
Pirates of the Bloody Island" hide his dimin-
ished head.
The article in question includes, first, the case
as made out against the Governor by some oppo-
sition organs and the Washington Union Sc.
condly, on the score of morality" defensive
explanation of the Governors dreadful epistle to
his New York correspondent, Donnelly; and
thirdly, rakiDg fire of shot and shell, grape and
canister, upon "the assassiDs and conspirators"
the whole being interlarded with some very fool.
ish filings at the "Brigadier General Bowman"
.'Mr. Buchanan" and the federal adminiatra.
tion." But in this confused admixture Of "ne VS.
paper reporters" "howls of denunciation,"
"screeching notes of scanty administration Or
gaps," and the 'deep mouthed tones Of the
bloodhounds Of the opposition, we can only dis
cover that our Richmond contemporary ia in too
much of a rage to fight with discretion or eff.
cheney
In tie Interpretation thus given to the spicy
little letter which has created all this uproar, we
are told that Governor Wise expresses the fear
that the Albany Regency twill pack delegation
to misreprcsent the State at Charleston, in sub
serviepce to the power and patronage of the pre-
sent ADMINISTRATION and that the advice to send
down contesting delegation contemplated
nothing mere than righteous defeat of this sys.
TEN Of pacsing. Now, if the administration had
been excused this explanation might pass; but
as il Is the Enquirer is sadly befogged, or shame
fully ignorant of the facts. The game Of the
Albany Regency has been as much game of
treacbery against Mr. Buchanan as against Gov
Wise: and the Efforts Of the Regency, in coojunc-
ton with Tammany Hall, to "pack' the New York
delegation to Charleston have been sin subservi-
ence," not to The administration, but TO the
Douglas movement and to the interests of ". II
Seward.
Nothing could be more preposterous or ruinous
TO the defence in this matter than this attempt to
drag in the administration aud Mr.. Buchanan
among these "bloodhouuds, assassins, conspira-
tors, t1cksters, catfaeee, catskins calumuiators,
DULLES and scavengers," concerned in
this horrible New York plot to kill off
Governor Wise. Mr.. Buchanan Is upques-
tionaby as innocent Of any completely in this
conspiracy as the King Of Sardinia or the Pope
of Rome. The whole trouble may be charged to
the misplaced confidence of Mr.. Barny Donnelly
in permitting that tempting letter to go into the
hands Of that INSCRIPTIONS "trickster' the
Chevalier Cassidy.
No doubt Mr.. Donnelly supposed, as he was a
good Catholic, and full believer in the Pope,
ibc infallibility Of the church, transubstantia-
tioD, the Immaculate conception, and fish on Fri.
day, that Cassidy, also protesting Catholic, was
likewise believer in these things, and might be
trusted as brother. In this fraternal conf.
dence, however, poor Donnelly has proved to be
Judy, and Cassidy Judas, the convenient
tool of the Central Railroad lobby coalition Of
Richmond Cagger, Thurlow Weed, w. H. Sew
ard & Company.
We are not satisfied with his defence Of Gov.
ernor Wise by the Richmond Enquirer. It runs
OH the track; it is not what we wanted; it is not
tne remedy the case requires; 1t will not do
ine Albany Regency have attempted the i'm
Placement OF the Governor upon this Donnelly
ie''er' and upon the charge Of dishonest aud