The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-01
but monopoly Of niggers and cotton to the
existing "slave oligarcby.'

The HARDs AND SORTS Still AT LOGGER
HEADs.-Some three weeks ago there was meet
ing Of hard shell politicians Of this State held at
the Aston House to consider how to carry on the
war against the softs. That meeting appointed a
committee to make overtures to their opponents
In regard to their irreconcileable interests, and
adjourned to meet at the same place on the 3lst
Of May. The adjourned meeting took place yes
terday, and, as was to be expected, the result of
the overtures was only widening of the breach
Fernando Wood wrote a polite letter to Dean
Richmond, telling him that the committee ap-
pointed at the Aston House meeting had some
thing important to communicate to the State
Central Committee whenever 1t would please the
latter body to assemble to receive it; and
Dean Richmond, with equal politeness, ex-
pressed the readiness Of the State Committee
to receive suggestions from that or any other
democratic quarter But he did not say word
about meeting of the State Committee; and,
therefore, the Aston House Committeeman re-
port that they were rather shabby treated, that
their overtures were disregarded, and that they
were virtually denied hearing; and they re-
commended the adoption Of resolution request
ing the chairman and secretary of the State Com
mittee to convene meeting of that body at an
early day to take action on the question at
issue between them.
This resolution was adopted at the meeting
yesterday. The whole cause of the present quar-.
rel is this: the hards have control of Tammany
Hall; the softs have control of the State Conven-
ton that is to meet in Syracuse in September
next. The hards have reason to apprehend
that the Albany Regency will undertake to
have delegates to the Charleston Convention ap-
pointed by the next Syracuse Convention; and
they know that in that event Peter Cagger and
Dean Richmond would have the game in their
own hands. The softs profess to desire the
nomination at Charleston of Horatio Seymour,
while the hards make similar professions in re-
gard to Daniel S. Dickinson. In reality there is
little regard paid to the pretensons Of either So
long as politicians can only gain their point in
having votes at the National Convention, these
two names do as well as any other to muster
under. Once admitted to the Convention, the
votes Of the delegates can be managed to the
best advantage-to themselves. The Tammany
Hall party, naturally enough, object to let
ting the Albany Regency party have the
game all to themselves; and so they demand that
instead Of delegates being appointed by the Sy-
racuse Convention, they shall be elected by the
people in Congressional districts.
There are minor political currents underfow-
ing this and therefore the struggle is likely to be
desperate one The indications are that two
sets Of delegates will present themselves to the
Charleston Convention in 1860, as was the case
at the Cincinnati Convention in 1856. One set,
composed of the softs, will be appointed by the
State Convention in Syracuse; the other, COM
posed of the hards, will be elected by the peo-
pie Of the Congressional districts. The war be-
tween Tammany Hall and Abany-of which the
Astor House meeting yesterday was one move
ment-is sure to have that result. So much
for the union Of the democracy of New York.