The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-28

Junge Edwards iicrrepout John A. Stewart,
| William L. Clark, Anthony J. Constant,
Robert /. Cutting, Francis d. Cutting,
Daniel Devlin, O. ID. r. Grant,
| Andrew l.. Ireland, Anthony /. Robertson,
Judge Roosevelt, Arthur Lsary,
Michael Ushocflcr, CIV. s. Roosevelt,
james T. Brady,
| 1t would be easy to add to this list other
| high-minded supporters of the democratic plat
| form, who possess the confidence of the party
| and of the public, not one of whom was even
dreamed of either to be sent as a delegate to
| Syracuse or to be chosen there to represent
| the city and State at the Charleston National
Convention. The unblushing gang of political
| Confidence men who went to the State Conven-
ton first bribcd their inspectors, then packed
| to be swindled into the rowdy crowd of dele
| gates to Syracuse, reelected themselves as de-
gates to Charleston, where they hoped to palm
themselves off as the representative men" of
the democracy of New York.
We rejoice to learn that the action of the
democratic party in New York city will not cease
with simply refusing money to the Tammany
conspirators. While declining to compromise
their characters for integrity by any longer
| supporting and associating with dishonest
faction, they are nevertheless determined to
repair the mischiefs arising out Of past apathy
and neglect, by organizing vigorously in oppo-
sition to the "irrepressible conflict" theory
which the Sewardite black republicans will
endeavor to cram down the public throat at
the November election. These gentlemen
recognize that there never has been period
fraught with more political dangers to the
country than the present; and by powerful
coup de main they will rescue the State from
the disgrace which il would incur by endorsing
Stewards atrocious Rochesterprogramme, while
disowning any connection with either the Re-
gency miscreants or their afiliates in Tammany
Hall. This appearance in the front rank of the
party of the right men will have effect upon the
public mind such as has not been witnessed for
a quarter of a century. The corrupt, rotten
pnrlieus of Tammany and the Pewter Mug will
cease to have any Importance, while the worth
and honesty Of the State and country will rally
at once to the support of such patriotic
phalanx in opposition to the sectional heresies
which menace the peace Of the country.
A SOUTH AMERICAN SYRACUSE CONVENTION
The republics of South America are eternally
in hot water. When they have any cessa-
ton from internal disturbances they invariably
manage to pick quarrel with each other. The
standing dispute between them is similar to
our own present difficulty with Great Britain.
They can never agree as to their respective
boundaries, and SO they have always pre-
tence for getting up quarrels. Several years
ago the province of Buenos Ayres went in for
the Argentine Confederation, of which it had
formed State. Ever since there has been bad
blood between the province and the remainder
of the Confederacy, and whenever they could
afford to indulge in the luxury of war they
have amused themselves in that line. Their
wars, however, have not been very sanguinary,
and have been rather ludicrous than otherwise.
Our Minister in those parts, Mr.. Yancey, took
it into his head recently to reconcile the con-
tending parties. The President of the Argen-
tine Confederation, General Urquiza, had inter-
posed his good services in settling our quarrel
good turn deserves another, Mr. Yancey felt
bound to do all in his power to restore peace
to the belligerents. Owing to his mediation,
in conjunction with the French Minister and
President Lopez, of Paraguay truce was
obtained and Peace Conference assembled.
The preliminary requirements on each side
were found to be rather objectionable. The
| Argentine Confederation demanded the imme-
date suspension Of hostilities, while Buenos
| Ayres insisted on the retirement of Urquiza
from public affairs.
| Affairs were in this unsettled condition when
Mr.. Yancey conceived the capital idea Of arrang-
| ing matters over dinner table, He invited
the members of the Peace Conference to ban
quet, at which public affairs were discussed.
The discussion and the banquet broke up in q
row like that which characterized the recent
pow-wow of the united democracy at Syracuse.
Bottles and goblets and plates we're used as
knock-down arguments, and the unfortunate
diplomatic host had his gold trimmed spectacles
broken on his nose. Thus ended thePeace Con
ference, and the belligerents were preparing at
last accounts to resume their former attitude of
hostility.
The quarrel will last probably as long as the
two governments exist Though the loss of
life may not be considerable, there is no esti-
mating the effect of the dispute in retarding the
development Of the two countries engaged in
it. We know of no regulation that would be
likely to have so beneficial an effect on all
those Sonth American anti Central American
republics, as the adoption by each Of them Of
law that no person should be eligible to the
Office of President who had not spent from one
to FIVE years in the United States, Those whom
we have now, OF have recently had among us
Paez Mora, Lerdo, De Tejada, Echenique and
the rest-have learned more of the true repub-
| lican system Of government during their So