The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-09-20
The New York Democracy.

The New York Herald gives US an insight
into the schism which separates the TWO
hostile factions in the Democratic camp IN
New York. They are the Albany Regency
faction and the Astor House faction, other
wise known as hards and softs. The hards
are the minority faction, and in a State
Convention organized under the machinery
of the Albany Regency, are completely at
the mercy of the softs. The hards, there
fore, in order to secure their legitimate share
of the delegation to Charleston, asked and
insisted that the delegates be elected Iy the
single Congressional district system. The
softs, on the other hand, had resolved that
the Charleston delegation, in the lump,
should be appointed by the State Conven-
ton, and that it should be IA unit" accord
ing to the wishes of the Regency and their
Presidential schemes.
This game of despotically packing the
Charleston Convention was very adroitly
contrived, for in the letter which was treach-
erously drawn from Gov. Wise to poor Dom
nelly, the Regency had at least pretextfor
the war of determination which they have
declared. They conducted the elections to
the Syracuse Convention upon this pretext,
and, having a majority of the Convention
ready to do their bidding, they carried their
measures, and secured the appointment of
the entire delegation to Charleston to the
Albany Regency. The Herald says:
"The Democracy of the State have thus
been treated with contempt, and, instead Of
being permitted to select the men they
wished to represent them in the National
Convention to nominate candidate for the
Presidency, the Albany Regency, consisting
of Confidence Cassidy, Cagger, Comstock,
Corning, Richmond & Co., have taken the
selection out of their hands and arranged it
themselves"
"Thus are our Democratic institutions
practically turned into the despotism of an
oligarchy, and the sovereign people are
treated as mere ciphers or negro slaves, who
have no right TO think and act for them
selves. But the end is not yet. day OF
reckoning is to come. 1t remains TO be
seen how the Charleston Convention will re-
ceive delegation appointed under such cir
cumstances."
ssOne thing is clear, and that is that the
democracy of the State will be split in two
by the policy of the Regency, just as they
were in 1853. There is n double organiza-
ton. But the fight is adjourned to the
Charleston Convention"
The Convention has publisheda complete
list of Delegates to Charleston, as previous
ly selected and arranged by the wire pullers.
The meeting of the Convention was a
very rowdy affair. Ex-Mayor Woods men
first got possession of the Hall and made a
premature organization'and were proceeding
to nominate State officers, and to vote that
the Charlesto Delegates should be elected
by Districts, when the Softs entered, drove
the Chairman from the platform and reversed
the order of things.
The telegraph in reporting the doings,
says: "a terrific row occurred in the Con-
vention to-day, in which John Stryker, Of
Oneida county-Cagger'S temporary chair
man-got hurled from the platform and
was badly bruised, came near ending in q
general and bloody fray.
A man from the Thirteenth ward, shot
in Tammany Hall brawl six month:
ago, named Nealy Woods, came behind
Stryker, while staEding on the plat.
form, and pushed him violently down tC
the floor, distance of several feet, hurting
him not dangerously, but severely. The
shrieks and erie. meanwhile rendered hear,
ing almost impossible. The meeting broke
up in utter confusion; when it assembled
again in the afternoon, the Regency was
present in force and carried everything.
The delegation selected by the Regency
was instructed to vote and act as unit
The softs are free soilers, and it is supposed
will go with the Northern Democracy; but
the Herald says they will vote for the can.
didate that bids highest, in the way of fede.
raj patronage and honors, for the support Of
he Empire State.