The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-02

York papers, Confidence Cassidy can do no.
thing now but groan and howl in the most pite.
GUS u amer.
TIL butcher boy caught In the fact with the
blooiy knife In his hand, admits that he cut
WISE throat behind his back, but denies that he
intend the wound to be mortal; he only meant
to relieve him of a dangerous fulness of blood to
! the head by an incision in the jugular, and it
! was the HERALD that did oil the mischief by
keeping the gash open when Cassidy meant to
staunch it, In other words, Cassidy and his con-
federates sent copies OF Wise's letter floating
about in order that they might kill him with
the democratic politicians in the State; and they
did accomplish this purpose moot efectually.
But, say they, no injury would have been done
to Wise, and all would have been right, had not
the HERALD published the letter. As well might
Cassidy have said, when he Yves butchers boy,
that he did not intend to kill fat OK
when he smote It on the head and cut
is carotid artery, and that it was
party who purchased quarter of the beet
when it was skinned and neatly dressed that was
the cause of the unfortunate animals death.
The letter was already in circulation, aud copies
were sent all around, which settled Wise as COM
pletely as lift had been published in every paper
in the State. Having slaughtered him aud cut
him up, the Regency offer his carcass for sale as
they would round or shoulder of beef They
sell his letter for twenty dollars copy. Find
ing it thus in the market, cur agent purchased it
for the HERALD.
And this was the very destination intended for
the letter by the confidence man and his con-
federatee. They SO arranged the train to the
mine, and so scattered the powder connected with
it in the vicinity of blazing hickory fire, that
they knew spark would fly out, and, igniting
the train, produce the intended explosion. Not
that their victim was not already dead,
but that their agency might be covered
up, and that it might appear to the
public that the death was the result Of gu
explosion with which they had nothing to do;
like the incendiary, who first commits robbery or
murder, and then sets fire to the building in or
der to destroy the evidence Of his black deed.
But murder viii out;' and SO it has been in the
case Of the Albany Regency. The evidence
against them is most conclusive, and the moral
turpitude which they impute to others recols
against themselves. The convicted criminal as
| sumes mock heroic character, threatens and de-
fes bis Judge when he has nothing more to hope
for. But it is only butcher boy in lions skin,
talking buster and bravado.
Thou wear q licn's hide! Dof II for ahame,
And hang Calls skin on those recrcant hmbs.
The object of the whole plot-the motive for
killing Wise-was to send a packed delegation
to the Charleston Convention. The idea was
that under the excitement produced by the letter
| the people would be precipitated into co-opera-
| ton with the Regency in appointing delegate;
4 st Syracuse on the l4th inst for the National
Convention, and, by way Of showing their indg
nation at Wise, run into the opposite extreme
and eend men in the interest of Seymour
and Seward. Before their plot could be I'M
travelled and exposed their hope was to haster
the job and put it through, that they
might be sable to sell the democracy Al
Charleston in 1860 as they have nov
| sold Wiee and his letter. But the true DO
Ley of tho people 10 TO hide ti,cir time, and mo-
be precipitate. There is luck in leisure. Nothing
can be lost by elaboration, but much may be
| gained. There is no need Of haste. Let the peo-
pie in every district have an opportunity of ex.
pressing their opinion. fthey are not permitted
to do 60 democracy is sham and delusion.
for two or three corrupt managers may arrange
the whole business, and throw the people over
board. But one thing is certain, and that u.s. that
the delegates packed by Confidence Cassidy and
the Albany Regency will not be admitted by the
Charleston Convention.