The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-16
IT'S ORIGIN AND SECRET MsfoRY.
7hs Power and Influence Welded in the Past,
and its Present Mbeeility and Treathsry.
The Difference Between the Old
and New Managers.
Their Intzisues in Pierce's Cabinet Rail
road Bpeculation-Kaps as Plo:s, and
yreachery to Buchanan.
mer Universal Hypser ny and Opposition to
Those that WIN Net become tbck Dupes,
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Those that WIN Net become tbew DuPes,
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rw ooUsr APPOINTMENT.
Unser me old constr luton Of TIE STATE a New Ysrt
shers existed p0ltc regency sndsr ~ name Of The
oouncl Of Appoinsmes power .ecsssariy great,
and the course years the essrcss Of tina. power
brought with suca oad q unpopulsry the STATE
Constitutional Conv on Of 1871 convened mere for
ne nteussn Of ss rogAng than for any other specific
The pews possessed BY he ooascn Of Appoint
trarS erred partly the Governor and Senate,
and partly to peopie-not % much, however, 70 the
siisr power mas been done In our next now patent
STATE constitu ion, under which We nov hve-we can
hardly say nov nourish-for be doubted that
,he OW ssHtutioaal ssas Convention gave much
the people than the people asked shs, they
have Little thanks for the prouss generosity OF the gin,
and ,ther disposed to attribute the action Of
beay to the spirit Of demasogueism than 70 well
rOnsGe appreciation Of what the enlightened portion Of
she Amunisy really desired.
The CONSTITUTION OF lsH AND IHE POLITICIANS
TIE constitution o; 1921 brought with it . compare
Svay new race of men The cid Supreme Court Judges
hsd 10 rive way ones. and these old Judges
were men merely Of exasA judicial capacity, but
politicians Of 10 marked . character thai the tile Of
ponscal Judges had become insepasaby connected with
ihslr Names whsther Justly unustly viii not
INQUIRE We win designate but Of them, Chief Justice
Ambrose Spencer, . man Of great legal requirements,
respected for hi great judicial capacity but fear
"a and hated for hin strong political preudices, and
asked BY Junior members Of the bar for hi stsrnaem
ana severity Hh associate, Woodwork, was allowed 70
ysnan and h other associate, Yates, Transferred 10
Ne russrnsoria chair. Under that constitution,
Ta,cet nom Oneida Of the band Of early federAlsts
but equally early converted dsnocran, for which hat
county Was distngQahsd, came in Attorney General
Marcy, lawyer IN Troy, was appointed Adjusant Gene
raj, and Afterwards Comptroller. Flag and Wright ~
yea had 70 The capital, though ths former was
shortly Afterwards member q Assembly from Clinton
pSuny, and the latter Senator from the g. Lawrenoe
dhtrict On the elders Of the party BENJAMIN Knowsr
remained, having been appointed STATE Treasurer; aad
su memory serves -, ola anseA DswSA rsaslnsd
Surveyor General, bat be had Htsls 70 do with the poll
ss Of ths ans with the Il Management That
sscceeded arsr the adoption Of the constitution.
CHANGE n MANAGEMENT Albany Argus.
About this period the old Albany Aspxs into new
hasds by s transfer fron Jssss Busl-a ma. Of good
deal Of intelligence, but ssnswhsa welded old modes
Of thousht-to . new ~ Of partaers, Of whom Edwin
Crosvell NJ. Croswsu . yoasg maa Of
promise, the con iuct,r q paper In CAAnkin, sad wss
70 the sasscy Of NJ Van Buren, thai Transferred
70 the capital TO sa1er spos wider sphere Of action
which he afterwards 20 greatly Distinguished himself
Srclns DEMOCRATIC nxoKscy
Thege also reading at Aiosny sboo, shm period
he Hon Roger sherman, formerly Sase sens,or and
NJ tina, period District Judge the United ssses Court
or Northern distri,ss thoroughpaced politician
the shone cncool, calculating, and quite
well vsrssd inosc,es Of politics a In the intri
Of Law, sad, whhal, most courteous gentleman
ID 70 friends wherever he met them around
Mis- nucleus that UAshsssd the fsw their uuober being
ncressed ysars %, Who the Ara subodi-
Of What snsswsrds called The Albany Rsgsucy
q body 10 which much power attributed which Il
possessed, and which the time equally
used power IN many insssscss whsrs was never sss-
pected OF exertingh.
M xAaly nAsAesusxr III
Wine We are rot claiming for the pcssessbon Of any
ds,nsushcd virtues, IL may be saii with sqnal jus
roe thsi vss governed by ~ little sshss-
re@ generally falls 70 me lot or men
with equal Influence and positson; and % fas -ss ~
object OF Keeping the ocnocrssc party unnsd con
csrned, ii succeeded In scoonpshAng shaa object with
rare skill skill 70 which they who y cls,p toss sue
oesses oaspO, have The sAshisss prsssasA. WIN ~
ssr denying mocve-sverythiss for The cause, nothing
Tor men-n took TIE best for he cans while the
nss whom nothing promised quite sure thai
their self mmolasiou for The pabns good voald BE- re-
wxrded crows shss nscd usss costly 70 shsr hesas
Which martyrs generally suppsssd -
wear for sscsc scsd old days q The ortho1ox poaticsl
church ne salshfsl, whe resdy 10 sscrscs
sbenseves for hs public good fas under sscr
Acs the ssf denying poss Of The ags q converts did
psssroe with ssckcio<h % the OUTSIDE, bat GOOD n,
espsRs the inside Of sher mornsd nbsnscls Of assh
70 WIN clnsoS ASp DANIEL D. Sorsrw
IN the psiny dsys Of CissOs hss sssh sos vel
have been = Rsssssy. n was DE niseortuas Of
thsi dissinguished maa, NAs with al - saniasd
talents he had not NE power d enhsr winning ksspane
h3ends Hs stately prsssnes iapsssf rsnpso1, hi
ssn,s ana scqursneas induced sdn,ranoa but rcspso
and sdnirxos poor ssbsasss tor that srasg psr-
sonal sischnsn by the open and WANING nannsrs
Ct hin rival Daniel D ronpkins. there vss abous ne
sor~er air cf hanshsnsa " which he himself was a.
ssrly unconscious, but nevertheless sxsssd On The
cher hand there abou, ronpkins chArn q which
be lsesned 70 be unaware, oonhs ooandsnos BY me
ecni~nv Of his Dsnnsra eve admire CanAsa, bat ~ 4
,pve rcmphns" vss ihe haguags Of many az hoss Who
we're brcushs Into conmnnssa uAh thsss posicai vsn
and s coy 70 understand, Vim M apprscanss q shar
charSssr, which ofAsp vs ~ pspsnr fsvssss ynsrs
wss C.sosaan p~ny, and ca.Aoa proud of being =
ths hsnA u u, Tor NJ very snssn0 ~ defined By the
nsssss q hs sans nss svss whsn rsnpkiss wss shs /
pcpulr svcviss shsse vss fsupkfns pAry All shss
~ shs,sd IN that demanded for him va ,h. \.
bs,ossss 70 NJ srssi sody Il ~ sssses~sc party
oneu % m BrcxrAn p1ocaArs
Tns tern BpcksaI drawn frem shs prssau q ~ 60 /
sarss q r. fsamasv v>arng thaa sfuxy o. sAss hsss
On hs Fourth Of July aas osbse ensssassas, nra vsu
ossssmpssously, remained - ~ q sAopsoa ~ ne
followers q rcnpkins, - n cs~rss = ~ - ssprss
scs could be used crs inhcssys q dslsarsa 81 sss
sxcssss Scot and Of a. svshsssxy ssvss W ~ eAsd IN
eosseos. .r.v.
Bat vss NE unorsunass tran o. ~ wlH Ousos tss
dsacssey In Me r,~ WANING msa 70 hh frisadsh'p,
ths, sbssassd IRON hin .asy q M sbaus ~ o. ~
sssss, nes Of them sdng ssdsrsns, aaf thss sasns-
i'oss incrssssd usul nsy we're dsvsopsa 10 sbs mani
fssso u We fory hehuan1ed sdssas, - shsg ca,ss
,ssssslvs end the sssy sksvss - c,hers csisd sssn.
Who ssparaAsd theansava rca CsnAsa sna m eor