New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
rAMyANY AND MOZART - WASHINGTON
a BATTLE qr' TIE SHELLS.


The last tep days have witnessed rad OF New
Yerk Dem .,crats, Hards, Softs, and semi-ooi's
upsn Av. city. Among them are several delega'es
20 CD srlestop. the Tanmsnyites, the most con-
app <uous are Mr.. Ludlow, who presided az the
syracuse Convention, which elected Wood, bought
ia the outstanding grievances Of Dickinson, and
slsesed several representatives to the National
Convention; Mr.. VIM. w. Wright Of the Seneca
Ontario District, shrewd politician, aud hesrty
f.iena of Dickinson; Mr.. Spencer, United states
Attorney for the Northern District supporter OF
the Administration, and, of course, an enemy Va
Douglas, Mr.. John Stryker, the picthsn' 'he
prsmonitory symptom, of HoratiO Seymour oiicOn
b. Jewett United States MGrshab WV. i - So
,ectea al being Guthrie man. but secretly anu vy
sss.nlth for fear OF the Administration, out Nho,
Eke an other Softs that helped to oaid the neIao
tstatsrxn il for the winning cand1ato, lrresEccu'o
If Inn shell or stripe. All these gen'lefen are
delegates to Charleston, -, S.. s,.o ,oo4
TTop the Mozart faction, so called ate. the great
...-,oser because Of the harmonious ane sJinphO-
;n,,s rsrsa;,iou of the Metropolitan Democracy, we
hs"e tn. representative head, the grand chorster
h;,nseH Mr. Fernando Wood. Your distinguished
Chief Magistrate holds his icvee at Willard s. bland
M n Nav morning, dispensing to all VISITORS hOsp-
+Etvor nolitics according to their several tastes
elfnoised and disnified selfrehant and determined
rotessinz 10 be eager for the rayat Charleston, ana
possibly confident by reason OF " the order OF ma,
tionality" which rises incense-ke, from ms Official
robes Of walking into that conelave, al the mead OF
His sixtyniue followers over the necks OF The con-
plomerste delegation compounded at Syracuse last
Septenlber Mayor Wood is seconded In his efforts
70 conciliate the Southern Democracy, and arrange
for the battle oSthe Shells, by Mr.. Ihorton ~ Nj
ven a Mozart delegate from the sullivan district Z
hold. active politician who was the regular Demo
,crstic candidate for Congress in 1855, and beatea
byMr. Van Wyck, Republican, through the alleged
detection of Mr.. Postmaster Fowler and his TRENDS
MIR Fowler is a native of the distIict-delegate
from TammaDy to Charleston
Some leading Democrats from New-Kcrk, not
DELEGATES are now and were recently here, ef whom
the most prominent are Col. Hamilton OF Albany
Dickinson Hard, and who viii be placed upcn the
Semi-Soft delegation should a vacancy occnr among
the regular appontees; and Mr.. Israel t. Hatch OF
Buffalo, who voted for LeeomptOn did pot happen
to be- reelected to Congress by the people OF Erie,
nor delegated to Charleston by Dean RlehmOnd,
but has been seothed for these disappointments by
some underlined aud unauthorized miselon, with
little work and large pay, concerning the Canadian
Reciprocity treaty, and the easy, r0und-paying
berth of the Buffalo POst-Ogice; aud Mr. Isaac
Butts the enterprisisg editor aud publisher OF The
Rochester Union; together with others OF lesser
note.
OF eourse. the object of this gathering of the
rival clans Of the Empire State Democracy at the
Federal Capital at this uneture, is conference with
one another and with friends from other parts of
the Union, in respect to the Presidency generally
hut especially in regard to the probable status OF
the Tammany and Mozart factions at Charleston.
The.admirers and hackers of Wood assert that he
Is cordially received by the Southern Democracy,
Che Administration, and the mob Of hangers-On in
this city, On the contrary, his personal enemies
and political antagonists say that nc has received
the cold shoulder from all these classes, and Is mucl
disappointed at the cool greetings the positive
sights, that he encounters the right hand and OF
~ NE left The former band of partlsans, conhden
~ of the triumph which awaits their chief at Charles
ton, are already app0rtoning the Federal spoils TO
the City and State Of New-York. The latter aieC
10 sneer at all such prophecies, and yaunt in ad
vance the humiliation in store for the Mayo
and his followers at the Convention.
Probably, as in .cOgnate cases, the truth hes be
tween the extremes. Neither Mr.. Wood aud hi
hard-Hards, Mr.. Richmond and his semi-SOlts
viii have monopoly of power and influence n
Charleston. Each should have learned, this, t.
properly estimate the qualities for intrigue and
<hicane hbusteTiHg and fighting, Of their respect
I'VE antagonists. The country does not afford n
parallel for these wrangng factions III all the arts
which have made the name OF " NeU-Yofk
Democracy" synonymous everywhere with tact
and courage, talent and corruption, and a
determination to win in every contest either by
fair means or foul If the Shells enter into no truce
ere their arrival on the Palmetto battlefield, and
there fight ill one the other conquers, then we
notify the citizens of Charleston in advance, that
their usually dull metropolis is destined 10 be the
scene of a conflict in April next, compared with
which negro instruction a John Brown raid
would be Spring zephyr in the temperate zone,
eontrasted with hurricane in the tropics. Prob
ably the quarrel may be adjust; at an early stage
Of the affair, by the admission If both sets Of
wranglers, what is equivalent thereto, one-haif
VI eaeh--tbe usual MOLE Of escapeE out of such
diemmas adopted by the New-York Democracy
Much OF the Current intrigue here OF the Shells
has reference TO Mr.. Douglas Both factions CO.
qRit with him, both fear him.. both affect him,
aud both stand ready 10 him abnse him
rs win best serve their ends; of oil which he
- no doubt as well aware as themselves. In
regard TO Mr.. Douglas, it is patent to all be-
holders that his prospects have frightened
within month past. The Administration, and its
dupes and pimps, hate and malim and depreciste
him. But the South which is the ruling element
IN the party, softeus toward him. The alacrty
with which the Republicans Of the House Of Rep
nesentatyes bent to the exigency, and adopted can
dIdates whom they could elect to the chair and the
desk, though not their Grst love and choice, has
alarmed the negTo-pEopsgandists. aud, if the par
tsans Of Douglas can convince them that their
Chief can put up" in this game with reasonable
certainty Of securing them thirty forty Northern
electoral votes, they viii hesitate long they
ject him az their candidate. Such is the opinion Of
many leading Democrats of widely differing shades
q Ofopinion at the capital
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