The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-27

Inn FEArs or THE ALBANY RE0ENCY.-The
Albany Regency have killed Wise, slaughtered
Dickinson, butchsred Seymour, and made
minced meat Of Douglas. They have cheated
every man who put his trust in them, and made
nest unenviabie reputation for the Empire
State-the word Now York having beesus In
the mouths Of Southern mea 4 synonym for
rascality. The Albany Regency have achieved
another successfully have split the dsmocra-
tic party In two. both at the North and ct tho
South, insuring Its utter defeat in the Presiden-
tial election. and its final dissolution. without
hope Of resurrection to life.
They at first contrived TO drive out the
seceden at Charleston, and when these
men wanted TO return TO the fold they
repealed their advances, and, with the
consequences Of q split and two demo-
cratic candidates in the field staring them
in the face, persisted in their rejection, though
their organ, the Albany Atlas, Immediately
after the Charleston Convention, urged their
coming back in the most pathetic terms, be-
lieviag, no doubt, that they would not do it.
They were taken at their word, and thus check
mated When their schemes were bafiled by
exposure in our columns, and they found they
could not nominate the small politician who
would transfer the Regency from Albany to
Washington, they became maddened, and in
their desperation nominated Douglas, knowing
not only that his election was an utter impossi-
bility, but that his nomination was the entering
wedge which would divide, demoralize and
destroy the democracy.
The Albany Argus lets the cat out of the bag,
and admits that the New York delegation never
meant to have Douglas nominated bona .fde-
that is nominated by the united democracy.
Their voting at Charleston for the two-thirds
rule, in its largest sense, so as to mean two
thirds of the whole electoral college, proves
this fact for they admit that they knew from
the beginning he never could get two hundred
and two votes. By their own confession, there
fore, they used him, in the language of Dean
Richmond, as q standpoint"-a fulcrum ON
which they might plant their lever to lift Seymour
out of the mire of their dirty Albany politics
into the Presidential chair. And when they
failed in their design, they voted against their
own two-thirds rule at Baltimore, and nominated
Douglas by q majority, because they thought his
name would help them in Western New York in
their local elections for the State Legislature
which Richmond has declared to be of greater
impor lance TO him than the Presidential elect
ion, or the stability of the Union. Mr.. Douglas
had 30 many enthusiastic friends 10 reward, and
had made 80 many promises, that these cunning
politicians saw clearly enough that by fair d.
vision of the spells there would be little or no.
thing left for them. He did not, therefore, suit
them as candidate, but they thought it conve-
nient to use bis name as party watchword in
their local contests for the possession of the
State spoils, including the rich placers in this
city, which cast into the shade the federal plum
der Of Custom House, Post Once, Navy Yard
and all. On the whole, the Albany Regency
have reason to feel proud of the feats they have
accomplished within the last few months. Like
harlots, they glory in their shame.