The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-11

TROUBLES OF The New YORK DEMOCRACY
AS the time for the meeting of the Charleston
Convention approaches, the contest between
the contending factions Of the New York demo-
cracy grows hotter and hotter, and the final
explosion promises to be terrific The expo
nents of the two unterrifed cliques--the Albany
Atlas-Argas, the organ of the Confidence CASH
dy, Cagger x Co. faction, and the Ne,os, the
mouthpiece of Wood and Mozart Hall-display
great deal of nervousness a. to the fate of
their friends at Charleston. As usual, the
State of New York will send two complete
delegations to the Convention. Each deiega-
ton will claim to be the only Simon-pure-
Originally acobs article. Each set declares that
bolt would result should the Convention take
in one delegation and leave the other out in
the cold. The practice Of the conventions Of
1852 and 1856, when the democracy of this
State sent two delegations, was to divide the
seats equally between the contestants, the dele
gates themselves electing from their own num-
Der the persons who served. The National
Convention never pretended to decide as to
the merits Of the family quarrels among the
New York democracy; it only patched up the
difficulty for the time being. Therein the Con-
vention displayed degree of solid common
sense which was eminently refreshing.
But, whether or not the compromise system
is adopted, the quarrels now raging here and
to be transferred to South Carolina, will have
one certain effect, and that will be to break
down all the party candidates for the Presi-
dency in this State. Both Mr.. Horatio Sey-
mour, the Magnus Apollo of the Cassidy
clique, and the Sage Of Binghamton, Mr.. Dick
inson, are left entirely in the shade. The lat
ter was induced to abandon his Mozart Hall
friends by the superior tactics of the Albany
Regency, and the result of the movement was
profanely but tersely summed up by Dean Rich
mond, who said in Wall street, in reply to a
query by friend, "We've got that damned old
fool of Binghamton all right" meaning that
he was killed entirely The Regency was
strongly in favor of Seymour, and went about
Dickinson to slaughter him. But all their plans
are naught No New York candidate will have
any strength at Charleston unless it might be
General Wool, who has not been mixed up in
any of the party quarrels. Neither can the
voice of the delegates from this State initiate
a movement in favor of any candidate All
the New Workers can do will be to help to
swell the vote for the happy man, whoever he
may be, and they will have fine opportunity
to exercise their perceptive faculties in endea-
voring to find who he will be in advance, so
that they may be early in the field.
Notwithstanding all these facts, beth delega-
tons will 60 to Charleston, each with as high
sense of its own consequence as ii the demo-
cracy of the Empire State was quite harmo-
NOUS and New York entirely safe for the
Charleston nominee. The truth is, however,
that whatever may be the action of the Con-
vention on the New York quarrels, the State
will have no influence in the national councils
of the party. And if there should be bolt
(such things are threatened much oftener than
they come to ass)-why, then there will be a
great sale Of old political furniture at Bleeck-
er's on the next day afterwards.