The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-14
The New York State Convention Of tn
Douglas Democracy.

The New York State Convention Of the
Douglas Democracy.
The Douglas democracy of this Common
wealth hold State Convention at the city of
the salt boilers tomorrow; but, from present
appearances, all the salt at Syracuse will not
suffice to save their bacon.
The Breckenridge democracy under the lead
of that indomitable hard shell war horse, Da-
mel S. Dickinson, have had their Convention,
and have thrown out their flag to the South
wind, including ticket for Governor and other
State officers, and Presidential electoral tick
ct. The Bell-Everett party have had Con-
the hands of select committee of thirty-two,
under the hope that they may be able to patch
up coalition with the dismembered democra-
cy. What the friends of Gen. Houston will do
we cannot tell; but 1t is possible that they do
not intend to be counted out by the politicians.
This forthcoming Douglas Convention will
be under the control of the unscrupu-
lcus and incompetent Albany Regency,
the same cabal that through its trick
cry and treacherous operations at Syracuse
last fall, planted the seeds of all the poisonous
ffuits which have Since been administered to
the democracy Of the State and the Union.
They packed delegation to Charleston, under
the cont,cl of Dean Richmond, by making the
uninitiated minority of the delegation subordi.
nate to the majority under the unit rule. Thus.
with the thirty Eve votes of New York in their
hands, Richmond and his Albany clique, in
their desperate game for the lions share of the
spoils broke up the Convention at Charleston
and broke up the party at Baltimore.
From this clique of rule or ruin gamblers
little is to be hoped at Syracuse, in the way Of
common sense. They will, in all probability,
put up a separate Douglas electoral and State
ticket, and thus, In their blind revenge, throw
everything to the dogs. But the matter Of. fact
should not submit to any such nonsense. On
the contrary, they should take the reins out of
the hands Of the Regency, and chalk out that
sort of programme which will be best calcu-
lated to bring the rank and file of the Douglas
faction, the Breckenridge faction and the Bell
faction into "a happy accord" upon common
electoral ticket. Otherwise the popular vote of
New York for Lincoln will probably run up to
a decided majority of the whole vote Of the
State, and may exceed the vote for the Douglas
ticket as much as two hundred thousand.
At our last fall election the united democra.
cy and Americans carried the Secretary of State
against the republicans by about eighteen hun
dred majority. But with the aggregate vote of
Jones divided and subdivided between three
or four little factions the result, so far as Lin
coin is concerned, will be the same as II all the
forces opposed to Lincoln should cast their suf'
frages, some for Little Tommy" some for AL
derman Boole or Simeon Leland, and some for
the King of the Cannibal Islands.
Should this Regency Convention at Syracuse
do anything indicative Of common sense and an
encouraging opposition to Lincoln in the State
we shall accept the results as indicating, too,
that this Albany clique have recovered from
their debaucheries at Baltimore, where, accord
ing to Senator Fitch, of Indiana, their potations
Of whiskey precipitated the ruin Of the demo
cratic party.