The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-30
Our Cayuga Bridge Correspondence.

Our Csyuga Bridge Correspondence.
cAYuaA BRIDGE, Jan. 10, 1850.
New York at Charlottesville Contemplated Bolt by tie
Nec York Baynbayners-7Ae Cyrcumstamcss Under Which
wa Coms-Douglas the Boiling Cand.date-I,side
View Of Things Generally De- &C.
gentleman who lives not far away nom the Bridge,
and who takes good many papers reads much and
who besides-judgng from the great number letters
he brings with him from the Post Office every morning. as
he goes over the Bridge homeward, well the
number Of fine gentlemen whom he knows, and whom
take 70 be politicians, public officers or bad men Of
SORTS . Of no small standing or inauence say
this mild hammered and real gentleman-whose acquant
ance, such 10, am proud of-the other morning,
he returning from the Post 0ce the weather being
pleasant stopped and read to out OF Of the many
newspapers he had received a. he sometimes In the
habit Of doing-which real favor to me, seeing that
take but ngle paper, and that weekly for Sunday
reading for the little family have le-myseif and good
wife lean say that the time when took from the Poss
Office every day many newspapers does the gentle
man who Is 80 kind TO me; but my eyes can't get over
more than one now Well, the paper the gentleman read
from to me was the Albany Aygno, the Aaas and ar
gs1-part Alas and part argus. told him wished he
would read 10 from the Argus part for whom
better of In the world than now am used to take
that paper and read it almost as scrupuloasiy as did
the Good Book, when Edwin Croswen editor and
cdu VI TIC 8OOu Ou P1fVs M tpS WhenN
he party and the head were far different, aud think
much better than what either now is The gentleman
did not say he agreed with in this conclusion, and
suspected he belonged the class Of called barn
burners, who liked the Alas part best He did not tell
me So but only remarked tina. the Atlas and Angus had
come TO be mixed up that II was difficult 10 sepa-
rate them; but thought that the real difficulty
arose from there being much Of the Atlas and
30 little Of the old genuine Argus In the paper,
40
gaucing 1t the teegraphic head, he the lead
ing editorial which bore the heading Of New York a.
Charleston" which struck both interesting sub
ect. Having read the article, the gentleman took
OIL his spectscles and, observing probably that said
nothing, though had listened attentively (he reading
having been interrupted to take toll but onc asked
what thought = all meant
was at the helm, and when John Stryker, John
crs%sr Guss. .d Dssabsy and men Of that sort
that ntends to Cassidy don't hold the pen that
Croswen did before he had the paralysis excep; in pistol
sh0 Affairs such article 10 old times, replied, would
stand for platform the sense OF gene Issued
after council Of and in this light said supposed
great deal more atlas than Argus about it, The gentle
man smiled and wanted TO know wherein In that part
behalf of the democracy Of the State, taa. il viii be-
represented entire III the Charleston Convention by its
be represented at all That means a bolt and bolt,
said is particularly atlas and barnburner Nov, said
i,
fellow Nevertheless tac democratic party are 70 sue
coed in the State, not 70 be done by Stumbling him,
TO take this fact into account when they deciding who
shall represent the State in that body The Convention,
best ws ~ as what G what y
friend said he thought there might be good deal
in init, tna n. and wanted 70 know i, after all, the
ing in the case-Wood vs. Cagger Co. Old not quito
understand what he meant aud he perceiving that was
pothefed ut his question: The gentleman confined by sug
gesung that Dean Rich mond, Simeon Jeweu Erastus Cor
nipg Pete Casger aud the others who together in
managing matters were long headed and skilled Ia political
strategy that they laid their ground beforehand aud
generally came to the position they ultimately designed to
occupy by regular approaches, 80 that it difficult to
tell at the outset what direction they did intend take
You viii perceive, said he the article just read
makes particular and, think significant aason to the
spts in the party occasioned by the boiling Cagger
Richmond Co in ls4s which healed by letting the
barnburnefs have their own wayin 1s4on the split also
in 1853, which till 1855, when things healed by
barnburnsrs being allowed full sway again. The signi6
canoe Of the aluson TO these passages political his
tory Of State continued be- in my judgment consists
N mus letting every bofy In general and the Charleston
land here my friend unintentonay perhaps disclosed
the fact that he was barnburner OF the Atlas schoo,
no new thing In isas sad he warming with the refe
enthon confident of the nomination Of Van Buren, with
o. The least suspicion Of his defeat who accom-
lsh It, We soon found out that the blow from the
sout6from the very quarter least expected We boed
as General Cass probably recolecs Toconess the TRUTH
eo~ever was neither gracefully consistently DONE
We had not prepared the for step There had
been previous hints of difficulty presumed grounds
this fact, which Judging from what see heav and read
has not been entirely forgotten. Not only IS4s but
four years previous when TO the astonisbment of every
body, Polk was nominated important part OF the
hitherto undeveloped Southern scheme for annexing
again-though nobody dreamed Of such q thing outside
Of the circle Of consprios who plotted for extension
Of slave territory. Folks nomination all the dis
tnguisned names upon the Presidential list the
the South In these things continued nv friend the
South excel US OF the North They together and upon
pn .n1y 40 "g sre
babe that even DOW there exists undeveloped
to be sprung BY them upon the Charleston Con
which may not only excuse, bu. justify bolt In this
view Of the case there may be- and am inclined TO think
there is-at any rate, am persuaded that Desn Richmond
thinks 30 (from what he said to the other day)-no
little shrewdness in thus early accusomng the
masses TO contemplate the contingency Of bolt, whether
1t be for one reason another In my judgment, said
my friend, rising and putting the paper into his pocket
tbs the theory aud meaning Of the Atlas AID Argus
This Interpretation by my friend struck altogether
novel and not without force Seeing that he was well &C.
quain,ed with the inside view Of things detained him in
further conversation To my inquiry how he thought
vang impression Of doubt For himself he said though
be preferred at heart TO Gov. Seymour Of
Of Ous ne e an sS % ns g
nearer to the popular heart than any other democrat
DC the only man who can make anything like certain
ty OF New York. In case Of Stewards nomination, he
would surely receive the support Of the great body those
floating thousands only Of Americans but Of old line
wHss ouu uetional uOtung pota FepuD-
cans who prefer him Seward He would BE- stronger in
this State Independent boiling candidate than
the regular nominee Of convention And stranger things
have happencd-even the bolt 10 l84s Stranger
than the running OF Douglas by formidable bolt at
Charleston, not only by New York delegates, but by
the representatives Of the North generally That would
certainly carry the election into the House Of Representa-
tves There have been stranger things than this say.
At any rate, entirely certain that this view of the
has begun engage the attention of not few Of the
longest heads among the democrats And there 10 an-
other thing, said he. with little bitterness Of New
York can't Afford to be pushed to close to the wall We,
who hope 70 live and enjoy respectable positions at home,
must take the means when worst comes to the worst, Of
preserving ourselves from destruction which the
nomination Of an extreme wan, with ultra platform,
would surely lead u.s. We democrats Of New York can