The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-19

"~ uuv' II, AZ Sir Robes Waipoie said,
"every man has his price," what is the figure
of the unbought SeSatorss And Is It xoing up
any higher Because, II 50, the business will
become monopoly, and as such 1t must be
put down. We 60 for free trade In Senators,
Aldermen, Councilmen, congressman, Assem-
blymen, as we'll as in boots, hats, bonnets,
coats and breeches. Give everybody fair
chance, and let us see II the increase of the
price Of niggers can't be kept up to the mark
of the average rise in the rates at which public
officers are bought and sold.
The Quarrsls Of the New York Dems-
oracy-Their Hereditary Cause.
The dismissal of weisher in the Custom
House, who IL one of the Mozart Hall delegates
to Charleston, has led to quite an uproar
among the New York democracy, opening
. afresh tho old sores and exaspersdng recent
eumities This employs, it appears, had his
choice either of dismissal or to abandon his
intention of going to Charleston; but he would
not forego the latter, and he was, therefore, de-
capitated. The local organ Of Mozart Hall is
savage upon the Collector, and threatens to
expose certain contract by which he is bound
to act otherwise. The cause Of the removal il
traced directly to the influence Of the poll
ticians of Western New York, who belong to
the other democratic organization.
This is a very pretty quarrel as it stands,
and most edifying to the country, at such
crisis as that which at present impends over its
destinies. The democracy of New York have
long been the reproach of the party for their
faction fights, and there seems to be no
prospect of termination to these miserable
dissensions. We had hoped, from the returns OF
the last elections, that by cordial union they
might carry this State in the Presidential cleo
ton next fall, and thus perhaps be instrumen-
tai in averting the danger which threatens the
existence Of the republic from the ascendency
of the republican party. But these hopes are
dissipated. The spirit Of faction could not
keep quiet for one month, and there is every
probability of the quarrel being continued till
the meeting of the Charleston Convention, and
then to be transferred to that large theatre, as
source of division and distraction for the rep.
resentatives of the whole democracy. But we
sincerely hope that the New York delegates,
every man of them, will be sent away with
rebuke that will serve them till after the Presi-
Dental election.
1t seems impossible that the democracy of
this State can ever agree. There are many
causes for this, but the principal one is
that clique at Albany inherit an opin-
ion, from the time Of the Van Buren,
dynasty, that they possess the entire wisdom Of
the party, and have right to rule 1t with rod
of iron; and what makes the matter 80 remark
able Is that in the sections of the State
which are blessed with the presence and infu-
ence Of these sage rulers, the democracy is
always left in minority. Knowing that they
cannot carry najorities In their own counties,
and fearing that the prominent men of the
party in New York city, which does give ma
jorities, would naturally assert . right to a
proper share in the control of the federal Offices
and the general management Of the democratic
affairs Of the State, they invariably go to work
to break these men down; and the moment one
of them shows any ambition, or attains to popu.
larity, they 60 instantly to work, either to bend
or break him. If they cannot subdue him to
their yoke, and make him 60 quietly in the
traces, they doom him to the slaughter-house
They acted this part in the case Of Dudley
SeIden, Gulian c. yerplanck and Ogden Hoff-
man. They have also marked out for political
destruction John Cochrane; and, in order the
more effectually to accomplish their object,
they have put him on their own ticket, so as
to prevent his alliance with Wood, team
which might prove too strong for them. They
are now playing the same confidence game
with him that they played with Governor Wise,
of Virginia, and, with the dexterity of trea-
cherous Thugs, these political assassins will
despatch him on the first opportunity. Hewill
never know anything about it till the moose is
fast around his neck and his only chance of
escape, therefore, is to be always on his guard,
and to keep them at arms length, till he can
get out of their reach. With the Iadian Thugs
assassination is part Of their religion. With
the Albany Regency, to despatch New York
rival is fixed principle of greater obligation
than any of the ten commandments, and they have
most religiously and scrupulously observed it
upon all occasions. In recent years no man
has become so obnoxious to them as Mayor
Wood. II was by their influence he was de-
feated in 1857. They tried to overthrow
him again last December, but he beat
them so badly that it is doubtful if
they will ever recover from the effects of
their defeat Their prestige was overtbrown,
and they are now making the desperate con-
vul.ive efforts Of cripples to retrieve their lost
ground.
The motto of the Albany Regency is "rule
or ruin" Like the Boston Post clique, who
swav the New England States in which thew