The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-16


manifesto of the rotten and corrupt barnburaer
Regency, through their organ at Albany, to the
Charleston Convention. Its impudeDce and
misstatements are worthy of the shameless
traitors who sold a private and confidential let
ter from Governor Wise for twenty pieces Of
silver; and, from the geographical accuracy
with which it classiles California; US Northern
State, it may be presumed that the Inspiration
Of its writer was derived from source similar
to that which led to snch important discoveries
concerning the "elbows of the Mincio," by the
Hon. Jefferson Brick. The pith and substance
of the manifesto is covertly to threaten that,
unless Confidence Cassidy, Cagger j. Co.'S
packed gang of free sellers, are admitted, OK
clusively as delegates to the Charleston Con-
vention, they will sell QUITO Seward, or to ''any
other candidate OF the 'irrepressible conflict
school," 1t declares that the democracy of this
State 'will not be represented at all" at Charles
ton, if the Regency clique are not admit
ted; it intimates that the State of New York
is only "likely to cast her vote for the eau
didate Of the Charleston Convention if, sin
the preliminary consultations and arrange.
ments,' these trafhckers in honor and
conscience are permitted to map out
their future share of the spoils. 1t distinctly
proclaims that the great prize of the thirty
five electoral votes of New York" can only be
obtained on the condition that the depraved
and vicious Regency of Cagger and Cassidy
''be allowed to manage their internal party
organization in their own way"
IT. after such a brazen-faced avowal of dis
honesty, the national delegates at Charleston
permit the presence, in their midst, of body
of men, who, with some few exceptions, are
mere free soil renegades, and whose honest in.
gradients are simply fossil automatons, they
will be giving virtual endorsement to politi-
cal depravity in its most hideous nnkedness.
From the time when the great old Regency,
which was composed Of gentlemen, was stran'
gled by the Wilmot Proviso anti-slaveryism OF
the Van Burens, in 1876 and 1S47, the history
of its successors has been growing worse and
worse, from year to year. The election OF
General Taylor, through their perfdy, would
seem to have stamped the characters of those
who then betrayed the democratic party, with
chronic, indelible infamy, and they have
thought of nothing but patronage, plumber and
spoils ever since. Not a glimmering of true
patriotic feeling ever shines in upon their dark
ness. They trade with the past present and
future, and even with the names of such of
their friends OF allies as are held in more re.
spect throughout the country. Antediluvian
relics like Daniel S. Dickinson, or their sleek
favorite, Horatio Seymour, are used like the two
ends of drum, to make noise with, but are
thrown aside when the end is achieved which
these dirty political menials had in view. The
real present leaders of the free soil Regency,
had been engaged, most of them, previous to
the Iscariotism of 1s4s, either in butchering
character in small way in the interior, or in
shystering and railroad jobbing until they
were able to make their influence felt through
the New York Central. They came into power,
virtually, under poor Pierce, and were his
worthy tools up to the time they broke to
pieces in his hands, at Cincinnati. They finally
pitched on Cassidy, a scribbling ex-vender of
bad veal, well acquainted with the language of
the SHAMELESS, for whom they bought out the old
Argus. Cassidy has gratifed their tastes and
pride in every respect so that, lately, he and
his brother. in law, Cagger, have been entrusted
with the greater part of the slate making and
roguery by which the democratic party are
bamboozled and cheated. 1t is these political
policy dealers who now threaten to play again
the game of 1s4s, and to betray the democracy
once more, if they are not recognized at
Charleston.
A large portion of the scurrilous Atds and
Argus documentwill be seen to consist of vulgar,
mendacious abuse Of the HERALD, which it &C.
cuses of being the organ Of Fernando Wood.
In plain English, the HERALD refused to sup
port for the New York Mayoralty and the
Office Of Corporation Counsel, two notorious
free sellers of the Cagger tribe, like Havemeyer
and Tilden. The fact is-and everybody knows
it, this paper does not care one pin for either
faction Of the democracy. 1t cares equally lit.
tie for the democratic party itself 1t knows
that all Of its organizations are depraved and
corrupt, and that the success of one or the
other Is only choice OF evils The cliques in
this State and city are as bad as they can be,
and both Mozart and Tammany Halls are infa-
mously managed. The delegates chosen to
Charleston by the Mozart people, appear, with
two or three exceptions, to have been selected
in as direct defiance of decency as those of the
Cagger party itself In the rural districts,
their character will bear closer examination:
but, excepting as far as the district system it.
self is concerned, not one word can be said in
behalf Of the representation to the National
Convention from this metropolis.
The truth il, that. if the Charleston Conyen
ton did exactly right, they would refuse to re-
ceive into their body any delegates whatever
from New York. Why should they New York
has been the bane, curse and scourge of the
democratic party for nearly fourteen years.
IFS history is identical with all of the evils that