New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-30
THE RIVAL DBMOCRACIRs.

The Democratic State Committee oi New
York held q meeting on the 2sth at Albany,
and resolved that their party should with al
good citizens, aid the Federal Government To-
put down the Rebellion. This decentralization
is aimed at Mir. Fernando Wood ara his
Peace Convention" called 10 meet IN our
City next "Wednesday. Wood intends 20 unhorse
the Central Railroad Regency IA be ~. de-
throned the magpate, of Tamuhby ilan. and
rule the Democracy OF the Site ~ he nov
rules that Of she City. Our impression IL tia.
! he will fall--that the enormous power ard pat.
roDage Of the Central Railroad and its aiii .atcd
interests, welded by such astue managers as
Dean Richmond, Erastus Corning x Co., viii
prove an oyefmatcb, oil the pavem.nts, Tor the
indefateablc audacIty and interruptions energy
of the Mozart Tycoon. But Wood has n great
initial advantage IN the natural aud traoitional
leaning Of the Democracy to his side on TIE
issue made up with MS powerful a1th zopis,..
There are Democrats siIli adhsriBg 10 the
party organization VINO really believe ia Tie
War for the Union and FENDER HEARTY sup
port TO the Government while they aro boste
10 the Administration, just IA there were
Federalists IN the War Of 1872 who voted
against Madison but lent their money aud cent
their sons TO tight the British. Bal tue
great mass of tho Democrats uOw, a. OF
the Federalists then, support the War JU'' 20
far as they needs multiplying their taAes,
submitting to drafts, and dong all TINT the
law requires Of them, but not fraction more.
They are not Rebels-they are utterly opposed
10 DisunIOn-tbey will cOUntenauce no sedl; Gus
outbreaks, no treasonable conspiracy H. driy
the ConscriptioD ana suDyert the Government
but they will do nothing more tnaG obey
must 10 iuyigOrate The prosecution OF the Naf
And if they Should bear tomorrow that Lee
had beaten Hooker, captured Washington, and
forced the President To make II buml!ls'iug
dishonorablc Peace, two-tbirds of them would
chuckle over 1t as q fit contamination "i
BLACK Republican" rule, aud rejoice that
the ascendehcy Oi thor party for tie next
quarter OF century Ind thereby been &C.
cured.
Wood, then, has this advanthg" over The
Central Regency-Lc il taking tbe course that
three-iourths OF tue parry are naturally inclined
to. He says boidly AID iranAly "stop the
War on any terms, even though 90 the cost oi
temporary DisunIon, tor tins vii BRING ne lnto
power, and we viii win back The South, oven
at the cost Of making Slavery uDyersal aud re.
opening the African Siaye.Trade." These men
will never DO convinced but By actual expert
ence that the Rebel Chiefs arc averse 10 Union
with the North on 0ny terns-that they want
70 build up New-York on their own so e1d
DOT send their products here to swell (ns they
fancy the wealth and greatues, Of the North
Why one who has always been obsequious and
serviceable TO such an oligarcby az now rules
the South should nevertheless be loathed by 1t.
Mayor Wood will mover understand til he
comes TO renew intimate relations with has old.
time Southern cronea. when he viii realize
that hs, toy, y ss!:s4sA 4 Yaskse, e4e tbs