The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-25
The Republican Stntc Convcntion-Tho Weed
Fnctlon-Negro SuGi age.

AuO ACpuDtICNu otNto CONFERENCE.-The w ecu
Faction-Negro suGi age.
The republicans Of New York meet in State
Convention at Syracuse to-day. Whether the
laboring mountain is to bring forth some ter
rible Chinese fiery dragon, wooden or q
woody horse, or ridiculous little mouse, we
shall know probably within the next forty
eight hours On the very threshold, after the
good old fashion Of the "lsrce democracie,"
the Convention will have to meet and SETTLE the
difficulty of factious or guerilla delegation
from this city. The leader of the democratic
guerillas has generally been Wood, the ire
pressible Fernandez; and the leader of the
republican bushwhackers is Weed, the veneer
able and troublesome Thurlow. Weed. like
Wood when ruled out Of his party Sanhedrim,
has got up city delegation of his own, and if
not admitted or paid for his trouble he will,
like the belligerent Brooks, proceed to smash
up the party machine. The Tribune Of yester-
day devoted FIVE columns TO an exposition of
the bald imposition attempted by Weed & Co.
in this Weed-Murphy city conservative
republican delegation but while it is
shown by facts and figures that they
are impertinent interlopers, who have
no more right to enter a republican conven-
ticle than John Hoffman or John Morrissey,
Greeley pleads in their behalf for amnesty ON
the basis of "manhood suffrage" lie was
little more liberal in going bail for JEFF Davis,
but Weed is horse of another color.
Itappears that "the managers Of this Twenty
third street concern are not foO!s;" that they
do not go to Syracuse with any idea Of being
admitted; that 'they mean to oppose and de-
feat the regular republican ticket this fall Gas
they tried but failed to do last fall'') and then,
after showing what they can do, they intend to
put in their price for 1863 "In this view,"
says Greeley, ''we exhort the State Convention
to handle this Twenty third street gang care
fully and skilfully"-that is, they are to be
sailed down with Syracuse salt, to keep them
from spelling. But the task b a delicate one
indeed if the danger involved is nothing less
than "the defeat of the regular republican
ticket this fall" The Times man, fresh, no
doubt, from that mysterious room of Weeds at
the Slate Convention inflicted upon the repub-
licans of this city one of the most fragrant out
RACES ever perpetrated upon party, under
pretence Of reorganization" and that Eve
trust the coming Convention will deem it just,
as we arc sure they will fird it wise, to remedy
this injustice and heal division, which, TO soy
the least, can never be source Of strength"
This healing suggested probably means q
bargain and sale, and if the price of this
"Twenty-third street concern" be not too high
the "injustice' may be remedied. Old
Thurlow, as the "King of the Lobby" stands
at last feebly on his pins, even with the aid Of
crutches He has outlived bis usefulness, and,
like the old lion who has lost his teeth, he may
be kicked, even by the donkey, with impunity
He will probably, therefore, sell out for mess
of pottage to Fenton, especially after having
so signaly failed in his adventure last fall with
Hoffman. We do not accordingly, share in
the fear of Greeley that it is the fixed purpose
of the ''Twenty-third street gang" to defeat the
regular republican ticket this fall.
From all the signs of the times, however
this ticket will probably be defeated, and
heavily, too. II will BIO apt to fail, and main!
on the question of equal rights to the negro. II
tie matter of suffrage or upon "maulIoot
suffrage" as put by the Tribune. In Greeley
| rcport to the Constitutional Convention OF
suffrage we have the meaning of this other
| wise unmeaning term Of ''manhood outrage
| 1t means the limitation of suffrage to the mel
| and the absolute exclusion Of the women
Black manhood is something to ngh
| for in tho cause Of equal rights, bu
white womsnhood goes fo< nothing. Thi
test of manhood suffrage" Greeley insis
shall be applied to this. "Twenty-.Lird stree
concern;" but this test. we guess, will be th
main difficulty with ule Convention ITSELF
is a question which Involves the reconstructio
negro suffrage programme Of Congress, wit
all its Developments of negro supremacy in te
Of the Southern States, and negro balance
power In the other five. Shall we gain an,
thing in the way Of political harmony, law ON
order, II the old slaveholding Southern olga
chy has been cast out only to give plac
to four millions of ignorant blacks az Il
Southe IN balance Of power In our nations
affairSs Upon this tremendous issue there
evidently reaction at work In the NortheI
p sblic mind against the republican party ar
l,s tendencies to political Generalization, CO..
fusion and dissolution. This whole matt,
resolves itself into this simple proposition :
, Shall the Southern States, in their reconstru
ton and restoration, be placed under the poll
cal control of their negro population in carr
!. ing out this radical ultimatum Of polite
|, equality and manhood suffragei Are Il
0 republicans of New York ready to meet Ii
issue and all its consequencesf
We expect there will be somo hedging ar
ditching at Syracuse over this difficulty b
the probabilities are that the Convention,
. its radical leaders, will be compelled to ia
/. the music. II so, upon this issue Of neg
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