New Orleans Republican., 1868-08-02
Nice Little Game of the Albany
Regency-Sixth Ward Tactics
in the National Convention.

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The following leading editorial arti-
Gle appeared in the Herald on Sunday
morning last:
You all did see that on the Lupercal
l thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse.
So says Mark Anthony of his friend,
s'the noble Cesar" who was by Brutus,
Cassius. and company put out of the
way, ''not that they loved Cesar less,
but because they loved Rome more. 4"
Our Ex-Governor, Horatio Seymour,
has been as patriotic and magnanim-
Gus as Cesar; for has he not thrice re-
fused the Democratic nomination for
the next presidency! His last de-
clination, some three days gone by,
was so frank and unequivocal that it
has generally accepted as conclus-
i've. He'was not equal to the great
distinction; he had not been seeking
it; he did not want it, and he would
not have it. Yet, in our Judgment,
this is but stroke of strategy in the
nice little game ooneocted Of the AL
bany Regency for Seymour's nomina-
,fion.
1t is the identical trick which was
SO successfully played not many years
ago to secure Mr.. Seymour the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor. He
had withdrawn; he was not in the fight;
but his friends thought, in the nick of
time, that complimentary vote in his
favor as the first choice of the Democ-
raoy would be very acceptable to Mr..
Seymour, though he would unques-
fionably decline the nomination. I'm
der this assurance the experiment was
tried, but the convention was caught;
for Mr.. Seymour graciously accepted
the nomination thus conferred, and the
thing was Fixed. Now, in this eonven-
tion the advantages of the same
trick of strategy are visible
to the naked eye. Mr.. Seymour,
itis understood, has positively with
drawn. He thus ceases to be an object
of attack, and his friends begin to be
sought for by the other candidates.
The Seymour detachment becomes q
balance Of power in the convention.
It beats about the bush right and left.
It adroitly contriVes and assists in the
slaughter Of Chase, Pendleton, Hen
bricks, Hancock, and the rest, and
then, at the point where all his rivals
are used up under the two-thirds rule,
Mr.. Seymour is trosted in fresh and
good rs new, distances all his exhaust
ed compstitors, and carries off the
prize.
The two-tlnrds rule is beauty. AT
the Baltimore Democratic convention
Of Ie44. where twas invented to kill
g6 Van Buren,, We find that on the first
ballot Van Buren, had LAG out of ,2l3
votes cast on the ninth ballot he had
only two Votes lett Tor Polk, a fresh
nag, was Just then brought IN. and a
general rush for Polk neminatad, him
70 the astonishment of all concerned.
IN the Baltimore convention Of 1852
TIE old stagers, nine Of them, fought
pretfy stubbornly to the thirty fourth
ballot when, having. betrayed their
exhaustion in an effort 20 unite on
Dickinson, poor Pierce was trotted in,
fresh ana prancing, head and tail up,
and on the foFty-ninfh round be walked
oyer theFcourse. This Is the game Of
the AloanY Regency with Seymour.
ft is 10 heep Elm back until his rivals
are worn o9s ard killed off, and then to
charge with him after khe fashion Of
The Old Gnard Of Napoleon az the
turning point Of lie battle, fresh and
YIe9fons, against Che exhausted centre
q zAe ehesny' 8 bus, break &. double |
Ae sHQ Hingss rent tFena, and take |
W eHIoH 81 ste Geld
here nke fEp oI5qpas 'dnaeag the |
1e1zf gers Of tho New York desasaiien. /
Seymour clique and Mcclellan |