The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-01
Revival or tho Regency.


| Revival OF tho Regency.
| Very few OF the readers of the HRKALD have
not heard of the Albany Regency, political
junta that sprung into existence some dfty
years ago, and had it's headquarters at the
State capital. 1t was body composed OF the
ablest, shrewdest and most strategic politicians
of that time Martin Van Buren, was the founder
of it, and through the tremendous influence it
| exercised over the destinies of the country he
| was in 1886 its successful candidate for the
Presidency. The first object Of this ring was
| to acquire controlling influence over the
political affairs of the State. To ''this extent,
no more, had the ambition of the parties form
| ing the junta extended. But the success that
attended it's efforts in this direction, par
ticularly in the campaign that elected
General Jackson to the Chief Magistracy,
very quickly raised it to the pinnacle
of political power in the State and gave
to it an immense influence throughout the
length and breadth of the land as great
political engine. With the accession Of jack
son the policy of the Regency entered in the
administration of national affairs and main
tanned its sway throughout the two terms of
that President and the succeeding administra
ton of Van Buren,. For twenty years the
Albany Regency was thus power in the land,
and its decline and fall mark an era in the
history of the newspaper press of this country.
The great party organs of those days-the
Washington Globe. the Albany Argus and the
Richmond InQuirer-were subsidized by the
Regency, and those papers lent their great in
fluence to perpetuate its power. But after
time these partisan organs succumbed to
the rising genius Of the independent press,
which now began to manifest itself and give
proof of the influence it was destined to exer-
else over all the institutions of the country,
and which early set itself to oppose the
schemes and plottings of the Regency. After
protracted struggle with this new and unex-
pected opponent in the political field the Re-
gency gave up the ghost and became thing
of the past.
But now again on the political horizon, in
this city and State, can easily be discerned the
dawn of a new and more powerful Regency
the Tammany Regency. All the political signs
of the times indicate the succession of this
new power to the sway Of the democratic
sceptre formerly Welded by the defunct body.
But it has far wider theatre of action before
it. with vastly increased elements Of strength
and power at command, and incomparably
greater influences to WELD and interests to
control. The arena on which this new party
is to contend for political supremacy and the
state of opposing parties offer to it at once
the grandest scope for action, with the fullest
assurances of success. 1t is the Tammany
ring in new r6le-the "Tammany
Regency" Peter Bismarck Sweeny and
his faithful brother sachems and knights
of the Wigwam compose the new Regency.
They are all strong men in political sense.
There is Chamberlain Sweeny, Senator
Tweed, Comptroller Connolly, Mayor Hall,
Recorder Hackett, District Attorney Garvin
and few others equally wise in counsel and
bold in action. Their line Of policy is already
laid down. In the coming fall elections they
will secure to their party every Office in the
CITY, The utmost efforts will be put forth to
return democratic majority in the Assembly,
| and then, with both branches of the Legisla-
ture in harmony with the Executive, the work
of the campaign of 1872 will be light to them.
| Their candidate for the next Presidency they
have publicly announced-he is one of them
selves, and his name is John T. Hof
man. The Albany Regency, under Van
Buren,, secured its power by the con-
solidation of the great democratic party
and in harmony of action on the political
issues of that day, and then put the man
under whose standard they had fought and
won their first campaign in the Presidential
chair. Now the object Of the Tammany
Regency is to make this city and State the
great rallying centre of the entire democracy,
North and South. East and West, and in their
first encounter with the republican or admins
trative party in 1872 march to the fight for
the Presidency under the standard of John 7.
Hoffman.
This is the mission of the Tammany Regency,
and the people will watch with great interest
the work they have entered upon and be anx-
ious for the result. If they succeed-and they
ought not to fail, with the immense advan-
tages they possess in the sinews Of war and on
the disrupted and disintegrated condition o.
the party opposed to them-they will restore
the democracy of the country to the high
position it lost in the national councils by the
repeal of the Missouri co mpromise.
| The Sultan's Letter to the vsceroy.
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