The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-21

Preparations Making at Syracuse for the
Holding Of the Democratic State COnven.
tlOn-P0ssibiity Of New Departure ON
the Part Of the Dem0cracy-The State Ticket
to BE Nominated.
SYRACUSE. Sept 20, 1869.
Although the Democratic State Convention does
not assemble until the middle Of the week the sounds
OF preparation for the event are heard every sde
Democratic State Convention mere IL Q new thing,
or rather should say, 10 something new In these
modern days. none having been held In Syracuse
since the time when "Stryker was Knocked on the
platform" in Wietng Hall. That act gave the coup de
grace to these gatherings for the time. Nobody In
Syracuse was to blame for that outrageous act for
those VINO c0nnived at It, and carried II into bloody
execution were brought here by the politicians from
abroad. Yet the outrage Afforded an excuse to the
State Committee for removing these annual gather
ings to Albany, where they have since assembled.
Whether the restoration of these bodies to SYRIA
cuse signifies anything In particular is mooted
question among the political gosslps. Tweddle Hall
was not prolific Of wise counsels among the man.
ayers Of the party. The platforms and tickets
worked out there were not OF the best material for
the times. 1t is true the ticket succeeded last year.
but II owed its success not to its own popularity or
the sOundness Of the PLATFORM but to the weakness
q the n s Ss S%
c0rruptiOns Of the republicans, and not upon the
real merits OF the case. New York city is their
efforts OF the republicans to control that munich
palty through the legislature. But for this the
democrats, with their peace ana pro,slavery plat
forms, would nave peen To-Day a. weak IN tne state
Of New York as they are in Pennsylvania, Ohio or
Illinois.
1t has become quite evident that the republicans
are themselves becoming dlssat1sned with their
policy in relation to New York city, and that II not
wholly abandoned 1t will be essentially modified.
This WI! necessltate cnange OF policy on the part
OF the democrauc leaders II they would succeed
sa e TSsy %nst eysnS facS
as facts and make the best OF the situation. They
must acknowledge the results OF the war, including
d .hs iI at NJ ne rh, ; uSs h II
declared the war failure, and pronounce it a mag.
INDECENT success so lar at least, az sthe right of
secession is dead and buried, but the negro stu
os, anu and as so reman n nv ,nn
laws of population, - the black race shall become
extinct
If stravs indicate the direction in which the wind
is blowing there are signs OF returning reason among
the leaders Governor Hofftnan's prompt compli-
ance with Assistant Secretary Davis request to send
into the State Department certified copy Of the
oint resolution adopting the fifteenth amendment is
among the most SIGNIFICANT evidences Of a change of
base IN this State. He foresaw that the newspapers
ldemOcratlc of course) would soon make seriOus
trouble II their pabble on this subject were allowed
TO 20 on: 30 he put stopper upon them by quietly
sensSinC forward the rennired certncafa II was
nsoceedng which any sensible man must have seen
ro Far towards nrovinU his discretion and ataesman
sSn si H~ was CHARACTERIZATION from MN I'M to the red
bnt;, oamocrofs tn ABANDON their foolishneqs and
will have great infu in determinin9 the charac-
Th 20 seems 70 hc General esre for the renom,
nation of tine present STATE oficers who are under.
atnod tn have faithfulIy discharred their duties
Comptroller Allen wishes to go upon the Appeals