Year: 1866

positive opposition TO any Alliance with Mozart
Hall the question still remains, who h %
select the democratic delesatsss There ere strong
hopes that the Tammany leaders win forsgo their
scrupes in regard 70 technicalies and unite in the
movement Il ID at all improbable that they would
were not for the fact that the old coppersad element
has become active and taken hold Of the movement
90 strong There . that such men a. James T.
Brady, John Giles. Elijah Ward Samuel J. Tlden and
George W. Mclean to be delegates from the demo-
cratic side OF the house from this city How they are
be selected Is another question.


Whatever may be the action Of Tammany or the other
factions Of the democratic party In this city regard
sending delegates 1t is very evident that the call has
alarmed them ALL they hardly know what 70 do or say
In regard 70 It. The conservative republicans ere anx-
ious that Tammany should unite in tho movement for
the reason that the record Of that organization
ing the rebellion will give strength to the convention
few days will determine how this will be- decision
must be reached now or It will soon be too late.


WEED BECOMING FRIGHTENED.


The prominence obtained by the Mozart faction has
alarmed the conservative republicans while the radi-
Gals eatcd at the idea that the Woods valan-
dgham and that crowd to 60 there in strong
that they hardly contain themselves Were not
for showing their hands and exposing the game that
they playing, they would celebrate the event with
firing Of cannon and appropriate fireworks. They
realize that the admittance Of the Woods Seymours
and Valandghams would be Of the best cards
radicals that could be played But there still another
point which troubles the Weed faction They have been
Offering one-haf OF the delegates from the Northern
States TO the democracy In looking the field they
that the delegates sent from the South will all
nearly 30 act with the democrats in the convention and
thus SECURE largo majority against the republicans
Weed sees thar this will prevent his manipulating the
~nA a. III. II
como quite uneasy under this phase Of the Affair." and has
commenced calling tho movement failure. This is sup
posed 70 be the Of Raymonds declaration in the
Congressional against it s failure far
10 Seward and Weed being able to control and manipulate
It II the old peace faction secure the prominence
which they laboring 70 obtain now will be failure
in another sense


CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.


II appears TO be morally certain that the Philadelphia
convention is daily growing more popular with the
people Thedsgustfor the present Congress increasing
all sides, and this Philadelphia gathering Is looked
upon OF the the defeat Of the
faction which rules there This idea has taken
possession Of the antadical candidates for Congress
from this city, and we nnd Brooks Raymond and that
class all In favor Of the convention Especially this
true with regard to Brooks, who goes in heart
and soul for the convention, and no doubt
siders that IL is his road 70 in the next
Congressional election As for Raymond, he s in more
doubt One day he his clear, but the
vision presents itsof to him. and he tries his hand
at making friends with the radicals However, the
convention win sosn assemble when all hands viii be
called upon to take sides Unt then cannot expect
anything either exciting amusing in local politics,
except may be the uttering about the delegates TO the
convention Before the day arrives for Il to assemble
tho question will not be who win send delegates, but





will doubtless be four Eve sets from this city.
This is necessary for convention Of any party State
national could possibly be declared legal unless there
from four sets Of conlesting delegations from
the city Of New York. These things part Of the
the grand show, and cannot be dispensed with.