History of political parties, in the state of New YorkFrom the acknowledgment of the independence of the United States, to the Inauguration of the twelfth President, March, 1849 . a great degree, to elevatethe character of the New-York judiciary. At the caucus of the Democratic members of theLegislature, held for the selection of State officers,John Van Ness Yates was nominated for Secretaryof State ; William L. Marcy for Comptroller; SimeonDewitt for Surveyor General, and Alexander M. Muir,for Commissary General. Mr. Yates and Mr. Muirwere selected without opposition. The friends ofCol. Young
History of political parties, in the state of New YorkFrom the acknowledgment of the independence of the United States, to the Inauguration of the twelfth President, March, 1849 . a great degree, to elevatethe character of the New-York judiciary. At the caucus of the Democratic members of theLegislature, held for the selection of State officers,John Van Ness Yates was nominated for Secretaryof State ; William L. Marcy for Comptroller; SimeonDewitt for Surveyor General, and Alexander M. Muir,for Commissary General. Mr. Yates and Mr. Muirwere selected without opposition. The friends ofCol. Young, who were headed by John Cramer, ofSaratoga, were opposed to Mr. Marcy, and endeav-ored to procure the nomination of Gen. James Tall-madge. Gov. Yates and his friends were in favor ofMr. Marcy, who succeeded in the caucus by a largemajority. Mr. Van Buren was in Washington at thistime, but it was understood that he coincided withthe Governor. Gen. Tallmadge was much dissatis-fied at his defeat, and soon after abandoned the Dem-ocratic party, in company with a number of hispersonal adherents. Some little opposition was alsomanifested to the choice of Mr. Dewitt, who was a. ~
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