Mr.Wright died suddenly the year after his defeat, and it was supposed for a time that harmony in the New-York Democracy might be restored over his grave.

But his friends survived, and their grief was the measure of their resentment.
The course of events which disabled Mr.Polk as a candidate proved equally decisive against all the members of his cabinet; and by the process of exclusion rather than by an enthusiastic desire among the people, and still less among the leaders, General Cass was selected by the Democratic Convention as candidate for the Presidency, and William O.Butler of Kentucky for the Vice-Presidency.
The Democracy of New York, in consequence of the divisions arising under the governorship of Mr.Wright, sent two full delegations to the convention, bearing credentials from separate organizations.
The friends of Mr.Marcy bore the name of Hunkers; the followers of Mr.Wright ranged themselves under the title of Barnburners,-- distinctions which had prevailed for some years in New York.

It was in fact the old division on the annexation of Texas, and now represented the pro-slavery and the anti-slavery wing of the Democratic party.

The National Convention sought in vain to bridge the difficulty by admitting both delegations, giving to them united the right to cast the vote of the State.

But the Barnburners declined thus to compromise a principle.