Show silver grays silver grays in politics was a term applied to the whigs 0 new york who supported the alon of president and re carded the slaver question settled by the compromise of 1850 A conven alon of the administration was held at syracuse sept 27 1850 to secure a vindication of the president s policy etc the convention resulted in an emphatic majority against the admin whereupon the chairman mr granger and several other ad ministration men left the convention as they were elderly men they with their following were immediately dubbed silver grays |