The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-11-01
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
MONDAY NIGHT, NOV. /, Is47.
The Herkimer Convention and the New York Evening
Post.


Saturday, referring what have said of the course of
hat journal in connexon with the late "bong" demon
straton at Herkmer, seems to require few words OF
comment from though did not intend to advert to
The subject again The statistics of the convention ITSELF
apparently collected with great and exactness, which
give below from the Herkmer Democrat, fully confirm
the opinion already expressed by us, that the whole move
ment in so far claims to be the action of the
Of the New York democracy, must be regarded sig
nal and wretched failure. We believe that act
Of secession--as a sectional movement-it has been
very generally discountenanced and deprecated. In
deed, OF the two gentlemen, Mr.. Preston King and
MIR. George Rathbun-who were at the most
widely known, and perhaps the most active among
the gettersup of the meetng-Mr. King certainly
fit 10 stag aicay, and take part in its proceedings;
and Mr. Rathbun was present, the fact does not APP
pear in any account of the meeting which have
In the same way. Mr. ex-Attorney General George p
Barker, if he thought it well to call the convention to-
gether appears to have thought it still better not to have
anything to do with it after it had been called He,
too, was among the missing From such capital de-
nquences these added the open dsapprova Of the
proceedings by Mr. Fagg, well as from the very slim
attendance which was at last actually mustered infer
of the party in whose name and behalf the convention
claims to have Spoken in time the gross of the
whole affair." and resolved to let it go by the board Ger
tain it Isl any rate, that if the programme of this
vention went up in the armament Of New York politics,
Ito borrow illustration not too nove like rocket,
has in the actual performance fallen like the stick, and
is broken in the fall 1t has turned out just as boiling
claiming to be democratic, might be expected
out the natural effect and apparent design OF which
at to defeat the democratic party in State
election, by stalking everything upon anhig issue,
and to destroy the national organization and strength
of the party, by stalking everything upon sectional issue,
which, at this me before we have acquired any terrific
ry from Mexico, claim to be practical ques
ton at all and which, because of the great improbaby
of the establishment of slavery any part OF the territory
which may be acquired is altogether unlikely ece to be-
practical question of Importance But enough OF
this convention In spite OF the rebuke which it has it.
self received from the democratic masses, the dsaec
ton which indicates may be strong enough to defeat
the democratic ticket in the present New York election
A day or two will show us how this is But, at any
rate as we confidently hope, the mischief may stop
here's and after the present agitation in New York shall
have subsidized the democracy OF the Empire State in its
BILE 'front.' rallied upon national democratic creed, which
shall invite instead of repulsng the cooperation OF the
democracy in every section Of our country.
Without intending anything like dscourtesy to the
New York Evening Post we have spoken of its course
upon this Provso question as being somewhat similar to
the course which it adopted in 1914 in relation to the
nexaton Of Texas. The Post permits itself quite unne
cessarly to lose temper little upon this "reminiscences,
and calls our auson "hippantp The term is not well
chosen Our allusion grave and, as we Think ogi
CAL Certainly it not conveyed in any dsrespectful
terms We shall, however, give the Post the benefit of
its explanation in IFS own words:
We must in this place representation of
the Union. 1t charges with attempt in 1914 sto
make opposition annexation article of the democratic
creed Tho misrepresentation is gross that ii absolute
y excites asonshnent. The paper which the Union
calls the secret circulate expressly and in many
words protest against making assent to the proprey
Of annexation in the desired by Mr. Tyer's admin
straon and the southern States article of that creed.
1t claimed the right to consider that open question,
belong the democratic party and act with it, without
being committed to that We must hold the
Union If values its character to exact state
ments than this.
This admits all that intended to charge The question
Of annexation shaped into issue between the dem
ocratc party and the wing party Upon that ISSUE SO
presented the Evening Post boted and urged other dem
ocrats to bolt In other word when the wings as party
were rallied against annexation the Evening Post sought
10 dctach wing Of the democratic party from the sup
port of that measure. 1t in favor ESQ, at least we
have always understood) of the election OF members to
Congress who would not vote for annexation in the
form in which that finally passed; and it
ook this position mainly because of the existence OF
slavery in Texas To make the question of annexation
IN ssopen question:, was parties then STOOD plainly
impossible, because the wings party avowedly
opposed to annexation In such case, those who were
not for the measure, against it; and among these
was the Evening Post In all this, we find the position
If the Post with reference to the annexation of Texas
have been very similar, in its practical effect, to its
present position upon the extension of the Missouri Com
promise to the new territory. Events, we think, are
last proving that this extension of the compromise is
be prominentpont in the policy of the democratic party
and an issue between them and the wings. And upon
his measure, Just upon annexation the Post appears
unwilling TO act with the democratic party
The only remaining portion of the Posts article which
requires notice in connexon with the matter now in
hand, is as follows:
sOne word in regard the of the ofcehoders of
he federal government in late political movements
The Union represents maintaining that these people
packed the Syracuse Convention with the and
concurrence of the Administrations We did say that
What hand the administration had in this matter, we never
said because we could know But three things are
clear