The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-03
From The Pennsy anna
The Morals Of Politics.

Mr. Van Burens formal acceptance of the bamburners'
nomination, IN his letter TO the land reiormers, is
decency sake he would have preferred silence upon this
subectso that he might deliberately faslfy by his
own words, his own repeated assertions that his political
life was forever closed Nothing could have been more
positive upon this point than his letter to the Philadelphia
democrats some months ago-nothng more unequivocal
than his late Utica letter against the democratic candi
dates, IN which this determination reiterated and
ampihed But melancholy this breaking of pledge
voluntarily offered is, the fact that in his Indiana letter,
in ls43 he used the following language contrasts still
more sadly with his present factous and revengeu at
tltude:
"My name and Extensions, however subordinate in i'm
portance shall nevs be the disposal of any what
the democratic party Every attempt TO use them for such
purpose whenever and wherever made shall be arrested
regard the presidency the highest and honorable
Of political disncons get as only as the undonbd and
accept because that aspect only thai could hope
to render the dschage OF It's high duties either useful to The
country or honorable TO myself M. VAN BUREN,"
There is, in the exhibition of this mans passions
now, utter absence of that high moral bearing-that
stern regard for truth and honorhat hxedness OF pur-
pose and purity of integrity which have heretofore been
All his present notions are refuted and rebuked by his
former example and language and he stands before
his countrymen sef-convcted OF destroying his own
good name, and OF violating his own high duties, obGga-
lions, and pledges TO democracy, and TO him@lf.
And yet, when man, heretofore high IN our conf
dance, if not in affections lends himself to settled
To destroy the ascendency OF the national de-
mocracy, called upon to hold our hands, to de-
him in choice and selected phrasesno in those
good round terms which honest Indignation always
ploys against dishonest practices We the notion
thai great dignity reachery, or that while
shooting the private soldier for deserton, should let
the recreant captain and the purchased general pass
scot free Besides, is il not just for another
that Mr.. Van Burens example should be rePuda-
ted His detection is accompanied by gross deser-
ton of his own plighted fath-a ramping under foot OF
his voluntary pledges--a dshonoring of his own
bond and seal Is fidelity in public men mere fable
after all Are the ISLANDERS OF countrys foes upon
all leading politicians ISLANDERS after all Are the
only elements of the statesman, indeed but perfdy to the
people, ingratitude friends, and cold blooded dis
honesty and insincerity of purpose If then let us
applaud Mr. Van Buren, to the very echo, His recent
performances then deserving alike OF imitation and Of
eulogy.
But apart from the duty we owe to the democracy
whose holy confidence this has violated it is due tt
the character of country that his perncous example
should be held up to the public Our youth mus
notify the applause which favors or the feeble denun
cation that differs with such conductbe taught to think
that the road to preerment in this republic is by thu
crooked path of intrigue, through the cold alsehood
of reacherous hearts, the base ngratude that for
gets peoples devotion in the hour of trial. hgf
sense OF national honor and public virtue condemns Mr.
Van Burens example baleful and pernicous; and WI
should not hesitate to say