The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-26

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Aggregate Issue Last week. ..l6l,s2e
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Thu Presidential Qusstion-Important Movs-
xnsnts or the Barnburner.-Mr. james X.
Polk and mr. John Van Buren,.
The recent arrangements negotiated At Wash
ington between the interests of John Van Buren,,
of New York, with his heavy listed barnburners
laughing at his back, and James X. Polk at
Washington, with his ninety thousand Office
holders in one breeches pocket, and his fifty mil
lions of spoils in the other breeches pocket, are
beginning to assume an important shape in this
State, and will soon spread throughout the Union.
A. one Of the leading movements of the day,
tending 10 shadow forth the policy of Mr.. Polk
and the democracy, and locking sternly to the
next Presidency, we give in our columns the i'm.
portant proceedings, resolutions, and speech OF
Mr.. Van Buren,, recently passed and delivered at
the democratic convention held in Columbia
county, IN this State.
These proceedings, at this important crisis of
the Presidential question, will attract the atten.
ton of not only New York, but of the whole
Union, and large slice of Mexico. They will,
probably, be followed, to a greater or less ex-
tent, throughout the Northern States, and will
have an effect on the South and West Of a very
important character, in all future proceedings OF
a Presidential character in the democratic ranks.
Even they will not be without effect on the whlg
party
Tx H. xl,,~,1
passed at this convention. and the sentiments
promulgated by John Van Buren,, that the barn
burners of New York have already got the upper
hand of the hunkers, and that in a short time,
they may probably swallow them up completely,
head, horns and hoof, previous to their admls-
sion as regular delegates from New York in the
Baltimore convention. These resolutions are
considerably tanned down of their fierceness on
the slave question, to what the preceding ones
were some time ego. The Wilmot proviso now
assumes the old Jeffersonian ground of the or
dinances of 1857, sort OF proviso in its day,
a very natural and harmless landmark, which
was the line of separation between the local in
stitutions of the South, and the natural senti-
ments of the North, during the first Presiden'
cies Of this republic. 1t seems to be the opinion,
from what we can learn ofthe barnbuners of New
York, that the position which they assume is
not intended to interfere much with the con-
stitutional rights of the South, as regards the
question of slavery In that region, as it is to
make strong opposition against the sectional
and ultra grounds put forth by Mr.. Calhoun, and
still held by him and his adherents in the South
ern States. 1t is true that the barnburners make
a good deal of noise about the extension of
&bo.a rs he
acquired from Mexico; but it is NOT to be sup
posed that the distinguished philosophers who
constitute the leaders of the barnburners of New
York, are so ETHEREAL in their composition as to
feel deeper interest for the thick-lipped negro
in the wilds of California, than they do for fat
and rosy portion of the fifty millions of spoils
in the hands of Mr.. Polk, either now or during
his next term of office.
We are prepared, therefore, to see, as we have
already intimated, from information which we
received at Washington, that league is now
complete between the interests of Mr.. Polk and
those of the barnburners of New York-that
the reunion of the democratic party in this State
has begun under favorable auspices, and that the
old hunkers will be driven into the field, as they
were in former days, nolens voiens, to be fed and
to be silent. 1t is the opinion of the leaders at
Washington, that Mr.. Polk and h is friends in
tend to quiet the appetites of these old hunkers
with portion of the spoils, without allowing
them to make any disturbing entrance into the
Baltimore convention; while they will, at the
same time, ia order to crafty point of honor
commended for by the barnburners, permit them to
take seats and agree on the same common
ground OF action, 80 as TO 60 into the Presiden
hal contest with their principles and sentiments
on their escutcheon. We see in these resolu-
tions how cordially Mr.. Polk is endorsed, with
all his opinions and doctrlnes and the probabili-
ty 10, that this is merely the commencement of
the movement that will end in the re- denomination
and reelection of Mr.. Polk, if it can be accom-.
pished against the dsjointed forces Of the wings,
as at present indicated.
Mr.. Folks prospects for denomination and re-
election, are, Their efore, looking up every day,
and Mr.. Polk himself deserves all the credit of
outwitting and duping all the other democratic
candidstes-Gen. Cass, Mr.. Buchanan, Mr..
Woodbury., and all the others who, good, easy
souls, were thinking that their friends, by their
State nominations, were accomplishing won
ders tor them. Mr.. Polk now only wants some
good Issues, fresh and new, or old ones revamped,
TO enter the field, and to take the pu In the
meantime, we recommend the politicians of all
parties to read the proceedi pgs Of the Columbia
county convention. with the speech of John Van
Buren,, as throwing great and important solar
light on the movements looking to the great
question Of the next Presidency.
HE WASHINGTON sailed yesterday from the
Bay, at IL o'clock, with tour additional passen-
mr.