The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-23

Mr. Van BUREN, AND THE WILMor PRovIso.-
We are persuaded from what we hear and see,
that the great object of the movers of the Wilmot
proviso in this State, and elsewhere, has been TO
resuscitete Mr.. Van Buren, as a candidate for the
Presidency-to dig him out as one of the bright
fossil remains from Undertook Mr. Van
Buren,, during the last two months, has been rus
ticating in this city, rather polishing himself
for the Baltimore Convention. He hes been re-
siding at Julien's hotel, feasting his old political
friends, coqueting with the ladies of the last CEN
fury, and grazing the Opera with his presence.
Now and then he took trip to Long Island, to
compare notes with his friend, Mr.. Cambrelipg
Nothing would make Mr.. Van Buren, leave his
retirement at Undertook, surrounded with all
the comforts of that residence-books and sour
krout, without some great object connected
with tho political affairs Of tho oeuntry.
MIR. Van Buren's resuscitation is resolved on
result which may be as curious and as success
full as was his first rise in the political world, ex-
actly twenty years ago, In 1928 Well do we re-
member that period, for we were one of the I'M
conscious instruments that frightened him up,
and manufactured for him the title of the &c reat
Magician" which ultimately made him Presi-
dent. We then conducted the old National Id
rocate, which had been abandoned by Major
Noah, and which had formerly been conducted
by Henry Wheaton. The movements made in
that journal, in the spring of 1928, were the cause
ofMr Van Buren's advance, history OF which
we shall give at our leisure.
Mr.. Van Buren, is now almost in similar
position to that which he was in 1928, and he
is moving with almost the same weapons
that he did in those days. Does any one
doubt that Mr.. Van Buren, or Mr.. Cambre-
ling, or any other OF the rroviso men in
New York, care as much for thick Tipped ne
gro, away out in New Mexico or California, as
they would have people believed Do any of them
care whether the negro is mere slave, or a free
man q! No one who knows the men, will eve
believe such absurdlty to be attributed to them
No, ills not fol- the position of the negro on the
border Of the great Salt Lake in California, tina
the Wilmot proviso men care. They merely
want, by their movements, to break down and
ruin the democratic party, if the Baltimore Con
ventlon shall nominate any other candidate thar
Mr.. Van Buren,, as they say he was cheated by
the Cass men in 1914 This is the meaning OF
the WIlmot proviso; and we ere persuaded ths,
unless Mr.. Van Buren, shall be remembered
without cheating in 1913, they will turn this
political business into a weapon TO destroy the
democratic candidate, and elect the wing cand-
date, whoever he may be-Mr. Clay, or any
other man.
We shall give, one Of these days, full histo-
ry of these movements of Mr.. Van Buren-his
motives, his policy and his peculiar character az
politician for the last twenty years, beginning
at the time when, by our labors, he got to be a
great man in the Union, ard succeeded in Dust
ing Mr. Calhoun from the good graces of Gene.
raj Jackson, by similar movement to that
which he is now engaged in, for another pur-
pose.