Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-08-23

upon party trickerv as craftsmanship, ant
who regard skill in ledgerdemain as praise
worthy as great learning in the sciences
Party Capitalization at Albany, controllip
offices,as we'll as safety fund bank charters
, presidents, cashiers and directors, lin all III
counties formed machinery which set ever
mans face towards Albany like q poitica
Mecca, and working this Machinery CAV
Mr.. Van Buren his title to national honor:
When before the people Of the Union in
national capacity, no man was more solie
itous TO preservesthe integrity Of the Demo
cratic party,or more subservient to slavery
in order to proptiate to the votes Of tn
south, than was Van Buren,. The interest
OF the regency, with its large influence il
the national party, was to preserve harmo
ny, and all discussion that in any way jeop
ardised that harmony was instantly frown
ed down. In 1926, during the con,es. be
tween Spain and her provinces, Mexico ant
Columbia meditated the invasion of Cuba
with the view of emancipating the slaves
ofthat island. This naturally alarmed th'
south and Mr.. Van Buren put himself for
ward as their champion. He addressed tn,
United States Minister ut the Spanish Court
urging him to counsel peace with the south
ern republics OF America, lest they shoulc
aid in freeing Cuba from slavery. 'Con
siderations, said Mr.. Van Buren,, connec
ted with n certain class Of our population
made it the interest of the southern section
Of the Union that no attempt should be
made in that island (Cuba) to throw off the
yoke ofSpan:sh dependence-the first eff
orts of which would be the emancipation
Of q numerous slave population. which re.
suit could not but be sensibly felt upon the
adjacent shores of the U. States Again
Mr.. Van Buron, in writing to \. Butler, the
agent Of the United States in Mexico, eau.
toned him to oppose "lhe banefnl spirit oil
emancipation, designed to be introduced
and prepogated in the island Of Cuba"
He thus took ground as the friend oi
slavery, not only here where the Consttu
ton permits it, but elsewhere, for fear ol
the indirect influences of foreign emanci-
patton upon The south, the votes of which
he was then courting. Anxious to be iden
titled as the "northern man with southern
principles in 1856 he was spoken o
as candidate for The presidency, The whole
country being then agtated with the ques.
ton of the right of petition for the aboli.
ton of slavery in the District of Columbia
Mr.. Van Buren opposed the right Of petit
ton, although he admitted the right Of
Congress to abolish slavery in that District
If. il chose. The same evil spirit which de-
manded abolition of slavery in the District,
was attempting to excite Instruction in
the south by the circulation Of incendiary
papers. 10 suppress this evil a. bill was,
just prior to The election of 1886, introduced
into the Senoie, while Mr.. Van Buren, as
Vice President, was the presiding officer, to
aulhor.se postmasters to open the mails
and take out any matter relating TO aboli.
ton, which in their opinion should be of an
incendiarv character. At the moment of
the passage Of the bill the Vice President
was not in his seat. The vote was a tie,
and Mr.. Van Buren, on taking his seat,
gave the casting vote an faror OF the bill t,
establish a censorship OF the press in this
enlightened country. And why did he do
it? Because southern votes were required
to make him President, and the south must
be propitiated. The votes of the south
ware secured, and Mr.. Van Buren, became
President of The United States, and in his
inaugural followed up his southern princi-
pies in manner which drew from Will
liam Leggest, then publishing the Plain
dealer, the following reprool:
ave wish we could be convinced that it
1.-THE inaugural address, is not cautious,
timid, time-serving document, composed at
the instance OF a cringing spirit, willing to
PEoPlTIATE THE SHAREHOLDERS AT THE
EXPENSE OF JUsTIBE AND HUMANITY"
The general conduct Of Mr.. Van. Buren,,
including his subservency to England in his
official acts, which was the cause of his nom
confirmation as minister to that power, fol-
lowed by his sacrifice of the citizens of New
York in the Canadian affair, raised storm
of indignation, which resulted when he
came before the people for reelection in
1910, in leaving him the votes of but seven
States, of which five were slave States
When, in 1914, Mr.. Van Buren, regard
less of the fact that the north had rejected
him in 1910, of the sixty of the electoral
votes he then received, forty-eight being
from slave States, came before the Demo-
cratic convention for denomination, he
thought proper to give indications of fede-
ralist leaning in opposing the territorial
march of the country, thus exciting further
distrust His denomination became impos-
sible, and the nominee of that convention
received larger popular vote than did Mr..
Van Buren in 1886, when united party
bore him into power. The friends of Mr..
Van Buren, charged that he lost the nomina-
ton through fraud. In making that charge
they forgot that l,323,325 freemen voted
for what they called fraudulent nominee,
when only 763,5 ,587 votes were cast for Mr..
Van Buren in 1886. If it is fraud for the
majority of the people of the United States
to elect the man of their choice, then was
MIR. Van Buren a victim. The truth would
appear to be, however, that the time for re-
form had arrived; the whole system of New
York corruption had fallen through; the
safety fund system was down forever: the
eorruptlons OF the old constitution had dis
gusted the people, and new organization
was necessary. To give stability to new
organization, the government was appealed
to, to place in office all those who had eniov-
ed public emoluments as matter of right un.
der the regency system. This demand was
not complied with. In this position, cha.
grined at the loss of popular favor, madden.
ed at the failure of political intrigue, and
! thirstino for reyenpe AGAINST those whom