The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-16
Change Of Position.

The following is an EXTRACT of letter which Martin
Van Buren, addressed the democratic State convention
q Indiana on the 18th February, 1s43
ANY name and pretensons, however subordinate IN In
,,nce SHALL NEVER AT DISPOSAL OF ANY PERSON
u.rEyER FOR THE CREATING DISTRACTION Oh
DIVISION IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY EVERY ATTEMPT II
,sv THEM FOR SUCH PURPOSE, WHENEVER AND wHEKEvEi
..pE SHALL AN INTERFERENCE ON MY PART
- syoupr I'm DECISIVE ] regard the presidency tb'
hest and most honorable of political distinctions, yet
= onlv a, the mndou5sd and frsecH offering Of the demo-
- of m, nation IWoid accept H. because II Is IN ina
neet only thar could hope to render the discharge oil II
high duties either useful to the country or honorable 10
myself M
What a scaihing comment upon the position which he
,,y occupies! No two men could have been more dis
,;nc, and inconsistent than Martin Van Buren, OF 1885
"a svsn $40 and Martin Van Buren, Of july 1913 He
M hssn more indebted 10 party organization than any
.,nr,shed man in the country and he flies direct
=. :, ts face No man has stcklsd more for the har
monv and union of his party; and now he puts himself
m be DISPOSAL of an nfuriated faction for the purpose
., "creana division and distraction in the democratic
uartv" No man was opposed to the abo
,iooists and now he is wooing their favor No man
was more friendly to the south than he was-that is
10 saw when he suing for her votes for the pres
dency and now lie has completely changed his tone and
.seeks Gas the New Haven Register says) to wreak
vengeance on that section for his imaginary wrongs He
defeated himself by his famous anti Texas letter. but for
which, he would probably have received the nomination
and election He differed in that with the great body of
the people and the democratic party; and they preferred
TO choose another standard bearer under the crcum
stances he should have been the last to have dis
sened-uness he preferred self to the success of demo-
cratic principles His position on the slavery question
has always been the that occupied by Gen. Cas-
that is matter concerning only those States which
permit that therefore, to interfere with it, is unjust to
the SOUTH and dangerous to the Union that the south is
equally an owner with the north in the public lands and
Territories and have the rights other individuals
to purchase and occupyhe question to whether slave
~ shall be in such Territories to be decided by
the people thereof when they form themselves into
State This is the ground once occupied by him. now
occupied by General Cass. and maintained by the great
democratic party north and south There no other just
or safe ground the question on, unless the prnc
pies of the Missouri Compromise be again applied to
our vast accesslons Mr.. Van Buren, now repudiaes his
old opinions and insists that Congress shall prevent the
people of the south from removing into Territories,
taking their property with them and he lends himself
the abolition faction as the tool of dscord.' But the
democratic party OF the north will stand firm by the
compromises of the constitution and repudiae their old
leader though he. was the apple OF their eye"
And to complete the circle of his inconsistencies,
man opposed to carrying the election of Pres
ident into the House of Representatives mo State is
more interested against such movement than the largest
State in the Union; and yet we find him willing to head
another ticket upon which he cannot possibly be elected,
hut which NAV possib{U by taking off the vote of New
York and some other State mady send the election into the
House.
Mr.. Van Buren, was once held to be great states
man. because he had good sense and good temper But
these charms of his character have disappeared if he
ever really them Once he celebrated for the
maxim OF the sober, second thoughts" but since then.
he seems TO have imbibed the character of the
Impusveness has taken the place of discretion. What
extraordinary change, indeed, has come over the
spirit of his dreams!