The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-28

order. He requested any delegates who might
have arrived In town since the organization OF
the convention, to come forward and present
their credentials.
No delegates came forward
Mr.. McVEAN, Of New York chairman of the commit
the committee had Instructed him to present the sd-
dress which he held Ia his hand the result Of their Ia
bors
The reading of the address being called for,
Mr.. Nc Vean walked up TO the clerks desk and
read it as follows -,
FELLOW CrrIzEvs-The representatives Of the whole
people embraced within the democratic party 10
lar convention of delegates assembled at SYRACUSE In
September last appointed State COMMITTEES, In whom
they reposed without any other limitation than their
discretion the power to call future State conventions
OF the democratic party No other body since chosen
representing pretending to represent the
party has interfered with the power reposed In the
State Central Committee. That committee, In pursu
Of the power thus fully vested in them called this
convention the delegates Of the democratic party is
therefore, unQEestfonable.
distinct, separate and hostile party orgsnixa-
ton Of persons who lately members of the
democratic party, afterwards made ut Herkmer =
This persons who formed this new organisation, made
no pretensons regularity that the which
led to 1t otherwise than hostile to the preexistng
organic alton known the democratic party. On the
they ta;i, .sesssSn from sns party
them that separation was necsesary to the proper ad
vanoemsnt Of their adverse princpss Nothing has
principles which, in their Judgment justified their vol
antary separation. They have, indeed, since changed
their place Of holding their State convention from Her
kimer to Utica but they do not pretend that Il 10 diff
ferent organization or that they have changed in any
msMner their principles which induced them to seps
chnery OF the Hcrkmer organization has been carefully
put in motion 10 declare to the world that II 10 their
ganisation and that the principles which induced them
to secede are the principles of their existing
organisation at its changed place Of meeting.
They do not pretend that the endorsement
ture has in the least abated their hostility to the party
from which they went FORTH or the organization which
that party has kept up and under which We are assem-
zaton 10 hostile to to the fullest extent they claim
that it is not only hostile in form and action but hostile
In principle. They have declared that their political
principles irreconcsby opposed to ours and
determined to maintain at all hazards, snd
olude their narrow tests from the democratic party their
secession the inevitable result Of their position
However much regret that the cause for separa
ton existed it is better the separation being Effected BY
their DELFT crate act should be marked 10 lead to
mistakes as to our several positions.
The high position Of them had Ia the party
BY our influence as manifested n their long continu
In ONCE rendsrsi proper this occasion that
should review the causes that led to the sepsra
ton, ard the usequences that viii follow It.
The occasion which led to their separation WAS,
doubtedy that which they svowed in their act OF sepa-
ration namely that the democratic State convention,
subscs o. eoos or ~ Dsrty scon tSs test issue
ment principle involved In the Wlmot proviso and
determined that the democratic party should maintain
known, however, that their hostility settled and
active within the party before that event, as after
desire to avenge the wrong that was inflicted on them
by party That wrong they sometimes declared to
be the defeat Of the late Governor Wright In the
raj electioa preceding the last Their hostility as
determined and openly and ipjuriousy manifested
during the campaign that terminated in that result A.
after IN that very election, the democratic csndi-
dates for Congress of ths New York Districts in
the cstchster district in the Orange DISTRICT in the
Dltcneee disrict aud in this Jefferson district de-
By them for the sole rea5an that the national
democratic party aud The national administration had
the first affections Of the candidates In these congress
sional Districts the Sta democratic ticket which they
supported had large msjority he defeat Of those
democratic candidates for Cong placed party
10 the INTEGRITY In the present House Of Representative
The wrong they in tbst campaign alleged the
their fierce hostility during IT, wss that President
Polk had not appointed Mr.. Flagg Secretary Of the
Treasury, and their friends generally to efioe II IT,
indeed, true that Mr.. Flagg was not appointed;
ont IL is equally true that in the commercial
et opos where the more important Offices exist, the
larger portion OF those officers appointed at their
and 1t is notorious that the schemes for
the 0isorgsnzaton OF the democratic party plan
ned aud matursd by some of the high federal in
Their hostility had origin po to the Inauguration
Of the President II Is we'll known that in Congress- in
tsrmedate the election and the Inauguration of the
President elect the bill to the then republic of
Texas to the United States the OF treason
Senate to the voice of the people, declared by
the Baltimore convention and ctioned by the cleo
ton strong to cause the general belief that its
passage in perm. TO rsbuks this ncipent treason
she reliable add patriotic democracy OF the city OF
New York, agreed 30 hold pu,ic citing. The saue
persons personally lAborei tor days unsuoce,suiy
break the recent democratic state convention
Syracuse tried TO break that assembly ofte people
Ther letters from Washington, designed to
effect such purpose, appeared In newspaper New
YORK the day of the meeting previous to the Meet
ing ITSELF although purporpg TO be in answer to iava
rioas attend the meeting Their hostility TO the de-
mocrstc party and che incoming dminisrrston, was
clearly Swallowed forth than as IL Was saoei after
wards ut Syracuse.
the term of the administration approaches It's CLOSE that
their hostty had las origin in the resus OF ie Balti
more convention itself
This Is, undoubtedly the primary cause to which all
others accessories These imaginary wrongs which
excited their passion have ali grown fom that fuuds
wrong; the prospective loss OF central power
winch made inevitable by the result of the debers
tons OF the Syracuse convention, WAS however the
proximats cause which led them to break the slender
gsment which Yet bound them to the democratic
party.
The central power which had grown up at Albany,
under the late constitution, at Its commence mt and
welded by those who held there State
offices, was one Of those prscc political despolisms
which are felt without being secn The patronage
which that constitution gave them, officially az
forded them ample means to excite the hopss and
fears o, the needy to extend their patronage, and
punish the refractory The whole State banking power
and the banks, with their overshadowing money inhu-
sncs, brought within the official control Of
The model Of party organisation was the fsu ial sys
tenn The lords paramount AZ the centre the
ntermeuat0 lords IN the centre OF each county and
hey again controlled their minor divisions Like its
model its CHARACTERISTIC strength and like itt pro-
duced vsssalase debssing and degrading To break
up ana disperss this power of the
motives that induced the call of convention to form
constitution
Most eRsctuay was taat great work consu minated By
that instrument 1t IL true IL left them In Office, but
their offices were the shadow Of their former power
easily fors'sen however that they would struggle
retain their places and they approached the crisis
Of their fate they YOU become desperate and
wa, fortod that the event which would reduce them to
the level of common equality with other t
zsns would si0axs their departure from party which
for quarter OF century had psnpered their prids
thst they would lose all of gratitude for the long
continued aud multiplied flvors OF The past in crafty
ing the desire to revenge toe omission, Ut last to
til ue them In place and power.
The adoption Of the constitution clearly pointed
to their daoementss to complete the reform
IL was d signed to accomplish II propsr that the
dispersion OF the monopoly should be followed by the
dispersion oil the monopolists Those whose counsel.
prevailed at the Syracuse convention, governed by
the best OF motives Their design rsmmsl the
sourcss of political power Taey did not oppose the