The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-18
MIR. Van Buren, and the New York Evening Post.

MIR. Van Buren, and New York Evening Post.
We were painfully struck. from the first, with the
wholly inconsistent and unpatrioc character OF Mr. Van
Burens late proceedings Butwe free to confess that
did not fully appreciate how utterly ndeensibe they
are until we read wha-from the time taken for its
preparation, the journal in which it appears, and the
character of the production itscfwe must take as the
authoritative reply to our article of the 9th ultimo.
dsputant, especially if he be such practised one
as the editor of the New York Evening Post scarce
ly make more distinct admission of the weakness OF
his cause than in losing sight Of the main points in ISSUE
and attempting to turn the discussion upon some collateral
matter And where persons concerned, in this in
stance it is most palpabe, where there is effort to
coniound the innocent with the guilty, that the last who
aagned may escape amid the clamor which is raised
in defence of the rs against whom accusation is
adduced We have arraigned Mr. Van Buren, before his
countrymen for his inconsistencies and tergversations
The Post loses sight of him, and undertakes to defend
the fathers of the republic against the aspersons of the
Washington Union" Little is said in favor of the cu
prit but labored defence is made of those whom
never dreamed Of putting in that category.
To enable the country estimate properly the charac
ter of Mr. Van Burens conduct, showed that, in dis
regard of the haowed example of early Presidents
he had descendedfom the elevated position which he
occupied, to mngle in petty party strife about
regularity in the organization of party conven-
ton that to make good his case, he had utterly misrepre
scented the proceedings OF that body and that after having
pro6ted than any living by party organization
he has stepped forward at time when there strong
necessity for union and harmony in the party to which
he owes all his elevation and all his honors to break up
that organization and throw the party into disorder
soon it is longer likely to contribute to his personal
aggrandzement With the same view we called atten-
ton to the fact that he the chief beneficiary of the
three first national conventions; that he was promi
nent candidate before the fourth when he rejected
by his party for which imperative with all
who placed the of above that of men,
that subsequently he arragned, without circumstance
TO justify him, "the motives by which his opponents in
that convention actuaed and the means resored to
for the accomplishment OF their object" and that he had
bolted the nomination of the fifth, which the first
since the organization of conventions before which
his name was not brought; and that he had done it not
whstanding that nomination was concurred in and APP
proved by the democratic party of the Union with
common cordiality. l4rl
We undertook to show how futile the reasons by
which he attempted justify such conducts that all the
liable to the objections he urges to thsand, in most
cases. to greater extent that the manner in which the
contest for among the sets Of delegates from
New York settled is strictly in accordance with the
precedent set by lis most trusted and devoted friends
IN case, in all essential particulars, precisely similar
and that Notwithstanding he reaped the advantage OF the
mode OF adjustment in the case he declares that an
analogous one vtates the whole proceedings of the con-
venton which adopted it,
With view of exhibiting the present conduct of Mr..
Van Buren, in all of its defomity we contrasted it with
what it had been former occasion, which in all of
its leading features, very similar to the present
Then, noo, there disappointed men seeking to
distract the democratic party, that they might defeat it.
Then, now the regularity Of the organization of the
National Convention objected to- Then, as non,
there had been contest for seats in that body which
was settled precisely the late 7hen nop
there was attempt to carry the election OF President
before Congress, by running several candidates. And
en as nop, there was an effort to build up sectional
parties founded on the slavery question.