The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-12

are honest in their professions, they know they
shall not be able to cooperate In carrying ints
effect any system of government, should they sue
coed, by their joint efforts, in overthrowing thai
How far one of the parties TO this new junction Of
iorces Is willing TO go in sacrificing principles
measures, and men, TO a temporary success, may
be seen by the resolutions Of the New York State
Democratic Convention, which published yes
terday- committee is authorized TO toitsdrdD the
names OF the gentlemen nominated for certain Of
hces, If the Free-Soil Convention at Utica shall
adopt as its nominees the remainder OF the Demo
cratic ticket. The party represented at syracuse
have thus not only made up their minds TO sur
render to temporary expediency the only objects
for which it was worth while for them to establish
an organization, but have delegated TO a committee
the power OF making bargains ~ the persons who
shall be their candidates. Union built up in this
manner is nothing but the beginning of confusion,
as has been seen recently in the cases to which we
have alluded, and should have been well known be-
fore.
Another exhibition of this attempt upon the part
OF leaders to unite different elements TO form
pound Of which no one of them is an essential or
controlling part, is to be found in the attempt to
oppose the Wing candidate, in the only congress
sional district now remaining unrepresented in
Massachusetts, Free-Soil is shaking hands with
Abolitionism, and it seems TO be hoped that the
mutual politeness may induce even old fashioned
and ''unterrifed" democracy to join in the con-
clave
to be intended to form party, which, regardless
OF all other interests objects, principles shall
defeat the hope of giving the existing National Ad-
ministration majority in Congress. No other
bond OF union is offered than the cry in which
the two organizations of Abolitionists-opposi
and hating each other-are willing to unite. 1t is
the cry deprecated by Washington in that often
quoted prophetic passage of his dre,oeH address, in
which he warned us against sectional parties and
geographical divisions It is the cry Of disunion.
The project of the parties to whom we allude, il
they have any consistency, OF any hope in their
present contest well fall short of that of dis
solution of the Union. When Mr.. Palfrey made it a
turning point with regard to his vote for Speaker
whether or no Mr.. Winthrop would privately pledge
himself to use his official position if elected TO draw
sectional line between two portions of the
country; nay, before that, when the same gentle
man threw as frebrand into the Wing convention
the naked proposition that we would not vote for
stakeholder, this cry of disunion raised
We have no disposition to be alarmists, and there
is no occasion for immediate alarm in this case,
because the good of the people will counter
act the intended mischief. 1t cannot, however, be
concealed that the movements attempted in Yer
mont and Rhode Island, after having been partially
successful in Connecticut and now to be once more
tried here in the Mddesex district, are fraught
with danger to institutions, at least founded
in opposition to them. The foundation of party
for national purposes upon basis from which a
large part of the nation is necessarily and una
voidably excluded, is Of itself grave matter and
grave error.
An attempt to unite such party with large
existing party organization and to induce that or
ganization to abandon for temporary purpose its
men, measures, and principles-the inducement
being the hope of cutting apart by blow the ma
foolish well as wrong, that cannot think that
it can be successful In the mean time such coali-
tons can only be opposed by ga union of Whigs
for the sake of the Union"