Washington telegraph., 1849-10-17

honor, common glory.
From the Washington Republic.
A Party without Principles-Richm and
! kinderhook.
1t is plain that the Richmond junto
and the Albany regency are seeking to
reconstruct party with any and every
description of principles, no matter what
the only cement being the name OF
| Democracy. That is to say, the Demo-
cratic party in New York may amalga-
mate With Free Soil and Abolition; and
still meet the southern Democrats on a
common platform. So the Democratic
party in Pennsylvania may differ not only
in the matter of free soil. but on the prin-
ciple of protection and the tariff of lS49;
and they may still meet the southern
Democrats Oh common platform. So
! the western Democrats may differ on the
! subject of internal improvements, may
eschew all the catholic Democratic doc
trines on this subject, and yet remain
! faithful members of the Democratic
! church. The only requirement. to con-
stitute man good Democrat is, that
he should vote the Democratic ticket
This is short and easy solution of all
creeds and principles into formula of
universal acceptation.
Is not this all faithfully and literally
! true? No one familiar with the politics
of the country Gan have forgotten the Bit
ter and violent anathemas poured ont by
the Union and its affiliated presses against
MIR. Butler, the Van Burens, that cold
Federal journal the Evening Post, aud
upon all the journalists and politicians Of
the Democratic party who took part but
little more than year ago, with Charles
F. Adams, Joshua r. Giddings, and the
convention of malcontents, disunionists,
and Abolitionists, which figured at But
falo. These men committed themselves
not merely to the most ultra grounds on
the subject of slavery--among which
were internal Improvements, the free
grant of public lands and tariff. With
all these principles, these men have been
annexed or re-annexed to the Democratic
party. They bring such principles as
they have along with them, and the elste
| of the extinguished Democrats of Rich-
| mond tnke them entire into an alliance
offensive and defensive, to break down
| the Administration of the southern slave
holder, President Taylor. What more
gross and prohigate abandonment of prin-
ciples for the sake of the spoils can we
find in political history? Does the re-
! Incorporation of these Free Soilers and
| Aboltionists with the New York Demo
cratic party? Does MIR. Calhoun, or MIR.
| Atchinson, or Mr. Foote, stand at this
day in the same relation to the New
York Democrats as they stood before this
amalgamation? Do not the united ANAL
| gama tion-opposition in New York stand
| before the country denuded of all princi-
| pies, except the aaaere principle of oppos-
| ing President Taylor to the better end
| no matter what may be the policy of his
| Admlmstration-that the offices may be
again secured for the old-line pecpla:
tors of Richmond and Albany? If there
is any other cement for the party, we
know not where to find it.
Now look at Pennsylvania, The Bal
| timore convention. representing the ma
tional Democracy. pass resolution con-
| demning the tariff of 1912, and congrat-
ulating the country on the triumph OF
free trade in the passage of the tariff of
1916. The delegates from Pennsylvania
to that convention vote for the Baltimore
resolution. The last State convention of
PENNSYLVANIA endorse the Baltimore reso-
luton, approve the tariff of 1876, and pre-
sent it as Democratic issue to the peo-
pie of the State. It is repudiated by the
Democratic journals and the Democratic
masses. The Democrats say that the
tariff of 1916 blows out their furnaces,
stops their business and beggars their
families. That makes another breach in
the Baltimore platform. The party III
PENNSYLVANIA are told that if they will
only vote the Democratic ticket they may
THINK as they please on the subject OF the
tariff though, if they vote as they think
on the floor of the House of Representa-
tives, they will be abused by the British
tariff organ at Washington as faithless to
Democratic principles. For the nonce,
however, and until the election is over,
the Penusylvanla Democrats are at hber-
ty to abuse the tariff of lS46, without
impairing their position In the Demo-
cratic party What then becomes OF the
National Democratic party on the tarlh
question, as far as Pennsylvania is con-
cerned? Does not this essential differ
ence on vital question sever the Penn
sylvanians from a Nat1ondI Democratic
party? If not, there is no national party
principles on the tariff, -
Next we come to the internal improve
ment question. The Democrats OF the
West and Northwest repudlate the bal
timore platform notions in the matter OF
harbor and river Improvements lhey
reject and repudiate the narrow views OF
Mr.. Polk as set forth in his veto MESA