The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-24

CALHOUN and Mr.. BENTON at the South
The WHO'S have nothing to do but stans
by and see the fight As national party
the so-called Democratic party is sunderet
forever-blown sky-high; and the attemp
to rally the fragments Of Abolition, Free
Soil, and Locofocoism, under the banners
OF opposition to General TAYLOR, anc
steal the Democratic name for the coali
ton, will prove an entire failure.
The prospect of cordial reunion Of the
two wings Of Locofocoism in New York
diminishes. The albany .Argus-the great
organ of the Old Hunkers-says that they
never can consent to make the slavery
question a party test; the Evening Post,
the Free-Soil organ, says that the Free.
Sellers will never consent to any thing
else.
We copy from the albany .Argus its
comments upon the recent speech Of Mr..
VAN buren, the younger at Cleveland.
They show conclusively that no little i'm
portance is attached, by that able and lead
ing Democratic journal, to the obvious and
declared intention of Mr.. VAN BUREN's
friends, that the Democrats of New York
shall not reunite on any platform that shall
be broad enough to hold the Democrats Of
the southern States.
From NE Albany Argus.
In the course Of the speech, Mr.. v. B. makes the
following admission:
"In reference to Mr.. Cass, will now say what
/ never could say before without msconstruction
Before the election the question often present
ed Which would you rather see elected, General
Taylor or General Cass? did not see how could
choose between the two SO | advocated Mr.. Van
Burens election in Ohio, where the tendency of my
efforts was to elect General Glass; and did the same
| in Pennsy vania where the tendency was to elect
General Taylor But ] am now free to say that
prefer the election Of General Taylor to General
Cass, for this reason If Northern man reach
the Presidency by bartering away principle Of h,-
man freedom, we never can hold any man, North or
South, to the principles we profess
| Here he prefers the election of STAKEHOLDER to
a citizen of free State, to the Chief Magistracy
of the Union; and yet, in the next paragraph, de-
mands the adoption of the Wilmot proviso, because,
under the military rule in California and under this
same slarehOlding President, slavery will go there!
He says:
"The Attorney General of the United States,
Reverdy Johnson, says that country california; is
well adapted to slaves, and they ought to 60 there
and ,ohiIe under the present military rule there and
under siaueholding President, they Wiu go there"
Certainly the Democrats did all in their power
to bring that military rule" to an end, and to pre-
vent the election of this " saveholding President
Mr.. v. B. and his friends labored to continue the
one, and preferred, as he admits to elect the other
But the idea that slavery was really at the bottom
of this preference for Wing slaveholding Presi-
dent and for the defeat of the Democratic candidate,
very few, who knew how keenly disappointment
had been felt and revenge sought to be gratfed,
credulous enough to believe
Mr.. Van Buren, gives us at last the climax of his
position. He not only stands upon the Free-Sol,"
"Third-Pariy," or " Free-Democracy" platform,
dscardng all the old principles and usages of the
Democratic party, and inviting to his standard
creants and deserters from all creeds and parties !;
but proclaims THE NATIONAL DEMOCRAT
&c PARTY DISSOLVED Such was his posi-
ton at Cleveland:
"Mr. v. B. next took view of the condition of
present political parties. HE DECLARED THE
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIS
SOLVED, and by the action of the South. The
test put forth by southern men, in their State con-
ventions and in the Southern Address, forever alb
solves all Northern Democrats from any further
political association with them"
We apprehend that very few Democrats in this
State, however separated at the last election, are
prepared to echo the declaration that the National
Democratic party is dissoped to second the sinis
ter personal designs Of those who aim at its dis
solution.