The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-05-24
New York Politics.
Major NOAH, who is a Democrat Of the Old
Hunker faction, thus portrays the condition Of
Namocracv In tba En,nro Gtata.

| Major NOAH, who is Democrat OF the Old
Hunker faction, thus portrays the condition OF
Democracy in the Empire State;
UNION AND HARMoNY.-Many questions are
asked about the "union and harmony in the
great Democratic party and how it progresses.
Since the Free Soilers aogged us Hunkers out
Of TammGny Hall, under the renowned Captain
| Rynders, tossed the Hon. Dan Sckles over the
bannsters, and were near tearing the lapels OF
! Councillor Brady's smart blue frock-coat there
has been quite calm. We Hunkers rallied to
the rescue, and after having union meeting
| field Marshal Van Buren, at home, reposing in
all his glory among his cabbages at Lindenwald,
| and young hopeful being mon eSt-the great
| Democracy of the city have been enjoying
kind OF drowsy repose, sleeping on their arms.
| The reveille, however, has been beaten. We
see it announced that the caucus at Albany (they
will never give up caucussing in that ancient
Dutch city,) has proposed to call a convention
Of the whole party, without distinction OF name.
title, division and principle, to prepare for the
fall campaign, there being Governor to elect
and a Senator TO choose, and other important
changes to be made, requiring a long pull, a
strong pull and pull altogether. How the cry
OF "Fall into the ranks Hunkers, Barnburners
i anu [AUOillIOUIStSs VIII UG ic5pUUuBu
to be seen. Mr. Van Buren, who has some
small wares left, has given notice that his cor
poral's guard is ready, provided he understands
and is understood. In plain terms he says to
US old Hunkers 81 am willing to give you the
Governor provided you give us the Senator
! Ill swallow Seymour Of Utica for Governor. if
my son John is elected Senator 10 Congress"
Many thought that Van Buren, was political
y dead, and his whole dynasty consigned to
the tomb Of the Capulets. All mistake. His
recuperatiye energies are like the onion locked
up in the pyramids Of Egypt for 5000 years,
which takes root when trsnsplanted. He is
like the man Of the mountain on the shoulders
of Sinbad the sailor. He will hang on as long
as anything is to be had for the family, regularly
nominated or not, with or without the Buffalo
| platform. Heis not particular about what shape
| he takes, but he will not surrender the cakes
and ale, that's flat. AS Shakespeare says
.sThere was time that when the brains were
out the man would die, and there would be an
end ont" Not so with Mr. Van Buren,. Re.
duced 10 his last political shirt and breeches he
still exposes them TO bleach in high wind
What's to be done in this extremity? Make
another bargain, form another alliance with Van
! Buren, and his Free-Soers, is only to be expos
ed to another defeat We have many persons
in our ranks, who, to achieve a victory, would
not object to take in every political knave who
divided the party and was nearly dividing the
country, and who imagine thrt the "end justities
the MEANS" But then, on the other hand we
have some $4,000 obstinate old Hunkers spread
over this great State. who never will support
any of tho Van Buren dynasty again, and who
are determined to lose every fight with honor
rather than carry the day with corruption-who
say they may in time be willing to forget and
forgive the treason of that dynasty, the defeat
of Cass and Butler, and the hypocrlica super
| errviceable Buffalo platform; but reward lie tra-
tors they never will do. This is gulf not ea-
silly over!eaped.
Then, again, we have cunning little lsaacs in
our rauks, who propose to bury all distinctions
call the party together by one name-let Van
Buren's corporal guard fall in,sweep the State
and then cheat the free-soilers. That l. treach-
cry and trickery As Sancho says, "We know
that when we lie down with dogs, we must rise
up with fieas." "Fasus uno falsus omnibus. !"
If we promise to elect son John SENATOR and thus
fasten the dynasty like an eternal sticking plas-
ter on the back Of The party, we must do i; so
we will form no such alliance. It's a premium
offered TO every treacherous politician to beray,
| Dfeak down, desert aHU dDdHuun Tue party u H6
cannot rule Besides, we have a spark OF trou-
Bile in our own bunker ranks. Here is Chatfield,
who wants to be Governor. He takes the field
with 10000 cheating anti renters at his back,
regular conrabandists, and il he is elected, he
f will like Paudeen O'Rafferty, snow us, show to
{ pay the rnt'-in other words, how to avoid the
honest fnltilment o. a contract But then Chat
field may be willing to sell out for Senator il
Congress, take pay and mileage instead OF auti
rent, and we can elect Seymour. But wha
then is TO become oe Van Buren's corporal guard
!, The moment young hopeful finds his game block
: ed, and that he has no longer two nattys and {
S bragger, he will call together bis Utica con
vention of free.soers and abolitionists, and WI
, shasl get fits again. IF we send another depu
tation to buy him off, we shall get thrashet
again by the Whgs-in course. "Our suffer
$ ings is inlolerabe" We have corruption ant
e victory, or honesty and defeat. We go for tn,
: latter in preference to dying in the ditch. Bu
+, we won't stay dead long. Honesty and GOO
) faith will always carry US through if we do bu
:, cotton to them. We have seen darker days
)! and remember the coai hole in Tammany int
: which we were driven by the Adams men i
/ 1926, when we came out with blackened faces
/ it is true, but with pure hands, and the pee
J. pie stood by us,-Our motto is -"Fhe unio
n of the States-union of the party-but no COZ
U rupt bargains, scoalitions and alliances.