Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-05-02
New York Politics.
PORTRAYED By AN OLD HUNKER.

PORTRAYED By AN OLD HUNKER.
Major Noah, OF New York, who seems to
glory in being known as an Old Hunker, and
who is in the habit of speaking "rieht out in
church," thus por,rays the condition of polite al
affairs in the Empire State. The portrait is
drawn in the Majors usual facetious style.
"Many questions are asked shout the "uniou
and harmony" in the great Democratic party
and how it progresses. Since the Free Sellers
fogged us Hunkers out of Tammany Hall, un-
der the renowned Capt Rynders tossed the Hon
Dan Sickles over the bannisters, and were near
tearing the lapels of Councillor Bradys smart
blue trock coat, there has been quite a calm
We hunkers rallied 10 The rescue, and after hav-
ing had an union meeting-Ficld Marshal Van
Buren, at home, reposing in all his glory among
his cabbages at Lindenwad and young hopeful
being non esi--the great Democracy of the city
have been enjoying a kind of drowsy repose,
sleeping on their arms. The revellle 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 pro-
posed TO call convention of the whole party,
without distinction of name, title, division, and
principle, 10 prepare for the fall Campaign there
being a governor to elect and n senator to
choose, and other important changes to be made
requiring long poll, a strong pull, and pull
altogether. How the cry of Fall into the
ranks hunkers barnburners and abolitonsts -
will be responded to, remains to be seen. Mr.
Van Buren,, who has some small wares left. has
given notice that his corporafs guard is ready.
provided he understands and is understood. In
plain terms he says to us old hunkers, 81 am
willing 10 give you the governor, provided you
give US the senator. Ill swallow Seymour of
Utica, for governor. if my son John is elected
senator in Congress"
Many thought that Van Buren, was politically
dead. and his whole dynasty consigned to the
tomb of the Cspulets Al mistake. HIS re-
Operative energies are like The onion locked up
in the Pyramids of Egypt for 5000 years, winch
takes root when traDsplsned. lie is like the
old 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, nominated
or not. with or without the Buffalo pa FORM
He is no, particular about what shape he takes,
but will not surrender the cakes and ale, that's
fiat As Shakespeare says-"TheIe 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,. Reduced to his last po-
ltica shirt and breaches, he still exposes Them
TO bleach in high wind What's to be done
in this extremity? Make another bargain, form
an other alliance with Van Buren,, and his free
soilers, is only to be exposed 10 another defeat
We have mauy persons IN our ranks who, TO
achieve a victory, would not object to take IN
every political knave who divided the party and
nearly dividing the country, and who imag
inc that the send justifies the means But
then, on the other hand, we have some $4,000
obstinate old hunkers spread over this great
Stale, who never will support any of the Van
Buren, dynasty again, and who are determined
to lose every fight with honor rather than carry
the day with corrup.ion-- 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 hypocrtcal super-serviceabe Bufao
platform: but reward The traitors they will new
er do. This is gulf not easily overleaped.
Then again we have cunning little lsaacs IN
our ranks who propose to bury all distinctions
call the party together by one name-let Van
Buren's corporal's guard fail in sweep the state
and then cheat the free soilers That is
treachery and trickery. AS Sancho says, we
know that when we lie down with dogs, we
must rise up with fieas." Faisus ,tno faisus onl-
nibus If we pro Use to elect son John senator
and thus fasien the dynasty like an eternal
sticking plls'er on the back of the party, we
must do it; so will form no such alliance
1t is a premium offered to every treacherous pc
don the party if he cannot rule. Besides, we
have spark Of trouble in our bunker ranks
Here is Chatield, who wants to be governor.
He takes the field with 10000 cheating anti
renters at his back, regular contrabandis's, and
if he is elected, he will, like Paudeen O'Raffer-
,y, show US How TO pay The riut"--in other
words, how to avoid the honest fuflment OF 4
contract. But then Chatfeld may be willing TO
sell out for senator in Congress, take pay and
mileage instead of anii-ren., and we can elect
Seymour. But what then is to become of Mr..
Van Buren's corporal guard? The moment
young hopeful finds the game blocked, ana that
he has no longer two natrys and bragger, ne
will cali toge her his Utica convention OF free
soiers and aboliiionists, and we snail get fits
again. Ii we send another deputation 10 buy
him of, we shall ge; thrashed again by the
Wings in course. "Our sufferi1ss is inioler-
able" We have corruption and victory, or
honesty and defeat We go for the latter, in
preference to dying in the ditch But we won't
stay dead long. Hones'y and faith will always
carry US through if we do but cotton to them.
We have seen darker days, and remember the
coal hole in Tammany into which we We're driv-
ell by the Adams men in 1896, when we came
out with black faces, it is true, but with pure
hands, and the people stood BY US. Our motto
is: " The union OF the States-union of the
party; but no corrupt bargains, coalitions, and
alliances"