The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-09


nor Dsunionist; and therefore it is that
he has each and all of these factions OPP
posed to him.
On the reconciliation of the two wings
Of the Democracy, indicated by the Free
Soil cavern of the New York Post, we
find an amusing article in the Sunday
Times, of New York, which will repay a
perusal:
UNION AND HARMONY.
Many questions are asked about the "unon and
harmony" in the great Democratic party, and how
it progresses. Since the Free Sellers fogged US
Hunkers out Of Tammany Hall under the renowned
Captain Rynders, tossed the Hon. Dan Sckles over
the banisters, and were tearing the lapels of
Counsellor Brady's smart blue frock-coat, there
has been quite calm. We Hunkers rallied TO the
rescue, and, after having had an union meeting
Field Marshal Van Buren, at home, reposing in all
his glory among his cabbages at Lndenwald, and
young hopeful being non est-the great Democracy
of the city have been enjoying kind of drowsy
repose, sleeping on their arms The reyeie, how
ever, has been beaten. We see il announced that
the caucus at Albany (they will never give up eau
cussing in that ancient Dutch city, has proposed
to call convention of the whole party, without dis
tinction of name, title, division, and principle, to
prepare for the fall campaign, there being gov
ernor to elect and Senator to choose, and other
important changes TO be made, requiring long
pull, strong pull, and pull altogether. How the
cry of "Fall into the ranks! Hunkers, Barnburners,
and Abolitionists!" will be responded to, remains
to be seen. Mr.. Van Buren,, who has some small
wares left, has given notice that his corporals
ad ba,
derstood. In plain terms, he says 10 US Old Hunk
ers, 81 am willing to give you the governor, pro-
vided you give the Senator. I'll swallow Sey-
mour, 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 Capulets. All mistake. His recuperative
energies like the onion locked up in the Pyra-
mids of Egypt for 5000 years, which takes root
when transplanted. He is like the old man Of the
mountain on the shoulders of Sinbad the sailor. He
will hang as long any thing is to be had for
the family, regularly nominated not, with or
without the Buffalo platform. He is not particular
about what shape he takes but he will not surren-
der the cakes and ale, that's fiat. As Shakespeare
says-ssThere time, that when the brains
were out the man would die, and there would be an
end on't'' Not 80 with Mr.. Van Buren,. Reduced
to his last political shirt and breeches he still ex
poses 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
Sellers, is only to be exposed to another de-
feat. We have many persons in our ranks who, to
achieve victory, would not object to take in every
political knave who divided the party and was
nearly dividing the country, and who imagine
that the send justi6es the means' But then, on
A. IL L. <xil
Hunkers spread this great State, 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 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 hypocritical super-scr-
viceable Buffalo platform; but reward the traitors
they will do. This is gulf not easily over
leaped.
Then, again, we have cunning little Isaacs in
our ranks who propose to bury all distinctions
call the party together by one name-let Van Blu
ren's corporal's guard fall in-sweep the State
and then cheat the Frees Sellers. That is treachery
and trickery. AS Sancho says, "We know that
when we lie down with dogs we must rise up with
fleas." FdlsIs uno falsus omnibus. II we promise
to elect son John Senator, and thus fasten the dy
nasty like an eternal sticking plaster on the back
of the party, we must do it: 30 we will form no
such alliance. II is premium offered to every
treacherous politician to betray, break down, de-
sert, and abandon the party if he cannot rule. Be-
sides, we have spark of trouble in own Hunkcr
ranks. Here is Chatfeld, who wants to be gov
ernor. He takes the field with forty thousand
cheating anti-rcnters at his back, regular contra
bandists and If he lie elected he will, like Paudeen
O'Rafferty, show "How to pay the rint''-in
other words, how to avoid the honest fulfment Of
contract. But then Chatheld may be willing TO
cell out for Senator in Congress, take pay and mile
age instead Of anti-rent and we elect Seymour.
But what then il to become Of Van Buren's corpo-
RAILS guard The moment young hopeful finds the
game blocked, and that he has no longer two nat
tvs and bragger, he will call together his Utica
convention Of Free Sellers and Abolitonists, and
we shall get fits again. II we send another depu-
taton TO buy him of, we shall get thrashed again
by the Whigs-in course. "Our sufferings 10 in
tolerable." We have corruption and victory, or
honesty and defeat We go for the latter in prefer
ence to dying in the ditch But we won't stay
dead long. Honesty and good faith will always
carry us through IL we do but cotton TO them. We
have seen darker days, and remember the coal-hole
in Tammany into which we were driven by the
Adams men in 1926, when we came out with black
faces il is true, but with pure hands, and the peo
pie stood by us. Our motto is, 'The union Of the
states-union Of the party; but no corrupt bar
gains, coalitions, and alliances"