The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-22
The Union and the New York Democratic
Free-sOu RESOLUTIONS.
Erom the Union Of Sat,.rdau.

From the Union Of Saturday.
''The Wing and Disunion organs are driven to
desperate strait by the recent avowed determine
ton of the Democracy of New York to unite with
the National Democracy upon tho basis of cordial
| approval of the Compromise as final adjustment
Of the sectional controversy. Both the Republic
and the Southern Press of yesterday are forced to
| quote the New York Eueriing Post as Democratic
organ, in order to make out that the Democratic
| party of New York do not mean ,chat they say most
| explicitly in the resolutions just adopted unani
notsIy in their State Convention, and unanimously
| approved by the Democratic press of the State.
Snow, thus to cite the testimony of the Evening
Post in this matter. is simply to confess that com.
| petent and credible witness cannot be found to
| give the testimony which is wanted. The fact is
notorious and undisputed that for years past the
Euening Post has not been, and has not claimed to
be, an organ either of the National Democracy or
of the New York Democracy, but has held precise
| ly the same relation to the Democracy which the
" Commonwealth" the organ of the Free soilers in
Boston, now holds to the Wings"
"The recent avowed determination of the
Democracy of New York to unite with the Ma
| tIonal Democracy upon the basis of cordial
approval of the Compromise" SC. The Union,
| by this language, intends to assert, we sup
pose, that the recent State Convention Of its
| party, held at Syracuse, New York, cordially
approved the 1ohole Compromise measures, in
GLIDING the Fugitive Slave law. If SO, the
Union is at issue, not only with the New York
Euening Post, but with the Hon. Mr.. MUIR
PLY, of Brooklyn, who accused the resolutions
offered by the committee of ambiguity, and of
combining themselves to an expression of adher-
ence to the Compromise measures, Gas they
stood at the time of the adoption thereof" -that
is to say, last year, and before the passage Of
the Fugitive Slave law-"AND NOT INCLUDING
THE FUGITIvE SLAVE BILL"
The fact is undeniable that the resolutions as
adopted did not, and it was distinctly intended
| by the convention that they should not, include
and approve the Fugitive Slave law Will
| the Union be pleased to tell us why the reso-
luton which was offered by Mr.. WRIGHT, and
which was laid on the table, was offered at all,
| if the resolutions of the committee covered and
| included the Fugitive Slave law
The resolution which was laid on the table
by the votes of the Free-soiers or Barnburners
of the convention is as follows
"Rssoved, That the Democratic party in the
State of New York will faithfully adhere to the re-
cent settlement, by Congress, Of the questions
which have unhappily divided the people of these
States, and will neither counenance nor sanction
| any sectional agitation legislation on the sub
| jects embraced in that settlement"
The rejection Of this resolution, by laying it
on the table, was signal triumph by the
FREEsoIL portion of the convention, and they,
as well as the Old Hunkers or Union Demo
Gratis, so considered it. OF this the Union need
hSt be told, for it is as well aware Of it as we
are, or as the Ecening Post is. 1t is fact
which cannot be denied.
The Union objects to the Evening Post be-
ing quoted as Democratic testimony, or as ga
Democratic organ" Now, we affirm that the
EUenlng Post IS the organ Of that portion of
the party in the State-of New York styling it
self the Democratic party, to wit, the Barn
burners, or Free-soilers, which have on several
occasions, and especially at the late Syracuse
Convention, shown themselves to be much the
largest portion Of that party. AS to comparing
It's position in the Democratic party of New
York with that of the Commonwealth in the
Wing party of Massachusetts, there is no
0lo,nDealh is much more an organ of the
Democracy of Massachusetts than it is Of
| the Wings for it opposes the latter in the
most rabid manner, while it was but lately one
| Of the chief organs of the united Free sellers
and Democrats-of the coalition which elected
boutwell, Governor and SUMNER Senator to
| Congress.
Inn rt-tlI fknra IL
not admit the fact TO be notorious and undis-
puted, that for years past the Euening Post
has not been an organ Of the New York De-
mocracy." On the contrary, we assert that it
is the organ Of that portion of that party which
constitutes majority, and of which JOHN VAN
buren, is at present the most distinguished,
and by far its ablest leader, as the Post is its
ablest organ.
In calling attention 70 the Unions paeans
over the resolutions adopted by the New York
Free-soil Democratic Convention, our simple
object was to let the whole truth be known
We knew that the resolutions adopted last
year before the passage of the Fugitive Slave
law, and readopted by the Syracuse Con-
vention, were ambiguous and deceptive; that
they bore the appearance Of approving the
'7'ole Compromise, each and all fits measures,
when, in fact, they did no such thing, and
when the convention expressly refused to
do any such thing. Having accomplished
this purpose for we believe our readers
now fully understand the whole matter-we
drop the subject, with repetition of our con
CALCULATIONS to the Union that at last it finds