The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-29
LcOmmUsroAruD ron THE arPuDLro.I
The TendencIes or Party.


/ charge the Democratic party in the lower
House Of Congress, for mere party purposes, which,
in other words, means n determination 10 clutch
the spoils, with giving their countenanoe and
support TO some Of the most dangerous and revo-
lutionary doctrines Of the day / am confident
that in doing this they have misrepresented the
feelings of large portions Of their constituents
Not to believe so would be to believe that VIC
in the midst of revolution, and prepared, as
people, TO depart from the policy of the purer days
of the Republic, and from the warning admoni-
tions of the great and good Washington. IT, in the
election of MIR. Boyd as Speaker, they have shown,
as they say, their adherence to the Compromise;
if he is the representative of political principle,
political principles presume they will not deny
that the Clerk elect, the ex- editor OF political
paper, MIR. Forney, represents something. They
certainly will not contend that they did not look to
bis political principles That his Office while it is
administrative, is not important
charge, then, that while the caucus and the
party did give conservative Compromise
countenance and support, they have, in the cleo
ton Of Fornoy, given countenRncc and support to
a man opposed to the conservative policy of Wash
inglon, and all the great fathers Of the Republic
On the a5th of las. October there a mighty
gathering in the seat and centre of revolutionary
movements and utraisms this continent. Tam
many Hall was filled TO overilowing. On that day
or night | do not recollect which, the national
platform for 1852 was erected, and resolutions
passed, calculated TO sartle every true friend of
his country in every part OF this widespread Repub
lie. quote some of them.
"5. Resolued. That to the Democratic party alone,
heretofore, must the duty be entrusted Of
developing the great destiny of the American peo-
ploj that VIC can no longer regard with ndifer-
ence and INAcT1oH the aggressive combinations of
Russia, England, and Austria against the republi
can napfa in md Afnar iro
now the attempt to salt dotoR Kossuth political
capital, before his feet had touched American
soil The resolution continues. "That the arri-
val of the illu5rlous koS5uth upon soil will be
an suspicious occasion for the Democracy of tho
United States in thoir primary assemblies to pro-
claim anew, for the encouragement of the PROSTATE
OF other countries, the principle Of the
ereignty Of the people, &C."
But in the 9th resolution the mask is entirely
torn of.
sc. Resolved, That the American Democracy,
victorious in every issue of principle which they
have hitherto submitted to the popular vote, with
their flag borne alon by dauntless, progressive,
and RADICAL DEMOCRAT, will again enter the field,
reaflirming the principles which have secured the
triumphs of the past, and procaiming, for the fu-
ture guidance of Federal Government, the
fixed and unalterable purpose of these United States
to adhere no longer to the dogmas of neutrality in
our foreign policy.
al. Resolued. That common interest in the soil
is one of the fundamental rights of the citizen"
Such are the doctrines Of Tammany Hall. know
it has been the habit of the country to attach but
little Importance to things said and done in this
place. know the impression has been that it is
far in advance Of tho progressive Democracy"
but think differently, for the best
Where was Clerk elect on that eventful day
Did Homer sleep' He may well say, ." ct quorum
pars magma fti."
The papers inform US that the resolutions were
unanimously adopted, and that Colonel j. w.
Forney, editor of tho Philadelphia Pennsyivanian,
the first speaker announced by the chair, and
was received with loud cheers" He and w. M.
Cory, esq, of Ohio, of Geographic memory, d-
vidcd the eoquence and the honors Of that occasion
between them
His next appearance on the stage is as the candi-
date of the which laid the Compromise reso-
luton on the table - compromise of which he
spoke so patheticay in the Tammany effort; and
he now hourishes the Clerk elect of the Thirty
second Congress.
| ask the members of the caucus /; ask the con-
seruatiue and pious member from North Carolina;
ask the straight laced conservative from yirginiai
! ask the strict Interpreters of the Constitution;
ask those delicate gentlemen, those con amore poll
teal har-sptters- those who will liho you ''niint
cumin and rue" if while they congratulate
themselves the Compromise conservatism of the
Speaker elect they forgetful of the opinions of
VIC othtoI "a ~ Jou lib
doctrines set forth in the resolutions quoted Did
you not know his position and his opinions before
you elected him? Will he repudiate those
opinions Are these your doctrines' Will you
come out and say they are not?
But if they are, do you suppose'the conservative
people of the South at least, gifted with your
ostrich like capabilities? You have, by the cleo
ton of this man to high, lucrative, influential,
and important Office, endorsed his opinions. You
have elected man who comes, with the " smell
Of fire on his garments" from the agrarian and
revolutionary counsels of Tammany Hall. You
thus tell the world that the doctrines of Washing
ton are political dogmns; that national neutrality
is dogma no longer to be our guide. You have
already perpetrGtcd the mischief. You have given
Kossuth reason to believe these your opinions,
or you deal with him as you do with your own peo-
ple in a double sense,'' and mock him with
empty hopes
But will not withhold from you the need of sim
cerity. You sincere in your aims.
Regardless Of all the results Of the past, and tho
dangers in the pregnant future; for the sake
of power and party; for the attainment of popular
ends, with open eyes, you will rush on and give
counenance to doctrines whose fruits if there any
truth in the philosophy of history, only be "bit
terness and death" Individual quiet is lost in as
sociated action the glitter of the tempting prize,
in the distance, renders you regardless of present
danger; the lull in the political tempest has left
you with the obtuseness of Pharaoh; you gather
courage to pcrpetuate more evil, from the quiet of
avcrtcd calamities.
You snatch the flowing censor from the very
altar Of patriotism, and light the torch Of discord
and party In spite of the warning voice of true
conservatives, you will rush madly When
danger appears, shaking his CORY locks; when
revolution 10 running his burning ploughshare
through the very foundations of our liberty; then
with paiid checks, and quivering limbs, and avert
cd faces, and the innocence of Macbeth, you will
cry in the public ear:
"Thou canst not say did it, never shake
Your CORY locks at me-
Our institutions have stood many fearful shocks.
Dangers which have heretofore threatened them
have, under the guidance Of kind Providence,
been avcrted but each renewed attack has been
with increased violence The most hopeful and
aanguine must see in tho present aspect of our
. | Of evil prinCinles which