The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-11

we nope lhal the pubic press VIII oe
taught by the fate of CRITTENDEN and his com
nand TO be more guarded in the doctrines it in
culcates and the intelligence to which it gives
circulation.
The New York emOcracy-Tammnny Hall.
SwIFr's account of my Lord PETER's family
party, where he swore his brethren into the
recognition of ''good Leadenhall mutton" in
dry crust, is frequently recalled to us by the
equally hard swearing ofthe Union in regard to
its platform" "Look We, gentlemen" cried
PErER-when his guests protested that their
fare nightly resembled slice from twelve
penny loaf-''to convince you what couple
of blind, positive, ignorant, wilful puppies you
are, will use but this plain argument: BY G..
it is true, good, natural mutton as any in Lead
entail market; and - confound you both eter-
nally if you offer to believe otherwise" Such
a "thundering proof" as this (says the author)
"leit no room for objection"
Now, just of this fashion of "thundering
proofs" are the processes by which the Union
undertakes to persuade its friends that the whole
Democracy of the country is on the PRESIDENTS
Compromise platform, while they are assailing
his Administration. When we tell our con-
temporary that there arc fifteen Southern States
in line in which the DEMO Gratis, as party,
are opposed to the Compromise, my Lord
PETER falls back on the New York Democrats
with the annexed laundering proofs"
The case of New York we have discussed 30
recently and SO fully, that it is not worth while
now TO go at length into it. The Democrats there
congratulate the country the Compromise a
settlement, deprecate all further sectional agita
ton, and all 'incipient steps leading to in
reference in questions of slavery, and on this
platform united to man. The Wings reaf-
. firm the Wimot proyiso, affirm the duty of agi-
tating for the repeal of the Fugitive law, and
make no allusion to there having been such
thing as Compromise. The Democrats do this
with the Federal power against them'
The DEMOCRATS of New York are united on
the Compromise platform 'to a man." says
the Union, and this too In spite of the fact that
the Syracuse Convention refused to endorse the
measures of adjustment, or to use any language
of approval or acquiescence. Tammany Hall,
too, has been thought in past years to speak
for good many DEMOCRATS, and let us hear
what Tammany Hall has to say against the
laundering proofs" of the Union.
We copy the following article from the New
York Herald, neutral journal, and commend
it to the attention of our contemporary.
Trouble in 1dmmany Hail. City Convention for the
Nomination of Register, Commissioner of Repairs
and Supplies, and a Goue'nor Of the Almshouse
A meeting of the New York Democracy was
convened at Tammany Hall, last evening, for
the purpose of nominating register, commits
siOner of repairs and supplies, and governor
Of the almshouse.
After the meeting had organized, Mr.. John
Wheeler, of the Fifteenth Ward, came for
ward, and said that he had some resolutions to
offer to the meeting, and that, in conformity
with the precedent established at the Syracuse
Convention, he desired that action should be
taken on said resolutions before the meeting
went into the business of nominations. He
hoped there would be no lodging, no laying on
the table; but that manly action would at once
be taken on the paper. The following resolu
lions were then read:
"Resolued, That approve of the measures
adopted by Congress in relation to the settlement
of the slavery question, and known as the Com
promise measures, and that the Democracy of this
in the House of Representatives, as they were, by
the votes of eighty-two Democrats, (of whom
twenty eight were from the northern States,)
twenty four southern Wings, and three northern
Whigs-against the votes of fifty eight northern
Wings and Free-soilers, and seventeen southern
Democrats-and sustained by the Democratic Sen
ate
"Resolcsd, That we feel bound to sustain faith
fully, and in the spirit of the Constitution, the Flu
gitive Slave law, believing it to be the same in
spirit as that sanctioned by the name of George
Washington, and in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Constitution of the United States; and
that repudiate the idea that there two kinds
of Dcmocracy-one in favor of, and the other op-
posed to, the said law.
"Resolped. That the doctrine advanced by VIM
II. Seward, Senator from this State, that there is
law higher than the Constitution, and by John Van
Buren, in his speech in Vermont, that the Fugitive
Slave law is unconstitutional and should be resist
ed, has led to the deplorable results we have wit
messed in the murder in Pennsylvania of one OF the
citizens of our Union, whilst acting under the Con
stitution and laws of the Union; and to the def
ance of the Constitution and laws in the rescue of
fugitive from service labor by parties in SYRIA
cuse in this State; and that we denounce such doc
trne as reasonable, subversivc of the Constitu
''ResoIoed, That regret the action of the dele
gates at the late Syracuse Convention, inasmuch
as they presented neither principles
men ; that the convention, by decisive VOTE re-
fused to adopt a resolution pledgng the Democra-
cy against the further agitation of slavery and
aIso regret that it has nominated for Judge of
the Court ofAppeals Alexander S. Johnson,
tive supporter of Van Buren, and Adams, in oppo-
sition to Lewis Cass and William o. Butler, the
regularly nominated candidates Of the Democracy
of lS4s; for the office of Treasurer, Benjamin
WEIGH, jr., editor of abolition paper in this
State for Canal Commissioner, Horace Wheaton,
who has always been identified with the slavery
agitation, and through whose incficiency as the
Mayor Of Syracuse the Marshal Of the United
States has been manned by armed mob in
ssting the execution Of the laws of the United
States for Attorney General, Levi S. Chatield,
who, at the last election Of State officers, wrote
letter endorsing the doctrines of the slavery agta-