The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-12
CITY OF WASHINGTON SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY u. 1851


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| FROM tn. Courier.
The LEGIsLATURE-The complete organic zalien oi this
body will probably be effected tomorrow by the election
OF members n supply the vacancies in the senate This
DONE the field will be fairly open for those movements of
the coalition which the public are now expecting with
SO much interest AT the OF writing these lines
we have heard OF nothing that indicates any serious IN
lerupton TO the which have been planned for
the partition OF the various offices The gilt OF The iegs
laare between the democrats and free-solers II APP
pears, however, mpractcable TO carry the whole
ical strength OF the democracy in The legislature into
every part OF the proposed treaty OF partition and it
possible that there may be enough IN that
body to defeat the election of eesol senator to Con-
gess or at least OF the individual who now seems the
prominent candidate II is certain that The moral strength
of the democratic party of the legislature preponderaes
most decidedly against the project of carrying the spirit
OF the coalition beyond the line of State politics.
II the events OF very uncertain, lhe affairs OF
party politics are no less Coalitions are ,cklish ,obs
to manage Entire parties so easily driven like
tukes 10 market, with stick and red rag. There will
be stragglers this occasion, and possibly enough
Twenty five recusans, less may cause any part
Of that scheme to mscary We venture not 10 predict
how this matter will turn out at the last pinch; but we
counsel no man in the wilderness Of this party umbe TO
huloo I'LL be finds blmEeH out Of the wood
Since writing ,le above. we have learned that the dem
frming the nomination Of Mr. Charles Sumner as can
didate for United States senator, adjourned without ef
fectng anything This gives further indication that
to be by the projectors
.. From the Boston Atlas.
The coALITIoN-Caucuses appear to be the order of
the day at the State house The freesoilers held
Tuesday evening" in which they unanimously made
choice OF Charles Sumner esq for United States senator
for six years. and committee appointed TO lay the
fact before the locooco We understand that that
party held yesterday afternoon and by vote of
e5 to 9 they voted TO support Mr. Sumner II will be
by this that there twenty-five or thirty
democrats absent How they will vote when the question
for action before the House, have OF
knowing If they abide by the decision Of the caucus,
everything will "go merry as a marriage bell"
January
The BALTIMORE PLATFoRM.-The democratic party,
and especially The democratic members OF the legislature
of Massachusetts, should forget in the present crisis
the declaration OF principles which fosr successive ma
tona democratic conventions have affirmed in the most
emphatic and solemn viz in the conventions Of
1886 and 1S40 when they nominated MIR. Van Buren, in
the convention OF 1874, when they nominated Mr. Polk
and in the convention OF 1S4s, when they nominated
General Cass-the platform upon which the Massachu
democracy have stood in all their State conventions
and State addresses. And this is the Baltimore PLATFORM
viz;
Resolved Tha, effort. of the nboli,ionists others
made induce Congress to interfere with questions Of
OF ., nKe @ePen, inc isps IN ed are
sequences and that all such efforts have inevitable
DANGER he saby and psPmaneney of Of the Union and
ought not TO be by any friend OF our political
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creed Of the democracy to the act OF giving his vote to
send to the United States any who is identified with
slave agitation, and is bound by his free soil creed TO
all his efforts TO induce Congress TO interfere with
| questions OF slavery
Ertrae from the speech Of Charles Sumner in Fansu
.t Hail, Nouember g. $780,
"Congess in dsregard OF all the cherished saegua Ids
Of freedom, has passed most cruel, nnchrsan dsuist
has now passed. drawing it, by memorable
y It's authors also. and chiefly him who, as Presden, Of
~ already kened this bill TO the stamp acts and
trust that the parallel may be continued yet further by
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to the words Of John Adams in hi; diary Of 7eS In every
stamp distributors and inspectors have been compelled, by
the unconquerable rage of the people, TO renounce the
"The stamp could be executed here. Can the
IL win not dishonor this of the pilgrims and of the
tsyouon n by .a%,ssnsniIy HaIno, osVt'sa' y Is
here may forget humanity Janeisd loyalty TO law
but the public conscience .cW not naoU man who has
trodden streets as freeman to be dragged away as
.There are many who will shrink, any and
outstanding s the atrocious penalties Of this bill from
They will offer him the shelter OF their houses and need
bs, teM protect his liberty bg force.
Form of oath prescribed for justice of the peace at.
toney al law, member OF the legislature, &c:
Il soemnly and affirm that will support the con-
stitnon OF the United States
Form OF oath for United States commissioner, United
States senator, &c:
"You soemnly swear that rn support the eonstit~-
ton Of the Urited Sfa,ss'
Article of the constitution Of the United States
ton 2:
me person held service labor Ia State, under
the laws thereof, escaping INTO another shall in
quence Of any law regulation therein, be discharged
FROM service labor but shall be delivered
claim the party whom such service labor may be
due"
Alss
The BARGAIN AND sALE.-Yesterday morning the Post
and the Commonwealth gave the schedule as hxed upon
BY the two caucuses-the tree soil and the locofoco
which differs in few particulars from the ireeso
umatum which gave on Monday II Is as follows :
The democrats to have the governor lieutenant gov
ernor State treasurer councillors, and the United States
senator for the short term the TO have the
United States for the long term, the secretary OF
State the State auditor four councillors, and the sergeant:
al arms The sergeant has already been elected
and we glad TO have it in power TO say that the
present incumbent Mr. Stevens, is the person. We also
learn that the free soil party will make opposition TO
the election of Mr. Wider the present auditor Indeed,
it would be great public loss 10 lose him He Is one
of the exemplary otcers-conversant with all the
details OF State finances, and wiha OF the most
gentlemanly and excellent of men.
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