The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-07
From our New York Correspondent.
New YORK, June 5, 1851.

NEW YORK, June 8, 1891.
The meeting at Tammany Hall on Tuesday evening,
for the nominal purpose OF responding to the action OF
the democratic senators and representatives Congress
upon the distribution OF the public lands and OF COM
bining all true democrats IN support OF that measure,
neither more less than another attempt OF the
solers TO unite the party upon false ISSUE and to
sink the true II is curious to observe to how many
shifts the dlserganzers are driven 10 avoid committing
themselves a support of the only great and really i'm
portan measures before the country and with what avid
ity they grasp at questions comparatively trivial, in the
hope Of bringing about agreement upon them which
shall place them in the lead and enable them to WELD the
whole force OF the party for purposes which they dare
not avow but which leak out through the loquacy of
their talking emssares in other places and upon other
occasions.
This land-refOrm meeting is the second manGuvre
have witnessed for the same purpose within a few
weeks The first the secession of the twelve
TORS with view the defeat of the canal. enlargement
bill In the hope OF uniting the democracy, and securing
the leadership by bold though questionable stroke
of policy, they took steps Of decidedly revolutionary
character and threw themselves upon the party and the
country for support AS foresaw and predicted they
met not only with disappointment but with rebuke :
neither the party the country responded TO their ap
peal The game has been payed-the story is told
out of the twelve, including the rlngeader of the free
soiles as well the seceders, [Mann) have been told
stay home by their constituents and the remaining
five returned to the senate by such meagre and dlmn
shed majortes admonish them not TO play the trick
second time. The attempt to Ieorganze the democratic
party upon the basis oil distribution OF the public lands
at this crisis will be equally unsuccessful. However
acceptable large portion OF the people of every part
OF the country such a may be- II certainly
not be claimed eLeiuslpeLyG democratic measure The
wings may, with equal propnety claim il as their own
their most prominent leaders have for years advocated H.
and Mr. Webster in his late progress through the North
H.,
What sort of PLATFORM then, is this TO rally the demo-
cratic party upon, occupied ii already is, 10 fully
equa extent, by the wings What kind of basis does
II offer for reunion and reorganization when 1t is per-
fecty well known that very consideable-perhaps
equamoety of the democracy and of the people large,
opposed to the measure altogether as mpolitic I'M
wise, and unustI We disposed present to en-
into any argument upon this subject because,
stand, IL is OF minor importance, and there
pressing call for its consideration but do main
tam that there is great deal be said against, well
as in favor of, the free distribution of the public lands
that there is abundant for honest difference OF opn
ION in regard to the measure and that il is totally mpac
tcable to rally the democratc party as such upon IT,
But as we have Just observed it is matter OF minor
Importance and like other political topics which, in ord-
nary times would be of greater lesser interest il sinks
into nsgnihcance before the all eng rossng question OF
the day What necessity is there for searching among
the common points of difference, about which politicians
dispute their leisure in the hacyon days OF peace and
tranquility for one unite upon when country her
self presents one for selection, and appeals in
of entreaty the most thrilling TO all who faithful 10
her 10 rally upon il, and her from deadly peril
What better platform does the democratic party want to
unite upon than that afforded by the compromise
ures Of the last Congress Why do portion of those
who call themselves democrats seduously endeavor
to keep the which those present out OF
sight And why they industrious in trying 10
/ l. .h,,t amt un iasup
answer TO these two last questions will be found in Mr.
John Van Burens address the free-so convention OF
Vermont In that curious document be reveals the pur-
poses OF that sodanf portion OF the democratic party
which rejoces in him leader and gives the key the
ambiguous tactics they display in avoiding the true Issue,
and endeavorng to impose upon us with a false one.
There we have explanation of the objects for which
the free soil branch the and badge OF the
democratic party and for which they intend to WELD it's
power-obiects which they very far from avowng
in Tammany-objec,s which they assiduously conceal
wherever a bunker majority some respectable minor
y 10 be found-bu nevertheless, objects which they
cherish in their hearts, which they do not deny among
themselves and which their leader openly proclsms to
the holder and reckless enemies Of the Union in
Vermont His hopes he says crest on the democratic
party" He announces that " the two sections OF the
democratic party have reunited in New York" And
them after having claimed result Of this union the
election OF seventeen democratic congressman sixteen OF
whom prepared to repeal the fugtiyeslave law be
goes on to explain what else he expects the united democ
racy OF New York TO do. Now, although, with charac
erstc modesty he Processes to speak without authority
and merely gives his individual opinion, there is not
among those who heard him, and we might also say
among those who have read his speech, ignorant
az not 10 know that John Van Buren, is the life
and soul of the free-sol party OF this State that
in him lives, and moves, and has its being that he
acts for il and thinks for it, and in il carries
out his views implicitly What he hopes, expects,
wishes the united democracy to do, then will most
doubtedly be DONE provided there such union Of the
party as he describes II, the other hand, las
sert) there be such union then what he expects
hopes, wishes the results aimed at by the section
OF the democracy who recognise him their chief and
may fairly be considered their objects in bringing
about union upon false issue, and sinking the true
one.
What are his expectations, then Simply these That
the ''soi.dsant" democracy will maintain the principles
ayowed upon the Buffalo platform, revive the Wilmot
proviso and apply TO the territories manifest an IN
yielding opposition to the compromise system ana espec
ally repeal The ugitve-save law. Such, past al doubt
the objects OF the freesolers OF New YORK. lner
creed embraces belief in the necessity OF accomplishing
such purposes these That the accomplishment OF these
purposes would inevitably lead to dissolution OF me
IT,on M nan in his senses with his open, Tor