The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-24
The HINl1Ornl.

the eighth resolution would have suliiced for
dozen ordinary occasions.
In the first instance, on Sunday, the Utio,
was excessively angry because The reporters
copy of the platform read by Mr. AsHMUN di,
not contain certain words in relation to III,
Compromise which Were regarded by the wr
ter as essential to meet the standard raised b,
the southern delegates Tuesday placed tn,
public in possession OF an official copy Of the
document, containing all that the South ever
Indicated; and now that our contemporary dis
covers the holowness Of his cry of trea,
son, he veers round and detects, in certain yer
bal differences between the reporters and the
official copies, ''evidence Of fraud or bad faith
somewhere"
The Union charges, in effect that the reso
luton published in the newspaper reports oil
Saturday was purpusely enasculated, or that
the official copy has been purposely strength
ened. In either case, it says, there has
been ''fraud or bad faith whether on the par,
of the committee or the convention is of course
immalerial. A glance AT the facts will show
that our contemporary has for once expended
much strength in the discovery of a very tri.
fling ''mares nest"
1t was understood on Friday that the Com
mittee on Resolutions had adopted the platform
prepared by southern delegates, with only few
unimporiant verbal alterations We were so as
sured at the time by one of the authors Of the
PLATFORM gentleman from Alabama-who was
also member Of the committee of the conven-
! a., r
O'Clock; and the reporters, with the view Of
facilitating the completion of their reports, to
be despatched by the evening train prepared
copies of the original southern resolutions, with
marginal blanks for the necessary alterations
to be made as the reading of the document
| proceeded The task was left TO one reporter
| certainly to not more than two; aad from his
| or their notes of the alterations duplicate
copies were made for the accommodation of the
whole staff. There was no opportunity of re.
| vslng the copy by the draft Of the report read
by Mr.. AsHMUN; the reading was finished but
a few minutes before the departure of the
! Washington train and we therefore i'm
| pue blame to no one when we say that
verbal omissions and inaccuracies occurred
at several points. Such defects were al
most unavoidable under the circumstances;
and the manner in which they occurred rem
dered their simultaneous appearance in all the
papers Inevitable. The entire consistency of
all the reports Of the resolution" which the
Union puts forward as evidence of the genuine
ness of the ''emasculated" version, sprung from
the arrangement we have narrated, and in
reality forms evidence only of the lrailty of
Journalism, not of fraud on the part of the con-
vention. The errors in the earliest published
copy of the fifth resoution-to which the Union
also aIudes-had precisely the same origin.
As read in convention, that resolution, like that
relating to the Compromise, was received with
satisfaction, and stood as it stands in the off
cial platform. Governor JoHNsToY's remarks
were directed to the reporters inaccuracies;
while the discussions on the eighth-or Com
promse-rcsoution turned upon the commit
tees proposition, which was always as it now is.
The reader will now see Oh what totteriug
basis the Union rests It's sweeping imputations
Of gross electioneering fraud" They are
without decent pretonce, and really seem TO
have been manufactured for the single purpose If
CLOSING over the mistake committed by our
contemporary on Sunday. The allegations
then made in regard to the insul1iciency of the
Compromise declaration prove to have no foun.
dalton in fact; and all the Understanding phrases
of yesterday are but designed to cover an an
pleasant retreat
II the Union is anxious 10 employ its crit
cal ocurnep IN tho apalvoiy ,C,
does it avoid the statements promulgated by
the New York EDering Post, as to the man
ner in which the Democratic Convention
dealt with that important part Of its duty? The
Post still maintains that the Democratic plat
form was never adopted. in any proper sense;
yet the onion, which is hypercritcal in deal
ing with its opponents platform, has never
ventured TO resent the imputations that have
been cast upon the integrity Of its own.
We are willing to believe that the Demo
cratic endorsement Of the Compromise was
made in good faith, and we are at loss to con.
ceive how any honorable adversary can refuse 10
say less Of the endorsement subsequently given
by the Wings The Wings, at any rate, met
the question 1nlully, in broad daylight, and
before proceeding 10 nomination; and that cir
cumstance, if there were no other, should be
sufficient to satisfy candid mind of the unfair
ness Of the course pursued by the Union in the
premises. It may be that our contemporary
feels the force Of the attractions Of the Wing
platform, contras,cd with those Of the Demo
cratic; and that the design is 10 raise false
issue, to divert attention from principles not
easily refuted But The Union must try an
other tack. Its present assault on the fair deal
ing Of the convention will not pass muster in
any quarter.
The Syracuse Riots.