Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-05-15
NEW YORK AND THE PRESIDENCY.

Extracts Speech
York. delivered tn the Ho~se q 1'eE'''''''"'''O
on the Esd april, 1882
Rasora nroceeding to reply to the charges mace
ooo;net ms for our votes upon these Dls' anu CIV
;H|r tho reasons which induce me to favor the nlea
now under consideration, desire the attention
of the Democratic portion of the House to re"
words on the presidential question, and the Poslton
of New York in reference to 1t. And Wouiu not S
have done this but for the remark that has recently
been made, and quite frequently repeated tn.'
New York could not be carried for the DemocraI a.,
nominee; but nomination should be mace VIII
ont reference to it, and that the President could De
elected without the vote of New York. One would
suppose the experience of 1645, quite sufhcenC 70
teach men, even dull of comprehension, a lesson
which would prevent its repetition, and that wise
men would know better, even without the lesson'
Rut Efeel that such remarks are UNJUST 10 NE"
York and such action on the part OF the Demo
cratic Convention would be not only dangerous
hut suicidal and ruinous to the party. do not
propose to reopen the discussion here about ola
fooies" or Young America" In these L nave
taken no part, nor will L. Any KIND OF losles
suit me better than Wing Fogies. Our common
object is to drive them from the White House ana
the Executive Departments. We have now Wing
administration conducting the Government upon
the principles which have always actuated the
Federal party. On the 4th of March next this
policy must be changed. How is an end SO de-
sirabie to be accomplished! Not by voluntarily
and with generalization and malice atorethought'
DISTINGUISHING State, oStracislng one halt OF her
Democracy Not by advocating upon this floor
the claims of any man to presidential nomination
No man has a claim upon the Democratic party.
l utterly repudiate the doctrine. But If any one
had such claim this is the last place to advance
it by speeches in its favor. Such speeches only
generate feelings which it may take months to
allay. And gentlemen ought to remember that
nomination, even by the great Democratic party
potent as it is, with its twenty-six Governors OF
States with its vast majority of State Legislatures,
with its overpowering number in both branches OF
Congress- and its deep Judgment in the popular
heart, that even now nomination Is not an cleo
ton. The Wing party, though defeated every
where is not disbanded or destroyed. Though they
are now quarreling-and one gentleman tells us
that General Scott cannot get respectable men
enough to form an electoral ticket in Tennessee
another proclaims Mr. Fillmores weakness. Yet,
when the Slaughter House Convention" meets, l
believe all these forebodings will cease-all these
prophecies be forgotten and all remnants of princi
pie will be offered upon the shrine of party. They
will support the nominee of that convention, as in
a memorable instance, the recollection or the re-
cord of which has not yet passed away,-they
went
"For Tyler, therefore,
Without why WHEREFORE
I understood the honorable gentleman from
Kentucky Mr.. Ward as avoning it publicly here,
as Wing custom, which he thought should be fol-
lowed in the next campaign, to make no declara-
ton of princi ples-but to 90 it blind and when
asked for the principles to drown it by shouting
Lundy's Lane, Cherubusco, Chapultepec, and the
Halls of the Montezumas. Really did not expect
so frank avowal here.
Mr.. Ward. have never said in this House or
elsewhere, upon any occasion, that the Wing party
did not make a declaration of principles but on
the contrary, said that they had. l stated that
they made no platform in 1910 or '48.
Mr.. Dean. l stand corrected. 1 will put it in
my published speech, no platform" of principles.
must say, however, that gentleman who can
make distinction between the two sentiments,
must have mind so constituted, as difference to
see
"'Twixt tweedledum and tweedledee''
But whether avowed or not, they will 90 it blind;
for it is peculiarly of the leaders of that party to
scent the public plumber as far as hyena will
grave, and to follow by instinct wherever there is
the remotest prospect of securing it. The question
in dispute among them now, has slight, if any,
relation to principle. 1t is chiefly question of
'pois. General Taylor-whom history will say,
was nomlnally PRESIDENT for brief perlOd-was
brought forward by the availability portion of the
Wings. After his nomination, the Woolly Heads
Of New York and some other States made fent at
oolting, and held out for some two months, until
hey had had sufficient time to consult with his
and get pledge for the patronage
Whether they ever got this pledge or not, do not
ay. Only that they did, simultaneously |
Free-Soil portion of the Wing party-unite in his
Import, and that Cabinet of certain description
vas formed, and that they did have the control of
ne appointments. You can judge, as well as l, |
y putting that and that together, how the thing
vas arranged. 1t was certainly a remarkable coin
idence-an unaccountable accident, one of those !
wonderful which never occur bv chance
tut are to be attributed solely to that kind of Pro-
idential interposition which gives victory to the
'est disciplined troops.
That the honorable Senator from New York. and |
us branch of the Wing party, did have the control
Gen. Taylor, is historical fact, which need not
e repeated in Washington. The Vice President,
IT. Fillmore, could have nothing to say in the be-
towal OF Executive patronage. When Gen. Taylor
led, then the Vice President, the heir apparent,
nd his friends who had been obliged to starye. or
at at the second table, invited the Senator and his
etalners tU stand back and wait. Mr. Fillmore is |
low under certain influences in distributing the |
thees-those who control these matters now want
Keep HIM where he is-the other set with an !
'ettes sharpened by their long fast, threaten ven
,eance, and are determined to name his successor,
IT let democrat take his place. Mr.. Fillmore
ouid PfoPitiate them IN an hour, by giving them
he control of the appointments.
AS a means of ousting the present ;nc,nobor+
hey early started Gen. Scott as their candidate
md thus have, or SunDosa tbay haze L.