Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-10-01
New YoaK PoLrrlcs.-The Barnburners.or

nomination. al Tammany Hall. last FRIDAY
night. The meeting was seIy large, very en-
lbnsiasiic ard very Jteimined IN It's opposition
10 The Hard. The y. Y. Herald publishc-
two letters. from Mr. q. &. Bronson, the Col
lecior ofthe Port and NJ G. O'Conner. L
). District Attorney, addressed Ia the commit
Tee by whom they were invited 10 attend the
meeting. These letters entirely repudiate the
Soft Shell nominations. The Richmond WING
says. they have created great sensation, and
that not very pleasant one. at Washington
Their course IS regarded as downright rebel
on-end their denunciaton Of the king 5
friends n mex piable offci.ce. But what 10
DO in the premises was tie difficulty. A Cabi
net council, after grave dellberalion. was un
abe 10 come 10 satisfactory conclusion. To
.lecspifate the offenders forthwith was he
natural and prompt suggestion. Bat it wonld
have bad appearance for Compromise Pre-
sident 10 prescribe Compromise Democrats,
whom he had just appointed, for no Other sin
than their refusal TO embrace Free Sellers,
whom he aad they had both prolessed to detcsi
embarrassing. In the mean time the "Sofis.'
he peculiar friends OF the Administration, are
held p uby Office holders OF he Government
as The mos; dishonest and unpatlotic faction
N the great State ofNew York.
The following pointed paragraph is from the
letter of Mr. Collector Bronson:
Although il must be known 10 YOU that |
am not in the habit of addressing political as
senbies, candor requires me 10 add. that vii
not in any form support the ticket. As a
lover of honesty in politics. well as IN other
lhngs. and Of good order In society, | cannot
approve of nominations brought about by fraud
and violence Those who introduce ,onvicts
and bullles iuio our conventions, for the rur.
pose OF controlling events. must not expect
their proceedings 10 he sanctioned by me,
what ever course may be- pursued by others.
Mr. O'Connor is rquaIly explicit in reject.
ing the coalition He says.
Turning TO the contemplation of the other
convention, (the soft or free sol,) find that all
It's leaders were but recently engaged IN "A
course of political agitation directly tending to
dscord between the Northern and Southern
States. 1t has indeed presented platform OF
principles unqualifedly denouncng that po
Iillcal agitation as dangerous tn tie permancn.
cy of the Union, and inadmissbe among dem.
ocrats but when it is considered that the lead
ers, with one unlmpressve exception, express.
| ly withheld assent to that platform or repudiat
ell 1.-THE resolution adopting it is not III my opin
ion entitled to any confidence whatever. One oil
tho candidates nominated by this body, who
was himself a member of il, refused his assent
To these very principles in the most emphatic
manner as lately as the month Of June, 1852
AS Tar az is known To me, he sill repudiates
them. 1t is presumable that he fairly reflects
the animus of the convention which nomina
ted him, and know no reason for supposine
that any of his associates on the ticket are IN
this respect unlike him"
The Washington Union and the organ oil
the free soers of New Yorkthe Evening Post
have become rabidly violent, particularly il
their denunciatons of Mr. Bronson for hi.
indignant refusal to coalcsce with their pe,teC
FREQ soil faction, They make some revelation.
IN regard TO the past political course of thi,
prominent officer which are any thing but con
sstent with his present claim TO "honesty il
politics" The Union triumphantly enquiries
"who that has read Mr. Bronson's letter woue
suppose it possible that he lad ecer entertained
frce.sod Scntimenfs;' and thereupon presents u,
with a charming letter, addressed to a free sol
mass meeting held in New York. in 1913, te
ratiiy the nomination of Martin Van Buren, fo
President. in which our Collector warmly ex
presses the hope, that "the people If Tie fire,
States aciH gice a united c0ice ogainst aHowina
slaoery on a single .toot Of tiee.sod ,ohe,c it il
not noao authorized By lac"
The Union adds: al may be that Mr. Bron
son still stands upon the platform laid down il
his letter; if so, there must be some mistake
In classifying him "hard." In that case
would there rot DE some mistake too in tn,
classiication,so often made by the Union of ere
ry federal officer appointed by Gen. Pierce d,
men who are true to The Union and the South
and who acquiesce in the doctrines of the Bait
Platform l-Surely the Collector deserves de-
capitation, aud we would suggest this as s1it