The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-19

had never fatered In duty and even as leaders OF the
men whose political hopes they had, until rlse mo
nent OF tnelr return, striven by all means in their
power, TO destroy. This occurred in lS49 the year
OF tie famous Rome Convention. The transaction
was one never authorized DOR ratified by our party
ana " IS just TO such individuals Of the feeso faction
were honest In supporting its peculiar tene to ad
mit that the unworthy union thus attempted to be
io med, was not attended by any renuncaton of poll
ca creed. either by the fr9eso faction by After
lS49 as was well expressed in the address Of late
three successive State conventions, resisted and
voted against an approval OF the compromise
measures, and when compelled to yield to the
democratic oice, they demanded that the Fugitive
Slave enactment should stand as an exception to
qualified and meagre approval OF the great acts for
the adjustment Of the slavery agitation"
We call your attention to the fact worthy of your
constant remembrance, that neither the free soil fac
ton Lor any OF its leaders presses has ever declar
ed that they or either of them, mad ren0unced auy
OF the political heresies promulgated under their
separate organizations, nor pretended in any way
that they would not contend for and advocate their
abolition opinions and measures whenever and
wherever they might deem it advantageous to do 80.
The evidence OF this will be found in all the pub
lie acts and declarations OF John Van Buren,, Pres
ton King, Martin Grover, John A. Dix and every
other individual who. since lS47, at any time figured
as leader, speaker, in any other prominent capa.
city st any free soil assembIage and also from the
for ability as well as malevolence, TIE Evenisg Post
and Albany EDening atlas may be selected as most
striking and offensive examples.
1t Is true that ut BY racuse In September last the
approved by US at Baltimore in 1852, notwith-
standing the votes against the latter Of Mar
tin Grover and several Of his free soil associates.
They enasted this hypocricy, although in the last
by their free soil speaker, they resisted the adop
ton of resolutions proposed by us, approving Of
the national platform, the inaugural address of
President Pierce, and the fugitive slave law;
ayAxy yhoy,f fbo olvvf;op
to vote at the extra session, most of the free soil
members fed from their seats, and of the very few
who remained in the chamber but one gave the
resolution his support
democracy by the base trick of pretending to
sustain the Baltimore platform, is fully exposed
in the speech of John Van Buren delivered at
their meeting in Tammany Hall on the 10th of Octo-
ber last. He said" New, | say that the demo-
cratic party is pledged to resist the agitation of the
slavery question. There may be men of the demo-
cratic party that do not approve Of the Compromise
measures. There was no appro cation expressed in
the Baltimore platform, but We all agreed that they
to stand they are, undisturbed during the ad-
ministration OF President Pierce" Neither this
speaker nor any Of his associates has uttered one
word which can preclude them from again uniting
with abolitionsts Of every degree in renewing that
agitation of the slavery question which we supposed
and sti i believe the Compromise measures were
intended to terminate, not for the present. but for
all time They may when convenient insist, as their
leader did in 1851 not only that the fugitive slave
law is unconstitutional aud that its execution may
therefore be resisted by any party against whom its
execution is attempted, but also that the Northern
States may and should, by direct legislation, prac
ticaly nulfy that law. 1t is for the national de-
mocracy to declare whether they will in any part
of this Union tolerate any alliance with who thus
hang upon party to obtain rewards but have real
sympathy with us, and are ready ojon foes when
ever by such course. they may ut once disseminate
their pernicious sentiments and promote their per-
sonal interests For ourselves, we will leave nothing
unperfermed which we may fairly accomplish, ut
terry to destroy, ut the earliest nent, every fac.
ton and politician favoriag any opininion by which
the compromise measures can be at all disturbed,
otherwise than, ii such result be necessary to in
crease and strengthen the means to enforce the pro-
visions Of the Federal Constitution, and defeat every
abolition scheme that can be suggested.
Animated by this purpose thus stated, and
to avoid having our deliberations controlled
by bireliDg band of lawless rufhsns, we proceed
ed at Syracuse to non mate State ticket bearing
the names OF such men only as we knew to approve
the seLtments and purposes we have declared. This
action on our !art was made the pTetext of charg-
and the fact that Judge Bronson gave his approval
to cur ticket was the true reason by which his
mics were Influenced in depr,vng him Of his o6ice
Not only were the prejudices OF the President and
but they were induced to believe that numbers in
this State were small, and our efforts unworthy
consideration. The vote has shoHn that the
people are with as, and will remain with US, though
who bold seek Office unite for over.hroW; and
assure you that glorious victory gives us con.
elusive evidence that the support Of this State need
never be expected hereafter by any administration
individual except upon the express condition of
recognizing US, and us alone, as the democratic
party.
The charge that we have opposed the general
administration is equally false and absurd. To
the national democracy the existence of this ad-
ninistration must certainly be attributable. We
supported Franklin Pierce as we did the Bal
tmore platform, believing that each represent
ed our principles. We. approved, and still ap-
prove the sentiments OF his inaugural address; but
we hold the President, as one Of our party, to pre-
cisely the same obligations which we cheerfny as.
sumo; and if he desire expect from support Of
any measure emanating from him, he must make it
worthy Of that support by impressing it with such
marks as Enthusiastically attest its claim to be ap-
proved by national democrats. We cannot consent
that he shall yield anything that diminshes our
rights either TO the revenge, disappointment, amb
tion machiDation, or temporizing policy OF his Cab
net or any of its members. We would be most
happy to sustain him and any patriotic and judi
cious advisers he might select to aid him in ad-
ministeripg the duties Of bis office on national
democratic principles and practices; but If we be
prevented from according such support we will, as
we do now, turn to the immediate representatives Of
the people in Congress assembled, and ask them to
protect the true democracy Of this country against
every attempt from any source to restrain or dimin
i.h their just influence.
The American citizen Of any experience in polti-
cal affairs, must he very blind who cannot perceive
that the free soil faction Of this State has been and is
but one of the elements from which to be organized
on the basis Of antislavery, Northern party, Of
which, If II should ever succeed William H. Seward.
or a suitable successor, would be the head. Some
struggle between such party and the national de-.
mocracy must inevitably happen before political
abolitioDism can be extrpated and the Constitution
snd its compromises, as affecting slavery, perma-
neptjy secured In such q contest who is weak
enough TO suppose that any frees0er would array
wi dem0cralVY n
idea may deceive an ambitious man whose vision
is dazzed by the high preferment on which his
longing gaze is fixed, it shall not be permitted to
delbde the people nor to endanger our beloved
Union.
The preservation Of that Union we consider to
be the highest political duty Of the American
people. On comparison with that, the triumphs
of party, the honors or emouments Of station,
the hopes and Efforts of ambition, are as dust in
The bslan,e This duty can in no other man.
ner be effectively performed than by constant
maintenance of the principles embodied in the polti
cal creed of the national democracy Out Of the
vcton of this truth originated the sign OF forming