Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-11-01
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MEssRs. Errors: Believing that il must
crafty the conductors Of 4 public Journal to
feel that they have the sympathy and support
Of Their party, ! venture toexpress 70 yoh the
satisfaction with which |, IN common with the
democrats of this section of the State, regard
the course of the Sentinel in reference TO what
is so improperly styled the division of the
party in New York. / have alluded only to
the democracy of this neighborhood, but un-
doubleday might speak with as little hcsita-
ton as to the sentiments of the party through
out the State 1t cannot for ,one moment be
supposed that the democracy Of Virginia be-
holds with complacency the effort which has.
been made to traduce the fair fame Of that man
Tor whom her vote was cast in the Baltimore
convention.
| believe that late events have conduced to q
better understanding of the real grounds of the
New fork quarrel, than has hitherto prevailed.
Many good democrats, at distance from the
scene ofa action, without investigating the causes
OF difference, have been prone to embrace all
the disputants with the sole exception of that
eminent patriot to whom have already aluded)
IN one nndistinguishing sentence Of condemns
ton. They have regarded the whole matter as
Q mere struggle for the spoils. They have be-
iieved the whole body Of New York politicians
injected with the contagion--that athe slime
OF the serpent was overthem all !" They wished
to see them left to fight it out unmolested and
could, with the utmost philosophy, have beheld
them undergoing the fate Of the Kilkenny cats.
But, since attention has been forced in that
direction, even the most unrefecting have
learned to discriminate and the opinion all
along entertained by the thinking men Of the
party has now become universal. What that
opinion is may be gathered from the tenor Of
this letter. ~ A1 Ky te q Ws& M
Messrs Editors: We now know our friends,
and knowing dare sustain" We also know our
enemies, and we have the courage to denounce
them. We will not consent tosee the men who
betrayed us in our extremity-who deserted us
when "our need was the sorest' dealt us
foul blows when we were pressed the hardest
say we will not consent to see this horde OF
barnburners, freesoilers, Buffalo convention
men, with ohm Van Buren, astheir leader, set up
over the heads of those who, ever faithful to
the great principles Of our party, have borne
the heat and burden Of the day. s
This faction comes to us reeking with treach-
ery-foul with sin-covered an over with
plague-spots. A more powerful spell than any.
Abracadabra Of Mr.. Secretary Guthrie is re-
quired to cleanse them. 1t must be mightier
than he who can "strike his hand over the
place and recover the leper.a Let them 90
wash, not seven times, but seventy times seven
in the purest Jordan of democracy.. No Ar
hanna nor Parphar rivers Of Damascus-no
stagnant abolition pool Of Buffalo or Syracuse
can make them clean.
Messrs. Editors: To plain man, unhardened
in the political crucible, it is equally astonish-
ing, and exasperating to behold the GOODNESS
with which these men, whom we looked to see
bowed down with shame, claim the highest
seats in the synagogue. If they have in deed
and in good faith abjured their errors-a belief
we should gladly embrace did not their whole
history forbid it--they should be seen in sack
cloth and ashes striving in all humility to OBJ
hterate, BY their present zeal, the remembrance
OF their former sins. They should clear off the
mighty arrears which stand against them be-
fore they begin to clamor for rewards. And If,
sincerely desiring to cling for the future to the
faith they have once abandoned, they look for
an exemplar, we would point them to patriot
in their own midst in whose footsteps they
need never fear to follow---D Daniel S. Dickinson.
We can imagine the pleasure with which his
enemies at home have Witnessed the attacks Of
the Union newspaper upon this great and good
man. We can estimate it BY our own anger
and modification No wonder that they hate
him, : for there is a daily beauty in his life
which makes them ugly" By the side of such
man we arht NOT place John "A. Dix. ITO
draw parallel betwixt them is to liken aHy
perion to a .Satyr.. Mr.. Dix administers the
very largest bolus our credulity can swallow,
when he tells us he is in the true path of duty
now; it is little too much when he asks us to
believe he has never wandered from it. sfs
Messrs Editors !: am, and always have BEEN
democrat. Il support now the administration
OF General Pierce, as supported his .nomina.
ton, heartily---and do so because LIDO not be-
lieve the cabinet to be o." unit Edo not believe
the President would 60 to the length which Mr..
Guthrie has, and do not believe that he en-
dorses or approves those attacks upon Mr.. Dick
inson, which i cannot characterize without
using epithets strongey than I am wiling 10
employ, ssesf 1900 ~. '.'t 4
The heartest sympathies Of the party
throughout the country are enlisted in behalf
of the national democrats of New York; rs
whose head and front they regard Daniel s.
Dickinson. We can never forget how sublime
ly, when the Union was assailed by foes, he
stood like Horatius Coolies, defending the pass
while the bridge of his safety was hewn, down
behind him; and the country for whom he
offered himself willing victim will not consent
to have him sent In the robe Of d psnitent to
beg pardon through the traitors camp. s
We are grateful to the Sentinel for its gall
liant defence of him. IN ssE ss3@ !.
And now, gentlemen, in concluding what !
meant to have been but hurried note, let me
exhort you to continue an unwearied advocacy
of those States rights doctrines, in whose
maintainance the true friends Of their country.
believe her safety to consist II W. -
A VIRGINIA. DEMOCRAT.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. Oct 20, 1859, v{i j
From the Binghampson Democrat. 7I-T N