The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-09-13


has pabliey slasd-snd defy the Union 10 il
GA aaihosyia.i las. sy.s..a.s. Wild, .e na,issa,
demsesey, aad 'a~t he LOOKS m great interest te
success as triumph ofbe principles upon which he
elected. and upon which he Is determined 10 ndmiIis,e
the government We ALEC desire 10 place IL unon record
and extend our Invitation 10 The Union 70 deny IL
70 Tho grnteuen ymentionsd 10 ooufAdie il, thai the
President distinctly stated to Mr. Fowler The post
master. and Ar CochfsDe, the su,yeyo. OF New York
that he would allow retain office under
the general government uoles he evinced te same zeal
for the honest tuhiment OF tho promise measures
cudirg the foRuye-ssve law, which he himself felt and
was determined TO naniSstupon every occasion and NJ.
Fowler and Mr. Cochrane acqaieseed in The 80 s,ms and
hold Office under that ledge The Unions article has cre-
aed intense disgust here. eqaalled oy by The Rnssan
uee OF the SANE paper ASM0DEUS"
The foregoing silly ,uson Of some indiscrre scrib-
bier who is deeeivng himself with the idea that he Is
friend OF Gov. Dickinson. requires word of notice moi
because we have any apprehension that Gov Dickinson
himself any friend OF his who has sufficient discretion
and intelligence 10 be true friend can be misl,d BY its
misrepresentation and Ineinualions bat because 1t af
fords US good opportunity express our contemp, for
that system of assailing the Unon which conceded
here, and carried out through he columns of such We
hcles ~ the New York Herald This las, ASSAULT com
mences with Misrepresentation, and nearly every &c
tence that follows 10 the end equally devoid OF ruth
The Union has made reflection upon Governor
Dickinson as a Union democrat, on the contrary, i,
has expressed unabaled confidence in the souudness
OF his democracy We have given place 10 a com
municalion which contains extracts from a speech of
Governor Dickinson in 1917, and upon tuning 10 the
speech. we find The extracts correctly made The speech
was made upon the proposition 10 rgrait The Wilmot
proviso upon the ihres-mon bill and that proposition
was opposed by Governor Dickinson, because he be
lleved II was calculated TO emsaHass the administration
IN The vigorous prosecution OF the war with Mexico.
After having stated fully his reasons for opposing the
proposition, he proceeded 10 state his views on the sub
ject OF slavery, which ready TO insert al full
l-ngth that no one may suppose capable OF assang
Governor Dickinson by mniila'ng his speeches. We
have never hestard 10 concede him full credit fer the
SACRIFICES he has made in sustaining the compromises of
The constitution knowledge hat he had once favored
The Wlmot Proviso weak ened our confidence in
him than il did in General Cass. They have long been
closely identified in minds two of the soundest
and most reliable oil national democrats The idea of
making an nsidious attach" Governor Dickinson is
original with the Heralds correspondence had ne yer
occurred 10 US With us 1t was grounI OF attack. and
for the that Governor Dickinson has long since
furnished abundant proof Of bis nationality on the sec
onal issues Our article was Wi ten Tor no other pur
pose than TO show that il unwiee and impo,c for
the democracy OF New York 10 divide and quarrel on
question which settled by compromise and conces-
sion as early as 1880 Il designed TO convey any,
impression as 10 Gen. Perces sympahes-his public pol
icy shows that his sympa,hes are with all national
democrats, and that he recognises all as national
democrats who faithfully atquesce in The creed aJoped
10 1852 The article was written without the knowl
edge. or advice consultation, of Gov Marcy or
OF ref In
the correspondent Of the Herald, or anybody else-
!, was written by one whose sympa,hes have been
all the time with Governor Dickinson on the sec.
tional question; il was published by iA writer on
his editorial responsibility. ard il expresse, the
views IN which all concerned in the conduct OF The
Union concur and which this journal has steadily main
laned The whole insinuati1n, that the Un,o. is the
personal organ OF Gov. Marcy. that any one in
its editorial department 10 retained there by him or
Tor his benefit, is oil course utterly unfounded and
absurd, ~ is any insinusuon that there does not
exist The most cordial agreement and confidence be-
tween the President aad Gov. Marcy. We do not in.
tend 10 be provoked into any war upon Gov Dckin-
son on The slavery question We have no hesitation in
saying however, that consider the continued agia
ton OF this question by his special friends as unwise and
fatal 10 the prospects OF the democracy in New York
The recent elections in The southern States prove lha, The
policy OF The administration (Which The real object of
attack in this asaiion) endorsed by those having an
immediate interest in tie slavery question They desire
peace and qnet on this subject, and they sustain The ad
minsirsion because its policy has been based upon the
principle ,ha, the agitation OF slavery was 10 cease ard
that all who acqnissced faithfully in this rncple were
10 be recognised national democrats Willis, we cast
no reflections ulon The soundness OF Gov Dckinson's
democracy we arc aware that be las pretended friends
whose ndisce,ions lead them carry on warfare upon
the Union, and from whose errors he will have ocea
SION yet 10 pray TO be delivered II il be the object of
such men, as we believe to produce tie impresson that
there not the mos, cordial state OF feeling between
Gov Marcy and the President. them that all
attempts Of Ibis kind will prove aboriive
eH German Commerce.
VI all our foreign commercial relations. those with Ger
many have become nearly the most important Oar
commercial intercourse with that couatry is now only
equaed in exten, by Great B;tain with her annual ex
pors OF manufactures worth some sixty million of dol