The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-05

In addition to variety of other entertaining aud
instructive dhzg, to.dnys Inside pages contain
Letter to the ftyr OF the Washington Union from
a New Yorb HarS Communication relative to Eag-
lsh Comsaerce and Ipdaen,e in South America;
Statement concerning the Vera Cruz and Mexican
Railrosi; The Jones' Wood Park Case in the SUI
preme Court; Business ia the Law Courts, &c.
Caucus Proceedings at Washington The
New Platform OF the Cabinet.
The vote in caucus on Saturday evening. on
Mr. Starton's resolutions affirming the COM
promise measures, defines the position occupied
by the democratic supporters Of the Cabinet.
They are fully prepared to second the Union
in expunging from the Baltimore Platform all
those clauses which bear any reference TO the
great work of Clay, Calhoun, Webster and Cass.
Whatever course they may hereafter deem fit to
pursue, they are agreed that for the present the
compromise must be ignored. Thus gelded,
the Baltimore Platform still contains, we pre-
su,ae. the doctrine of the party, ard may still
be regarded as the test Of orthodoxy. Such is,
at all events, the natural inference from the
language OF the Cabinet and the manifestoes OF
Us organs
somewhat anomalous position had the rejection
of Mr. Stanton's motion been the only proceed
ing had in caucus The ninth resolution and
two following clauses of the platform expunged,
nothing remained TO which a man could be
seriously asked topledge himself To exact from
candidate admissions that 1t is inexpedient to
dc wrong, that the government should be eco
hot lap ic ipiup tn
the country. that the United States shores be
an as9 lum for political fugitives, and that the
Mexican war was just, could hardly be viewed
in any other light than as mockery. As
rational would it be to make him confess that
the sun gives light, and that the war Of indie
pendence was righteous enc. Nor does the
explrgated platform contain any other state
ment Of doctrine that could involve a graver
discussion. The questions or internal improve
ment apd the tariff were laid on the shelf long
ago; and all parties have acquiesced in their
settlement. Advocates of distribution Of the
public lands among the States may be counted
OK the fingers; and one would need to adver-
tise extensively to find a room full Of opponents
of the restricted Presidential veto. In one
solution and the two following paragraphs which
embrace the compromise measures and nothing
remains. The spirit and meaning of the mani
festo are gone. What is left is mere empty
verbiage and effete twaddle.
We say, therefore, that if the caucus, having
refused to endorse the compromise, had stopped
there, the democratic supporters Of the Cabinet
would have found themselves in the most alb
surd position party can occupy-at sea with
out single principle to steer by. There would
not have been shred or shadow CT doctrine
which they could call their own and use as
test question. Perhaps they saw this diff
Guilty, and meant to avoid it. Perhaps they con-
scientiously intended to substitute for the COM
promise a platform more congenial to their
tastes and familiar to their views. However
this be, the caucus had 10 sooner exhausted the
platform Of all its pith and marrow, than it
produced substitute for the parts expunged.
1t nominated Forney unanimously, and thus
adopted the Forney letter as plank Of its
creed. We have not yet received this rider to
he platform in the shape in which it will pro-
baby appear before the world henceforth; but
the following sketch cannot be far from the re-
solutions which are destined to take the place
of those hitherto known as the compromise
resolutions. We give them side by side, in or
der that people may perceive at glance the
extent of the change =
ExPUNGED ERcM RESOLUTIONS TO Rg srgsrr.
BALTIMORE PLATFORM. TuTED HY CAUCUS
3 That Congress has no That members of Con-
power, under the consttp gress have no 20 under
ton, TO interfere with the constitution to inter
control the domestic ns feSe with nqu iato the
tuition Of the several States character of their officers
and that such States the and that such officers
sole and proper judges Of the sole and proper judges
everything eppetaniug to Of their conduct within