Washington sentinel., 1853-11-05

the same influences that produced the infam-
Gus proposition at the convention Of l849, to
strike off half the democratic ticket and supply
! their places with the names Of freesoilers, un-
der the lead of the same men, Marcy Seymour
and Co., were enabled, by the means and ap-
pliances so graphically and truthfully described
by Mr.. O'Conor, to take over to the freesoil
side of the house the " soft y material of the
convention, just enough to turn the scale
! against the true men of the convention, who
| desired the permanent union of the party, by
placing it upon principle. The objection was,
that to do SO would diride the party; that the
freesoilers would bolt il the convention boldly
enunciated sound doctrines and placed itself
distinctly upon the democratic platform.
| That the freesoil leaders have utterly disre
garded every obligation which the "union" of
the party, with their professed views OF II,
would seem to impose upon them, has at all
| times been apparent. They have never sup
| ported, in good faith, a single candidate nomi
| mated as national democrat, in this State.
In 1850 they defeated by a direct coalition
with the wings, regularly nominated democratic
candidates for the assembly in twenty-six dis
tricts, for the sole reason that they were known
or believed to be friendly to the return Of Mr..
Dickinson to the United States Senate. They
defeated the election of John A. Lott, the dem
u
most determined effort to defeat John c. Ma
ther, the democratic candidate for canal com
missioner. But in this they did not succeed
The savage ferocity with which they have since
pursued this intrepid democrat and faithful of
| fcer has brought to light more distinctly the
l fell spirit with which they struck at him then.
In the election for United States senator, the
next winter, they bargained with the wings to
secure the election of Governor Fish. One Of
! their number in the Senate was absent by ar
rangement, to give the wings control of that
body, and by that means Fish was chosen.
Even at the election last fall while profess
| ing such uncommon zeal for the success of
General Pierce, they opposed General Follett,
| the democratic candidate for canal commits
sioner; and, by direct coalition with the wings,
succeeded in defeating FIVE democratic candi-
dates for Congress. To attempt to detail one
tithe of the traitorons assaults upon national de-
| mocratic candidates made by these precious
patriots while mouthing the parrot cry of "union
| and harmony" would swell volume. They
| are well known here They have never ceased
| their attacks upon the sound and true men Of
this State. They have never failed at any time
| or on any occasion, when an opportunity oc
Cured, to strike down national democratic
candidate. This warfare upon the national de-
mocracy has been characterized by ferocity
before unparalleled in the history even of par
| tizan politics. And all this has been done nm
! der the false cry Of union and harmony" And
| if democrats resented these outrages, and
| sought to place the party on principle, or to
| protect themselves against these assassin stabs
the shout has been Instantly raised, from one
end of the State to the other by. these Z" sable
| harmonists," the hunkers are trying to de.
stroy the party! They are opposed to union and
harmony" Union and harmony! What out
RACES have not the sound and true men of New
York suffered under this hypocritical cry.
During all this time Governor Marcy has
looked on with evident satisfaction. He has, in
fact, ofiiciated as high priest at this bloody
altar, and proclaimed to the country that the
party in New York was united and harmo-
| NOUS" He has cried "pedce," when he saw
and knew that national democrats were being
struck down by freesoil treachery
But these traitors to the Constitution and
the Union demanded Of Governor Marcy the
immolation Of Mr.. Dickinson and his friends,
as one of the conditions of this unholy coali-
ton. Marcy's hopes in regard to his &nal in.
corporation with the freesoilers dates AS far
back as the call for the Rome convention. His
| contract with them, made in Peter Caggers
Office in Albany bears date in 1851 BY the
terms of that contract, Marcy was to become
| the candidate of the freesoilers for President.
If nominated and elected, the power and inhu-
ence of his administration were to be used to
place the freesoil faction in this State in the
ascendant. He was to place himself in the
keeping Of freesoll leaders. Such were the
terms of the arrangement SO far as this State
was concerned.
Marcy failed ofthe nomination for President.
although supported with all the energy that
the hope of "spoils" always gives to that Office
ha ,ofi Tha Il 4
convention from New York-the immortal
eleven, with Dickinson at their head-stood in
Marcy's path to the white house, and prevented
/ the foul conspiracy by which the national demo-
cracy OF the Empire State, were to be crushed
beneath the iron heel of freesoil ferocity-
Franklin Pierce was nominated i'm his stead-a
man whose antecedents gave no promise of
favor to coalitionsts and traitors. The pro.
ceedings of that convention and the circum-
stances attending the nomination Of Gen. Pierce,
are still fresh in the recollection Of the whole
country Every intelligent man knows to what
influences in that convention he is indebted for
the place he now occupies. The national dem
ocrats from this State in the convention could
| have produced the nomination Of Marcy, had
| they chose to do $3.50 Marcy himself has said
and written. But his "feesoil contract" was
an insuperable barrier. Pierce was not only
nominated, but he was nominated against Mar
cy. The final struggle was between Marcy and
Pierce. Pierce was nominated, because he
was believed to be uncontaminated with the
| freesoil afhnities and associations which beset
Marcy's path, and blocked his way to the presi-
dency.
Well, Pierce was elected and Marcy finally
"wormed' his way into his cabinet, as premier,
| taking with him his freesoil contract That
ne has fully justified the expectations of his
freesoil associates, and striven to perform the
contract on his part in his efforts to give pow
er and control to that faction no one will pre-.
tend to question. In his fierce desire to ac.
complish his purposes he has stimulated his
partizans in this State to o course of conduct
never before witnessed in this country. mean
the introduction into q delegated State conven.
ton of n band Of armed rufiians, some Of them
recently discharged convicts from the peniten.
tiary, for the purpose of controlling events by
intimidation and violence. This I saw
Whether Governor Marcy shall finally sue.
ceed in his purpose Of placing the freesoil fac.