New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-07
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF VAN BUREv
FREE sOILIsN.

It's real consolation that happened to step ont
of the Political ring little before the Barnburners
made their final plunge at Syracuse After that pre-
nsnciamento Of John Van Buren,, Grover, Coehrane,
Nye, Rathbun & Co against Slavery Agitation and in
favor of the Buffalo Platform and the Fugitive Slave
Law it is clear that whoever allows himself to be
accounted politician must be willing to be strongly
suspected time-servng rascal Surely we cannot be
unchartable in agreeing with oil impartial observers in
the opinion that these don't believe one word of
all they resolved concerning Slavery and could not
have looked in glass while they were connecting and
adopting their platform without being conscious that
those were very hollow hypocritical, heartless trim
mers whose shadowy visages confronted them. We
should like to have seen them trying the experiment.
ID. S. Dickinson is not great man, and has rarely
made decidedly good speech but that Buffalo harangue
on the Barnburners newborn zeal for the Baltimore
Platform is hailed everywhere decided hit aud has
immensely delighted thousands of diverse parties sim
ply because II tells much that every body feels to be
truth There was one of Dams jokes that failed to
print az the time but which hit the mark nicely that
we must even yet, preserve it. 1t an illustration
of the Banburners fcilc professions of Hunkerism at
Syracuse, and ran thus:
There was once poor preacher who supplied AZ
equally poor congregation up somewhere in the woods,
under contract TO have much rye for his FEARS
preaching, if they fit TO retain him for year lie
was very fearful that be should GET the sack premaure
ard did all he knew how to fend of that appalling
calamity among other precautions going round to tie
leading members Of his congregation to learn how
his preaching suited them. Brethren said he.
anxiously Just tel me frankly how YOU like my doc
trine, and if you don't like it, let me know what
doctrine ! shall preach to please you-for I must
" hare that ge.'
Prince John was Mt that good one
Cen Dixs recent letters TO the South, showing
what consistent deyoiee OF Southern Rights h has
been, are the theme OF very general comment aud its
tenor is by no complimentary to our SubTress-
urer The Providence Journal DR. ly remarks that the
General viii never persuade the public that he was an
honest bunker and Rad better have left them in the
belief that he was an honest free Soler. Even The
Eterag Pesi ,the honest Editor, Presume-not tie
rohtcsn) observes with singing emphasis in substance
that
Gen Dix has written two t'crs TO the South defining
bis position the Slavery question. bat scrEs ID n.
aloatT"
The best feature ofall this monstrous drama Of Or
gained and disciplined lmpcsture is that dossHt ase
The earrCst uIkers DO hate the Burners any the
less for these new professions but have learned in adj
liton to despise them They once thought them dan
gerous fanatics; they now believe they were never
ausht hut factious hyPocritcs AMI while ONLY he-e
aud there Hunker is rcped in by the Syracuse pro
iessions good many honest Burners have been thor
ouelly disguised and IePcllei by them. There sre
net less than half dozen Free Soil journals state
that formerly supported the coalition Democratic ticket
on their account and three or four OF which went for
Pierce under their lead but now draw of and refuse
TO follow them longer endorse their ticket Theesss
runs parallel with that trite bat ever instructive and
purgent narrative recorded in Trsiram SHADY 10
which for the deectatOn and uPeheerng Of orr gluia
and acrd friend Prince John, once the soul of humOr
and ioty) we viii recall his attention IL is the story
Of the Abbess OF Andouets and the fair novice who
I'M case of dire extremity, ike that OF tie Barnburners
st Syracuse undertook 10 impel their mules TO lOeOmO
ton by the uteranee Of bad words and not being
conscience scared as our apostste Free Sellers sup
posed they could chastise the Ancient Nicholas
around the root OF detsnet tree b. d-i4Hs he words
and each speaking syllable in turn Il didn't answer
the purrOse-iu fact, proved regular breakdown
Faey d. 70: understand ~ aid Ml-sarifs-
tE the e-fA eocA rcsiOE1el tbs Aasczs o. An-'lis
The BSraburner experiment is bOller. but moi Whit
more successful Those who were be taken in by tint
terry scout ne whole device while those who were
expected 20 teysrl &c a, au excellent joke accord