Washington sentinel., 1853-10-13
NEW YORK EVENING POST.
The Union OF the Buffalo and Baltimor
Platforms.


The great humbng of the day, in reference
to this class of fish, is, that implicit reliance
is to be placed in their professions. The firm
ness Of their adherence to true principle is
judged Of By the loudness OF their declarations
of good faith. SAll that glitters is not gold"
says an old adage--"Appearances arc deceit
ful" saws another. Wisdom in vain protests
against trusting those whose infdelity has been
proved. Policy as Intellectually proclaims de-
struction to be the result Of the casting off of
tried friends for the iaithless, who return only
for the spoils. Honor insists that they who
have stood By us in adyersity, shall be rewarded
when prosperity smiles; at least before those
who brought disaster upon us, and only return
ITO crook the pregnant hinges of the knee,
where thrift may follow fawning.T
1t is all in vain. A new light breaks in upon
us. The faithless must be adorned with the
richest apparel and hold the highest positions
of trust. The true and faithful amid the
faithess" must be postponed to their betters.
The one meets with reward for his wickedness !;
the other with dishonor and obscnrity for his
virtue.
So goes the world But we will be told of
the story of the returning prodigal-of his
fatted calf-his best robe-the ring upon his
hand, and the shoes upon his feet. 'Tis all
true. But with the REGARD, the analogy to the
sacred parable ends. Where is the penitent cry?
Peccayi! Peccavi ] have sinned! repent !
am no more worthy TO be called Thy son! !!
Make me as an hired serrant!'
Can the freesoilers indicate an analogy here
Let us read the complacent pronunciamento of
the interpreter between the oracte at Syracuse
and a deluded people. What says the PostP
aWhat was said on that question uhe fugitive
slave law) was no doubt said with equal sincerity
by the hards and sofis, the terrified or nnterrfed"
All! you may speak for yourself and your
own party, if you please--but pardon us for
questioning your authority to answer for those
whom you have so long denounced-and
affliation with whom on this question you have
for years repudiated.
The Post continues:
"Both of them adopted stereotype set of
pHraStS, NHlCH no WgC tsSpftSS Wc OpItoHo ~
their constituents, than If they nere recogai-
tion Of The Greek mythology as the religion Of
the country. There ncrer ,rds, la our opinion,
form Of acords uttered IN mock ,rorship rita
more utter hea1flessness and disregard Of SINGER
iy than those phrases Of the t,ro assemblies Of
the delegates at Syracuse. But laying
aside that part Of the platform as mere non
seace," &C.
Lar ha har hot fha itar
Of this brazen satire upon the laws Of the land
this agitation of public feeling for the sake
of his wretched fanaticisni-was present at. the
.soft' convention at Syracuse-the confden-
tial adviser with its leaders--and returns reek-
ing with its real freesoil Buffalo sentiments of
lS4s, to apologize for its hypocrisy in endors-
ing the Baltimore platform Of 1852!
Cali you this the penitential cry, Rsccaria
Does any man believe that the leaders Of the
Buffalo rebellion are washed Of their abolition
stains? Has Prince John repudiated the Will
mot proviso, or repented the VOW that he would
vote for no man for President who was not op-
posed to slavery extension, as he terms it !?
Has the leader of the freesoilers' gubernatorial
race of 1913 repudiated the Buffalo platform
and his vote for Mexican supervision of the
domestic concerns Of the south? Are these men
h1eP Then ,rho are ttt!sep Who are untrust-
worthy? The answer of freesoil prints-and
we regret that it is echoed in some degree by
other presses-is that Dickinson, the true and
faithful, and the host with him of hardy friends
to the Constitution in 1913, are renegades-
unworthy of confidence, and must rest under a
cloud Of suspicion!
But how adroitly does the Post try to weaken
the force of its admission against its own fac
ton BY charging like hypocrisy upon the
national democrats! 1t will not do. The Post
is not in the confidence of the national demo-
Gratis, and never has been. The sincerity Of
the national democrats was tested before the
spoils were in hand for distribution. The fdel-
| ity of the freesoilers has only been manifested
when something was to be made by it. The
course ofthe Post in attempting to fix the charge
of hypocrisy and insincerity upon the hdsds,
when it admits the "scft impeachment against
itself-fnds no analogy in all our reading, save
in the case of the for (ominous and suggestive
analogy who, being unhappy in the abbreviation
Of his ornament an demier, was anxioasly IN
tent upon giving the others of his more favored
companions the advantage in this respect, by
subjecting them to a like misfortune.
The moral of our story is this---ours is an
DER true tale"-and somewhat longer than is
to their liking we trust that the free and
independent yeomanry Of the empire State will
repudiate that party, whose hypocrisy and
deceit is only surpassed by the boldness
and efrontery with which they present their
demands. They come not seeking the place
Of an hired se,rant; they come not asking a
position of equality; they come demanding the
power and control of the empire democracy for
the advancement Of their interests, and the at
tainment of their selfish ends. They nominate
for the highest offices IN Nc,v York tho haroaa