Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-11-18

GfzAB We transfer to our columns from the
Harrisburg, PENNSYLVANIA Democratic Union,
the following article in relation to the New
York elections. 1t expresses n regret, with
which we sympathize deeply, that State, a
great State, like New York. with n large demo
cratic majority should by acknowledgement, and
by mistaken views, have been given up to the
wings. This however, we will say, and say
with emphasis, that the responsibility of the
loss of New York, does not fall on the national
democrats--does not fall on US. 1t falls on
that department of the government that so i'm
prudently and improperly intermeddled in the
affairs of that State-a thing unprecedented in
the annals of this government.
The Democratic Cl,ioR, also expresses the
opinion that but for Mr.. Cooley's speech, the
national democrats would have cast much
larger vote than they did. This we believe.
But as it was, they beat the ireesoiers, and that
was an unlocked for victory. The paper from
which we quote, seems to think that the strife
between the New York divisions. will not be
composed and healed for years to come. About
this We are. not prepared to speak. We how
ever may say, that if the New York national
democrats were contending for a great princi.
pie, they should not, with their present advan-
tages, lay aside their arms and their armor until
/ they have secured the ascendancy Of that prin-
ciple. The Democratic Union thus speaks:
The New York ELEcrIoN.-It pains us to
contemplate the result of the late election in
the great State of New York. Whilst democra-
cy is almost everywhere triumphant, faction
rides supreme in the empire State, and we see
no hope of any better state Of things for years
to come. In consequence of this unfortunate
division of the democracy, the. wings sue
ceeded in electing their whole ticket, and carry
ing both branches of the Legislature by mere
pluralities, whilst the combined votes Of the
two divisions Of the democratic party show a
large majority. a~. 81.
1t is not vet known which division of the
democratic party will have the largest vote |,
but we have no doubt if it had not been for the
insane attack of Mr.. Cooley upon President
Pierce, that the national democrats would have
been largely in the ascendant. That speech must
have cost the hunkers tens of thousands of
votes. as it was one of the yilest TRADES that
we ever read. >....
The sympathies of the democracy Of Penn
sylvania were all with the national democrats,
because ofthe gallant stand taken by Governor
Dickinson, and those, who acted with him, in
support of the Constitution and the Union in
the darkest hour in our history since the adop,
ton of the federal Constitution but they never
could countenance such an attack as that of
Mr.. Cooley upon the President of the United
States, before his, policy was fully developed.
Although this was the general feeling of our
people, the New York quarrel was matter
that we in Pennsylvania had nothing to do
with, and the press and people of our State
very wisely refrained from meddling in it. We
had trouble enough in our own State, years gone
by, with this freesoil question, without going
to New York to interfere between the freesoil-
ers and old hunkers.
How this question is ever to be settled, no
man can now tell, but when it is settled, it will
have to be done at home, without our inter
vention.