The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-30

Landowners 10 not far from equal numbers YET the Ar
gus went in for the convention 90 constitutes and
tanned its action. The ticket composed OF hsaksIs
and barnburperr with. as we remember more bsfasum
efs than hunkers Tue Argus sustained and supportet
or At proiessed TO sustain and support. tie h.L
takes 20 formed.
just The same was the fact In the State oonvsa,oa Of
1851 That body showed the same Patiorn.s smlsl
mixed ticket. and the union OF the party IN favor Of
both The Argus was again in the ring. loud for the
Union The platform. and the candidates. Good enough
n.onaiay for the Argus At that time was the coaloa'
and " The free soil eonnexion" HzTs.
Then came 1882 On The platform Of tho United
democracy not letter OF it changed. bunker delegates
and barnburner delegates. united democrats went
down from New York the national convention Bal.
tmoe-the Argus all the while shouting its approval
They were alike received by that convention alike coz.
CURED in Us principles and lis nomination.. and went
home together 10 do tho work OF the election In that
work the Argus cordially joined TWAS not then to tho
eve Of the Argus disreputable "connexon" The State
convention Of September last Agsin the sane
facts occauedihe platform OF national principles.
adopted a, Baliimorelhe mixed ticket OF hunk.
| ers and banburners-the same union OF the party on
the platform and for the iicke-and jealous in the 6gh
and loud in its of victory stood the Albany AYus
With grea, respect. we beg TO inquire, the Goa
li,ion' a!rocious. the xon" very
dscrcdi,sbles Would the Argus object now to
good democrat two, whom it might name, having an
Office the result OF the connexion2 II the conner
ion" free -sosh, the Argus is in bad ways for i,
stood by the zion I'LL November, 1851. Il was in
the coalition until the coalition carried the State in that
month by thirty thousand. Up 10 that time,
strangely enough, it had not word say against the
coalition TO prevent the democracy of other States
from being "befesssd"
After November, AMI prior the fourth Of March, and
then subsequently to the fourth Of March, delicate and
important questions 10 be settled. Those qsestons
did not relate the wording Of resolutions the exact
arrangement, of platforms. Those questions were OF
practical character And yet. strange say was
as that ,aomen', and not Till then, that the Argus be-
gan dislike the connexions and TO be exercised in spirit
about the platform. To q plain. homes, man. il wosd
seem that platform good enough for The Of three
successive years was good enough 10 last through the
vic,orythat union of the party for three sive
years. based. according TO the showing Of the Argus
SELF in good faith upon the principles OF the Baltimore
PLATFORM would not lose all its virtue in the brief perioi
s'apsing between November and Mach.
The Argus cannot forge, forgive the free soil errors
OF the Ailss in ls4s and its aosh article published
in the spring summer Of last year. Then. how does
the Argus itself expect 10 be Tardoned for having been
up TO March last deep in what il now stgma,izes
disrepu,able free soil coalition How will the Argus
plain away the fact that il did not smell out for
| than three years the free-sosm OF uaion which.
during all that time, il laboring 10 frame and
| consolidate and place in power' Does the Argus
blame the Washington Union for advocating the union
Of the New York democracy in isa9, so. 81. and 5a
Then how justify to the country its eensurc OF 10
for advocating Just the same union on just the same ma
| onal platform now' In what is the position OF The
united democracy less national than was last No
vember Since that time the representatives OF that
union in the legislature have rearmei and adopted a.
their own all the doctrines OF the Baltimore platform and
Of the Presidents inaugural and have, besides approved
the policy OF the administration. Does the Argus, up
an national grounds repudiate them and union OF the
democracy with them. because they have done so'
Upon this showing OF The past and the present, let the
Argus look It, lest the democracy OF The country
infer either that from lslo 10 the end Of 1881
~ss dishonest or tina, lie in 1883 both dis
/ hoe e., and factioss-
il This ia perhsps enough but while hand il in, We
NAV a. we'll show Al once that the present position oil
The Argus. IN ss IN ing the union OF the New York
democracy as dsTeputsble ooaltion and "a free soil
connection" is in sober truth the worst sort oil . ~x
4 The Argue we srppose holds the Hon. Mr.. Dickinson to
be SQUAD national democrat, above oil suspicion Of be.
ing implicated in coalition with free-soers. We call
the attention OF the Argus 10 the faci that Mr. D'ei'
son on his return Iron the Baltimore Convention. &C.
claed in his published letter to the ratification meet
ing \, ammaoy Hall, that The entire democracy
were now united upon a national platform. which
could be read without masnfyinE Glssses. and under
stood without The aid OF q Gic,ionary"-,hat at Was
now upon its ancien, footing. and upon the road 70 "
old.fashioned victory"
i We pray to be informed whether, in using this Ian
suase The Argus considers Mr. Dickinson 10 have been
putting on record bis opinion Of coalition with tree
soersi We pray, then. the Argus TO tell us whshda
exp<c,s 10 be regarded hsss denouncing upon na
tonal grounds "A frees soil coalition, the very ss"s
demoen,ic union which also upon national grounds Mr.
Dickinson TINS characterized and approved Does ,ss
Argus now hold be good democracy TO break up sueh
union OF the party in order to give The State TO NE
whigs'
4 We hops the Angus viii enixhten the cosn.sy upon
IN, 20; n,s when il sbdsTtass T. assA the Wash
ns,on Ua,.n for advocating and indicating the unioa
OF the New York dem Grey. bass In good tsih sp's
the principles Of the Baltimore platform.
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