Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-10-26
From the National Democrat
Barnburners abandoning their ticket--An
open coalition with the woolly wings.

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Much sooner than was anticipated has the
short-boy ticket been abandoned. Nobody even
dreamt that it was nominated with any inten-
ton that it was to be supported. But the pre-
dictions made at the time have become verified
sooner than was conceived by any one. On
Thursday evening meeting was held IN the
city of Rochester, composed OF prominent
business men, exclusively wings and freesoil-
ers, and among them the most active freesofts
in that city, who very tremendously agreed upon
a State ticket, taking only one prominent can
didate from the regular democratic ticket, five
of the most important from the wing ticket, and
two, the treasurer and canal commissioners, from
the barnburner ticket.
There can be no doubt but similar move
ments are projected in other particular local.
ties in the State, and before the day Of election
arrives every county in the State, where any Of
the disorganizers reside, will be supplied with
instructions to that effect. Whatever success
they may meet with in the interior of the State,
we can assure them no such coalition can be
formed with the wings in this city and vicinity.
Grover and Dryer are undoubtedly in the secret
in this matter. The plan was agreed upon at
Market Hall, Syracuse. 1t was there under
stood that their names were only to be used or
not as circumstances thereafter should seem
most fit and proper, in their efforts to defeat
the democratic ticket. Hence the absence of
any public consent of Grover to accept the
nomination. Our fellow-citizen, Robert Kelly,
whom by this Rochester movement is aban-
doned to the handful Of votes he may obtain in
this city, has been kept in ignorance of the de-
termination, from the first, to unite with any
party, faction, or ism whatsoever, to prevent
the democratic party from electing their State
ticket.
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that faction heartily rejoice. They encourage
the undertaking, but, with coyness and shrewd-
ness equal to their leaders, most palmy days,
they endeavor to conceal the real object and
purpose they have in view. Knowing, as they
did, from the start that they were whipped
community" rejected clique with judgment
of condemnation pronounced by the people, they
are prepared to throw the State into Wing
hands.
Every man on the ticket, we repeat has been
abandoned, except Yates, for canal commits
sioner, and Seger, for treasurer. What say the
remainder of the gentlemen who have not been
permitted to know the course their masters were
pursuing at headquarters? We have said that
Grover was so informed-he was too dangerous
and bold man to be thus tricked in the dark.
Where are Verplanck, Kelly, Bristol Edgerton
and others? Will they suffer their names to
I w longer SuSpcHueu III newspaper COluIHHS,
under such an act of duplicity and double-deal-
ing? Will they permit John Van Buren, to
place their names before the public, to be gazed
at only in derision, whilst he is concocting all
manner of schemes to make them appear po-
ltically ridiculous forever.
We think we shall hear no more about the
democrats uniting with the wings. This Ro-
chester affair has turned the tables completely
upon the heads of the unprincipled barnburn
ers. When they charged US with coalescing
with the wings, they knew such charge was alb
solutely false in every particular. Nota symp-
tom of the kind has ever been exhibited. But
the freesoilers are the real coalitionists. They
arc as ready now to coalesce with the wings as
they always have been with secessionists, bull
lies, blackguards and anti-renters. They can
not exist even in appearance, except in coali-
ton with some party, faction, ism or other
They pretended to act and vote with the demo
cratic party year or two, but they never were
worthy Of trust. They would strike any candi-
date, from President down to hogreeve, if by
so doing an ambitious motive was to be at
tanned, or personal motive the object. We hope
that the wings viii obtain much qualification
| in joining hands and fortunes with the anti
canal faction, which the democracy have shaken
off, Hope they'll have a harmonious time.