Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-09-28

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| ful scenes whi,lihay been enacted in every de-
partment, and say whether he considers the State
government itle hands OF the democracy. u is
said that gave the State legislature. Ist sos
With nominal majority, the times OF the so cali
ed democrats has been passed in chickering's and
| attacks upon the democracy, and the only party
i result that was reached during the session. was
| the impeachment of the likeliesi man they could
find among them No. my friends, there has been
| no union, bun one SYSTEM of peculation and bick
ering until every New Yorker who has left his
State, has had TO learn how TO blush if he never
knew II before, There, has been no union but
| only piece OF mosaic work, with here barnbiIrn-
er and there a bunker, and here a barnburner and
there barnburner again. And this is the coalition
7 we have been called upon not 10 disturb Why
not cry out against disturbing the harmony of a
couple of wild animals that are clawing each other
To pieces all the while Ia is said that we carried
the Presidential elect,in consequence OF this
unton. II - false The question which carried
the Presidential election was IA iuuc more power
iu than any considerations Of This coalition, as
Niagara Falls rs more mighty than the rivulet that
tric kes down the hill side IL was iie great issue
| that had ior years been forming all over the
country, which had swept away all oppositlons and
over which party leaders had no control. The
great question OF the compromise was stronger
than men, stronger than iaction stronger than
| CARNATIONS. The country had made up its mind
| that the integrity of the Constitution and of the
| Union had been assaied, and they rallied as one
spite of the support of certain leaders and If those
| who had formerly been most active in their hos
tiy to the democracy had fought against MS then,
| il would not have made difference of three
lthousand-no not, lbeleve, of three hundred votes
| The platform upon which the democracy triumph
| ed, was indeed assailedby many OF the men who
had gone oil with the Buffalo convention in 1913,
and has not, 10 this day, received hearty support
from them. do not ullude 10 individuals who re-
GREETED that they had been led of from the party
| and honest when they ri buf n
the leaders, as they call themselves of the faction.
They still act and have always actedaganst those
who remained faithful 10 the party in 1918. Wher-
ever such one comes up he is marked and cut
down by them. He is assailed and pursued as if
| he had been guilty Of the treason. therefore
have right 10 say that many who now pretend 10
act with the democracy, are not true, and am
not willing 10 recognize them as democrats am
equally suspicious Of them il they resist openly as
in ISIS, secretly, III 1919 aud when they pursue
the course they have followed in 1888 No, my
| friends, if the measures were right which We're
! supported by the true democracy in 1913, then
the men We're right who remained faithful to those
| measures. Why then should they be hunted
down by traitors as hungry hounds hunt down
deer! Let those who betrayed Lewis Cass in
| 1913 cease their treachery now, and show proper
signs of repentance, and will believe their sin
| cerity if they swallow downthe whole compromise
measures ina lump, But until they show their
truth by deeds, well words, lei them continue
where they now are-beyond the pale of the de-
! mocracy
Some years ago a "Union very similar to this
whose fruits we are now discussing took place,
and a convention was held in New Scotland Al.
bany county, which was called Union and Har-
mony convention. When the delegates assem-
bled, II was tonnd that one party had introduced
a SET OF rniians into the room 10 beat the opposi
ton into submission. Some men We're killed
others manned for life. Elderly citizens returned
To their families wounded aud disabled with gashes
and with broken limbs What was the reason?
Because discordant elements which could moi min
gle had been attempted 10 be brought together.
And thus il was at the late convention at SYRIA
cuse. There from the first no harmony else
why the struggle for delegates which took place
all over the State The democratic party had
large majority OF the delegates regularly elected,
and they went there to transact the regular bust
ness Of the party. How We're they met BY men
ready for union and harmony? No; they were
met by opposition delegates Struggling for mastery
by discharged convicts and bullies, by the lowest
strata OF the azzaron of New York city-thc
knights OF the slung shot, the bowie knife and the
revolver; by men who Fallstafr has called the
"cankers of calm world and long peace
And for what purpose were these men present ?
To enforce their arguments upon the heads Of he
old line democrats. And yet the delegates are
rdicueS because they did not remain to hear the
arguments OF these conVicts and williams. NV
friends, the democracy in which was educated
knows no sIch arguments. Il appeals TO feeling,
but not with slung shot il relies upon principles,
not upon bowie knives am proud of those men
who refused to fight abattle Of principles with
such opponents. and turned their backs uponthein
entirely ! rejoice at the manner in which they
ended union and harmony proceeding, which
was never attempted by any party before, and
which, TRUST nGod, will never be attempted
again. appealto you, my friends, young and old,
to say II you would have remained in a conven-
ton cndeavored TO be overawed by men who
strike with the, slupg shot and the knife? Would
you have fought il out with them? No II you
desire 10 fight, go and seek the unlamed beasts
which are savage as God made them; but struggle
not with such wretches who are savage az the
devil made them.
These facts are on record however, and need 4
no vindcation from me- The regular democrats
had large majority in the conventions the con-
vention was called TO order by Minor c. Story,
upon whom sncl duty properly devolved; Mr.. \
Barnes was nominated temporary chairman; some
individual subsequently, nominated some other
chairman; il was put to the vote, and Barnes was
declared to have the majority; and. the convention
being thus duly organized, adjourned TO the Globe !
Hotel There ticket was nominated at once,
and may say that better ticket was never pre-
scented TO the democrats Of the State of New York. |
Ihe disorRanizcrs met. as they have met before, !
and nominated an opposition ticket This is no
new thing with them, is il the first falling off
which has taken place from the democratic party.
There was secession from its ranks in 1914, on
the question of the United States Bank. But did |
General jackson then offer those who had gone /
on halt the Offices if they would returnl No he
swore by 'the Eternaln--and for every man who |
did not come up to the standard OF democracy, the
sack and the Bosphorus were ready. And thus \
should II be now, and thus will il be. We have
got rid of the mischievous traitors; lei ms keep
clear OF them: Ii is true they say are all on
one PLATFORM but when did we get there. No
longer ago than last winter, when inst sich reso-
lutions "a the platform embodies, were introduced
into the assembly, il cholera patient or a hand
grenade had been placed in their midst, there
could not have been more cHectual scattering of
these very men. The very speaker had TO fly the
house like dog with q tin kettle fastened behind
hun. Il was only last winter that of their
body got mp and denounced this very platform, ms
embraced in the Presidents inaugural "a damn
able Then, gentlemen, is it to be wondered
at, considering the formidable head they presented
then, and the taperng tail they present now, If
you and !, and all OF us refuse to 80 near them I
No; prefer initiating the action the man who,
while attending race, was kicked by a woolly
horse which had been hched TO post too near
the path. He was much hurt, and paced the walk
in fury, crying ont, ashow me the man that hitch |
ed the wooly horse 10 the post" When the by |
ISLANDERS sympathizcd with him, ''show ME the