The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-28

1t has been said that the New York appoint
ments occasion more trouble to the Administra
ton than all other appointments put together
If this were true while a semblance of unity
existed in the ranks of the party in the State
and in the professions of the New York Demo
cratic press, 1t is fair to assume that the trouble
and difficulty have been not little augmented
by the open rupture which has now occurred
The pretence of unity is abandoned. The
Barnburners and "Soft- shellso have taken
ground against vital principle of the Presi-
dents Inaugural, and have compelled the
Hunkers proper to repudiate further alliance
with factions which have evinced readiness
to sacrifice every thing but office at the shrine
of intrigue and fana,icism.
Having written on this subject more than
once within the last few days, we proceed to
quote from New York journals of Saturday
evidence in support of all that we have al
legged. 1t is easy to seek to break the force OF
any thing that Wing journal says in regard
to these family quarrels, but the testimony OF
such prints as the National Democrat and AL.
bany .argus cannot be impeached on the score
of "party spite" They labored strenuously and
efficiently to promote General P1ERoE's elec-
ton; and their allegations proceed in con
nexion with their efforts to sustain one Of his
most important declarations. Under the heading
| of "The Cloven Foot Again. the National
Democrat of Saturday says:
"We have been the advocate of union and har.
mony in this State, and of burying the animosi.
ties of the past, on the belief that men who had
| returned to the Democratic platform were honest
and meant in good faith, to stand by the principles
| of the new Administration. We have been for
union on no other ground. The platform was a
plain and an unmistakable one, and why did gen.
tlemen return to it, unless they were willing to
stand upon it.? Did they come back only to get
office, intending to play the devil with the party,
| and clog the wheels of the Administration with
whatever power of patronage they could seize
But what shall we understand by the following de
claration in the Buffalo Republic:
"'The radical Democracy of New York under
stand this requirement Of the Constitution, lthat
relative to fugitives from service,l and have mo
wish to prevent those for whose benefit it was de-
signed from profiting by it, IHey do not ,o,o he
lieue, nor did they ,uhe the Presidential nom aion
made, that the iato enacted under the Fillmore
administration .cas constitutional
line Buffalo hep.Lotc represents the Same in
terests as the Euening Post of this city, and the
Atlns of Albany, and it speaks for sthe radical
Democracy of New York Now let Va read the
following from the Presidents Inaugural Ad-
dress:
s''l believe that involuntary servitude, as it ex
lists in different States OF this Confcderacy, is re-
cognised by the Constitution. / believe that it
stands like any other admitted right, and that the
States where it exists entitled to efficient rem
edies to enforce the constitutional provisions.
hold that the lasos Of 1850, commonly called the Com
promise measures, strictly Constitutional, and
TO oe ,'rhesitatingly carried into effect. 80
believe that the constituted authorities of
.nls Republic are bound TO regard the rights of the
South in this respect, as they would view any
o'neF legal and constitutional right, and that the
laws to enforce them should be respected and obey
Cd, not with reluctance encouraged BY abstract