Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-11-28


all periods ghold IT sound constitutional principles
,vncej Its un~bsted attachment the national cause. 10y
aggregate majority Tor the national democratic candi-
date Tor Secretary of State Of nearly thousand
votes and upwards Of three thousand the whg
hitat- Not the least gratifying 81 the results in ths To-
cai'y ~ss the triumphant election TO the Senate over
III. fee soil and whig competitors Of Themes Barr,
Chairman Of the regular democratic general Committee,
which. driven 10y violence and outrage from Tammany
Hail. asserted elsewhere their just claim TO lac regarded
the representatives Of the national democracy OF the city
- claim confirmed nv the ballot box and endorsed
hy the people. And this expression may add the
emphatic results IN the Ficenth and Seventeenth wards
From the former, John Van Buren, appeared at Syracuse
as its pretended representative, former
sons aud il has evnccd its appreciation Of that unoun.
lied rretenson by OF than thsn three one
TOR the national the irccsod ticket in the latter Mr.
Cochrsnc SurvC yor the port who pro,sscd speak
by authority in tic convention, is pronounced spurious
delegate 10y vote of more than In the city
and county OF Albany entitled to tour delegates whence
the coalition also pr scented their contestants the national
democrats show large maprities in three of the Assembly
districts, and in the routy of Columbia from which
spurious delegates claimed Sratsunc Of them in the per
oh at the gUvtrrinert postmaster at Iludsonhc nation
al democratic majority exceeds four hundred The
Batavia district IN G"u'Sscc the rcidcnce Of Mr. Redhclj
the present Collector oi the port at New York. rpudiste
the uniounded claim Of the ecsoil aud corou delegate
To seat In the convention bv vote OF neatly three
one tor the national ticket The show similar
suits in the of Ocsns AMI Cit,,acu aud 10 the
cities ~: Rochester and Troy To these might add
other counties and districts indicating similar results and
all tending show the vicon unpr, ulccd
mind thai deliberate and unauthorized claim
the State Convention was part Of the machinery 10y
which the irecSoi leaders sought ncuralsc AMI over
come the risul numerical superiority of national
drmoc in defiance ut the popular expression aud in
deruSstion of the will of the democratic localities
One ui the causes which led the settled conviction
on tile part oi the national democracy of the State tina,
aProirS'iorS of "uuon AMI harmony 10y the free oil
leaders we're hollow aud insincrrr, and only the de
wee y which they sought to the recollection vi the
revolt o Isis, to cnahe them t. cutter the democratic
psrv, with Unchanged views aud aims and 10 rule aud
NJ So
the ncirious attempt 10y unjust accusation and nschic-
vons, IN rvOlcrt and hsrtsis npcdchm,n to- PROSTATE
ard dc.troy pahlc democratic State officer, whose in
ucpd hdcty 10 the NATIONAL cause stood bct~cCt them
and their ultctinr designs TIL. verdict Of the democracy
upon this question, j. OF the significant the
results this Mr. Mather lead, h. free soil and
abolition competitor several thousands in the oEatc
vote; aud in the county of his official residence, hi.
county, AMI IL the resident county Of hi COM
ror, his vote i largely in the ascendant =, it il
that Nindctve persona! assault rarely !ails aud
plague those who resort to H. ADD 10 hUaor the Intended
victim.
NJ doubt where thrs, facts place the nations,
democracy ofhe STATE. The ac,us msjorty the returns
sEhbii, only hint! demonstrate ursI strength The
great oiy oi the democracy uautsO the attitude
their heroic devotion the rational nominees in sis
The few who acted with them then but who from interes
ted ambition, Inducements have iorurd ALI
auce nth the free soil leaders tar from being sufficient
in number ~ influence 20 PROSTATE national phslauy
OF impair A. energies have simply reduced the agr gate
coainun vote. " TN a the aids ui prominent e>euuH
and the agIars Of power an The State and national gov
ernmehts they iai twenty three thousand below
their sgrrsate OF thar wear Aud this descending
4 exhibited even uudr: the temporary additions their
vote thrJa. the Custom House inl oil ll appliances in
the cy "f New York and in such counties rs ut-ego
Greene, Franklin, DUtChess, OIeil Sullivan aud Tiosl
which lNtS ranged proudly h the side
the "Ali'na democracy, but which, miscd hy the
false cry Il I0Ga and harmony, the al information
through the detection at the local press and calculating
desire Of local Office deserted old cause aud sardaru
aud Urea s IMPURITIES toad the waning fortunes o he
coalition. But s-E results only momtntiry e1Cep-
tons 20 The senri ais increased GRITTY for the national
cause; and these counties re-qnin tEc!r national aai
ti- ~ return the earliest ccI,iOn their ugtara -.
sociitiDns. Hal the national Administrations follow iug
out is suppoS sympathrs and associations taken po
siton Siih the national democracy in the through
Whlch w. have st passed c great body OF the former
free soil paTSai-. far L- raim ret with the dem
orrAuc party would have added their sU.tg With
cepous To the national strength, and the democratic g4.
~ Guei not nonnav but in iIcr upon the great prin.
eipl- the, h--c over hvo~"d, would probably have
rel the state victorious the Wing candidates
Nie"inE, therefore, these results In uie. lght ciu
not f To- be seen, here aud throughout the Union tus
fee sisn and the tion have received in this contest
their Uprt sOgnd-that hcnccJrth they will diminish
numerical strength, rapidly they have declined
der the exposure o their hypOcrtcal professions dryo
ton 1" r soh and 10 the corner stone aud that the
s oi distant when they will TO remembered only dark
! bat ohlierAted -pn; in our political horizon.
We have spoken 0f separation, only a. unavo! !r
hut a desirable. We regard it. glance ~ the po
cal history Of the past live Yeas satisfy every sin
Ger" democrat jhat pretended uDu Of sections founded
e-t al men, uurr, il politically drInouiziur
The OIL Cf lS4S, under the pf0gi.o- hal &C.
cOuplsrd i,~ pryDS" II had dr!icl the NATIONAL s.n
met and defeated tlic TatGm. c,ni!aie. in the State
aud IN tie nation. II changed t-cf;- The in-
plAcablc and irrocOu personality, and immense d-yotun
10 e CORNER stone in ISIS beca ne in 1912 an ardent
love Of union -ui harmony" IL thought To be an
easier achievement to abolition se and control party
within itsraiS- than beyond l,5Gcttisn II found
conge',4 interests and ambitions among lev OF the
pToHne" supporters "i Cen Cas-, who, With prosidcnt
forecast we're already Presidents ni Governors in cx
pectane These nnrgoni-nl., protesting opposite prirc
pies aud renting none Of their oil hlre were brought
together. The BIiiO leaders dcuouuciu the agrr-s-
sons of the Slu'h asserting the vitality of the Wrnot
prVE:n cloyug IN the defeat Of Lewis Cas- and dec lar.
ing 'hai it1 IT, -0il faction, under the Buffalo as.
hat the power no. "n'y - rrgeueratc the democratic
party hG' to reyO!utOhzs the ~O.i.' marched into
! ih" democratic camp. II was the pobIli coaUpn Of
undated an'I.a=:,i"s aud political contradictions. 1t
came not from tie prUWpunas o. the democratic uas-e.
but from personal hopes Of pteieImeuf. Tie rational
sentiment qgiiri aud ob-curc THE shadow Of the
gea; principle Ul na'.Dn1l-m alone remained. IL had
neither power nor vitality. All absorbed IN the desire
OF party dominion hy the free snl lra.ey the personal
ASPIRATIONS OF prominent dserters the national cause
aud the craving for spells IN the localities -Four
years OF endurance, Of enbttefe1 crmnaio of deser
uOn OF the omitted democratic tickets when too clearly
national rPefing during the last these years under the
po-crpu'e T1 Of the coalition leaders in tic State gov
eminent, into the hcrcc-i p-srnntOn in outrage Tam
nOry Hall, anu finally IN tus ..erarttion. for
violence Syracuse left no doubt n the minds OF demo-
iai0n Wa abuse, and separation duty. Thanks 20 the
bold aud ese7l Syracuse they the bad
precedent 81 1872 and rrst0rei the national democracy
VI TIE SiIic to tber true pOsOutue vuiy 10 -Du that
can WIN the respect the confidence OF gfeat
national democratic party Of TIE Union Had not this
high ground Of principle and duty been departed from m
lsiy, ue democracy Of the state truly united and harIno
iniou- would ~ ii- moment stand before the world not
only unSOei but truUDhaut all seCtionalsm aud all
parties.
In reviewing these Occurrences shall aoi DO onr
al u.Ia
hesitation with any lack Of candor We gave to the
norpnaton OF the present ESccu'iye IT the United S,trs
an earH.'; and cordd support In MI i- previous pol
cal lite be- hii ng1srd aid su.isnrj believed the
national principle. We ha'isI .b triumphant election r.
the ascendancy aud elevation Of that p,iu1ple We re-
garded as earnest Of the stability nav the rdastguc
L0iiy Of our glorious Union We adhered 10 ths belief
notwiihsndiug the selection Of the cabinet curio1.ly
m01ic, HHi sf-uRey 10 contrast With the popular etpecta
lion because We uus,iug % yield d cherished con
hhence, and because relied uput the .ntcuty Of tho
inaugural declarations But when 10 the state sc saw
the leanrg' and assoc tort ~ the caire, I'm ali the drec
uon 81 ihc free soil ie1dcrs aud their coalition allies