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


society. but cheerfully, and according to the deci
sions of the tribunal TO which their exposition be-
longs
,,so it will be seen that what calls itself the
radical Democracy Of New York, has y.
Joined issue with the Presto .s .'i ssuy
e con. question. Ii hays, ID advance WI
-.u that those laws which Ahe President saya .ars
constisutionai, y be Meon.i iiutionaI and we shall
net nsase to trepudate them iii unqualified tert,s
And the Republic denounces Hon. b. h. FAVOR as
an 'incendisry' fpr Thus early drasRing out this
hand Of the Abolition democracy. lhnt the nation
will thsnk BIN We, for oar part, heartily thank
him. Awat with all masks now, and let us see
where we stand. We vestill faith that the great
body Of the Democratic party in this State is sound
that it has had enough of fanaticism, and of the
factous leaders who led them astray into the uuae
mires OF defeat, and the sloughs of despond The
masses without selfish ambition and without in
trigue, and we believe that when they returned to
their first political love they came, with honest
hearts, determined to forsake no more the ranks OF
the Democracy. To all such sincere Democrats
we would never speak OF the unhappy past. We
would let it remain there, buried in eternal obi
won, beneath the virtues of their present good
works. But what can we say of those who keen
up the old warsnotes of faction, who boldly de
nounce some of the vital principles of the PLATFORM
and of the Presidents address, as unconstitu-
tional,' and who have not even the modesty to
conceal their determination to 'repsdiate them iii
unqualified terms! We trhst that the number of
sueh Democrats in this State is small. But, be
they few or many, let US know the worst 1t must
be evident to everybody that there can be no such
thing as union among the Democracy of this State
on any other ground than that of the platform of
the Administration. To denoupce that is to for
sake the party. For the Democratic party will be
the determined friend and support of the Consti
tuition, Of the laws, and of the Union"
The Albany Argus Of m. :, same dav co,l,tes
.: "vles ftcm the orthodox Democratic papers
in the interior of the State, proving that Mr..
IAYLoR's resolutions are sustained by that
portion Of the party, and that Mr.. GALE's
maneeuvre to evade the COMPROMISE under plea
Of. general support, is appreciated at its proper
value. In introducing the article, the .Argus
remarks:
"It isq quite apparent that the Democracy Of the
State understand what this attempt at evasion and
subterfuge means 1t cannot be misunderstood
anywhere.
"1t means that the partisans who split off from
II
after the false gods set up at Buffalo, are no pre-
cisely where they were then-that they still adhere
to the abolition and freesoil doctrines then and
there put forth, and illustrated by their support Of
Van Buren, and Adams, Dix and Gates, and in
their subsequent opposition to the great measures
Of cancellation and peace known the Compro-
mise measures, and especially the Fugitive act. 1t
means that the pretences in that quarter, of re-
pentance andreturn to the Democratic party, which
they deserted and betrayed, sheer hypocrisy,
and that nothing but the necessity of keeping up
appearances at the present critical juncture, pre-
vents their open and decided reputation of the
eminently right and heightened national Demo-
cratic doctrines Of the Inaugural.''
Let it not be supposed that the battle is to
be waged only ON one side. The declaration
of hostllties ON the part of the .'Hard-shells"
is met by counter-de declaration on the part of
the journals that are in the interest of the
Barnburners and Freesoilers. The New York
Evening Post preserves its shyness, saying
nothing concerning the TAYLOR resolutions
and still deferring its promised criticism on the
Inaugural; but we have already shown that
the Albany Atlas and the Buffalo Republic
have thrown off the disguise temporarily as
sumed, and stand once more proclaimed enc
mics of the Compromise measures. The Atlas
has its hackers as we'll as the .Argus, and pa
rades them quite as confidently.
All these displays, be it remembered, are
merely preliminaries. The offices are still in
allegiance, and do much to mollify, though they
fail to reconcile, the opposing sections. The
"roaring" now is like that of doves in compar-
ison with the clash which is destined to occur
so soon as the prospective chance of profit shall
cease to influence the opponents of the Com
promise Judging from the tone displayed by
the National Democrat, and its understood re-
lationship to the Secretary of State, we in
dulge hope that the Administration will
grant no further succor to the avowed enemies
of the Presidents policy on an important ques-
ton. With their hostility on record in their
own journals, it is we'll nigh impossible to be-
lieve the rumor which accords to them every
office worth having in the State.