Daily national era., 1854-01-13


tho Daily and the Weekly National Era, in Cincin-
nati and vicinity.
r. THE HUHKER DEMOCRACY OF OHIO.
The power Of patronage has Mt last accom-
plished its work on the Hunker Democracy Of
Ohio. The cficeseekers from that State connt
by thousands Recollect the number Of collect
ors, postmasters, consuls, and charges, to be
appointed, and the amount Of newspaper ad-
yertising to be given out Multiply by ten
and you have the aggregate number Of the
seekers for Executive favor through these chan
nels But each Of these ten is surrounded by
a circle Of relatives or friends or dependents,
disposed to promote his interests And all these
thousands constitute the active, watchful, work.
ing politicians They labor in politics as they
would at a trade with view chiefly to pecu-
mary proft--some, for the sake Of distinction.
They attend the primary meetings concoct the
resolutions, arrange the delegations to the
County, District, and State Conventions, pack
the committees, and put themselves or their
creatures foremost. In q word, while the
masses Of the People, good, honest souls, are
attending, some to their farms some to their
merchandise, these INSCRIPTIONS, cunning,
sleepless politicians are managing the entire
machinery Of the Party organization, for their
own private purposes
Now, it SO happened that the Anti-Slavery
platform Of the Hunker Democracy of Ohio
was greatly in the way Of these myriads OF
Office seekers from that State, and they found
that the best way to win Executive favor was,
to bring the platform of their Party to conform
TO that Of the President. The effort was made
in 1852 but failed There were honest Demo
Gratis enough present to reject the Baltimore
platform But the spoils-men have not slept
since then no means have been left untried to
debauch the Party. Some who had shouted
for Free Soil in l848, were now ready to sell
their principles for mess Of pottage. 1t was
evident that the politicians-the men who con-
slider politics merely as trade, in which
every ything is fair that brings gain-were to
have things their own way. The Convention
met at Columbus, and Mr.. Burchard was
elected President We copy from the Forest
Cify, of Cleveland an account Of its doings,
taken, as that paper says, from the Colum-
bian, Of Cincinnati neutral paper, whose
editor-in-chief is Democrat 1t is worthy
Of being read; it will show what kind Of
supporters the Administration has in Ohio. IL
was rowdy Convention, vulgar, turbulent,
unprincipled, shameless To recognise it as a
Convention of Delegates fairly representing the
Democratic Party Of Ohio, is insulting to tho
masses Of that Party. They have some prin-
ciple, some selfrespect, some regard for con-
sistency. The Convention manifested none. To
call it Democratic Convention, is to dishonor
the name Of Democracy. We do not believe
its proceedings will be ratified cordially by the
masses who have been accustomed to vote the
Democratic ticket They will ask themselves
whether it be fit and decent that they should
countenancc and sustain the action Of men,
who, for their own sordid purposes, have suf.
Tered themselves to be used by Executive pat
ronage to demoralze their Party, even at tho
risk Of disorganizing it,
1t will be seen that this Convention Of reck-
less politicians has readopted the Anti Slavery
resolves Of i84S, 1850, and 1852, and also
adopted the resolves Of the Baltimore platform
If anything were wanting to show their un-
blushing depravity, il was this mongrelism---
PIedging themselves in one breath to labor to
the extent Of their constitutional ability for the
exclusion Of Slavery from United States Terri
tory, and for the mitigation and final eradca-
tion of the evil, and in the next, to be silent
and inactive on the subject, or rather to be
active in resisting the agitation Of it in any
form!
Look at the predicamont in which the Con-
venticn has placed the Party. First, il re-
solves
"That we re-afirm the Ohio platform Of
1s4s, re-adopted at our Conventions Of 1850
and 1892
Next, it resolves
"That the Democracy Of Ohio hereby recog-
nises and adopts, as part Of their doctrines,
the Baltimore platform Of iS52--laid down by
the Convention that nominated our worthy
Chief Magistrate, Franklin Pierce, as Presi-
dent Of the United States"
Finally, by vote Of l07 to 25, it adopts
both resolutions together
The Ohio platform Of s'50-52, on the
subject Of Slavery, is as follows:
Rssoivsd, That the people Of Ohio now, as
they have always done, look upon Slavery as
m evil, and unfavorable to the full develop
ment Of the spirit and practical benefits Of free
institutions; and that entertaining these senti-
ments, they viii ut al times feel II to be their
duty 10 use all power clearly given by the
terms Of the National Compact, TO prevent its
increase, 70 mitigate, and finally 10 eradicate,
the evil but be II further