Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-01-24

papers Of that day, signed "Geu, smith," The origin.
have not seer but pledge myself to tho gentleman
he will accompany me, 10 point out ia print as ma !,
OF the publshcd proceedings Of ha. tiop of An
gus, or 10, lsis letter purportng 10 have hs ram
added to IT, Ii do no, poin. TO him, shall alta,
to the House that have been In error IT. on the o,L
hand, do exhibit to him, my friend need say no,L;n
about H. and silence will to what h now AZ.
Of the day-not approval but "acquesccncc." Laugh.
ask no such concession from tho gentleman. I,mn,.
desire him 20 with the In ,,,nn, S
manly and candid principle Of "acquicsccuce.s tRs'
| ncwed laughtcr) N"''
Now little more about the "haris" and ",on,p
MIR. Corwiu. would ask tho gentleman from Nav
York where those who stood upon the Buffalo platform
called ",ot,sh So 'o a'9 III"
Mr. Corwin protest, them against the declaration of
| tho Ohio wings having anything TO do with them
Mr. Cutting. Tho Ohio wings need no protest TO b.vs
understood they Of such because thew
stand so clear before high Heaven, upon their own plat
hunting with the BuGaocs. ILinghterl / do not caro-
anything In this connection about tho Ohio wings In
seems to me that The freesocrs have succeeded in doing
IN OHIO the very thing that prevented them from To-
ing and mean to prevent them from doing In New York
notwithstanding the democratic prrty
Mt hnghe: VIII the gentleman allow me to nut
The Chairman. Does tho gentleman Weld to his col.
leagueS ''''' ~ JUS e"'
,., .s cutting am now answering an inquiry as to the
history oil The lizards aud the sos IL tho ouesti,n IA
regard TO that subject yield TO the ren,Ieman
The Chairman The Chair ia unable 10 .eis,n,,. ,,.,
fact. ~ W ee'''nhoe ehat
Ant hughes The question is personal to tho gentle.
to Il. ~ "P"'ns
hr cutting. desire to proceed with my remarks and
nope mat the committee will bear with m.
lotes oil yield to your colleague 4" "Iet tho oues
ton a. be propounded ~ f'''
Ant cutting, desire to go with what have com.
AIR Hughes (amd much confusion said 7 uo,a III,
W ask tue gentleman whether he did not presi &C. In sse
liver 1us asonvsnton in New York. which nominated the
NJ Ssae' between the hunkers and barnburnersS
, .'ung' do not yield To the gentleman TO correct
,,. any .hing at present personal myself must
proceed with the history Of these parties The pre,id.n
h pe OF isis resulted in this Mr. Van Buren, and
e nulao platform wers driven out Of the conflict with
Snse electoral vote and the contempt of the peop.
VI Tue United States pronounced on that occasion rem
wholly unnecessary that should again refer 10 that
S.'nan I ieave him, sir where the votes of every
e OF thls Union left him after that controversy oh
'nst one elect Of the treachery of the feesoilers
was W ea'e AIT van Buren, at the close of the canvass
"hont aVote another defeat the democrats Mart,
ana 10 elevate General tho presidential chair
er 's great national defeat when there WAS no bone
or oil patronage to those who belonged to The
uemosrsue party, or who stood our prnciples xo
were ielt To rally upon principle alone we nrocc.dd
'oraM'h III New ork 10 organize with good heat with
sou cneer not the least doubling that VIC would again
re- and restore the party its ancient
We fought in the ST ate Of New York as har b $50
observed, on principles We went on after Isls .dn
any Improving and it was papabe that when the ne.t
n anii
late nominated at Baltimore favorable To those nr;n;I
III respect to which we had before nailed our ar 10 Tho
nas we asked for nothing and wanted but TO wait ma
uentiy, hopefully, until that DAY came round which 80 a.
restnr" us in the State of New York and esawho, ".
our former supremacy Our party which when rcorg,n
zed was ike feeble sapng but promised soon IN no
I'LL jan 70 shadow anu protect our land Unfortu-
na'eiy, however, men who DESTROYS of Office who
sere lingering for the spols could not wait bepan 10
p'et combinations, TO make coatious and see wbetbsr
ssy rouu no, more promptly accomplish their ends by
lI.nrnf linz.
deserted our party in lsisthe Buffalo freesoierswi,b
muse amoh'ohs oil powerand induce them TO oct toseth
r ~ sold column animated by the hope Of spos held
up before their eyes rs an inducement band
iuese men mus over-anxious Office set their xr;ts II;
ouo 10 make up sort Of patched platform for us In
w SiIn IKE more recent example should DO
LOT the recent past, and which should brinp To-
ser opPong factions, united by the gnoble bope and
IN the mere spirit Of spoils. This coalition WAC re;s,d
luz. Tue current was overwhelming by the force and in
e'erks' aud sheriifs, and governors and sona
huence oil those who wanted to be constab,es and
lo anu cabinet officers thus creeping up from the lowest
20 .ie highest Offices in land They in our convention
ou'humoered all opposition, and formed what thew c,I.S
party Tor the sake OF "union and harmonyn
"hth That coalition party way was finally determined
'p"n' ae'nesced as my other friends did We were
wiling TO stand by the experiment which was then a,er
mined on; and II the party cond be thereby b,ont -
U Its ancient principles, were content When ,h
matter was resolved Gpon determined TO yield il nv snn
port anu 70 contribute fair aud cordial upport 10 ,h
Efforts o the majority, in order that no blame Of
ing The establishment Of the democratic marty nioh
III tnat STATE be attributed to me- This experiment air
went on till the election of Cen Pierce. and ,hon
nouncements were heard from New Hampsbire and fron
those States where eesoism had most prevailsd ,La,
there has been truce with reesocs got up in Baltimore
ana an act oi amnesty passed. by which yearling demo
Gratis should come in with equal claims with those
fought the good fght year alter year. under all circn
stances OF political fortune, which have adyerted
ne'G men, after The baltimore convention had nominated
ven Fcrce rushed IN to his support because thew saw
the result clearly and that the spoils were w,bi,
ihey went into the tight Tor that campaign quite
wiling to adopt any principles for tho occasion
Ana, we, too, good-natured people OF the "old
'"hg our long cars in the belief that the resol
tons adopted at Baltimore meant something md d..
they distinctly approved the principles of the compromise
acls OF oo anu carried out the doctrines which we had
been lighting for so long, and for so many weary DAYS
ma mat they approved Of and merely acauescei in
me doctrines OF nonntervenon with slavery in tho Ter
ntores we too went into the election with good heart
AID Pr"sid"nt Pierce was Mhirled into the IoIt Chi -
State that he now fills ''" VI
nu. sOon Ar. Chairman demommeni came to satisfy
most OF my friends in New York that they had been NJ
tefly deceived in what was meant II began - ~
shpered by some Of the knowing ones that after al
these baltimore resolutions did not mean much For
lays before the assembling Of the yenton IL Was s.i
that some anxious gentlemen had frame and nice
form resolutions that would the appreciation of
III e eehens whose votes were needed. IL seems that
snele was some gentleman whose name is withheld from
history, who said to have been a warm friend of tho
compromise measures, who took the initiative in nronar
ng inc resolutions Twoor three other gentlemen whose
names are equally withheld from general notoriety who
GATED themselves with the who undertook to origi
nate the resolutions Ia revealed that every word oC
me PLATFORM as respects the slavery questions were han
lied and weighed, and such expressions az might SHOCK
any nervous brethren thrown aside. and The reso
tons were manipulated until nothing was roporteJ or
cePt such as evaded any appreciation OF tie
resolutions, and simply acqnesced thereln-they were
merely submitted to 800
The Bniio ircesoiles and all their associates iumped
nmbly upon this platform, and "hcquesced" in but did
not approve OF the compromise The election was scarce
over, when we found gentleman, who was nonna.
ted at niio by the frecsoilers and by the gentleman
from Ohio, Mr.. GInDSG1 and his friend, as the freeso
candidate for governor Of New York. 10 IS4s was chr
fehily spoken Of for cabnet Office and finally wns rc
Sared with tho office Of sub treasurer in the civ n, Ss
York. Another conspicuous gentleman was placed In
tue post Office Of mat city ana another selected for sur
Vcyor OF the port. When II found that the post Off
ces IN the State Of New York filled by the frecani
ers OF Buffalo, many Of tho Old guard stood in an,aye
ment and wonder to know what the cause and occa
sion Of these remarkable appointments
Ii was said that this amnesty OF 1852 made fscasoicya
OF 1913 worthy Of confidence as tho sold guard who
had never sseryed IL is upon that principle tho adj
minstraon has been conducted. I; il idle TO deny that
this course Of policy Disguised the sounest men OF the
phfy They had never worked quietly in harness with
those men, who have since been busy In crushing ont
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