The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-10-31


requiring for the discharge its duties the undivided
ton and best energies of any Were il practicable
would cheerfuy accept the honor of nomination. and
elected should have been happy to devote services
secure TO atty the blessings Of order and good gov
ernment thereby adding TO its honor and TO that of the
ty to which am proud belong The existing of
things requires the exercise of discretion energy
essness The general government is again in the field
and It's busy hand at work in State poll
ties then IL defeat now its sphere of action
tions. Let again teach the administration adhe
rents, who find its victories in conventions aured by its
promises and controlled by its officers that the extend
ed its interference the ngiorou will be deeatthe
more signal viii be the Reproduction by the people
have doubt you will present the of citizen
for the place whose election will add another the rebakes
already pouring upon the national administration all
parts of the country additional proofs win thus be given
that the democracy neither be nmdsed by power
corrupted by patronage and that progress
and reform the basis not less of than of
the democracy.
With great respect, remain your obedien servant,
AUGUSTUS SCHELL.
New YoRK Oct. g. 1854.
What has the President 10 do with this contest in New
York city, that Mr. Schell should invoke men vote for
some citizen whose election viii add another the
Dukes that already pouring in upon the national adj
minsraon from all parts of the country" Has the
ous system of plumber and extravaganza that has dis
graced the city of New York had anything do with the
policy of General Pierce Has he produced this state of
things Is the great deb, crushing the people of
New York city result of General Pierce policy? He
more accountable for these than for the calames that
have beaen of the citizens of that proud metropolis
1t would be about consistent charge him with the
loss of the Arctic with the yellow fever New Orleans
and Savannah lay his door the abuses of mun
cipal administration in the city of New York and yet
absurd such accusations against the President would
be- they less absurd than the way Mr. Schell at
tempts to rebuke the administration 1t appears that he
has absolutely Withdrawn in favor ola free-soer of ls4s
a barnburner-one of those men, hostility whom he
has made for years article in his creed lone of the
men, be understood who voted against General Cass and
for Martin Van Buren, in ls4s Such is the sequel of the
long and loud professions Of Mr. Sche in favor OF national
democratic doctrines The following proceedings took
place the hard convention after his resignation
ceved
'The convention proceeded to vote ripa for
candidate for mayor which resulted in the unanimous nomi-
| nation of Wilson G. Hunt
Who this Mr.. Hunt is we must leave the New York
Herald of Sunday to tell The Herald hostile TO the aa-
mnistration any 'hard but this trick is too much
for it, 1t appears that Mr. Schels new candidate was as
we have said free-soer in ls4s and this is the man
whose election Mr. ScheH wM proclaim rebuhe Of the
course Of General Piercsl But read the article from Sun
days Herald
"CunosITIEs poLTIcs.-The lion lying down with the
lamb nothing what days from the polti
clans. short while ago the hardshes furious with the
administration for having thing to do with the freesoles
They sad-these pure and undefed national democrats
that free soer be summed prescribed, boot
political society and that Franklin Pierce by per-
hitting the appointment of few such men to office had for
feited claim popular respect and confidence On this
the whole very safe and solid sort OF
ground go uponhe national democrats made fair show
during the first of Pierces administrations Matters have
changed Bronson it is true, is still in action his flag
nailed the but when nearer home and look
at municipal elections, what do find? Augustus
Sche hard par excellence, declining nomination for
mayor Suyyesant Institute and Withdrawing to make
room the ardent reesoer and Saratoga
G. Hunt Read his letter. We may next expect that Mr.
Bronson will decline and endorse his party to
Myron H. Clark that Mr.. Seymour agree to make
in his party for notorious wholesale temperance
Principles nowhere one cares rush for such
| od-fashioned rocco lumber
For the ed6cation of southern readers it would be
well enough remark that Mr.. Hunt seeded from the
Saratoga convention because it did not go strong enough
| on the abolition platform