The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-11-01

expedlencies OF WORKOUT Party, appears in his
true proportions.
Hon. N. NJ. MASTERS, of Schaghticoke, elect
ed last year to the Assembly of New York bv
the Democrats, has openly declared for the
Republican Party.
The Washington Union, acting under the
direction of the President, seems determined to
reduce its Party in New York to the number
of Gideon's army.
The Albany Atlas, from whose columns we
republish on our fourth page singing Anti
Slavery article, having scorned the dictation of
the central organ, and rebuked the policy of
making test of the Nebraska BILL has been
read out of the Party by the Union. John Van
Buren, has also received his walking papers.
He undertook to make the proceedings of the
Soft Convention, on the subject of Slavery, pal
atable to the Democracy of st. Lawrence by
giving them an Anti-Slavery gloss, for which
he was taken to task severely by the Union. A
few days since, he replied, in a letter published
in that paper-predicted the triumph of the
Soft ticket by $4,000 plurality, and asked the
Union whether it desired to see the ticket elect
ed or defeated.
"The Union replies, in view of Mr. Van Blu
rens declaration, that all the candidates on
that ticket, except two, were openly and warm
ly the advocates of Martin Van Buren, for the
Presidency in 1913; that it is therefore, n mat
ter of Indifference, so far as the interests of the
Democratic party are concerned, whether the
ticket succeeds or not"
Mr. Van Buren, is excommunicated in due
form, as follows:
He is for keeping Kansas out of the Union
at all hazards, unless she comes i'm as a free
State. Mr.. Seward is for the same thing, as to
Kansas, or any other Territory that may here
after ask admission. Mr.. Van Buren, effectu-
ally cuts himself loose from the National Dem
ocratic organization by avowing these senti-
ments. We do not assume to read him out of
the party, but we should be untrue to Democ-
racy, if we could hesitate moment to furnish
the evidence cor tanned in his own speech, that
he has read himself out of the party. When
Southern Know Nothings shall quote from his
speech to fix unsoundness on the Northern De-
mocracy, let it be answered at once that nei-
Their John Van Buren,, nor any other one, who
entertans these sentiments, and stands on the
Van Buren, platform of 1913, can claim fellow
ship with the National Democracy"
There are some folk that can bear any amount
of kicking. But, there may be good reason
for it. The ardent support of the Soft ticket
in New York, by the Union, an apologist of
Atchison and Co., would be death to it. Some
Of its leading friends contrive to get themselves
soundly rated by that paper, and even read ont
of the Party, and expect the liberal Democra-
cy at home to notice how they are prosecuted
for conscience sake, and how really Anti-SIave-
ry their ticket is, the Union being judge. How
many weak brethren will be caught by the cum
ming device?
The OFFICIAL RETURNS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
after all show that the Administration Party is
in minority. The vote for Canal Commits,
sioner stands as follows:
r. Nicholson l49,745
Know Nothing and Republican candi.
dates, voted for independently l4,2jl