The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-10

same indus Of the same eocatrY. They from the
Scrbes and Pharsees who would take care Of Others con-
sciences they inventions Of ambitious prestcaf OF
who have little religion To help their secular AFFAIRS
and who are ue worldly TO help their religious at
fairsof "preachers of Christian politics. who are suby
aspiring civil secular and political power-oi men
who don't render Cesar the things which are
Caesars (" unto God the things which are Gods-oi
hypocrios who woad supereryceaby cut on AN ear Tor
their Master with the sword without his orders ana
against hisaw, and who would deny Him thrice before me
cock crew And these aided BY eowardy ana
knassh politicians who either fear or tawn upon their Sc
and sinister Influences We have only 10 drive out all
such from the temple The doyeseller driven out
by the Master whose pure and undeied religion before
God and the father is TO visit the widow aad the father
less and 10 keep ones self unspotted from the world
Finally, gentlemen, according with you, as do, ia the
leading principles OF your platform cordial! accept your
invitation 10 unite with you 10 engratnug them upon e
policy of the country Aud especially concur with you
in the sentiment that II is upon principle alone We ought
unite and that all coalitions between those who essen
TALLY differ on cardinal points uuprineiped and de
morazng. And here might pausei but, long as this
letter is have word more TO say. hope have an
swered your kind compliment IN its own spirit without
inqurug whe her you have any aiias-any other name
under Heaven by which you known among men than
that of national democrats have purposely omitted 10
do
Like yourselves another body of democrats of New York
lately approached fairly and openly, and responded
gratefully TO Them as do to yon was soon up6faided
with having given ad aud comfort to certain party called
"sotisp Now say That have likewise given
in adhesion the bafds of New York Well all can
say for myself is thar don't mean 10 know amy hard or
sut Tor reuds WHO VIII unite win me III Ah'
mission of the democracy 10 proclaim and maintain The
great doctrine civil and religious liberty, and to uphold
and enforce the constitution in its sublime principles OF
justice aud equality
You must moi wonder that your democratic friends in
Virginia often confused by names and things in New
York We wish united democracy there on the old
grounds of Jefferson and Jackson We hear OF hard and
soft and hnlshells, and the ideas we form OF them can DC
best illustrated by subject of natural history we nave
in our waters, gentlemen crusiaceous animal called
craba fish, with fins and claws at both ends and
either end foremost Poke at him this way and
he hat-that way and he this! He is remarka-
BILE gentlemen for his transformations AT one time catch
him and crack his claw, and his shell is hard, very hard
hard enough for barnacles grow upon his back and
will separate be detached from the inner cutcle In
that state he is The hard crab proper At another time
catch him and crack his cawwhe he is bard be sure TO
crack his claw gentlemenand you will find that though
his outer shell is still very hard yet II will separate anu
be detached from the inner cutcle film over the
He is then called the peeler his shell will peel
off FROM without breaking, the inner she'll Later catch
him. and you need crack his claw what be IL for
his onter shell is then opening at every sunre and the
crab swelling out of its hard and taking upon itself It's
soft she'll In that state he is called buster bursting
his she'll and as peeler or buster he is very rat ana
bait fit catch the very monarchs of the deep With Later
STILL he has slipped out of his hard SHE'LL by sort OF per-
istatc motion and left it along the strand, and has be-
wholly soft crab In that he is good bait too
and preyed upon by hard crab and other sbes and he
is inert and hardly crawl out of harms way Then
again. this same crab gentlemen begins to harden from
soft TO hard again he had before soened from hard tn
soft Found in this his second intermediate state ne has
become poor but active is not good for bait and
he Is called buckram for that he ia so like the fabric OF
that name, and his shell is then flexible like veum. So
that you have idea of some hards who are peel
ersn tending soft and of softs who buck
rams tending to hards. And there is such hardening
to soft and such softening hard, that cannot dis
tnguish the politicians Of New York do the crabs
sometimes by sight sometimes byiouch, and sometimes by
cracking their claws. But tn do say that think can
you democrats; that cap distinguish you unnis-
takahy by the platform Of prlncine you have put forth
and anxious and ready to stand by and with and for
portion of the democracy OF New York who will unit,
the platform civil and religious liberty, defined 10y
the constitution and bills of rights of State aud federal
governments and defended by State soveregnties
and federal Union. cannot and will not unite with
any Wilmot provso, with any dark-lantern with an,
sumptuary-law party
how is il that New York is divided against herself
in this great cause wbich down the tide of time unborn
ages yet will honor and admire ~ She the Empire State
she the centre of commerceshe the city set upon hill
waste her strength expend her substance 10 dwarf
her influence lower her dignity TO eclipse the light OF
fame and glory by disiracting divisions, by dis
dscorh by confusion of her friends and fusion
her foes Rally and rescue Shall the spoils separate
from each other and from country No nor princ
paliies powers things present things to
We will strike together and strike home for God,
country, and our constitution
Yours, in the faith
HENRY A. WISE
To ALEX. g. MoRToN, Chairman, &c, &c.