Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-27
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRISE,

1he Union, this morning, contains letter
from John Van Buren,, in reply to its stric-
lures of yesterday upon his Oswego speech.
We copied, yesterday, the pith of those stric-
lures, which was, in effect, reading the Prince
out of " the party" The Prince, who is, en-
phatieally, wsg Of the first water in this
letter draws from the Union still further
reading out''-the dismissal Of the whole
Soft ticket from the National Democratic
parry, in the following words:
In reply to the question whether the
Washington Union desires the ticket advo-
Gated by Mr.. Van Buren, to be elected or not,
We viii tell him frankly that his declaration
that every candidate on our State ticket
r"w, except one Judge and the Canal Com
missioner, was openly and warmly the advo-
cate of Martin Van Buren, in lS4S.' and that
they were proud of it then, and believe 1
do them no injustice when I add that they
have been prouder of il every day since'-we
say that this declaration makes it a matter of
Indifference, so tar as the interests Of the DEM
Ocratic party are concerned, whether his tick
ct succeeds or not. But, whether it succeeds
or not, we are very sure it will not affect the
future course Of the National Democracy.
The Prince, in the course of his letter, says:
The election comes off a week from next
Tuesday. and We shall thus soon be able to
compare the official returns with prediction
which wish to put on record. The entire
democratic State ticket, which you call Soft
will be elected by plurality Of fifty thousand
votes. am sorry to find you stating that in
efecting this result we shall have cut our.
selves loose from the national Democratic
organization" Being deeply engaged in a
State election which Is rather more important
10 cur citizens than any national contest is
likely to be, we may not have had our atten-
tion sufficiently called to the position of our
brethren in other States. We have no candi-
dates for national hOnors, and very few of wb at
are called in Washington national men. Mr.
John Cochran, the surveyor of our port, takes
the principal charge Of this branch of our pol
ltlcs, which may aptly be termed the heavy
business. lie was a member of our State con-
vention, and rather took it for granted he
had seen to this
" As near as L now understand, you object
TO our occupying now the position we occu-
pied in 1o40, upon the subject of slavery
That position was then and now defined a.
follows:
"'Resotved, That while the Democracy q,
New York will faithfully adhere to ali the
compromises of the Constitution and maintain
the reserved rights Of the States. they deem
this suitable occasion TO declare their fixed
hostility to the extension Of slavery to free
territory.
when branch OF this resolution do Won
object to, in the name of the National Democ-
racy Are they against the compromises OF
the Constitution, or the reserved rights of the
States, or do they desire to extend slavery 10
free territory, and is their feeling so intense
on either of these three subjects that they can.
not act with Democrats who agree with them
on everything else, but differ on these ?'
The bateLligenesr also puts its spoon into
this nice little family (Democratic) souabbIe.
Tepublishing copiOus extracts from Mr.. John
Van Buren's Oswego speech and saying
g If the tortuous course of the partv TINS
honored with official appreciation needed 10
be pointed out in characters Of living light. mo
better testimony could be adduced than is
afforded by this speech, which has been aptly
termed an apology for the equivocal course
OF the Syracuse Convention Of the 10Th of An
gust The gravity with which its author at.
temPts to show difference between the Plat
form OF the party Of which he is the champion
and that of the Fusionists is altogether char.
acteristic. But his candor has sealed his fate
The Union does not assume to read him on,
the party, but with a sorrowfuI heart nro.
claims that he has read himself out This
too, in tie face of its own declaration. uttered
not many months since, that an agreement
Of opinion on the subject of slavery between
Northern and Southern men is an impossi.
bility -