Washington sentinel., 1855-03-10


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NEW YORK POLITICs-RETURN
REASON.
1t has been but q few months since the
newspapers in every part Of the country TEEN
ed with articles on New York politics. Men
who never dreamed Of but two parties before,
we're. by inccssant iteration and reiteration,
familiarized with the ugyand outlandish names
that distinguished the political nomenclature
Of the Empire State. There were not only
Wings and Democrats, but of the former there
were Woolly Heads and Silver Greys-of the
latter, Hards and Softs. There were Aboii-
iionists and Freesoiers There were Free
Democrats" the worst form OF abolitionists.
There were Temperance men and Shoulder
Strikers. There was every ism that human
ingenuity can invent, and every phase that
human optics can discern. New York, the
Empire State, and New York, the Empire
CITY, presented a more diversified aspect than
arag carpet a tessalated pavement, or iower
garden, ever exhibited. There was one, and
but one, distinct color wanting, and that was
the virgin white Of honesty.
That there were honest men, we know; Dut
the battle was for the spoils. The great ma
jority in all parties, and all divisions, were
spoilsmen. In what they call the :" rural DIS
sricts,' there were many honest men, but New
York city is to the country what Paris is to the
French provinces. New York city and New
York politicians have controlling power in
the a.rural districts"
New Yorksand New York Politicians have
done much-more than all other cities and all
other politicians, to dissolve the cement that
holds parties together. They have done more to
DESTROY confidence in political integrity
uproot sound and wholesome doctrines, to
undermine honest principles and fundamental
political truths, than all the other places and
people put together.
We must say, and such outside of New
York is the universal impression, that New
York politics have for some time past been
sfoHs politics. The best and most honest
usrty there-the Democratic party-has been
broken down by the love Of spoils. The best
division of that party, the Hards, attempted to
trade even, upon the doctrine OF State Fights.
All men look 10 the outside world for sympathy,
and they looked to the people outside OF New
York for countenance and support They out
sHeroded Herod.n They affected to be better
slavery men than the people Of the Southern
States. Their object was to bring to bear in
tbe;r favor the influence of q southern pressure.
II is most true that their antecedents were
much fairer than those Of their adversaries, the
So6s. They had cleaner and q clearer re-
cord. They presumed upon that record, and
in the excitement of political contest that
involved the issues OF life and death, they
even chided Southern Democrats for not stand
ing by them.
But the pinch came. In their State cleo
lions they had candidate who not only had
maintained, but also had made, their issues,
and who, they said, in his life and conduct
had ever illustrated the best virtues and the
highest attributes Of manhood. How did they
treat him? Instead of casting their full vote
for him, they gave him mean and miserable
support. They refused to uphold the issues
they had made, and backed out from the sup.
port of the candidate Of their choice.
Some ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS thirty thousand
had the manliness and the virtue to stand by
him. The rest deserted and distributed them
selves among the different organizations OF
that State. By pursuing the course-the de-
v;ous and tortuous course that the Politicians
of New York have pursued-they have de-
Graded the wealthiest and most populous State
in the Union into the merest political cypher.
We are gratifed to see that an effort is now
ON foot to reunite the hitherto discordant Sec
tions of the Democratic party, in order that
they may present an unbroken front against
uhe common enemy.
Verify crisis is at hand, and if those who
pretend to be Democrats in New York, viii
but anite and forget past differences, they vii
he enabled to control the State, and will regain
the position that they lost by dissension.
We find in the New York papers Of the stt
instant, full reports Of union meeting OF the
Democrats and although most OF the control
ing agents we're those known as Softs, we learr
that the meeting challenged the sympathy Q
the Hards. IT is indeed time that they shoult
unite.
The chairman, in his address, congratulatec
che meeting on the burial Of the hatchet. H'
said:
at is gratifying to look around on an audi
ence now assembled here unparalleled IN 'n'
h story Of Democratic triumph. This looks Al
if:the different shells Of the Democracy are nov
10 be broken, and we have il in our power Z
accomplish it. especially with such masses
our back. five have prejudices, let us NEE
each other half way. When the polls OF th'
election we're closed, this was the place we as
sembled to hear the triumph OF our cause. NO
40 In latter years the lights have been dimmet
rot q vo;ce has been heard Will this be so