New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-19
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EOICE OF THE RADICAL DEMOCRACY
OF NETWORK.

z OF NETWORK.
FELLOW CITIZENS: We address you, not in the
,.me or under the authority of any organized body,
nut ss individual Democrats, and under the RESPONSE
ISty Of our own signatures. The action Of the State
fooyenton which assembled at Syracuse on the 10th
!, January for the appointment of Delegates to the
Ks;oaal Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, was of
,pch a character as, in our judgment, to call for
.pusdyersion on the part of those who dissent from
81 conclusions; and we avail ourselves Of this method
~ admitting to the public our views of the exgency
shch has thus been evoked.
Acsndid expression of opinion, and an earnest ad-
he,epce to principles deliberately adopted, have ever
Smed prominent characteristics Of the Radical De-
tocrscy of New-York. With that party it has been
our pride and pleasure hitherto to be identified in po-
iaesl action; and we have looked with satisfaction
On the influence it has exerted on the public policy OF
The State in the benefcent measures to which II has
given vitality and ultimate success. The direct and
rigid responsibility of executive agents. economy in
the public expenditures, "thst labor may be lightly
budened"; the abolition of exclusive privileges to In
iyiduals and corporations the restriction OF Execu-
live patronage and far as practicable the applca
ton of Democratic principles in the administrator Oh
public affairs-these have been the leading objects TO
which the Radical Democracy Of this State have de-
voted their efforts, with perseverance worthy OF the
enlightened cause in which they were engaged. II
fbs;r endeayors 10 secure these benefcent results
have been in apy wise frustrated calm examination
Win show the failure to have resulted in most cases,
from the adpixture of materials adverse to the genss
Ind spirit of the party to which We have audeo rom
abe Vaccinations or weakness OF men processing W
accord in sentiment with their less plant brethren,
lint who when the hour of trial arrived, preferred an
scouiesceuce in the policy of political opponents 10 the
abors and sacrifices incicent to rgid maintenance VI
round policy, and the ultimate triumph OF correct Prin
cipe. .;o. -
The annexation of Texas, and the consequent wal
with Mexico. having resulted in the acquisition Oh q
large addition Of territory, the character 10 DC sneu
10 became subject of early and anxious considera,
Hon Was it strange that party which had adopted
Jefferson as its great exempar-whch had approprl-
ated his doctrine of strict constitutional CONSTRUCTION;
Ais hostility to public debt his adherence OF civil ana
religious tyranny his love of democratic equaty ana
justce-as their own, should also have Inherited his
views of the proprety and duty OF EXTENDING 10 tee
rtory acoured the free institutions under when they
Ssd 40 greatly proepered Was it surprising, In the
midst of the advancement in self government TO when
thew had attained, that they should have urgently
NEE TO the industrious labor of the citizens of our own
State and of the emigrant seeking home on our
,hortsi BY no means. And hence there arose from
crowded mart and country village, from CONVENTION
and conyenticle, from forum and legislative hall, a
general expression of hostility to the re-cstaolsh-
ment of involuntary servitude in the territory IRON
which had been already banished by the denoerate
action of semi-barbarous people. But then as now,
there was in the State class OF men wo1hiPplng az
the shrine of official patronage who, for selfish ends
sndeavored to obstruct the progress OF public sen
nent they could not stem and dare not directly oppose
By the aid of adventtious circumstances, men of this
character succeeded in obtaining trhng majority In
Democratic State Convention and, shielding them
selves behind the subteruge that however proper tne
rrrciple in the abstract the time for its apple
lad not vet arrived they refused to give expressonto
the prevalent feeling of the Democracy OF the state.
A separation ensued and each section chose It's Deie
oates 10 the National Convention For reasons which
have not ceased to operate at the present day, the
representatives in that body refused to give
10 the regular Delegates chosen by the Radical Dem
ocraoy OF New York, except upon terms deemed oy
The latter unjust and degrading. They spurned the
conditions and returned to their constituents Win
honor unsuled and spirits unbrcken II Is not neces
sary TO advert to the contest when ensueu IN uie.
Of PRINCIPLES deemed sacred those for which our
fathers bed Enough that the result taught tnelr
brethren of other States the dangerous tendency OF at
tempting TO trample on men
'who know rights and, knowing, dare maintain
The application of the prohbory clause in the bill
organizing the Territory of Oregon, TO that par OF
Texas lying north Of $50 so the ADMISSION Oh Ceii-
fornia az Free State; and the acknowledged force
and supremacy of the local tdgs aganst IN may
foral condition. served in measure to quiet the ap
Of the Free States, and prepare tne puphc
mind for an acquiescence in the "Compromse meas .h
presv of 1850. Long and violently agitated as the
community had been ii readily sank into repose on the
thus held out that the vexed question was
firmly settled by concurrent events against slavery
Extension The National Conventions OF ooth ponti'
cal parties deliberately resolved against an iurther us
iurbsnce of the subject, and pledged themselves 70
Withstand all attempts at its renewal, I'D Voh8ress VI
amt of it." on any pretext whatever.
ON this platform Of abstinence from agitation, tne
Democratic party elected It's Presidential candidate.
To tbe accomplishment Of this result, the individuals
,Sae names are hereto subscribed, cbeerully gave
tle;r votes aud influence; and when they heard the
pSent of their choice, before high Heaven and his
.ss,nhIed couutrymep declare his solemn determiaa-
Gor 10 froUn Indignantly ON any and every attempt
10 eyiye agitation, they felt themselves relieved from
- ,ons;bsiitv of more than ordinary magnitude, by
a.. psns.nce that in no possible contingency could
@ snressive measure escape the ordeal OF the tx
10y 80. -; edons I'm ent of the Government
~ TO- tthe. mutabity of human progress scarce
l.d AZ. ;nt of the Inaugural Message become dry be-
60 sL.s wes concocted a measure OF aggression,
~. LA IN lie assumptions, more unblushng IN us
Ta,sn than men in power had ever dared 70 nope
o. S.v e nropose And this scheme, unasked oy
80, o,.;on ~ the community, undemandea oy any
sr{,to axgencv. the deliberate violation OF phghted
,h hld sarred by all parties for more than
30 cotnrx he assured harbinger OF sectional stnie
49, L;ste; and rtlenting than any which had eve,
,sen.5ed n received the direct encouragement ana
a;si sanction of Franklin Pierce, the sworn deenser
~ the country against Slavery agitation.
whether through weakness or wlckedness, tniousu
,,nhson or cowardce through chicanery or bravado,
Ia at of treason toward Freedom and Northern
constituency was accomplished, we shall not enaeas~
10 deisrmine. Enough that through its instrument
sl;,y tLe Aoodpates of sectional strife have been