The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-16
Martin Van ,~r,a,

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Another denomination Of the desperate
straits 20 which the Buchaniers are reduced.
is the fact that they are pretending 10 hail
with delight a letter recently written BY
Martin Van Buren,, in which that most cun-
ming even Of New York politicians has sig
ni6ed his intention Of supporting NJ. Ba-
chanan. "The Northern man with South
ern principles is only returning to his hrst
love. The only instance Of inconsistency
from his long course of subserviency TO
| Southern interests was when in lS&s ne
opposed the election Of Gen. Cas-. from
motives of personal revenge; though we
think that decidedly the best thing Mr.. Van
Buren, ever did was defeating the Presiden.
,isl aspirations OF the author Of 'squatter
sovereignty" Aside from that inconsisten-
cy, which had its origin in no political prin-
cipie, but sprung entirely from chagrin At
no, being the candidate Of the Baltimore
Convention, Mr.. Van Buren, has not only
always been u regular commitment in the
bogus Democratic church, but was in fact
the principal founder Of that spurious school
of politics. 1t is perfectly proper therefore
that he should support Mr.. Buchanan,-but
we apprehend that HE return to his original
sin will have little influence on the politics
of New York, and none at all on those Of
any other State. We copy the conclusion
of an article in the New York TsWes on the
( letter in which Mr.. Van Buren, announces
his return TO his natural and proper posi-
ton
.ln lSAS Mr.. Van Buren, was q candidate
for the Presidency. He was rejected BY
the Democratic party. His hos,tity to ITS
nominse ras prompted solely BY private resent
meal. He yielded TO that lowest in6rmity
of human characteristic desire Of personal
revenge. Purely to crafty that sentiment,
he Abandoned his party,-and espousing the
| principle that promised to give him the
greatest strength, he became an advocate OF
Free Soil only because Free Soil promised
TO feed the grudge he bore the psrty for ais
defeat. Tnat object accomplished, M.
Van Buren, falls back into his old position.
He becomes again q Northern man with
Southern principles. Personal ambition
and personal mslignity thus crop out a. the
lundamen tal elements Of his political char
scter. Among his associates Of lSAs, how.
ever, he stands almost alone. Nearly oil
that great body Of strong and earnest men,
whom the Free Soil dag, then in bis hands,
rallied to its support, stand hrm to their
| principles, and maintain now-as they do
ihen when the danger was far lees immi-
nen,-thst the extension of slavery should
be prevented, that its aggressions should
be checked, and that the administration OF
| the Government should be brought back to
the principles and the practices OF its early
DAYS. The great mass OF The Free Soil
party OF l84s were honest and sincere IN
their action then and neither honesty nor
sincerity will permit them 70 repudiate
their principles and TO change their action
now. Mr.. Van Buren's political career has
long since been closed. With rare and
curious psrversity, his principal solicituds
seems to be to enable his biograPher to re-
cord the fact thar he was guilty. Of Z double
treason,-that he first betrayed his party
under the guise OF principle, and then repu-
dated principle to appease his party. And
If truth characterize the record, it will be
added, that he reaped the usual reward o.
unprincipied c~unning,--the contempt Of hi
party, and the combination of the public q
large"