New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-06

State, ard to a,sis. him in his plots for di,.,-.-.
ing the Democratic p,'rtys ard In that "a ~
curing his own reelection. SSis old master c.n,'
who gladly availed himself OF this oppc,s,...1.
again manipulating the Democratic psrty. -.
hope Of yet making it subservient to bis sv,,-
bilious views.
As the tariff agitation had died out, the so,a
ern local interest to which Tyler and Calhoun ,.,
appealed was that of slaveholding. Ever s,..
the great Missouri debate, the Democratic e,,..
had been exceedingly chary Of touching that nj
ject in any way The excessive attachment dS.
shareholders to their domestic institution" =,
then become very evident; and after the dipu,
carried them to such violent lengths, and had \.
with difficulty arranged by the Missouri Comm
mise, the policy had been to keep altogether ts
from this embarrassing question. This vast
real origin of the refusal to receive And-SL'su
petitions. Hence also, during Van Burens saaa.
istraton, all the advances Of Texas toward amer.
alton bad been firmly repeled-a policy fully "a.
tanned BY Forsyth, Van Buren's Georgian Secrsh-
~ of State.
1t was, however, upon this very frebrand qss
ton of Slavery and the annexation Of TeIn ut
Tyler and Calhoun, those two conspirators agdas
the Democratic party, as well as against the peace
Of the Union, eagerly seized. And to make sure u
a corfasration, Calhoun took care to avow in lh
official correspondence that not securities to Liberty
and Democracy, but the support aud extension q
sIavehodDg, were the great objects had in view u
that annexation.
This conspiracy, 30 far as Calhoun was con.
cerned, was perfectly successful. Terrified at the
idea of having their Southern cOnfederates drawn
off from them, the Northern Democrats, against
their own convictions and committals, came re-
luctantly into the policy Of annexation, gave up
Van Buren,, the candidate of the majority Of the
party, and agreed to accept and support Polk.
for whom the Van Buren, men voted in order 10
keep out Cass, who had been the first Northern
man to come out for annexation in hopes thus to
gain the South.
And now we come to the disclosures contained
in Mr.. Blar's letter. 1t seems that Calhoun exes'
cised not only an indirect but direct influence
also, in defeating his old enemy, Van Buren,.
through his creatures, Pickens and Elmore, VINE
assumed to represent South Carolina in the Bat'
more Convention, being present and entering but
not formally taking seats in it, and threatening,
Van Buren, was not dropped, to use Texas as CLUB
to break the head of the Democratic party. And
il further appears that after Polk was nominated,
Calhoun bsrgained to withdraw the Tyler ticket Oh
condition that his old enemy, Blair, should be de-
priyed of the control of The Globe, then the official
organ; to effect which $50 600 Ofthe public money,
az the conspirators had meme Of their own, was,
with the approval and consent Of Mr.. Buchanan
(who it was known was to be Folks chief adyiserI
placed by Tylers Secretary of the Treasury in the
hands of Cameron Of Pennsylvania Blair yielded,
lust as the Northern Democrats had done, and to
prevent break in the party consented to sell out
jackson, then almost at the point of death, be-
coming aware of this intrigue, exerted himself in
vain to prevent it, and foretod its fatal results.
From that time the Nullfers became the controlling
spirits in the Democratic party. 1t was they who
carried the existing tariff, SO fruitful in frauds and
20 ruinous to our manufacturing interests Under
Pierce, they have become more potent than everi
in fact, have obtained the entire control. Pierce,
when in Congress, was great admirer and hum
Bile tOady of Calhoun. 1t was this which went fax
to secure his nomination Since his election he
has thrown himself entirely into the hands of the
NuDifers, who, on the question at least Of Slavery
extension and protection seem to have reverted to
Calhoun's original ideas of the vast aud unlimited
authority Of the Federal Government. ALI the
present Southern leaders of the Democratic party,
80 called, as Mr.. Blair abundantly shows, are msa
who, when that party was led by Jackson and Van
Buren,, were its most violent and embittered enc
mics; and be might have added that almost every
man North or South who then sup
ported the Administration is now in opposition.
Can it be possible that the Old-fashioned Jackson
Van Buren, Democracy will suffer themselves to b
imposed upon by these wolves in sleeps clothing.
who have thus entered the Democratic fold for 10
other purpose except to est up Liberty and De-
mOcracy at their leisure These men, who vail
their secession projects under pretended zeal for
the Union, but all whose favorte annexation and
Slavery. extending schemes look either to ruling
the Union in subserviency to slayehOlding, or,
hey cannot do that, to secession from it, aud tho
.ettiDg up of that great Southern Slayeholdng Rs
public of which we occasionally hear.
Imposition like this may be successfully prac'
iced in such countries as France. where the great
mass can neither read nor write. There would %
little hope, indeed, for democracy could they sue
iced here.
Our readers NAV have heard of the amat<G