The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-08-05
BLACK REPUBLICAN DICTATIoN IN NEW YORK
AND IT'S EFFECTS


An important State election is approaching in New
York, when the doings Of the republican Legislature
in imposing excessive taxes in degrading the city of
New York, &c. will very properly form the issues
to be tried by the people. The Albany Evening
journal, and some other Seward papers, have taken
the ground that "no other question than the re-estab
shment of the anti-slavery principles of Jefferson
can have any proper place our platform" A or-
ton of the republican press however, claim to form
opinions for themselves; and inasmuch as the cleo
ton is where the duties Of officers elected will
be wholly confined to affairs of the State, they re-
fuse to be bound by the dicaon of the central or
gan. Many Of them clearly see that the interests
of the State involved and that no officer to be
elected this fall can by any possibility exercise any
influence upon the questions involved in the slavery
agitation They call the attention of the electors to
the great State interests at stake and desire the
people to express their wishes concerning them 1t
is natural for those whose acts have so much dam
aged the character and depressed the interests of
the State to seek to divert public attention in an
other direction. The Evening Journal orders the
whole party to occupy single plank The more
radical among the republican press refuse to
stand upon this alone, and become oblivious to
every interest of the State. The Journal rebukes
those refusing to obey, and expects to whip in the
disobedient VIII it succeed? The Buffalo Repub-
lie meets this rebuke in a manner that shows that
dctation is distasteu, and may fail in its purposes
1t replies with an independence of spirit that the
Journal has not been accustomed to encounter in re-,
publican papers. 1t augurs total failure on the
part of the Journal to control the thoughts and ac-
tons OF others quite as competent as itself TO form
and express opinions and protect the interests of
State now sunk so low, both in character and inter
est, by blind adherence to the dictation of the Eve
ming Journal. The Republic says:
When the Albany journal, any other journal pre-
sunes to speak for the republican party of the State of
New York and to that the only object of its organi-
zti0p the overthrow of the slave power that at
matters little whether this that line of policy be pur-
sued that mo other question than the reestabshment
OF the ant-savery principles of Jefferson can have any
proper place on our platform we for ourselves and our
friends, repudiate the oracle We know If orr ALBANY
contemporary does not of other questions recurring our
attention and investigation. We know of national cues.
TONS such as appropriations of money and hand steam
snip companies and railroad corporations We know Of
State Questions involving the dearest interests of our pe
pie We have canals TO- bnd railroads 10 regulate be-
nevoent and charitable institutions to provide for
score of important questions in regard to future epsa
ton suggest themselves worthy of consideration and
entitled to free discussion
And shall we be told by the central organ of the re-
publican party through the medium Of an impertnent
paragraph, that We not to discuss these questions
that we are not permitted to speak of proper admins
tation of the State government that we a,e only al
lowed to dance to single tune that is PLAYED upon sim
gle strngY II seems to that the journal has vcry
poor idea Of the intelligence and spirit Of the republican
party when the treasury of the State is empty when
taxation is burdenng people when the of
our canals are decreasing when bad legislation is made
patent by ITS fruits when the perncous influences of
corrupt lobby upon that legislation felt the central or
gan reaches freezing point in pronoucing these side is
sues and in declaring that we have NOTHING IN think
or talk about except the question of slavery Indeed we
scarcely know which most to adneits nnrrowness or
Its impertinence."