The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-19
FROM OUR OWN coRREsPONDENT
NEW YoRK, FRIDAY night
September n, 1858

democratic State convention which adjourned last night
which is more warmly and deseryedly applauded than
the resolutions which they adopted unanimously, and
With which they concluded their abors AS the repre-
sonatves of the entire democracy of the largest and
most influential State in the eonedeTacy their opinions
have great weight and justly entitled general res
pect They have endorsed with the frmness of honest
conviction, and the enthusiasm of friends the adj
minstration OF honofed President and giving the
reasons for the faith that is in them parcuarize the
able manner in which he has senoed sectonalism and
quelled strife how he has preserved the public peace
and proved to the people that the union of the States can
and will DO preserved matter how fanatics may rave
and selfish traitors plot TO destroy it, and how by
his energetic and decided diplomacy abroad, he has
caused Great Britain to abandon her obnoxious claim
Of visitation and search and extended the influence and
power of the American in every quarter of the
globe. They have declared their complete concurrence
IN the wisdom OF the Presidents Kansas policy and
pressed their qualification at the happy results of that
policy-nanely the removal of the Kansas question from
the halls of Congress- and its transfer TO the hands of
the people OF Kansas, who manage their own
affairs In their subject only 10 the constitution
of the United States They have also rcbuked with be-
coming indignation and force, 'the offensive and dan
gerous assumption OF senator from this State, that by
the pIepondeance of the northern States in Congress
VeOy has been for the South - and in doing so they
have reassorted that the rights and equality of all the
States OF the Union will be maintained by the
tional and patriotic democracy OF both North and
South 1t is natural that Mr. Seward aud his party
should desire to make breach between the North
and South, and make the latter believe that
'the prepondeance of northern States in Congress
Is victory the South q but it is the proud
duty Of the democracy, who recognise peponderances
claim exclusive rights deny privileges to others
which they enjoy themselves and desire victories
cept their enemies and those Of the country,
pose the malignant republican falsehood, and show
southern brethren that their rights institutions, and
being sacred and deserving of respect in
eyes as our own and that ropudate any appeal to
sectional numbers against the right of sister States
The convention have also exposed the gross njus-
tce and mpolicy of the black republican, know moth
ing at tempt "to nuy the rights which naturalized
citizens now enjoy, by lcngthening the term Of pro-
baton and placing them in position politically in
erior to that to which black republicans would adj
nit runaway negroes In short, the resolutions, by
their tone and spirit, give encouraging proof that
New York has resumed her true position leading
democratic State, and that both ''the party based
hatred Of portion of our countrymen," and that
whose Organization is founded upon prescription Of
those born in other lands will be utterly defeated at
the ensuing elections Governor Seymour taking the
chair, congratulated the convention that they belonged
| "to party whose patriotism Is ample enough to
brace the whole broad land and whose liberal and
prehensye spirit can tolerate all creeds and welcome to
shores those from every nation who seek asylum
beneath liberal Institutions and home on rich
and fertile fields. In this spirit and inspired by these
sentiments the convention acted throughout and in this
spirit do enter the field to fight those who would
one portion OF the Union in deadly hate against
other and who would prescribe and prosecute those who
were born in foreign lands and differ from them in reli
| gion.
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it appear that there row in the convention, and
rreconcilable divisions in consequence of the reec-
ton of the claim of the delegates chosen by the regulars
to represent New York. to the exclusion Of the Tmnany
delegation. Such is not the fact in the remote de-
gree The questions to be decided were discussed with
clmness dignity and perfect good feeling and the dec
sons rendered almost unanimously because they
founded a conviction of their justice. If the
y hope of the divided opposition is derived from their
expectation of dssenson in the democratic ranks they
indeed in forlon situation. you very
dently that the convention closed its labors with the
utmost harmony and friendly feeling the strongest de-
termination to support their ticket and the brightest
| hope of achieving glorious victory. etNt..
| Everybody is asking after the mysterious Kmmns
who, it was sad contested the scat of Elijah f. Purdy
| "the war-horse' OF the democracy of Iammany Hail.
.'Where is Kimmins p s'who is Kimmins p IRE ques
ons to be heard every side and in every and
if kmnns turns up and proves to be of real
flesh and blood hope that he will be given the freedom
of the city, be allowed to receive his friends in the gov
ernors at the City Hail. and be conducted to Black
well lsland-l mean, of course honored visitor
wish could tell you who is Kimnins;' but cannot
and am utterly unable to say ,chere Kimmins is.
| The Persia arrived here last night with advices
| from Europe of the 4th instant Her is not Of
much general interest. The existence of conspracies
against the lives of Christians at Constantnope and
other portions of the Turkish empire, and of plot to
asassinae the Sultan doubtless account of his
cessons to the indel dogs is the most important item
of the 1t is evident from recent accounts from
Turkey that the most widespread and nveterate dssats
faction exists among the Mohamedan subjects of Abdul
Md at the recent liberal DEGREES which he he's made in
favor of Christians and in abroaton of the odious dsa
/ bites under which they have long labored The
Jealous Mohamedan is bound to I've ntolerant and to OPP
pose everything bearing the semblance of reform. He
believes that he is insulting the Prophet when he abaes
any portion of his hatred against the Gdour and he fears
that any extension of Christian influence must tend to
the extinction Of his creed and the subversion
of the Mohamedan system. He is enraged there
fore, that the Commander of the Faithful should
command that these very Christians should hence
forth be considered, legally, the equals of the
true followers he Prophet and resolves to resist any such
outrageous violation of what he considers the sacred
duty every Mussuman This feeling the of Chris
tan missionaries in Turkey and the revolt in india have
contributed to create the present distracted state of things
in Turkey and l do not think that it is improbable,
from what know of Turkey and Turkish fanaticism,
that terrible outbreak than that at Dddah
will take place before long, unless the energetic
be adopted by the Christian powers to enable
the Sultan to enforce the peace and obedience to his be-
hests
All is quiet at Staten Island The investigation is pro-
ceeng slowly. The military in camp suffered severely
! from the violent rain storm of Wednesday night and
Thursday morning, but hear that they well as
| could be expected.
| The American Pathological Society adjourned last
| evening to meet at Philadelphia in 1860
Advices from the West Coast of Africa the
arrival July 26th, at Capemount, of the u S. brig
| cambridge.
The money market still continues in the state
reported in my recent letters Money call very
freely offered to-day by the banks who refuse to extend
their discount line, and considerable dissatisfaction is
expressed at this policy have already expressed my