Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-10-09
The Democracy OF New York-Its
Negro Position.

The Democracy OF New YOrk-Its
Negro Position.
Southern sham democratic journals are
wont to bold up the democracy of the North
o. the only party IN that section. which has
any regard for constitutional guarantees
on the subject of slavery The partizan
slang of the black republican presses and
orators. in denomnating the sham democracy
as the "black democracy" the "pro-slavery
party" the '-slave power &c. have given
color and currency to these assertions. They
of course do this for the purpose Of arousing
the anti-slavery feeling Of the North against
the party opposed to them. "Prc-slavery
democracy" in the North is a sheer humbug.
They manage in their conventions and plat
forms to so equvocate as that their Southern
brethren shall have the wool drawn over their
eyes. while theri local standard bearers may
still go the farthest lengths ia opposing the
extension of slavery. and yet prove true to
the faith and retain their fraternal relations
with the democracy Of the South. By this
means and the still higher gucrdon Of plum
der modern democracy has sustained its
than any party that has yet opposed it.
1t is important that the Southern people
should understand these facts, and with a
view to give them that understanding we
furnish a statistical resume of their operation
in New York as we it find in the n. y En-
press. and embodying extracts from the "
Y Ne1cs, democratic organ. 1t is as fol-
lows:
In lS48 Mr.. Van Buren, and J. Francis
Adams were candidates of the Free Sellers
for the Presidency and Vicc-Prcsidcncv. The
EXPRESS (Whig,) and all other Northern
conservative journals, opposed them and
their ISM and showed up the consequence, of
IT, inst we show, d up Fremont. and the
FremOnt-ism. Happily. neither faction sec
tiOnally divided the country, though the
latter came very near it. The Stewards and
Greeleys headed the second; the Van Burens
K Co, headed and get the example of the
first.
Now, in 1853. the Hard Shells-the old
Cas- men of lS48-had been used up by Mr.
Buchanan's Free Soil Soft appointments; and
the extraordinary sp' ctacle has lately been
presented to us in Syracuse. of these 1913
Softs turning the 1858 Hards ont of the Con-
vention, and thus, under Federal patronage.
being IN position to seize the power OF the
State.
In 1857. the Daily News here gave list of
NJ. Buchanan's Post-Office appointments in
this State. forty-one of which were Soft, and
only ten Hard
In the same paper. in 1857 q Hard Shell
states the following facts:
"SLce the Inauguration of the President
he has been compelled to place in the import
ant Office of Marshal of the Northern District
of This State, Col. Simeon B. Jewett. Now,
in the month of September, 1913, less than
ten years ago, certain Free Soil State Con-
vention was held at Utica. Mr.. f. b. TALBOT
of Oswcgo, presided. Congressman John
Cochrane, Senator Wadsworth of Buffalo and
other distinguished gentlemen were memb RS
Of that Convention. John 4. Dix wos nomi-
mated for Governor In that Convention Col
Jewett figured prominently, as he had in Au-
gust of the same year. at the famous Buffalo
Convention. After the organization of the
body was completed. Col Jewett rose to make
motion. He stated that the Gerrit Smith
Liberty party" were then in session in that
city, in another building. That this Liberty
party would fraternize and unite with their
Convention. provided the latter would pass
certain resolutions on slavery. The Free Soil
Convention passed these Abolition resolutions
and then the two bodies cordially and irater-
nally united in one, Col. Jewett officiating as
Marshal and grand master of the ceremon-
les.
k"The same Col. Jewett was delegate to
the Buffalo Convention, where he voted for
the nomination Of Van Buren, and Adams;
and he was also IA delegate TO the Cincinnati
Convention, whore he voted, every time
against Buchanan!
.'Col. Jewett, since he became T. s. Marshal
has appointed as his Deputy, Mr.. VIM. C.
DRYER of Ontario County. This Mr. DRYER
was removed in Is4s. from the Office OF Post
master of the village of Victor. for Abolition
ism by the Hon. VIM. J. Brown, the Post
master General under James X. Polk.
'.Mr. Buchanan has also sent to the Sand
witch Islands, Mr.. Benz. f. Angel of Living
ston County, who was rejected by the u, 5.
Senate in April 1854. when nominated for the
same place by Mr.. Pierce. because of his
Abolitionsm. Mr.. Angel, like Col Jcwett,
was an out-and-out Van Buren, man.
He has also appointed as CONSUL at Ham
burgh, Germany Ex-Governor Seymour's
brother-in-law, John Il. Miller, Eq., Of Utica.
This gentleman an original Free Soiler;
his last political movement speech
ut an -"Ant-Ncbraska meeting in 1854
when Stephen A. Douglas was burned in
efigy"
We have not record for ls5S,-hut if any
lizard" will post us up with it. we have not |
a doubt that the ratio of Al Softs to 10 Hards |
has been continued. No wonder then, the |
old Van Burenites of 1S4S have the State.
Now we humbly submit to the Richmond |
Enquirer, IL won I do thus to confuse and con- |
found us of the Opposition, and thus to ignore
or to UhttesnGSh ''the Black Republicans" of |
lS4S. We can adolf we are only pricked |
up sharp enough-a hundred cases more of |
the same sort tn that of the u. S. Marshal for
Western and Northern New York. Indeed,
the very Chairman Of the Congressional
(Caucus) Committee last winter in Washing
ton, who thus embodied in himself, and per-
sonifed the Democratic Party North and
South, was gentleman who. in 1913. met III
convention with ''colored gentleman in Uti-
ca, to lay the Wilmot Free Soil Provso corner
stone, and TO elect John A. Dix for Governor,
and Seth Giles (out-and-out abolition) for
Governor.
In the matter of '.niggers," we cannot help
saying here: though it may be very rude say
the Southern Democrats are ever pretty
well duped and humbuggcd by their Northern
Democracy. II we of the OPP
position would play the sort of tricks
upon our Southern countrym n, we could
pull the thickest sort of wool over their
blind eyes.