New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-04

have taken the wages Of apostacy il opec day glory
ing N their shame.
Tie annals Of spOstacy usy be searched IL valn
for parallel to the fall Of tie Ne York Softs
Ttreefou,tts OF their lead,rs two -thrds Of their
journals. ard q maj 1rity Of their members sup
ported. in Ie46, Van Barren ssd Adams, the ucIl-
pees Of the Free Soil Buffalo CcnSention. 10 oPpo'
.tion 10 Cas- and Butler, the regular Candidates OF
the National" Democracy. 1t s instructive to
contrast the lofty and patriotic position they teen
occupied. with that lowest deep" where they noF
walloF for while. preparatory to followiug their
arch prototype into that lower deep" 10 PrePara-
ton for them by their negro-lovirg alies
division Of sentiment in the ranks Of the New
York Democracy on Slavery, exhibited itseii a' long
ego az the contest over the annexation OF IeX1s
The opposition Of Van Buren, Wright. Dix, and
the radical section Of the party. to that measure
was abandoned only under the threat Of eXcomnu-
picaton from tie National church. When it be-
came apparent that the Mexican war would brog
into the Union large area Of territory. the same
Glars of politicians, now out Of favor at the South
determined that this should not inure TO toe benefit
Of Slavery. Therefore, the friends Of Van Buren
and Wright in Congress, voted unanimously far
Mr.. Wimot's celebrated Proviso to the SO 0o0, 900
bill The immOlAtion Of Gov. Wright, at the elec.
ton in Io46, through the treachey of Pclk's Ad'
ministration, Of which Marcy was the Neu-fork
adviser, deeply incensed the Radicals, who idolzed
Wright His sudden death in the summer OF loH.
while parryng the blows now openly dealt at hun
BY the Pro-Ssvery faction, aroused his admirers By
q common impulse to taIe vengeance 90 his Poiti
cal assassine. The State Convention at Syracuse
in September of that year, witnessed the first of
that series of fierce struggles between the Hunkers
and B,rnburners, which have since become the
normal condition Of the New York Democracy.
The viudcation Of the character OF Wright, the
reuomnatiOn Of Flsgg to the Controlership, snd
the prohibition OF Slavery in the territories about ~
be acquired from Mexico, were the chief topics OF
controversy. After furious fight of four days the
enemies of Wright, and the serfs Of slavery, tn
umphed. BY close vote they laid on the table the
famous Free Soil resolution Of Mr.. David Dudley
Field-the same which, for years thereafter, daily
grsced the columns of The albany .Atlas under the
caution The stone which the builders rejected, the
" same shall become the head Of the corner
TIE defeat at Syracuse set the State all aasme.
The Radicals immediately rallied at Herkimer
where stood the ancient council groves of the De-
mocracy. They there set up the rejected corner
stone for An altar. And all the Barnburners, emu.
lstipg the quenchless hatred Of Hannibal the son of
Hamcar, gathered around it and swore to wage
eternal war against HunkeIsm and Slavery. Tne
sentiments tf the sssemblage, embodied in series
of able and acrimonious resolutions, were Of the
most radical Free Sell character. The speech Of
John Van Buren, who bad been eJected from q seat
in the Syracuse Convention, was one OF the most
bold, bitter and brilliant anathemas against Slavery
ever uttered. The war declared at HerkiGer ragged
furiously in every corner Of the State. The cam
paiqn WAS short but decisive Tue Democratic
State ticket Was buried, amid hOws Of eIscration
under msjorities ranging from 10000 to $1,000.
The lines between the Free-Soil and ProSlsvery
sections Of the New-York Democracy were now
clearly drawn. The Baltimore Convention of l3is
was approaching. Each faction sent thither full
delegation, armed eapaPie, aud Instructed to
neither give nor take quarter. The Consentlon,
beu deIed by the arguments ard frightened BY the
clsmor of the contestants, declined to receive
either set of delegates. Immediately on their re-
turn home, the Radicals held State Convention
at Utica After applauding the conduct OF the re-
jected delegates and renewing, with fearful imPre-
cations upen the heads Of traitors, the VOWS taken
at Herkmer the Convention crowned its proceed
ings by nominating, on motion Of Mr. Simeon b.
Jewett, Martin Van Buren for the Presidency.
In the mean time, Free-Soil Convention, pure
and simple, had been called to meet at Buffalo 10
August. The more cautious and honest portion of
the Baruburners he,itated about going into that
psrti.colored concsye They wished to maintain
their hostility to Slaveryextension without losing
their identity as Democrats But the Van Burens
the Jewetts the Churches, the Cagsers, the Ca'si-
dys. the Fowlers the Richmonds. desiring TO put
fpality to the Presidential aspirations Of g the Old
"Michisander' Gas they irreverenty called the
venerable statesman Of the upper lakes, carried
the day, and the Darnburners hocked to Buffalo.
The Baltimore delegates, with Churchill C. Cam
brelinc at their head, fanked on either hand by
the leading Radicals of the State, were present,
lending their counsel to shape the action OF the
assembage to frame its platform, and select its
candidates. Undying hostility to Slavery animated
every line of the pobe declaration Of Prn.iples
there pu. forth. Emulsting the spirit OF the Ten
MS Court oath the delegates in their fnal reso'u-
ton proclaimed their purpose to light on and
fgh. ever in the cause of Free lon, until q
" glorious victory crowned their exertions Mr
Van Buren, in an elaborate letter accepting their
nomination, gave his hearty adhesion to these
prir cipes AT the subsequent State Convention,