The North-Carolinian., 1860-02-04
OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.

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NEw YORK, Jan. q, 1860
Editor of the North Carolinian:
do not see how it is possible for any man
to look back upon the political history of the United
States during the past dozen years. without being
forced to the coruson that the aggressive attitude
assumed by he Republican party of the North
towards Southern interests is due in a great meas
to the indifference to the interests of their
stituents and to the cupidity of Southern federal
of6ce-holders. 1t is fact well known to politi-
clans all the North, and to all Seutherners who
have taken the trouble to investigate the subject,
that ever since Tammany Hall has been under the
control of John Van Buren, Cochrane, Havemeyer,
from the Democratic party, who cooperated with
Fred. Douglas and other runaway slaves in organ
izing the Free soil platform at Buffalo, in 1S48it
is well known, l say, that since Tammany Hall
received these men back into its confidence the
immense influence of that world-renowned
stronghold of national democracy has invariably
seen in State and municipal elections. directly
or indirectly, for the advancement to place and
power of active enemies of the South. 1t Is mat
ter of history that the main issues made by the
Buffalo renagades that the Federal Govern
mcnt ought free itself from slavery wherever it
has the constitutional power, that its first step
should be to abolish slavery in the District of Co
lum ba, and that slave States should be
admitted into the Union.
So extreme were the doctrines of these men, that
the whig party of the north, which had always the
reputation of leaning towards Free-soilism, shrunk
back in dsmay from their revolutionary programme,
and refused to cooperate with them Yet these
the very who a few years afterwards, when
Mr. Pierce was nominated for the Presidency, were
courted by the Northern and Southern friends of
that gentleman and humbly entreated to cast their
influence and their votes for him. In view OF the
magnificent promises of place and power held ou
to them they did go to work for MIR Pierce, and
although they did not get back to the democratic
party one fifth of the voters they had drawn off
from it four-years before, they were nevertheless
rG.d by Nr Plerce'S
entire monopoly of all the valuable federal Offices in
New York The national democracy which COM
prised a large majority of the voters in the State
were treated with neglect and contempt, in return
for their uniform adherence to national principles
and their advocacy of the rights of the South and
have yet to learn the name of any Southern gem
tleman whose patriotism induced him to rebuke
that administration by refusing to accep: office
from it, There is no denying the fact that Mr.
Pierces administration, unrebuked by the South,
pursued the timd, selfish policy, which merer pays
in the lon ruu of giving the cold shoulder friends
and propitiatng enemies-of neglecting men who
had always and who have ever since been, sterling
States-rights democrats, and who then comprised,
they now do large ma jority of the voting DEM
ocrats of this State for small minority of traitors
of whom they afraid.
Having thus secured all the federal patronage in
New York the Buffalo Free-soilers soon contrived,
by distributing the minor Offices at their disposal
among professional bullies, to get back to Tammany
Hall, and finally to acquire an ascendancy there.
Th ~. .,,.'.., iii their Republican friends
stverY s,s rneE ea3ss asne ...oe "a
democratic party. than by leavingit; and their ac-s
have proved the truth of that statement
But there is one man in New York whom they
have been able to coax. intmldate purchase
or deceive-a who has always been thorn IN
their side I allude to Fernando Wood, our present
Mavor They have always dreaded this man, and
with good too for there tx not politician in
New York of any party who would hesitate to ex-
press the opinion that WOOD Is the abiest man IN
the country His btterest politi cal enemies are
proud of him as New Yorker. But Fernando
w ood has always been staunch national democrat,
and has always dstrusted the sincerity of the men
" no deserted Lewis Cass in 1913, and ran Martin
Van Buren as a free soil candidate That, of course,
was objectionable sin in their estimation SO that
each time he was nominated for mayor they Goa
lected with the Republicans against him. spending
of dollars to malgn his private character
The who could invent the most cxtravag giant
lie about Wood got the most money from these
Buffalo rcnegades. One by expening best
sums of money in behalf of Turlow Weeds candi
date, Tiemann, and by tampering with the ballot
boxes, they succeeded in defeating Wood but this
last time, the people themselves became disgusted
with the sympathy expressed by the bolters of 48
with the reasonable designs of Old Brown at Har-
per's Ferry, and elected Wood national demo-
crat by a handsome majority over the Tammany
candidate. flavemeyer who was on the Van Buren,
electoral ticket which defeated Cass, and who work
ed and spent money for the election Of Fremont
The result of the municipal election is that Tam
many Hall has gone in, and large sum of money |
has been subscribed by the national democracy of
their head quarters, and there is every prospect
of this city becoming sound on the Constitution
tnd worthy of the confidence of the South, under |
he lead of Fernando Wood, Judge Bronson, General
Walbrdge Stephen p. Russell and other staunch |
national democrats. There talk, few
weeks ago, of the Tammany Free Sellers sending a
gang of q,oadana Buffalo abolonists to Charleston
to represent them in the National Democratic Con- |
vention, but 10 not think it possible that such |
an absurd and dangerous farce will be attempted. |
The ozart Hall national delcgat"s will he all, |
without single exception, men who can show a |
clean record and if the delegations from otheI
States be not blind corrupt, the Tammany men
will be sent home without debate-if indeed. a com
mittee of private citizens do not adveise them to
return homo Instantly
A contract has been completed with the Walch
Firearms Company by Southern gentlemen,
duly authorized by their State Governments for a
supply of six thousand of the Understanding
pistols. manufactured by that company. Consid-
erins the present relations between the North and
the South it is not astonishing that this fact has
increased the uneasiness before felt In quiet, con-
servative circls. The company is about to start
manufsctory in Virginia for the purpose of filling
the above, and other orders from the Sonth. The
Walch Firearms Company have brouuht the manu-
facure OF firearms to high degree Of perfection
Thei twelve shooter, for supply of which
are now pending between the company
and European government, IL beyond all question,
the most destructive firearms, ever invented Al
though it weighs less than Colts Navy Revolvers,
it carries twice the number of balls. and has lon