New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-11
MEME Sis.

among those Democrats, who, with pdtois OF
their own, call themselves national" in con-
tradistinction to certain other Democrats, who
are called " sectional" 1t is perhaps no bust
ness of ours, but TRIBUNE readers hare a
right to know what is going on even in the camp
of the enemy. The Nationals" are the old
Hunker, Hard-Shell politicians who did not 60
to Buffalo in 1913, but remained at home and
voted for Cass and Butler. The Sectional"
BOYS went to Buffalo after Van Buren, and Free
Soil, and have never been thoroughly forgiven.
That first step was breach of discipline, and
since then these sectional " Barnburner gentle
men have been trusted like the fox, who Mt any
moment may show wild trick of his ancestors
There has been no knowing when they would
kick the traces, and so they have been kept as
far from the wheels a. possible. All this while,
the Nationals" carried matters with q high hand
tried to nominate Mcclellan on q peace plat
iorm-but this turned out like one of Ketchum's
stock speculatons. They sold on the rise; but
stocks fell, and Mcclellan went to Rome. The
city of ruins seems to have attractions for ruined
politicians.
Recently, they went to Albany, but their glory
had departed. Perhaps it fingers around the
Roman ruins; but it certainly did not shed
much light in our clumsy, hospitable old-faSh-
toned Dutch capital. The Hunkers were in full
force, but they could not get hearing. Sey-
mour was present, with Gen. Green, and Tilden,
and such of the Chicago spectators as had not
returned from Rome. The Barnburners came
with music and banners and all the elements Of
pomp and victory. They had been out in the
cod-harncssed, strapped and tightly bound. |
few were still feeding with the Unionists, but |
many were satisfied and had returned to their
old crib. The war had ended-war doctrines
were triumphant-and the Barnburners determ-
ined to make as much of the victory as possible
| They have used their power ruthleSsly. They |
perhaps remember their treatment in other
days, and improve upon it. There was no espe
cial row-no scandal-ho manifestations of
power and revenge. The decapitatons were
performed in the good old.feshioned Turkish
way-in q back room, with sharp AK, few |
spectators and plenty Of sawdust to keep the
blood from trckling. The irsttaken was Marble
the former broker of the Chicago spectators,
who did business on small commissions, and
sold so badly that his stock cannot now get a
market quotation. His carpet-bag was filled
with old editorials with the word Resolved"
prefixed and which he was anxious to have
printed as platform" Well, he was taken
into the Chamber of Execution, his resolutions
thrown into a waste-basket, and his head
chopped off nicely. lie had about as much in.
nuence with these ruthless Barnburners as
young Ketchum would have in the Stock Ex-
change. Then Seymour was taken. He was
actually willing to become President of the
Convention, but his head was severed in quick |
STYLE Clark was assured of the Canal Com
missionership. He had been high among the
| bunker partsans; but, although he fought and
kicked, he was strapped tightly around the
heels and the AK had its will. Next came Til |
den. That cam precise, subtle gentleman
was just the man for Attorney General. The
Regency wanted him. He had been to Chicago
and was Chairman of the Committee of Resolu-
tons. Fatal Chicago. Tilden died easily.
Haskin was on his best behavior lie had
been bunker, a IIard-Shell, it is true, but had
also been anti-Lecompton and anti-Savery.
Surely" thought the artless Haskin, "my sins
are forgiven, and my anti Lecomptonsm-my
devotion to the war may pardon me in the eyes
OF these dreadful Barnburners." In vain. He
wrote the rcsolutions--he held Marbles head
under the ax-and his friends proposed that he
should be Attorney General. Tammany Hall
wished it. George Law, and Judge Barnard
and Dean Richmond were willing But the
day of retributon was at hand, and Haskin was
finally strapped like the rest and thrown under
the ax. Even James T. Brady's great personal
beauty; his recent ant-Slayery leanings, and
his zeal for the Union party, did not help him.
Some Jealous friends led him up as Attorney
General, but his bunker blood soon mingled
with that of Seymour and Clark, and Haskin.
John Van Burcn-blase and used up, and dis.
posed to 20 into life Of secluson, meditation
and prayer was taken. He is to
be the new leader None but those
whose record begins at Buffalo will be well
coined into the new party. Van Buren, is the
coming man. He is to be the head of a new
Regency. Seymour is to be decenty buried
with pathetic epitaph. Marble is at perfect
liberty to write letters from Paris about dead
women, and get up sensation stories about the
strcet-cars, but henceforward he and his friends
are to be considered among dead men. New