Year: 1868

The managers of our New-Y York Democracy
are paying assiduous court to the Philadel-
phans here in attendance on their National
Convention, hoping to lure them into an anti
Pendleton coalition whereof the occult purpose
is the nomination of Horatio Seymour. Ihe
following article, from The World of May .,
shows precisely the estimation wherein the
Philadelphians are held by the New Workers
now so sweet on them pro tenn.


NEW-YORK IN ADVANCE.


The PHILADELPHIA AGE is angered at what It lmagnes TO
be an assumption on part of the leading Democrats
of this city, as described in irresponsible newspaper
correspOndence Now. without pauslng TO defend the
Manhattan Club, or Mr.. Belmont or any one whom Ihe
Age ncupates we beg leave, in all kindness to make
few sem-apologetc suggestions to our Philadelphia CO.
temporary. If the Democracy of the city OF
steps ahead Of the City 0nce OF Br0thery Love mas she
for it While during the last seven years
OF agony NewYork been true 10 Democracy and TO
the Of constitutional liberty what has Philadelphia
been dogl II there be spot IN the North that has been
more marked for Radical intolerance Of the most stOld
aud malg gnant type it Is Philadelphia. Social, personal,
professional prescription had full sway. Women were
unsexed, and ShOddy in its most offensive
form regned supreme. Union Leaguelsm had its root
there Forney guided the morning and the rbbes Of the
bulletin directed the evening thoughts Of Philadelphia
To what point Of unntegent intolerance this was car
ried is apparent from card of social invitation now y
ing before Out OF charity we suppress the names:


"Iibetv and Inion on. anI in nsenarablep


The peosus N a coapay on Saturday


Philadelphia. February 1861


Then follows in print


The condition membersh, shall be unwaveng LOYALTY
to the Government and nnwayeg support Of all the for tue
suppression Of the Rebellion.


The entertaining member may invite any persons members to
the club whose opinions in harmony WITH article second


And Philadelphia spite and malice, envy, hate,
and all unChartableness, her oysters and terrapns
and wall oyVed her acid WY
did not condescend to social terrorism Nor did Pha-
dephia do anything for the Democratic when de
ity TO Democracy involved danger Her own son, Gen.
Mcclellan, feeby and family supported there And
all this time, frankly admit, there was sua band
OF faithful ana brave cOnstitutOnallss In Phllade
pha any other city can boast Of The very atmos-
phero antagOnsm we have referred 70 made the merit OF
these most conspicuous. We do not believe that New
York would have either acquesced or reoced her most
adepha had been brutay beaten in the streets and law
lessly imprisoned for defending themselves New York
did not cOndescend take the bread out OF the mouths
OF eminent professional men on account OF difference
OF opinion. There were times during what We term me
agony when The Age would have breathed more freely
out OF Chestnutst and hence IL is that, looking mostly
TO the part. cannot help thinking that we Dem
this metropolis may be phrdOned for stepping
forward when victory is ia view If the canvass be
conducted with common discretion; ,,. 49,. -.
Nv The Of the delegates she has chosen 10 send
the National Convention. They rather Of seedy
type But let that pass. We know Of no Pennsylvania
Candidate for the Presidency Should an executive waf


like Andrew G. Curtin be nominated (which is not at all
probablej as the Republican Vice President, there
Pennsylvania name should be most proud TO
rayed against him-that OF the largehearted. large
minded citizen well aud favOTably known every
where Judge Parker But we confess, and we appeal TO
the candor OF The Age there not reason for the
doubt distrust the fidelity OF Pennsylvania TO her
IL is old story, old almost the founder
of the province, that she true to her own.
More TO do i'm history has been made immigrant
Massachusetts than all the really Illus
native Pennsyyanans the roll Of fame Such
men Robert Morris has faded out OF sight in
the State and city OF his great career and John Dcker
son and Charles Thompson and Thomas FitzsimmOns-he
OF the nrst COngressand Samuel Sgreaves and James
Ross and John Sergeant, what prominent honor did PENN
syyana do TO them The bels OF Bancroft on the
honored dead OF Pennsylvania are read with especial mac
ton in PHILADELPHIA Nay, to be more direct in our sug
gestiOn TO Philadelphia friends when In 1856, the
NewYork Democracy lent its aid TO make PenAsylva
nian candidate for the Presidency, did his own State
stand by him faithfully In his hour OF rialt We do not
seek to open the question OF Mr.. Buchanau merits
executive oicerbut this say, that he deserved and
deserves better support from his native State than he
ever received and that the worst and malignant
enemies he had or has men who were born the
soil and shared his sunshine when shone on him.


Hence in all good humor let US say to our philadelphia
friends. especially the IL approaching when
periodical visit in search OF funds may be thence ex
pected do not be too sensitive II We take the lead Do
not get angry II the great community which gives its
forty and fifty thousand majority ventures on little ac
tivity.