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Editorial
July 15, 1852
The National Era
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
The editorial praises the Northern Democrat for refusing to support Franklin Pierce and denouncing leaders like Gen. Dix, John Van Buren, and H.B. Stanton for betraying Democratic principles from 1848 by endorsing the Compromise of 1850. It excerpts the paper's criticism of the Baltimore Platform and Fugitive Slave Law, emphasizing party loyalty to anti-compromise resolutions in Oswego County, New York.
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AN ABDIEL.
The Northern (Pulaski, N. Y.) Democrat does not raise the Pierce flag in its columns. The editor refuses to follow Gen. Dix, John Van Buren, and H. B. Stanton, and honestly denounces the treachery of these men to the principles they professed in '48. We extract the following from his remarks on the Compromise platform:
"It is an easy thing for political leaders, for the hangers-on for office, to put on and throw off principles, as one does a garment. With the people it is different. To them all of value there is in a party, is its principles. These they are not willing to eschew for the elevation of any man to office—to take office from one class of men, and give it to another.
For two years the Democracy of Oswego county have condemned the Compromise measures, by resolutions of their Conventions, in the strongest terms that could be employed. Shall we ask them to eat their words—to follow Mr. Van Buren in "cheerful and unreserved" committal to those measures? We shall do no such thing. We think Mr. Van Buren egregiously mistaken when he declared the Democracy of New York would stand upon the Baltimore Platform. So far as our observation extends, not one Democrat in fifty approves of the Fugitive Law, and of its endorsement by the National Convention, and in unfurling such a banner, and proclaiming that the yeomanry of the Empire State will rally under it, he disgraces himself, and libels those for whom he professes to speak.
We welcome Mr. Hatch to the ranks of the independent Press."
The Northern (Pulaski, N. Y.) Democrat does not raise the Pierce flag in its columns. The editor refuses to follow Gen. Dix, John Van Buren, and H. B. Stanton, and honestly denounces the treachery of these men to the principles they professed in '48. We extract the following from his remarks on the Compromise platform:
"It is an easy thing for political leaders, for the hangers-on for office, to put on and throw off principles, as one does a garment. With the people it is different. To them all of value there is in a party, is its principles. These they are not willing to eschew for the elevation of any man to office—to take office from one class of men, and give it to another.
For two years the Democracy of Oswego county have condemned the Compromise measures, by resolutions of their Conventions, in the strongest terms that could be employed. Shall we ask them to eat their words—to follow Mr. Van Buren in "cheerful and unreserved" committal to those measures? We shall do no such thing. We think Mr. Van Buren egregiously mistaken when he declared the Democracy of New York would stand upon the Baltimore Platform. So far as our observation extends, not one Democrat in fifty approves of the Fugitive Law, and of its endorsement by the National Convention, and in unfurling such a banner, and proclaiming that the yeomanry of the Empire State will rally under it, he disgraces himself, and libels those for whom he professes to speak.
We welcome Mr. Hatch to the ranks of the independent Press."
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Slavery Abolition
What keywords are associated?
Pierce Flag
Compromise Platform
John Van Buren
Fugitive Law
Baltimore Platform
Democratic Principles
Oswego County
What entities or persons were involved?
Northern Democrat
Gen. Dix
John Van Buren
H. B. Stanton
Mr. Pierce
Democracy Of Oswego County
Mr. Hatch
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Pierce And Compromise Platform In Democratic Party
Stance / Tone
Strongly Anti Compromise And Pro Principles
Key Figures
Northern Democrat
Gen. Dix
John Van Buren
H. B. Stanton
Mr. Pierce
Democracy Of Oswego County
Mr. Hatch
Key Arguments
Political Leaders Easily Abandon Principles For Office, Unlike The People Who Value Party Principles
Oswego County Democrats Have Condemned Compromise Measures For Two Years
Refusal To Follow Van Buren In Endorsing The Compromise
Most New York Democrats Disapprove Of The Fugitive Law And Baltimore Platform
Van Buren Disgraces Himself By Claiming Democrats Support The Platform