Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-12-03

| fG-The following article we selected and
intended for our last paper, but the press up
on our columns excluded it. 1t is written in
the proper spirit, and coming as it does from
Northern Democratic paper, the Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, will be read with pleasure
and interest by our Southern Democratic read
ers. Now is the peculiar crisis, if ever, when
the Democratic party of all sections of the
country should unite "and harmonize Now
is the juncture when mems. real Democracy
will be tested-when it will be seen who are
Democrats for the sake of Democratic princi-
pies, and who are Democrats for their own
! sakes The admin stration needs the aid and
assistance Of every friend of our principles,
and that Democrat who fails to perform his
whole duty in this crisis, will bring upon his
head such weight of olium as after years
will not be able to shake off We commend
this article TO the careful perusal of every
Democrat in North Carolina -
Tie Democratic Porty-7he Future-The
democratic administration during the late war,
although repelling war of invasion that was
singularly calculated to arouse the patriotic
feelings of the nation, was pretty successfully
assalled by the cohorts of federalism; and to
this day, our opponents assert that Mr. Madi-
son was rendered unpopular during its prose
cution. We thought, last year, when, owing
to a combination of accidents, several of the
States gave their congressional delegations to
the opposition, that a similar fate would at
tend upon Mr.. Polk Subsequent events,
oh
now witness the national administration, while
conducting a war with a distant and foreign
country, goriously sustained by the people at
the ballot boxes. Every State that has re-
Gently voted, with the exception of New York
-where we are temporarily overcome, only
because those who have heretofore &c led" the
party, have chosen to make their personal
feelings superior to their political duties-has
voted in favor of Mr.. Polk and his admins
traton Michigan adds her voice to swell
the general acclaim. What with Pennsylva-
MIA in the middle, sustained by Maryland,
New Jersey, Virginia, New Hampshire, and
Maine, with the populous western common
!, wealths of Illinois and Missouri and the no.
BILE tier of Southern States, all democratic
what, with these encouraging aspects, may we
not anticipate as the future position of the re.
publican party?
There can, indeed, be no doubt that the
tnion is thoroughly and radically democratic
> The glorious measures of the present admin
istraton, and the complete and abundant sue
cess which have attended upon them, have
> gone far to keep ii so in the midst of desperate
: antagonism. Every day approves more and
: more the wisdom of these measures-every
u day adds to their brilliant and significant re.
i suits. We have, indeed, laid the foundations
> of our national ascendency deep and wide, anc
: it will be our own fault if we destroy the glo
: rious opportunities that are presented to us.
u This being our position with reference tc
Z the people, and to our principles, shall we
u leopard the success Of our cause by any mere
ly personal quarrels? Shall the strife between
men and about men prove powerful enough
a to make us weak in sustaining the creed We
should uphold Our doctrines are powerful
> and imperishable Shall the partisans of those
n who aspire to be made their representative
l. and organs be made strong enough to over
IS shadow, or fatally to postpone them? Let u
% answer to ourselves these grave questions, &c
cOrding to our honest understanding of on
e obligations, and we need not fear the result
ot But, with this cheering prospect before US
there yet another lion in the path,' easily
avoided, or else easily overcome, if we but &c
IL upon the system which sacrifices everything
I'd for the cause New tests are sought TO b.
st interpolated into our creed, and the old Cor
= gon of d;sunion is once more sought to be in
! troduced to alarm the timid. Let us meet al
N such questions cooly and calmly Let us dis
ID pose Of them ina spirit of concession and con
rs Citation. Let US try them by the experienc
-. of the past and the tombstone of the consti
" tuition. Above all, let us not assemble in ma
II tional convention as adversaries, resolved t
yield nothing for the common welfare. w