The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-06-14

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natural ally" OF the southern portion of our confederacy
The truth of the sentiment has been fully shown in the
northern votes both wing and democratic given in Con.
gress for many years past 1t is shown still more clearly
by the attitude just assumed by the two parties in their
respective conventions.
The democrats, respecting the obligations and compro
misses OF the constitution, have laid down in open day
platform of Cancellation, on which they are willing to
unite, both at the south and the NORTH in the full
maintenance of the equal rights of all portions of
the Union The ground of that platform is to re-
gard slavery domestic and municipal institu-
tionbelongng not to the jurisdiction of Congress but
TO the jurisdiction of the local communities both of the
States and of the Territories which are to become States
for these, and these aonehe people of the locality
TO determine whether not slavery shall exist among
them Every southern who objects to this platform,
presses his objection in the very teeth of the fundamental
maxim of the SOUTH that slavery matter for the peo-
pie Of the States settle for themselves without federal
interference. On this wise and just principle the demo-
cratic candidate with elevated and patriotic disregard
of sectional feelings has manfuly taken his stand
Contrast this open just. and manly course, with the
poor lodgings of the wings at Philadelphia They do
deny that the bulk of their party esoutey bent upon
making the Wmo Proviso law Mr. Webster and
MIR. Winthrop dispute the honor of its authorship in its
modern application Mr.. Fillmore is well known to
stand upon tiff indeed, he does not go beyond it. 1t is
avowedly the corner stone" of the northern wings
And how have they proceeded upon it, They have
tored from southern man-inexperenced, at least until
lately the tricks of politicianssome pledges to the
veto power, evidently bearing directly this question;
and thus have made him their nominee. But though
these pedges-leavng the matter evidently at loose ends
are only calculated gravey to embarrass him, if elected
in the performance of his plain constitutional duty and
are thus well fitted both to alarm and incense the South
against him. yet of the wings at the north
at this moment in revolt in many States against him. and
are resolving ans candidate against the
south And yet, under these circumstances, democratic
States the south gravely called upon, and even
expected, to sacrifice their principles, and leopard their
vital interests, by placing in power wing President
because he southern man, though he must be elected
if at ALL in company with an avowed devotee OF the high
tariff fanatcism who is than suspected of leaning
at least towards the fell fanatcism of the abolition
lists! In this view the New York Evening Post
journal whose hatred of the south of late to have
become madness and which prevents it from
acting with the democratic party OF the country, exus
over the imagined prospect of General Taylors election
by southern votes expressly the idea that such
event must prevent another President from being taken
from the south for the next twenty years." From such
prophecy the democrats of the south well judge of
the expedency of abandoning their principles in order to
| help the wings elect Taylor.
We are aware of the utter absurdiy of any expectation
bv our opponents of such conduct the part Of the
southern democracy Yet, such tegiversaon on the
part of southern democrats is, the showing of the
wings themselves the fororn hope of Gen. Taylors
election 1--WE are constrained to allude to it. But may
spare our words 1t is not in the nature of the southern
democrat to abandon his friend and shake hands with the
foe who approaches him with cheating smile and ho
low trick Let the election and the veto pledges of Gen
TAYLOR put the power of the country into the hands of
ulig majority in Congress- and the south will soon find
to their cost what they have done.
On the platform of the Baltimore Convention to which
the democratic nominee is pledged, the south knows
where it stands 1t stands where stood in safety in
1874, and where it is willing always to stand Let the
wings and the whg trick prevail by southern aid, and
all is uncertain unfixed, and untried. New principles
of constitutional constructions Interpretation Of
the relations of the executive and legislative power come
into payand above all, fierce i-savery wing in
terest at the NORTH which now, at the outset of the
canvass avows that it hates Gen. Taylor southern
man. comes forward to WELD the majority power of
Congress
Under such circumstances, the democrats Of the south
cannot for moment, hesitate in their course. They
will grasp-as they have heretofore grasped-the
hand of just and wise and constitutional cancellation
and fraternity which their friends of the north have
stretched out to them Baltimore They will from
the soldier untried and unknown in politics, whose prin
cpes are a mystery, but whose presentment candi
date is most ill omened TO the wellied statesman whose
powers have stood the most trying tests, whose pnc
pies are of record, and who before them by their
own votes and on the compromises of the constitution.
So violent are the barnburner presses in the city of
New York. that they scarcely treat Messrs Benton Allen,
and the other distinguished citizens visit to the
Empire city with decent respect The New York Even
ing Post asks Col Benton whether he has to New
York 'to propose over the grave of Sas Wright dis
graceful CO cooperation with his assassnsy The New
York Globe nsinuates that the friends and companions OF
Gen Cass have gone New York to establish the domin-
ion of the Shareholders over free territory.
The course of these violent bambuners not the great
majority of them for they will support the democracy
of the Union and their nomnaon) most unfor tunate
most mischevous for il is built on sectional feelings
its and with that spirit of con-
citation and compromise which the constitution itself
is founded II to good for those who suffer
themselves to be swept into the abyss