The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-06-02
The Danger not yet over.

The republican party is exposed TO great danger from
the spirit of ultrasm. What would have been the con-
dton of our fathers, if the North the South had obs,
naely insisted upon carrying out their peculiar opnons
Could our present glorious constitution ever have been
formed to bless the nation, unless ii had been
conceived in the spirit of Cancellation and of com.
promise Can it be preserved, but in similar spr,l
Can It's true friends (the republican rarty) be main.
tanned without the union of the democrats Of the
North and OF the democrats of the South And can
that union be maintained, if each pernaciousy per.
sists upon carrying out its peculiar opinions Con.
is essential to harmony, and harmony to union
1t Is In vain that any man presumes TO be demo.
cra in faith, if in tgorks he ihwarts the great par
y to which he processes TO belong, by running into
ultraisms and opposing its nominations. How can the
northern democrat expect the cooperation of The SOUTH
by rushing into extreme ground or how can the south
democrat expect the aid of the north, if he dweIs
only upon those points which they may disagree and
passes over those great principles which they for
unately agree? We plant ourselves upon the platform
of the resolutions OF the Baltimore Convention We have
all agreed upon those grounds We can agree upon
them again. But if, departing from this platform we
create issues upon which all cannot agree--f
the northern democrats stand upon the Wimo proviso
and the southern democrats dividing and sub1vdipg
upon distractions, how expect that union of c
fort which amounts to success?
We regret and we deprecate all such schisms They
will lead inevitably to defeat Those who indulge
in them would start at the name of wing but they are
substantially the allies of wings. They are assisting
them to bring about the designs, and to elect their wing
President We are aware, indeed, that Mr.. Calhoun is
putting forth another doctrine, which is as much to
be deprecated as whgery itself He and his clique
are not willing to support republican nominee,
nor may they support the whig candidate Their
excuse for avoiding either alternative is, that they
would rather the election of President pass into Con
gress than support the nominee of the convention We
confess have confidence in the judgment of any
politician who would rush to this dreful alternative
Save us, we pray the country, from another election by
the House of Representatives its bargains, its in
gues and corruptons, and from the gross inequality Of
voting which it involves. 1t is the last extremity to which
we ought to be driven, is the only alternative
which is recognised by the constitution 1t is as dese
rate an utraisn the reputation of all compromises
as the adoption of whigery itself We can cooperate
with no such schemes, no such politicians
In word, the republican party has both extremes to
meethe ultra banburners of New York. and the ab
stractonss of South Carolina The best practical avail
ape' perhaps the only grouni 1or adjusting the dhcuy
is in fair compromise between the two sections OF
country. Such spirit of compromise is presented in
the neutrality of the federal government upon the sub
lect, as laid down in the noble resolutions of the Bat
more Convention, and in the Tennessee letter of General
Cass Such spirit of compromise has already upon two
occasonsthe admission of Missouri and of Texas into
the Unonpevailed, to the general acceptance OF the
North and of the South We will cheerfuly acquesce in
such spirit again; and have not the slightest doubt
that the South will do so likewise. Virginia and other
southern States have declared IN their recent reso
tons; and we regard such the only pracca
bic mode of settling the difference between the South and
the Morrill, as 10 territories II is the life boat that is
to be launched in the midst of the surging