The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-08-17

/, tiity was 50 strong that il LED hitn an
t hi. personal aSflefenis4o bolt 'he Deind
i cratic national nsmiDatioas al the las
: l,residential election, and to.slrlke hand
6 with Tie Abolition party 10 defeat IL =
!, Ard We regret 10 say thatihey have ba
, nosllght accession 10 their Numbers sln c.
E the Presidential election By The abshd on
nent Of lile old Platform by some VII
are disposed to blame lie south becauF'
Gen Cass was not eleca ed and they are
therefore going with the Van Burens tt
puuish them with thu scorpions Of al
anii slavery and abolition crusade.
We aretnow cunning TO practical POINTS
The entire Democracy Of the SJuther"
S!ates-States that have always given
the majority Of the Democratic votes IN
Congress and in lheelectoral college
4 5 ates that secured the election ei our
dents, adhere to the old Platform Of the
Bal,im imore aud Atherton resolutions. la
other words, they stand where the en-,
tire Democracy Of the whole country
stood unti l944. a very large potion o.
the democracy Of the North also stand
/ with The united Democracy of the South
on the ground Of noH-ia iaierference some
believing with Gen. Cast that Congres,
have no power over the subject, and oth-
ers, like ourselves, believing that il Con.
gress have the power, II would be dan-
gerois TO the union, peace, aud hAppl
ness Of the coBfederacy 10 exercise II.--
SO that a majpriCy Of HE Democratic
States and very large majority OF the
Democratic parry OF the Union yet re
main On the old Pls form Of non interfer
ence, 90 agitation of ,the slavery guest Oh
peace between tire States, aud tranq1II-
Ity to the country.
Dnl where ere the Van Bnteu portion
Of the democratic patty, and those who
have Joined them snce Gen. Cass defeat!
rhe, have abandoned the old Democrat
ic Platform aud gone over 70 The old fed
eral ground Of agitatoa aud interference
w,tll The questions Of slavery They, w''h
tGe united wings, declare that CNngress
has tie constitutional power to prohlpii
aud abolish slavery in tite territories aud
IN the District oi Colombia, and Ihe)
demand that il shah exercise the power,
under pain olcunllnued station nnlll II
Is done This portion OF ,hs party 10
Michigan, headed by Gov. Ransom, fs'
quire that the rest Of the party, those wh'
continue TO ttaad on the P atFprm OF tue
B.ltImoFe ana a theiton resoluiI ions, sh III
abandon hat old democra &c gfonnd aud
csne over TO he Old federal ground nov
occupied by them, by the side OF tho en
tire wing aud abolition parties; for, le
It be borne in m.nj, the wings are unlted
on tins qnestion, as'theif federal fathers
we,e before item. This We sag Is what
the faction headed BY CIV Ratisom de
maud If those who stand by the old detn-
octatic land marks, under PAIN OF pro
the democratic party in the state tie
and bis free soul followers made that
test on the Senatorial question and bolt
ed the regularly nominated candidate
who held to the cppoSIe doctriue Of noh
aad bolted because lie he'd
tkal doctrine, They also made II tes
question in dispos,ng Of the otioes ana
patronage in the gift of the Executive
aud Legislature, 0nulng vita the wing
in order to etfee, ii where they could noI
do il without
And what do we now heSr frum differ
ent quarters Of the s ate! One says We
must nominate Wilmot Provlso man for
Governor, in order to get whig and aoo.
itlon votes, or the party wlll be debates
What is this but prescribing the auu |
Wilmot Proviso portion of The Democrat !
ic party! Another says we must noaI
nate an Anii.Proviso or Cass Democrat, /
or we shall be defeated. What is thi, !
the Wilmot proviso Demos
crats! And does any sane man believe
that any Democrat Of either section otl
the party can be elected who is nominated
10 such spiritl Who that has eyes t"
see aud mind to think csn fail to OBJ
serve, that such a course on the part ol
any section Of the party, will' II persist
ed 10, lead TO its certain and early pros
tra.ion. And what is the remedy Tor II!
The unly remedy is to keep the question
ont OF party politics; TO DISCARD and pro-
scribe it as TEST OF true or false demu'
craey; to tieat the mattet as one OF SEN
timent, leaving every one to enJoy bis
opinions for or against the Wilmot Pro-
viso and abolition, without any deroga
ton or disparagenent q bis democracy.
II Davy Wilmot aud his followers see Fl
to kiss the quadrooas in the District of
and swaar that thav