The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-28

worst enemies Of the South How comes it that they
arc found working side by side with those ensmes
wnom tney denounces How comes il that day BY day
they are found sustaining by their votes Messs Beuon
Seward. Horace Mann, Giddings Wentworth Preston
King and Root! Have they Joined ,heun.eIves TO
the very who. they tell the South are ,hs vsrv lad
OF the forces which pressing down on the South
and bent the destruction OF southern rights n euarsn
tied by the constitution Even Mr. Rhe. in his Charles
tot speech which full Of denunciaon OF northern
aggression and the majority power, had 10 admit after
denouncinE the Scnae's Adjustment that il opposed
most senuoasly by the North. He too. the crush
Ing inference which might be drawn from that admission
tha II was but the admission OF notorious fact which
could not be decenty denied He saw that Il furnished
he material for fatal to all the ridiculous
rant which ne had poured forth, and all the violent
sentiments which he had uttered He therefore sought
10 slur u over and evade il by the unfounded.
anted and dslngenuous supposon that the demsgegues
and aconsts OF the North might yet advocate IT, Was
there let ask, such dupiciys Was there ever
moro palpable and insulting tampering with the good
sense Of the people Mr.. Rheu knew at the moment
his speech delivered that the abolons,s and free
sellers at the North were opposed 10 the Adjustment,
and that they were not only opposed to il, but tina. they
thoroughly committed against it. He knew that the
people deeply impressed with that fact, and he
therefore could not deny it. Yet he ventures upon
supposition which he had right to make He tries to
cover up his inconsistency, and the inconsistency OF
those who think with him, by hint that he might not
always be found acting with Joshua II. Gddngs. He
could not deny that they together but he ven
lures, without authority. to say that Mr. Gddngs might
desert him. (Mr R. Barnwe Rhett,) and free him from
the odium OF the bad company in which he found.
Yet these the politicians whom the South invited
to follow Do the people OF the South to tread in
such foo,steps And. for the sake Of following dema
gogues, do they to compromise themselves. and
put their rights in jeopardy, and bring imminent peril
upon the Union itself! II they do so, then
Tess that have not sufficiently profted by long life
spent in the South and among shareholders, and of
noble principles and OF lofty intellect
We must say, at once, that for maintaining in
all their force the unity and principles OF the democratic
party We shall want all its power to meet and to
throw the wing phalanx which Mr. Fillmore is rallyng
and mbodyng to oversaugh His cabinet, decidedly
wing it is. bespeaks his purposes. We must not
dsband, fritte away forces, lest be caught
in moment Of confusion, and all principles pros
trated Will Mr. Fillmore assist in settling the ag
tang subject of the day. deeply interested be ID in
putting this stumbling block out Of his way How many
northern wings will he bring to the rescue How many
Websters to be found in his squadron The South
is to look TO the democratic party OF the North and the
Northwest mainly for the adjustment Of these difficulties.
She cannot carry the question alone by her efforts
1t would be Fortunate indeed if her democracy
united to contribute theI utmost to assert her rights.
and protect her from aggression But her whole de-
nocracy cannot do it alone They look fos other
votes and where will they principally find them. In the
manly votes OF the stalwart democracy Of the North, who
will risk everything for their country the constitution. and
the Union.