The southern press., 1850-10-01
From The augusta Conslitu,:onaiist.

NATIONAL PARTIEs-The Washington Union
makes the following comments upon the result
Of the recent elections in Missouri, in which the
Democrats lost theirlong established ascendency
by reason of their division between BentOnites
and anti-BeDtonites:
"Thns it would appear that Missouri sends
four Wings to the next Congress, and one Ben
ton man in the person Of Mr. Phelps. Such is
the effect of discord in the Democratic parry
and such will probably be the effect in some OF
the Southern States, where our party may be
divided in similar manner, or are not sufii-
cently organized for competition with the Wbig
party, unless more forbearance, and mo ieration
and discretion should be Infused into its ranks
Mere purblind extremists, who are crying out
for dissolution of the two great national par
ties, in order to concentrate their whole force
upon the slavery question, are preparing for 4
startling defeat OF our party. They are its worst
and most suspicious enemies. If this sectional
cry be kept up, some of the Democrats may pre-
pare to lose their districts We throw out the
suggestion for the benefit of the parties con
cerned." :.
We do not expect ssos,e of Mc Southern
States will distress themselves very much in
future with the question rs to the relative chance
of Whiggery or Democracy in its party sense,
to carry this or that Congressional District in
future. Looking to the recent action of Con-
gress, it would puzzle a Southern man to tell
what benefit the s'otth has obtained from either
party organizaton--from the Wing or Demo-
cratic
The Democratic party has a majority in each
branch of Congress at this time. What benefit
has the South derived from this fact Let the
late outragcs peTctrated upon the South in the
passage Of Claws Omnibus bills answer.
Wa ,ybn ,yiIl ocuorf tb,t if tbn Wbicr nartv
had had majority in ench branch, the result
would have been any better for the South! We
do not believe there is an intelligent Wing in
the South that will say it.
This cry of party, party, party, has bamboozled
the South long enough The Democrats of the
South have believed, and honestly so until re-
Gently, that the rights and honor of the South
would be safe in the hands ofthe great national
Democratic party The Wings Of the South,
no doubt with equal honesty, have, until lately
believed they would be safe in the hands of the
national Whigparty. The recent action of Con-
gress awakens them all to sense of their CON-
mon delusion.
AS to the other issues, not sectional--not
connected with the great slavery question, the
Southern Wings and Democrats are not very
wide apart There is no radical antagonism of
opinion to divide them on national politics. On
the old ISSUE oil Banks and Protective Iarifs,
the people Of the Sonth arc not wide apart.
The politicians party leaders, much divided,
have tried to widen the breach all they could,
but in van 'rhe pep5e OF the South have
always been opposed to both National Banks
and Protective Tariffs They are essentially
State Rights people, and consequently opposed
to all latitudinarian constructions OF the Consti-
tuition They hold corree, Democratic doctrine
on all the old party issues. They cannot be
invoked to divide and district and parayze the
South again There is but one great issue now
for the South. 1t is Resistance or Submission
to Anti-savery.
The great cause of Southern Rights is to be
upheld at all hazards, no matter whether Demo-
Gratis or Wings loose seats in Congress thereby.
In compar son with the great cause, the triumphs
of national Democratic, or national Wing parties,
sink into contempt.