The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-29
The Union Democrats Mt the soath.

Tho Dismal Satoyer has made an assault upon
Mr. Thomas II Bayly, the distinguished member
from the Accomac district To this assault Mr..
Beyly has replied in letter, which is published in
another column. This letter docs not please al
together, but glad that MIR. Bayly has
written it, His position much misunderstood
in Virginia, and needed the explanation he has
given it. People COMPOUNDED the resolutions about
the Compromise offered to the Democratic caucus
with the re-opening of the slavery agitation in the
Senate by Mr.. Foote and his precious compeers.
They were beginning to confound Mr. Bayly him
self with that wretched failure known the Union
party-gotten up by Foote and Cobb, and other
despicable demagogues and treacherous renegades
from the Democratic ranks, to support themselves
in the public position which their turpitude and
selfseeking ambition has lost to them forever. We
are glad to Mr.. Bayly of whose ability and
efficient industry the Democracy Of Virginia were
formerly, and with good reason, most proud, so
paratc himself from this detestable clique. In addi-
ton to the explanations of his card, Mr.. Bayly has
authorized the writer to state that he has nerer
been one of that Union party; that he protested
against its formation from the first; that he refused
to sign its pledge at the last session; that he re-
garded the Democratic party the true and only
Union party, and would have nothing to do with
any other. He favored the resolutions before the
caucus because he desired to keep the Congress
itself from any such movement, and because he
believed that if passed in the caucus they would
never have been offered in Congress. He wanted
them passed by the Democratic caucus because he
desired to keep the Freesoers out of our party
and organizations believing that if permitted to re-
main in it they would appear at the next National
Convention to play again the game OF the New
York Barnburners at the Baltimore Convention of
1S4S. To interfere with or aggreve the Southern
State Rights party by approving the Compromise
as an original measure was the last thing intended
by him in the wording Of the caucus resolutions.
While we still hold the opinions expressed in
this paper relative to the expediency of the move
ment, we give Mr.. Bayy full credit for tho very
! laudabe motive by which he actuated in the
| affair and believe that the Democratic party OF
| Virginia will be much pleased az ourselves that
| this very proper explanation has been made.
| We clip the above article from the editorial
columns of the Richmond (Va.) Examiner of
Union Democrats Of the South are to be found
| in almost all the Southern Rights Democratic
papers, and we have selected this TO show the
perfect harmony existing between the Rich
mond clique and the Albany Regency, at least
| in denouncing those men who were the friends
Of the Compromise, and necessarily the pa
triots that saved the country from the fanat-
cism of the North and the utraism of the South.
The above article contains charges and deals in
implications against men andmeasures thathave
an important bearing upon the present position
Of parties. If Messrs. CoBB and FooTE are 'des-
picable demagogues and treacherous renegades
from the Democratic ranks" because they adj
vocated the Compromise measures and opposed
successfully the opponents of these measures,
then Messrs. HoUsToN, the chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means; and Conn, Of
Alabama NABERs, FREEMAN, and WlLcox,
of Mississippi; CHAsTAIN, MURPHY, HILLyER.
and JOHNSON, Of Georgia; and in fact all the
Southern Democrats who sustained the Com
promise, are in the same category.
We presume that, if the sin against South
ern Democracy consists in receiving the sup
port of Southern Wings, Messrs CoBB and
FooTE are no greater sinners than those we
have mentioned. Why was it necessary for Mr.
] HoUsToN to oppose Mr.. HUBBARp, if the Unior
had not been in danger, from the position taker
: BY these Southern Secessonists2 The large
? portion Of the Democratic party of Mr.. lIUB
4 BARD's district were satisfied with his cours,
. on the Compromise measures, and sustained hin
! in the position taken by his Southern allie
in every Southern State, namely, that it was tn