Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-03
From tho Richmond Enquirer,
EVEL OPEMENT


election to the U, S. Senate from Georgia,
we expressed the opinion that, according
to the basis laid down by himself, the
I" Constitutional Union party 4" and him
self must be prepared to rally upon the
Democratic candidate who shall be nom
mated at the Baltimore Convention. we
have Just received fuller sketch OF Mr,
Toombs' speech, reported by the S eul'oI
of the Athens, (Ga,) Banner P"onS1 ,i,o
in Gov, Cobb's own town ana one 90 'mO
leading champions OF the YCo'! !s.O'i'
nj Union party in the late eNclunS can
voss Thc editor, who heard the speech
understood Mr.. Toombs to assume the
following positions
/. That up to the year 1896, there
was no division in Georgia on natiOnalpoli'
tics-the State having, before that period,
always belonged, without a division, to
the old Republican party.
g. That from that period two political
parties began to divide the State on ma,
tional politics, on the issues of n National
Bank, II protective tariff, internal inn
provcmcnts bv the General Government;
uud redistribution of the sales of the pub
lie lands, and continued to do so until a
very late period, when the first of these
measures became an obsolete idea" in
the general sanction by the nation of the
present mode of keeping and disburslng
the public money, the second put to rest
by agcncral acquicsccncc in the tarltt OF
&c, which he considered sufficiently Protec-
tire to our domestic industry, the third as
having never afforded any wcll-dchncd
ground of party action on either side, and
the fourth as being extinct in the mort
gage of the proceeds Of the sale of the
public lands for the redemption of the
debt arising out of the prosecution of the
Mexican war.
3. That the old issues between parties
in Georgia having thus entirely passed
AWAY and become extinct by the course
of events, the necessity for the old party
organization had passed away with them,
and the only national question which
should now engage our attention Is, which
of the parties of the North has been the
soundcst on the slavery question, and
was most likely to cngraft the principles
embraced in the platform Of the Constitu-
tional Union party of Georgia upon their
national creed?
4. That those measures OF the late
compromise which were specially lntcn-
died for the protection of the South, were
voted for by 81 out of so northern Demo
Gratis in Congress by only Oh out of so
northern Wings, by all the southern
Wings, except three or four, and by
about half of the southern Democrats
3. TmAT THE NORTHERN DEMOCRATS
HAVE IN EVERY STATE, GONE INTO THE RE
GENT ELECTIONS WITH \ FAITHFUL ADIE-
RENEE TO THE COMPROMISE, As \ PART OF
TuEIR POLITICAL CREED, AND CONDEMNED
ALL AGITATION FOR RErEAL OR MoDIFICA-
TION.
&. THAT, Is so SINGLE INSTANCE HAVE
9rG NORTHERN WHIGs PLANTED TIIEM-
SELVES on TuE COMPROMISE IN GOOD FAIrlL
hut, that, controlled by the Seward wing
of the party faith, they have either con-
dcmncd it or insisted upon agtating the
question Of repeal or modification of por-
lions of it,
7. That although he could not UNI
dcrt;tkc to say positively, what would be
the result, he felt bound in candor to
say, where the principles of the Georgia
platform would be LIKELY to carry us
and that was to act in unison with the Ma
TruNAL DEMOCRATS.
g. If. however,, he should be disap-
- p"rm',u Il. NJ o~r"ctntinn that the Ma
tiunal Democrats will cngratt the princl-
pies of the Georgia platform upon their
creed { far as to tie Wigs he hat no hope
ffom Mcn,) he would appeal from both of
the old organizations to the nation and
cndcavor 10 rally IL party that should car
nv them uut--prcScrvc the institutions of
the South and the integrity of the I'M
ion.
In the course of his remarks, he took
occasion to speak in the highest terms of
commentator of the Democratic States
of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, H.
lnuis, and Iowa, as States with which the
Union parry of the South would be cal
led by IL scnSc of duty to act i'll the next
Presidential contest. He did not mention
other Democratic States on the occasion,
hut left th' Impression that the Democrat
ic party in all of the non slavcholding
States, hal cvnccd Il course of action on
the compromise and slavery questions far
more rcliablc for the South than the OPP
posi'c party. Take this address, all in
all, it was one of the boldcst and most
mastery efforts we have ever witnessed,
and we think from what we observed ut
the seat of government, it has carried con-
viction home to ninctcnths of those who
heard him
We invite the solemn attention of Sou
thcrT Whig> to these momcntous dccla-
ratons Of one, who not long since, was a
distinguished end influential member of
heir party, but has now under the in
hucncc of observation and reason, been
compelled loldle to avow the truth, that
he has no hpc ofthc Wing party doing
justice to tie Constitution aud the Union
that, while the Northern Wings have,
in no instance, planted themselves on the