The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-01-22

restrict, and control the living and active ma
jority masses Of thirty millions in 1850. This
is the difficulty with the party falsely assum-
ing the Democratic title. The ancient organi-
cation does not represent the prevailing opin-
ions of the majority; and unless measures are
less important and material than forms and
names, the actual and efficient majority must
triumph over an efes7 and unpopular organiza-
ton. But we cannot do entire justice to Mr..
RTcHIE's views without quoting portion of
his article:
''We are popular Government. affected by the
interests passions, and ambition of rival parties,
and dissimilar sectional productions and institu-
tons for domestic purposes; and yet SO nicely
are all these balanced and adjusted, that one
great political party, composed Of a majority Of
the people Of every section, has been able to har-
monte and unite in all the leading measures of
policy pursued by the Government. We see
nothing in the existing state of things which
should now denationalize the Democratic party,
or in the slightest degree tend to break up its
organization. Its principles, like those of the
Constitution, are those of intervention in
the great question of the day, growing out Of
slavery; and there 10, then, element of discord
to prevent its cohesion and cooperation as here.
tofore. Experience has already demonstrated
: that on all other subjects the Democracy of the
North and the South, the East and the West is
: one and indivisible. The principles that divide
the Democratic party and its antagonist party,
callitby what name you will, were coeval with the
Constitution, and must be coexistent with it. We
stand, then, a. we have always STOOD and thcr is
little to arouse greater fears than have often been
excited. Northern fanaticism ia the only source
of danger; and we trust that it will be sub
dued by the agency Of all the honest and pat
riotic people Of that section without regard to pol
8 itics, (the National Wings, who are SO strongly
standing up by the Constitution and the laws. as
well as the Democrats.) From this cause these
two opposite dangers arise. The northern fana.
tics complain that liberty is withheld from the
slave and the southern ultras that they snuff the
approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze
from the North; that they have been prevented
from planting cotton on the submits of the snow
capped mountains of California, and that they
are hourly anticipating some acts Of wrong and
aggression that have not yet occurred, and that
will never be likely to happen! These are the
only sad drawbacks to our peaceful enjoyment;
: but cannot avoid hoping that they will be
found to operate on few of our people, and will be
shown by the ns of every day to be essentially
groundless, if not ridiculous. Such have been
the fruits of our Democratic administration of
the Government; and yet we are asked to dis
trust and cast off the party that has produced
: them. We asked to do this upon fancied
causes of jealousy, upon morbid approximations,
and for the purpose Of confiding the great inter-
ests and welfare of the Union to new and untried
hands. which have as yet given no evidence OF
superior wisdom fidelity, and from which the
. utmost we can expect will be, that they may be
as honest and patriotic those who have hitherto
successfully conducted our public AFFAIRS
1t appears, then, that Mr.. Richie can see
nothing in the world to disturb the old Rich
mond organization--for this is what he under
stands by the democratic" party. There is
to be no further necessity for any ''noise and
confusion" to prevent Democratic candidate
from expressing his views on all subjects as dis
BLAIR and RIvEs wing of the Democracy is
henceforth to flap in concert with the Richie
wing, and both are to sustain the united De-
mocracy on its triumphant course. The anti
BENTON men in Missouri are to fraternize on
the broad and general basis of s'non-interven-
ton" with their adversaries, and Colonel
BENTON himself is to lie down contentedly
alongside of the "man in the boot" of the
omnibus, with his printing contract The
Tariff Democrats Of Pennsylvania are to har-
monte with the anti-tariff gentlemen, who
swear by the principles of '98. PRESTON
KING and JOHN VAN buren,, and the Free
soil Democracy of New York, are to shake
hands with the MEADEs and SEDpoNsEs, and to
turn cold shoulder on GIDDINGs and JULIAN.
JOHN WENTWORTH is to keep quiet tongue
in his mouth in relation to that pamphlet, and is
to waive the discussion Of Harbor and River i'm
provements, his deferential regard for Dem
ocratic unity and the Richmond elite. Nothing
is to be said Of the bargain between the Ohio
Democracy and Mr.. CHASE. We are to strike
from the record, and consign to oblivion, all
that has taken place between the Massachu-
sets Democracy and Mr.. CHARLES SUMNER
The fact is to be ignored that Governor BoUT-
WELL owes his election to the basest coalition
mentioned in history. WILMor is to be
received into full Democratic communion
South Carolina is to repent Of all her political
vagaries, and rejoice to be reinstated in the old
Democratic family. Governor QUIrMAN is to
be recognised as an orthodox member of the
Richmond church. The divisions are to be
healed in Georgia, and Kentucky is to abure
all that she has said and done in the matter of
the Compromise, and to rally her Democratic
members under the flag of the old line. All
this not only is to be, but actually is at the tap
of the Democratic drum
Such is the beatifc vision in which Mr..
RIrcHE INDUCES, in his view of the "unity of
the Democratic party" They are to differ
henceforth in nothing, ercept on the subject of
slavery! This constitutes pretty formidable
exception sufficient, one would suppose, to
destroy the whole fabric of Democratic unity,
which SO delights the eye of Mr.. RITcHIE.
But this is far from being the only exception.
The western and northwestern Democrats diff
fer entirely from the Democrats of the Virginia
school on the question of Internal Improve
ments. On this subject they agree in doctrine
with the Wines. A large portion of the Penn
sylvania Democrats differ entirely from the