The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-20

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pound, is the formation Of balance of-power
party-a party which Gn common parlance) is
10 post itself on the fence" and thence drop
gently and lovingly down into the lap OF the
Presidential candidate most pleasing to it. The
position of the newly elected senator from
Georgia is to be at the head of this party--he
is to be the WARwIcK-the king -maker--and
the sound of his trumpet, at the very crisis of
the conflict, TO be as conclusive of the issue as
that of BLUcHER on the field OF Waterloo
This may be all very we'll for Mr.. ToomBs, and
the party he would represent, provided he can
efficiently organize such party in the first
place, and keep the control of it in the second
place. AS yet the" Constitutional Union party
is the most shadowy and unsubstantial thing
imaginable--the veriest ghost OF party that
ever shook the nerves of perspiring-we mean
aspiring politicians, and their pap or place
seeking supporters, clamorers for some Job or
office, as a reward for having aided in Saving
this glorious Union" For, never since the days
of SWIFT, was there a Teriod when his bitter
definition of patriot" man that oants a pldce,
would find more personal applications than the
present. The anxiety of this class OF " walters
on Providence" and +" the party" has magnihed
this new organization at the South, as much as
did FALsTAFFs fears " those rogues in buckram"
that wrested from him the spoils' which he
had enjoyed in expectancy--and the leaders of
that movement seeing this, speculate boldly on
those fears, and amuse themselves with the fan
tastc tricks into which they seduce them.
In this wreck of old opinions that has reduced
the two old parties of Wing and Democratic to
masses of crumblng ruins, which even the CO.
hesive power of public plumber cannot now hold
together the jewellers therein stretch out their
feeble hands for aid and succor in all directions
The Wing organists loudly rejoice that the
States Rights organization at the South has
drawn off from the Democratic party of old its
strongest and staunchest cohorts, who have de-
nounced and repudiated the Northern wing of
that party, and its works, in the passage of the
compromise measures. On the other hand, the
"national" organs of Democracy proclaim the
dispersion and disbanding of the Wing forces
by the formation of this Constitutional Union
party, composed as it is of the Southern allies
of the late Wing party, who also have de-
nounced and repudiated their former associates
The attitude of these two Fragments or fac
tons may be shown very clearly by very few
words. Neither know where to 60, or who is
going with them; and their perplexity, contra.
dictions, and blunders would be painful to wit
ness, were they not so ludicrous. Thus, Mr.
TooMBs and his supposed supporters in the
"fence"-lne of policy, are hopefully looked t
by both the organic remains in this city.
The Republic received the tidings by TELEGRAPH
in advance of every contemporary, and blazonet
it forth in all the dignity of small caps" anc
editorial comment The Union holder than it,
brother, and persevering in its policy of keep
ing both parties alive" by the galvanic action OF
its wires, and the mesmeric, or sleep-compelline
influences of its editorials-the Union, we say
solemny baptizes Mr.. TooMBs DEMOCRAT
and augurs much aid from him and his Listen
to the oracular utterances of the organ BAR.
NUN never was more sanguine of drawing a full
house for the LIND, than the edtor;of enlisting
new applicants for admission into the natio nal
conventions
Hon. ROBERT Townsville speech in which
this distinguished gentleman, just before his
election to the senate, declared his intention, and
that of his party, to act hereafter with that one
of the two national parties which should plant
itself most firmly on the ground of the compro-
mise, can only be regarded, we conceive, as the
expression of his determination hereafter to
make common cause with the Democracy, &c,
&c-Union.
This conclusion is most logical. Mr.. ToonBs
announces bis entire indifference TO both the old
organizations, and his dstrust of both conven-
tions-ergo, he is a Democrat The Republic
ia more cautious and non-commttsl, and does
not indicate its reasons for hoping that some
thing may turn up" for the benefi, of its side,
from this Independent organization. But one of
the Administration prints in New York has in
cautiously let the cat out of the bag Divided,
almost disbanded, the Wing party can
not hope for success on a party pIatform-but
the "no-par,y" dodge may be tried again. Thus
speaks the New York Mirror, edited by an
ofhce-holder and compromise Wing
"We do not hesitate to hazard the assertion.
that the Wings stand no chance of success on
the old party platforms. Gen. Taylor never
could have been elected as an ultra Wing The
victory IN l848 was won by the aid of allies, who
rushed from the ranks of conservatives, Demo
Gratis, and independents, and rallied under the
Rough and Ready banner. The statement that
without such reinforcements the Wings would
have been defeated, is readily demonstrated
they who deny it, are wilfuly blind to the fact
is the Wing party more numerous, more united,
or more efficient TO-DAY than il was three years
ago! Let the sectional divisions which have
everywhere rent it's ranks asunder, answer"
Thus stands the case, al present, between the
parties that would rule the roast" and the
constitutional Union party'-wbich resembles
the old parties, as they resemble Mirrors pic
ture of the porter of Pandemonium
-" The other shape,
III shape it might be calld that shape had none
Distinguishsbc in member. Joint or limb,
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