The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-19
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.
g The Parting of the Ways.n

we puDlisHeu yesterday Whab HiShe 10 ~
garded as the pronunciamento Of the p" Constitu-
tonal Union" party of the South, as given out
by Mr. ToomBs. The great majority OF that
party in Georgia, and elsewhere, have hitherto
belonged to the Wing organization. This repu-
diation of allegiance on their behalf therefore,
must seriously affect the integrity and the unity
of that national party for they fatty refuse to
fraterDize with their former allies by going into
national convention with them.
Identical with this declaration of disaffection
at the South, comes warning equally significant
of distraction and division in the Wing ranks at
the North. 1t is now seriously proposed by the
leaders of the Freesoi faction, closest in the con-
.fidence of Senator SEWARD, to cut loose from
, their old party ties, and organize as distinct
party on the higher-law platform. ..... .
The chief organ of that subtle schemer, the
) Tribune, thus feels the public pulse in it's own
section, before openly declaring this policy:
In our late canvass, the great majority of the
party agreed to waive any expression of their
convictions on the points of difference with their
Wing brethren, in order that all Wings might
heartily unite in sustaining principles and meas
ures approved by the whole party But this was
deemed insufficient. Candidates on our State
ticket were repudated and voted against by many
Wings, under the dictaton of the Union Safety
Committee, because they were suspected OF
cAerishing an aversion TO human slavery TO be
personal friend of Senator Seward, was enough
to subject one to prescription; to have business
relations with him, was to be marked for assas-
sination. We defy any man to give shadow
of reason why Judge Forsyth was prescribed
by the Union Safety Committee, and the Barn.
burner Randall nominated and supported instead,
except that Judge F. is understood to be on
terms of personal intimacy with Gov. Seward
and his most devoted friends. That he has ever
uttered one word against slavery, where Mr..
Randall stands on the record as having uttered
many, is absolutely certain.
Have we arrived. then, at the parting of the
WAYS? Do those Wings who uphold the Fugi.
tive-slaye law propose to make it their Shibbo-
leth. and strike down every Wing candidate who
NAV be pointed at as Seward man, or who
deems that enactment unworthy of free peo-
Die? These are questions which demand une-
ouivoca answers. We have in good faith sup
ported at the late election the Wing candidates
who disagreed as well as those who agreed with
us respecting slavery. We worked harder for
Mr.. Ullmann, decided compromise man, than
for any other candidate, deeming 1t due to good
faith that he should be heartily supported by
our side We never commended him as aught
but what he is /; for we wished it demonstrated
that Seward mem support Wings of the other
section as cordially as the candidates from their
-, aide, But now NO must Know, hafnra
going farther, whether liberty of thought and
speech practically exists in the Wing party, or is
10 be sought elsewhere! We insist on a dis.
tinct understanding, before another election, ,oheh
err anti SLAVERY sentiments are held disqualified
ton for candidateship in the Wing party. If
they are, let us draw the lines, and see who are
in the party and who outside of it. il the edi-
tors, postmasters and custom. house officers who
compose tie bulk of the Silver Gay faction in
this State want TO try conclusions with those
whom they stigmatize as 'Woolly,' let US set the
ball in motion. And we here give notice that,
while we accord perfect freedom of views and of
action to others, we will be satisfied with no.
thing less for those Of our own faith. We recog-
nize all as Wings who uphold the principles aud
advocate the distinctive measures of the Wing
party; we will vote for such irrespective of sla-
very or anti.savery. Is not that enough! IL
not, and new tests are to be imposed new con-
di,ions exacted, which bind us to acquiescence
in what we deem wrong, or to silence with re-
gard to il, we reject the manacles sought to be
imposed, and, whether in or out Of the Wing
party, will live and die free.
The special organ Of the Administration had
good cause for its melancholy crcakings of the
other day, for p ank after plank of its national
platform are giving way, and the possibility Of
harmonizing the conflicting elements, constituting
what is called the Wing party" becoming more
remote Nor is the construction Of the Demo-
cratic national platform unaccompaned by diff
fculties Of similar character, thus summed up
in recent editorial of the New York Courier
aDemocracy' is indebted for its triumphs to
chicanery and intrigue. IL has hundred Pro.
team shapes with which TO recommend itself in
all attitudes and meridians.
at is for protective tariff in Pennsylvania,
and against il in the contiguous State of Vir.
GINA 1t is for internal improvements in Ten
nessee, and against them in the contiguous
State of North Carolina. IL is in favor of the
Fupilve-slave law in the State Of Kentucky,
and against il in the contiguous State Of Ohio
Il il dead set in favor Of ths whole conn romise
in New Hampshire, and is just as decidedly against
IL in the contiguous State Of Massachusetts. IL
dare not lay its hand upon n single well.dei
principle, and, holding il up TO the world as its
own. with il stand or fall. Its only faith is in
maiorities, and its only work the gaining Of
these msjorities by dint of every human art and
device. The Tarty leaders now count up their
long list of victories but what have they
gained What principle have they established
What measure have they secured! What APP
proach have they made towards selecting a
Presidential candidate from the motley group OF
sspirants before them7 We are told that there
is a time for all things the time for Democratic
e1ultation will be when these questions can be
satisfactorily answered, and not till then.
Hon, jefferson Davis,