The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-03
How they Quarrel.

How they Quarrel.
The organs of the Wing and Democratic par
ties throughout the Northern States, have as hard
time of it, in proving the superior abolition
orthodoxy of their respective parties-as the
Southern have rice rersa.
From the Albany Evening Alias (Dem. Free
soiD we suboin specimen:
CooL-The Albany Atlas, descanting upon
the Fugitive slave law, incidentally says:
"We regreat that we have not Democratic
legislature and Governor, upon whom the honor
ofrebuking the multiplying act of Congress, and
Of sustaining the Constitution and rights of the
citizen, might fall'
We had heard the weather was very cold in
Albany, but never suspected the mercury of
being SO far below zero as that.--N. Y. Tribune.
The temperature we doubt not, is different in
this latitude from that which prevails in the
crowded streets of the commercial metropolis
We have free North winds, cold but invigorat-
ing.
The Tribune doubtless intends to insinuate
that no good can come out of the Democratic
party, and to imply Gas thousand times before,)
that the hopes of the friends of freedom must
centre in Whiggery AS that paper has been
singing perpetual hymn of praise to itself for
half dozen years. till it has gone into catalep-
sy of self-admiration-m it blind and deaf
to all things but itself--we will beg its friends
to remind it, (when it becomes consciously of
few facts, which may prevent recurrence of its
ailment
The ordinance of frcedom-which originated
with Jefferson, and had successfully been APP
proved by every Democratic President down to,
and including Pok-was introduced into
Democratic House of Representatives by Mr..
Wilmot, Democrat, on consultation with other
Democrats, and passed 1t nearly passed the
Senate. 1t nearly passed the House the next
year. Resolutions of Instructions to our Sena-
tors and Representatives to support it, success
svely passed the Legislature of this State, largely
Democratic, by nearly unanimous votes The
Democratic National Convention, failing to make
"A recognition of this principle, applicable TO the
territories, lost the confidence of its party, and
its candidates were defeated. All the leading
names of the Democracy Of this State, have
been identified with the struggle in behalf of
this principle-Van Buren,, Wright, Hoffman,
Barker, Fagg, and Dix-who have testified their
devotion to it in all ways and by all sacrifices.
These things occurred when the Democracy
were in the ascendant in this State and in the
Union, as well as when they were out of power
in both When the Wings, whose professions
had before been of the abolition order, sue
ceeded, they commenced series of compro-
misses to arrest the advancing spirit of freedom.
Wing committee in the Senate, with Clay at
its head, initiated Il series of measures which
were pushed through the Wing House under
the influences Of the patronage of Wing Pre-
sident, who volunteers his veto in case they
should be disturbed
We shall see whether Wing State legisa-
ture, under a compromising Wing State admin
istration and the Wing influence at Washington,
will preserve the tone of their Democratic prede-
cessors in regard to its subject.
If the Tribune will encourage it to do so, it will
make some reparation for the past. Its support
of Harrison-the advocate of the Missouri Com
promise, who as Governor Of the Northwestern
territory attempted to introduce slavery there,
and who pledged to the South before election
exceeded even the requirements of the slave
oligarchy by declaring the abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia unconstitutional its
support of Tyler, who first attempted to make
slavery national institution; its support of
Clay, the great pacifcator of anti-slavery agta-
ton and the great bargainer; and the garrulous
Frelinghuyscp who is now lifting up his feeble
voice in the chorus Of compromise its support
Of Taylor, after being kicked, with its principles,
out of the convention that nominated him, and
of Fillmore, the chief front Of the save-aggres-
sion--making up the record of its whole life
looks TO us like career that demands some re-
partition.
We know that this Is but partial view of
the matter OF course there was large body
of the Democracy minority in this State, but
majority in the North, and still more in the
South--who took that ground of non-interven-
ton which the most progressive portion of the
Wing party afterwards assumed but have not
been able to keep But the differences of opin-
ion upon this point, resulting in different action,
were sufficient to defeat the Democratic party
while coutrariety of opinion, or false profession
of differences, seemed to have made no trouble
in the Wing party; nor any profession of ultra
opinions on either side, to have affected the
standing of its leaders,
i7s~ The following story of Mr. WEBSTER
is too good to be lost. As the Italian proverb
says, if not true il ought to be, We clip it from
the Baltimore Patriot:
1t is related Of Mr.. Webster that when he
was appointed TO address Lafayette at Boston,
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