The republic., 1851-01-27

| class among us which VIII not receive directly
OF indirectly some substantial benefit.
These are some of the principal points sug-
| gested and dwelt upon with SO much force in
the speech of Mr.. CLAY; and which are
strengthened and confirmed by the official report
of the proceedings and prospects of the Society.
We trust that they will attract the attention
which the importance of the subject demands,
| and create new interest in the progress of
this great philanthropic undertaking.
|
Is the Democratic Party now I'm the MI
nOrity I.
! This is a question very innocently asked by
our contemporary of the Union. The reply to
it is, that DEMOCRATIC party, being necessa-
rily that which represents the po'cer of the peo-
pie, never can be in minority. When party
| falls into minority, it ceases to be the DEMO
| CRATIC party.
But our contemporary understands the term
Democratic in more limited sense. He uses
| it to Indicate the organization which was so
| long centralized at the city of Richmond,
under the auspices of the g elite of the dis
tinguished Democrats" of the Old Dominion
We submit that this psuedo- Democratic party
is in decided minority, and that the aver
| ment of the Union, that it g holds the control
of Congress. and of most of the State Legis-
latures," is entirely unsustained by the fact.
Does it $ hold the control Of the House of
Representatives The Union knows, as well
as we do, that, as party, it cannot carry a
single measure in the House and that on the
Tariff, the Internal Improvement question, and
the Compromise measures, the democratic )"
party is split into discordant minorites. Against
the recommendations of WING PRESIDENT
they are powerless. They cannot pass reso-
luton condemnatory Of single measure advised
by the Administration. We do not say that the
Administration have majority that will enable
them to carry their own plans through the House.
Their suggestion in regard to the Tariff, and the
improvement Of Harbors and Rivers, may not be
adopted or acted upon-and yet majority can
not be found that will venture to vote against
them. Even the Union has been compelled to
make admissions upon this score, which demon
strate the prudence and good sense with which
the Administration have acted, and the general
quote from the Union:
I'VE agree with the Republic that the course Of
President Fillmore has SO far been generally com
mended. He has performed only one great lead
ing act, however, which has been particularly con-
sdered; and that is to approve the of the
Compromise, and to give assurance that he will
faithfully carry them into effect These measures
are grounded on the Democratic doctrine of non-
Intervention; and thus far he has displayed apraise-
worthy spirit of devotion to his duty. We hail his
recognition Of this noble principle of the Democra
cy. We wish he had gone further We did not ap-
prove the full extent Of his early message the
affairs ofTexas and we considered him too chary
in retaining the Federal marshal in Boston. We
trust, too, that the complaint made by Mr.. Rich
ardson of Illinois, about the marshal in his State
in regard to the Fugitive Slave law will duly re-
ceive the prompt attention of the President. The
Republic is mistaken in supposing that all the
doctrines of his message approved. They
have not been brought into question nor discussed
If they were, it would speedily appear that there
were two sides to most of them.'
The course of President FILLMORE has been
generally commended" This is rather fee
Bile way of expressing the almost universal con-
curence of the Wine and Opposition press in
Il
of the press on the subject of the message was
disturbed only by the clamorous dissent of the
Aboitionists and the Fire eaters. GARRISON
and his allies on one side, and Governor OUR
MAN with his followers on the other, took
ground against the message, and abused the
PRESIDENT and the Administration with un-
measured vituperation. But the sense of the
great majority of the American people was ex
| pressed through very different organs; and we
have published in our own columns, from the
journals of the North and the South, the most
abundant and overwhelming evidence that the
policy indicated by the message WAS APPROVED
WITHOUT RESERVATION by prudent and patriotic
men in all sections and Of all parties. Particu-
larly was il commended by the WHIG journals;
and, if any one will take the trouble to recur To
our files for the last month, he will find that
we have there collected and put on record the
enduring testimony of the WHIG party to the
wisdom and patriotism of their Wine PREsI-
| DENT.
And while the WMG party have thus warm
ly commended the doctrines of the Administra-
tion, and portion of the so-called Democratic
press has joined in this commentator, there
has been no material dissent expressed by a
single State Legislature, nor by either House Of
Congress, to any part of those doctrines. And
yet the Union claims that the Democratic
party has the control in Congress and most
of State Legislatures. What, then, is the rea-
son of this remarkable lorbearance2 Is it not be
cause there isno part of those doctrines which can
be successfully assaled2 There is obviously no
lack Of disposition to indulge in censure. This
! is shown by the allusion Of the Union to the