The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-13

MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1851.


RYATTs hero, or the troubles of Tom Jones, in
ascertaining his paternal ancestor, are surpassed
by the difficulty of finding any sponsor for that
unhappy founding, the Constitutional Union
Party. Left at many doors, and always rejected
by its putative fathers, now that it has persisted
of this cruel neglect they will not even give it
decent huraI--and very abusive epithets con-
corning tare also banded about between the frail
fair ones suspected of its maternity.
Old Mrs. Wig and Mrs. Democrat, respec-
lively shake I cir heads very sagely when the
subject Is newfoundland each squints very
suspiciously towards the younger branches Of
the house over lie way: while these nheritors OF
the old family feud are emulous Of rivalng
each other in abuse Of that dirty drab Miss
Fr s-soii, who they say knows more about ii
than she chooses TO divulge. Several of the
parties implicated, have endeavored to prove an
alb land new edition Of the incomplete let
ter-~iter Of last year, threatens to grow GU. of
this effort to escape the pains and penalties OF
the unlawful act. The fact is, the unhappy
founding can find no friends The Demo-
cratic dry-nurses declare that it was intended to
"disaand the party"-the Wing reiterate the
charge upon the opposition--and certain per-
spii 'ng politicians now stand between the two,
like certain animal that shall be nameless be-
tween two bundles of hay, hopeless of getting
bite from either.
The New York Globe, however, has relieved
the central organ from its perplexity by happy
suggestion, which the latter has immediately
seized upon--yiz: that the new Union party
ras a dcricc Of SCENARIOS!
The Globes article is a long one--so we APP
pend but a portion. 1t was republished in ear
tenso in the Washington Union of last week.
and the peculiar Appropriateness Of such an arti-
Gle in the columns of that paper, after discourse
in relation to this matter, must be obvious to all
Mn. Stewards CUE-A UNION PARTY.--No
one, Mt all acquainted with the man, for a mo-
ment believes that the appearance of having
given up the game OF agitation is the genuine
purpose of Dir. Seward. The oil which floats
upon the surface of the water must soon be dis
sipated, MS the Presidential election comes
nearer and nearer. The aims of the senator
from New York are deeper than those who give
him credit for nothing but political cunning, sup
pose. Mr.. Seward has something more than
cunning. Without abilities of the first order
he possesses the ambition and the patience to
accomplish all that these qualities cap of them
selves command. We would say he had forti-
tude, but the word scarcely conveys our mean
ing. 1t is rather an endurance of injury--not
forgiving endurance, but deep resolution to
submit to everything, if by means of it his pur-
ha hos Tho
senator from New York, with his apparent hu-
mility and seeming knowledge Of his own insig-
nificanee, little know the boiling whirlpool which
lies inhs breast. II is no fear of consequences
to his country, but to himself which keeps him
quiet. For, let but the occasion arise, and with
an energy and disregard of consequences ab-
solutely increditablc, he would again re-ignite
the fires of discord
"Lest more active colleague first should grope
His wav to doors of promise or Of hope"
The truth is, no man of the same sentiments |
stands in Mr.. Stewards way. From Lloyd Gar
risop to Horace Greeley, his path is unobstructed |
White and black stand aside at the sound of
his chariot wheels" But how long can this con- |
tinue! Two causes may produce change, and
they are very different. The first is. that some
aspiring man may endeavor TO compete with the |
senator from New York, when the seeming quiet
would give place to storms and tempests, and
the struggle would be as to v no would reach
the extreme of fanaticism first. This would be |
its own antdotc as there exists line beyond
which even the blindest of the agitators would
scarcely dare follow The other is, the forma-
ton of a Union party. Should this take place,
the old parties must dissolve, and in their places
wonld arise three. A Union party, which, doubt
less in the end, would be successful A South |
ern extreme party, led by South Carolina, and
an Abolition party, composed of Free-soil Demo-
Gratis and Wings, with the negroes and Adolf
tionists of the North OF this last combination,
Mr.. Seward, matters now stand, wonld be
the head and front. And it is to this result, we
doubt not, he is anxiously looking. 1t is to OBJ
tain this result that all his energy is directed
1t is to this end that the Tribune so grossly at
tackled the Union men of the Syracuse Conven-
ton. And it is with the same end in view, that
the Tribune keeps alive the coal of agitation in
reference to the Fugitive slave bill The Sew
ard Wings went too far in the late canvass.
They did not imagine the Boilers could be
scourged into the traces so easily. Their fear
now is, lest the Union men should amalgamate
with them in spite Of Messrs Young and Duerl
This they do not desire, and hence the seeming
quiet is relieved by a slight rufile from day to
day, so that when the proper time arrives, the
chances may be increased of forcing the mi
nority Of the Wing party into an Union move
ment for the advancement Of Mr. Seward.
The new Japhet, therefore, can find no home
in the ranks of the unterrifed New York De-
mocracy. He is turned over to The tender
mercies of the Sewardites they it seems rocked
the cradle and codded the baby and the great
Union meetings held throughout that State,
were guiltless ofmeaning anything, or leading TO
any results. Those who thought so were labor
ing under natural delusion--and the speeches,
and recommendations, and even organizations
and appointments of delegates in certain quarters
all meant NOTHING. But the Sewarjites, il /
seems, have no greater relish for being made the
scapegoats, than these regulators they deny
the bnntipg, and speak very unexpectedly Of
the whole affair an attempt to dsband the
Wing party. The special SEWARD organ, the