The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-18

the bjddings SO boldly for Northern, that
Free.so votes, in the Buffalo speech of the latte
and the late letter Of the former, may probabl
give lightto some persons who have not watche
the progress of parties and politicians at ii
North.
While SEWARD and VAN buren, respectivel
control the parties in the Empire State, SUmKE
and DAVIS embody the public sentiment ,
Massachusetts,, CHASE and WADE are the e,
ponents of Ohio feeling, and Pennsylvania
equally divided, it is evident that the prize I
be commended for in the great North" is tn
Abolition, or Free-soil vote. That Norther
vote, it is now equally plain, is to control tn
nomination in the National Wing Conven
tion"--if such convention ever assemblies
and GENERAL ScorT, the favorite candidate o
the Northern Wings, is to be check-mated b,
the Administration, or one of its present com
ponent parts, sat all hazards and to the last ex
tremity" This is only to be accomplished BY
going bow-shot in advance of his letter, pub
lished by us few days since, which some Of
the Boston prints complain of as stale being
eight years d--consequently it is supposed thai
fresh arrivals from other sources may supersede
his letter of that remote period, as time is cal
culated in this age OF progress.
The reckless disregard of the safety and the
success ofthe Southern Wing Compromises, in
such open manifestations of sentiment and pol
icy by the Administration and their Northern
brethren generally, is the result of profound cal
culation. In the border States it is believed
that the doctrine of "passive obedience" and
denial of the rights of States to resist any edicts
registered by the supreme power at Washing
ton have taken such root with the party" there,
that "acquiescence" in any new acts of spoia-
ton or party policy may confidently be relied
upon. From recent indications in those States,
we are inclined to believe that the Powers that
Be" reckon without their host in this-for we
see signs of a strong reaction in favor Of State
rights in those regions, the people OF which
have hitherto been so passive and obedient.
But such, evidently, is the idea at the North,
upon which the politicians of that section have
predicated their action.
In the cotton States the old organizations
have been utterly disbanded, and new and dis
tinct party organizations formed out of the frag-
ments of the old ones. A coalition Of the most
curious character has been formed between the
great body of the Wings in several of the
Southern States uniting with a corporals
guard of Democrats, styling itself Consti-
tutional Union party, and making issues which
the Administration, while it secretly favors
vors, dares not openly endorse, through motives
of policy. This coalition in the States of Geor-
gia, Alabama, and Mississippi, though composed
chiefly Of Wings, has in each instance, nomi-
COBB in Georgia SHIELDS in Alabama; and
FooTE in Mississippi.
In the other cotton States, with the exception
of South Carolina, and possibly of Texas, a SINH
lar confusion of parties has taken place. and
none of these therefore, can control or partc-
pate in the choice of party candidate in Ma
tional Convention" Hence, while obliquely
giving all the I" aid and comfort" in its power to
the Constitutional Union" party in the South,
as that approximating more nearly to its own ia
vorite policy, the bids for the party nomination
must be made openly and directly to the North
The loyalty" of the Southern compromises
is relied on TO hoodwink the Southern friends o
the Administration to this game and a NOS
dgent suppression of truth and suggestion o
falsehood resorted to by it's organs at the South
to aid in this benevolent design. Thankful 70
the smallest favors, the satellites of the Ad
ministration-the co-operators with WEBsTET
SEWARD, SUMNER, and GREELEY, trumpet aou
every assurance of distinguished consideration
from their Northern friends, as proofs of tn
soundness of Northern sentiment--proclau a
a proof of Northern reaction" the reclamation
Of one negro out of thousands In Massachusetts
at cost of six thousand dollars and grow rap
turous in their eulogiums on the " nationality" o
the President on the receipt of copy of tn
public acts under his autograph
In the mean time, such facts ga the election
of RAsTouL, the Free-soil Democrat, and Sun
KER, the Free-soil Wing, in Massachusetts--th
speech Of JOHN VAN buren,, and the proceeding
of the Free-soil Democracy of Vermont. an
of the land-reformers of Tammany Hall--th
speeches of WEBSTER and letters of FILLMORE
are either slurred over, or ignored altogether.
The Northern" glorious Union school" of Com
promisers play into the hands of the Abolition
lists, while the Southern Constitutional Union
wing Of the same party play into the hands Q
their Northern brethren. Messrs. CoBB FoorI
SHIELDS, a. Co, whilom Democrats, applaud I
the echo the nationality" of the Wing Admir-
istration-the members whereof coalesce wit
SEWARD, SUMNER, and GREELEY, and their o
gan the National Era, in declaring the sectio
asn" and the evil' of slavery. The gan
would seem losing one to the South--ev
though the Southern players might ats
their national" rewards for the part tn
take But the question arises whether T
PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH, of whate'
barty, are blind and besotted enough to p