The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-07

MIA having done these things, now turns fercely
| around and accuses the Whigs of making eoGii
hons with e-soil, and Of being tainted with
abolitionsm! and calls again most Justify on the
South to support the Democracy of the North as
the friend of the Union and the Constitution"
In Ono the Abolition Senator, Mr.. CHASE,
finds the DEMOCRATIC party so much to his
liking, and coinciding SO entirely with his own
views on the slavery question, that he has aban-
doned the Free-soil organization, and now fig
ures as a full-booded Locofoco of the 'nation-
al" stamp. Mr.. CHASE says it is true that the
convention adopted no distinct resolution on
| the Fugitive Slave act; but the position Of the
Democracy in the State in relation to that
20 odious enactment" rs apparent, not only
| from ''the unanimous denomination of Cover
nor WooD, and the approval of the counsels
! of his inaugural, but from the comments of the
| DEMOCRATIC press of Ohio upon it," As
Mr.. CHASE was full of ardor and enthusiasm
in the Abolition cause, down to the very close
of the last session of Congress, the Democrats
must have been pretty well abolitionized be-
| fore he would consent to abandon the separate
Free-soil organization.
And now for the reunion of the Southern
Democracy on the national platform Of the Com
promise-that only measure of interest in the
| eyes of the Union, the great, absorbing topic,
in spite of his support Of which it daily de-
nounces President FILLMORE. The Demo
| Gratis Of VIRGINIA have refused to endorse the
| Compromise. There are too many Secession
I lists and Disunionists in their ranks to make the
| experiment safe one. In GEORGIA eUery Dem
| ocratIc newspaper is opposed to HOWELL
1 CoBB-eyery Wing newspaper supports him.
The same is true of the press of Mississippi in
regard to General FooTE. The Wines of
/ those States, with fraction of the Democrats,
constitute the great Union party-while the
majority of the Democrats in these States, as
in Alabama and in Louisiana, are anti Compro-
mise men and Secessioniss
Thus, it will be obvious to any one who will
look calmly at political affairs, North and South
that the DEMOCRATS are inexpressibly reluc
tant to come upon President FILLMoRE's plat
form. To avoid this calamity they coalesce with
Abolition in one section, and are absorbed by
Secession in another. How is twith the WHIGs2
We leave the answer to the able correspondent
of the Providence Journal, to whom we have
been mainly indebted for the grouping of the
facts contained in the foregoing paragraphs:
s'Where then, at this crisis, stands the GOOD
OLD WING PARTY Of the country2 The answer
is obvious and natural. 1t stands, where it
ought TO stand, and where it would be recreant,
indeed, if it did not stand, with its own proud
and glorious National Wig administration,
which is its able exponent and true representa-
tive. The principles and measures of that Ad-
ministration are It's principles and measures.
The Wings Of the North, the Wings of the
South, and the Wings of the Vest, stand where
their noble Wing National Administration
stands. Let US see then upon what ground
this Whig administration has planted itself.
Sin his last annual message, President FILL
MORE, speaking of the Compromise measures,
said
''tFhe series of measuresto which have alluded
are regarded by me a settlement, in principle
and substance-a final settltment-ofthe danger
GUS and exciting subjects which they embraced
"'By that adjustmentwe have been rescued from
the wide and boundless citation thatsurrounded
US, md have firm, distinct, and legal ground
to rest upon And the occasion, / trust, willjus
'tify me IN EXPORTING MY coUNTRYMEN TO RALLY
not the only means, of restoring peace and quiet
the country, and maintaining inpiolats the integrity
of the Union.
"DANIEL WEBSTER, one of the main pillars
of President FILLMoRE's Administration, states
the ground occupied by the present National
Wing Administration in the following terms:
"'The Presidents message at the opening o the
present session of Congress, expresses fully and
fnla In tbat 0Fo
those associated with him in the Executive admin
fistration of the Government, in regard to what
are called the Adjustment or Compromise mea-
'sures of last session. That opinion is that those
measures should be regarded in principle as
a inalsettlement of the dangerous and exciting
subjects which they embrace; that though they
were not free from imperfectons, yet, in their
mutual dependence and connexion, they formed
a system of compromise the most conciliatory
'and beet for the entire country that could be OBJ
tanned from conflicting sectional interests and
Opinions, and that therefore they should be adj
hered to, until time and experience should de-
monstrate the necessity of further legislation to
guard against evasion or abuse. Thatopinion, so
: far az know, remains entirely unchanged and
will be acted upon steadily and decisively. The
peace ofthe country requires this; the security OF
'the Constitutions requires this; and everyconside-
ration of the public good demands this. If the
Naturalization cannot stand upon the principles of
. The message, il does not erpect to stand at all
''Now the Wings of the country, OF the
,ehoLe country, of every State in the Union,
North, South, East, and West, plant them
selves upon this FILLMORE ADMINISTRATIONS
PLATFORM, upon the COMPROMISE PLATFORM,
upon the platform of the UNION, of the CONSTR
TUITION, and Of the LAWS enacted by Congress
for carrying into full effect all parts and provi-
sons of that Constitution. Upon this high
national vantage ground the Wig party, with
those other patriotic Southern UNION men who
rally with US nolc stand, and stand strong and
unitedly, and there, free from all sectional ALI
ances, they will continue 10 stand, great, uni
ted national party, the ever faithful GUARDIAN
Of UNION, LIBERTY, LAW, and RIGHT in this
mighty Republic. PATRICK HENRY"
Prospects Of the SecessIonIsts.
One by one the organs Of separate and i'm
mediate secession are abandoning the cause as