Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-05-23
From the Ripley Advertiser.
The Resurrection of fNo-Partyisrn.

groundwork OF new political party
and the sound of the hammers engaged
iii its construction as the kneil Of o6so-
lete Whiggery and Democracy. The
advocates Of this new organization find
a necessity for it in the convulsions
which have followed the anti-slavery
mania of 40 and 80. They assert that
without ''fusion of parties" the ''se-
cession" of Mississippiis inevitable, and
present the mongrel sucking which
saw the light at the Union Convention
as the only savior ofour State from the
/ horrors of '.disunion." History shows
! refnarlSata'ie afffinities .of etsaigee,,5
for No-Party hobbies,-hence it is not
surprising that about eight Wings out
Of every ten are entirely willing to re.
nounce their old title, with the hope oi
hiding their deformity of Federalism
under the capacious "Union" mantle
woven by the Convention. This course
/ is in accordance with their usual prac-
tice, and really seems calculated to ad-
vance their interests, for they are now
in hoDeLeSs minority, and can only be-
come dominant by effecting the dis
memberment of the Democratic Party
And what plan could have a goodIier
prospect OF success than that which
they have fallen or! The sold issues
are forgotten,-the National Bank is ne
yer mentioned,-the Tariff is among
things that were;-the Union,-the
'sGlorious Union" is in danger, and
| Democrats are told to choose between
a dissolution of the Union and the dis
solution Of their Pdrty,-a shrewd
mode of enlisting their feelings without
appealing to their reason. But deep
er stroke of policy is the practice OF
pushing dccaycd Democrats into promi-
nent positions in the new political
church,-thus arming a friendly hand
with the weapon of death, and artfully
suggesting that the stab which pierces
the vitals of the Democratic Party is
the death blow of "disunionism" in
Mississippi. Renowned strategists OF
antiquity not unfrequently resorted to
this plan for subjugating nations whose
| firmnesS opposed an inyincible barrier
to every thing save the solicitations OF
misguided friends and the influence o1
a morbid patriotism. In like manner
the Wings of 81 advance TO the as8ault
covered by an encircling guard of de.
luded Democrats, against whom the
Democracy of the S tate {mindful of then
former connection) feel a rapugnance
to open their batteries. Hence arises
the indecision and seeming apathy man
ifested by the people:-there are COM
binations in the political world which
their philosophy never dreams of,-and
this new "Union" bantiing comes for
ward with such winning name, and an
air of sincerity 50 fascinating, that it
is almost as difficult to resist its attrac-
ton as to ward off the influence of
beauty at charming sixteen Some
Of our party-Democrats "good and
true," but (as Falstaff says,) ''men, fall
! lible men after all,'-have been smit-
ten with 'love at first sight, and, thus
blinded as to the real character of their
idol, pronounce it a goddess and bow
down before it with more than orien-
tai devotion. But the honeymoon will
soon be over,-the scales will fall from
their eyes, and their beGu-ideal, bereft
OF its fancied perfections, will appear to
them Jezabel more repulsive, if pos
sible, than the Federal queen to which
| it is the successor.
When a great political unit is to be
shivered, and its fragments incorpora-
ted with elements wholly dissimilar.
there should be reason which can
withstand the test of scrutiny, and de-
! monstrate the propriety of the course
adopted. The advocates of s'fusion'
contend that their plan is the only pre-.
ventive of the secession of Mississippi
The inference from this is, that at least
a majority of one of the old political
parties is in favor of disunion, thus Gre
ating political necessity for the juno
ton of the minority with the party OPP
posed to dissolution of the Confeder-
acy. Is such the case with regard to the
Democratic party,-the party founded
by the fathers of the Union? No man
can be a true democrat and assert it,
and our political opponents dare not
doso. As far as we are concerned then
there is no necessity for an alliance
with Whigga.y to sustain a Govern
ment which, by its Constitution, is but
the reflection of the democratic creed.
The American Union is in no danger
from the Democratic Party of Mississ-
| ippi,-wherefore, then, should our par
ty be disbanded to prevent the disrup-
ton of the Confederacya If Wings
choose TO brand the majority of their
party as enemies to a constitutional u
Mon, let them disclaim all connection
with that majority, and identify them
selves with the Democracy,-the true
union party of the State. 1t would
certainly be bad precedent to aband-
on an organization and discard a name
made sacred by SO many triunphs out
of compliment to former political oppo-
nents who happened to concur with us
on a single point. Hence, as "the
Mountain cannot go to Mahomet, Ma
I homet must come to the Mountain"
CHIcKasAw.
E~ When is money damp? When it is
der in the morning and mist at night.