Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-11-27
MP TOOMRS.

In6 Union ana CDQulTSF are HldkliiS lliGIu"
selves very happy over the following account pub
lished by the Athens (Ga.) Banner, of the speech
delivered by Mr.. Toombs at Milledgeville on the
10th inst The Banner is a Democratic paper,
but sustained the Constitutional Union party in
the late election
We understood him to assume the following posi-
lions:
/. That up to the year 1886 there no division in
Georgia national poltics-the State having before
that period always belonged, without division, to
the old republican party.
3 That from that period two oitica parties began
fodvde the Stale on national politics the issues of
a national bank protective tariff, internal improve
meuts by the general government and distribution of
the sales of the public lands, and continued to do
until very late period when the first of these
became obsolete idea IN the general sanction by the
nation OF the present mode OF keeping and discussing
the public money the second put to rest by general
acqueseence in the tariff OF '46, which he considered
sufficiently protective to domestic industry, the
third as having afforded any wedefined ground
of party action either side, and the fourth being
extinct in the mortgage of the proceeds of the sale OF
the public land for the redemption OF the debt arising
out of the prosecution OF the Mexican war.
8. That the old issues between parties in Georgia
having thus entirely passed away and become extinct
BY the course OF events the necessity for the old party
organizations had passed away with them, and the
only national question which should now engage our
attention s, which OF The parties at the North had been
the souBdest on the slavery question, and was most
likely ingrat the principles embraced IN the plat
form of the constitutional Union party OF Georgia upon
their national creed /!
a. That those measures of the late Compromise
which were specially intended for the protection of
the South voted for by 81 out OF SO northern DEM
ocrats in Congress- by only "a out ot9o nothern wings
by all the southern wings except three four, and by
about hall of the southern democrats.
s. That the northern democrats have, in every State,
gone into the recent elections with faithful adher
enee to the Compromise part of their political
creed and condemned all agitation Tor repeal or mod
iicaton.
g. That in no single instance have the northern wings
planted themselves the Compromise in good faith,
but that controlled by the SeloGrd wing of the party,
they have ethel condemned it or insisted upon agita
ting the question OF repeal or modllcatIon OF portions
OF it.
T. That, although he could not undertake to say pos
itively what would be the result he telt bound in
dor to say where the principles of the Georgia plat~
form would be LIKELY to carry us-and that was, to
act in unison with the NATIONAL DEMOCRATS.
8. II, however, he should be disappointed in his ex-
pectaion that the national democas will ngrat the
principles of the Georgia platform upon their creed
{lor to tn wings he had no hope from them) he
would appeal from both OF The old organizations TO
the nation, and endeayor to rally party that should
carry them oupeserve the Institutions OF the South,
and the integrity OF the Union.
In the course of his remarks, he took occasion TO
speak in the highest terms OF commendation OF the
democratic States OF Pennsylvania, Michigan, India.
ma, Illinois, and Iowa, as States with which the Uni
on party of the South would be called by sense OF
duty TO act in the next Presidential contest. He did
not mention her democratic States the occasion,
but left the impression that the democratic party IN all
of the nonslayeholdng States had evnceda course o!
action on the compromise and slavery questions tar.
more reabefo r the South than the opposite party
Take his address in all 1T was one OF the Dol dest and
most mastery efforts we have ever witnessed; and
we Think from what observed at the seat OF gov
eminent, it has carried conviction home to ninetenlhs
OF those who heard h i'm.
The Enquirer invites s'the solemn attention Of
Southern Wings to these momentous declara-
TONS" Well, supposing them to be correctly
reported, we have to say for ourselves, that so
far as Mr.. Toombs pledges himself TO sustain
no Wing who is not loyal to the Constitution and
the Compromise, are prepared to 60 with
him. But his statement that the Northern De-
mocrats, as party, have exhibited more of this
loyalty than the Northern Wings, we deny. The
Northern Wings, as party, are unquestionably
bad enough, but notorious facts prove that the
Northern Democrats, as party, are still worse
In New York, the wings pledged their adherence
to the Compromise measures, but marred the de-
claration by general assertion Of the right of
discussion, which either meant nothng or meant
TO tolerate discussion of the merits of the fugi-
tive law; the Democrats, in a Convention in
which John Van Buren, was the most consplcu-
Gus actor, formed regular coalition of Old Hum
kers and Barnburners Cor Free Soilers) and res
fused to adopt any resolution in support of the
Compromise measures. In Massachusetts, a
coalition ofthe Democrats with the Aboitoaists
has given Charles Sumner a seat in the Senate,
and is now actively at work to wrest that State
from the hands of the Wings, and to give it
more decided anti-slavery position. In Ohio, the
Democratic State Convention, in preparation for
the recent election, adopted such programme Of
principles, that Salmon P. Chase, the Abolition
Senator Immediately subscribed to them, and Co.
operated zealously and efficiently with the De-
mocratic party to elect their candidates.
Mr.. Toombs says the Georgia platform is likely |
to carry the Constitutional Union party into the |
embrace Of the National Democrats; but he sure
ly cannot mean to include in that designation
such leading Democrats as Martin and John
Van Buren,, Hannibal Hamlin, John p. Hale,
Charles Sumner, Isaac p Walker, Gen. Dodge, |
Salmon ?. Chase, &c. The existing organiza-
tion Of the Democratic party cannot be the Ma !
tior8l Democracy Of which he speaks. Of thai |
organization he gave his opinion in the speech
on the Baltimore Platform. We take it, that the
amount OF his present position IS this he wishes
to break up present parties, and form through
out the Union u Constitutional Union party like
that Of Georgia; he.expects such National Dem
ocras as Dickinson, Buchanan, Dallas, Stockton,
and Douglas, and such national Wings as Fill
more, Webster, Curtis, Cooper and Brooks, to be |
the Northern representatives Of its principles; |
if the scheme of new party fail, lie proposes 10 |
side with that which makes the most acceptable |
nomination in 1852.