The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-27
Old Parties and New.

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Old Parties and New.
We find in our Southern exchanges great
variety of speculatons as to the probable course
which will be adopted by the Southern Rights
and " Constitutional Union" organizations, with
reference to the old parties and their proposed
national conventions. Much diversity of opinion
seems to exist, as indicated by the various or.
gans of each, as to the proper line of policy to
be pursued towards those old parties, to which
they formerly belonged, but which, during the
recent canvass, the leaders of each, respectively
30 bitterly denounced and repudiated as "un-
sound on the slavery question
We subjoin a few extracts touching this toPc'
from Georgia and Alabama papers of influence
and character. The Savannah Georgian estate
Rights makes the following suggestions;
THE BALTIMORE PLArFoRM.-We make the
following extract from the (GriffiD, Ga) Amert
can Union, one of the organs of the relgnlng
dynasty of this State. We commend it to the
attention of the great Democratic Union at
Washington city, whose views in relation thereto
we should be pleased to see. It's, perhaps, not
too early to inquire what new tests, If any, are to
be adopted by the next Baltimore Convention!
If it is suggested that that body shall endorse
the Fugtive-slave bill, we have no objection. II
it proclaims AGO uiescence in the compromise, we
shall not object But, if it demands of all
Democrats approval of that batch OF measures,
then there will be trouble in the Democratic
ranks, from Virginia to Louisiana
ave greatly prefer National Union Conven-
hut ,f fail in hat, ah all afand Randy
to unite with that party of the North that will
cast off the Stewards and Van Burens, and enter
into solemn pledge to carry out faithfully the
compromise, in all its parts; and, if neither
party will do this, then our course is to run
candidate of our own, throU the election into The
House of Representatives, and try our hand there
alt has been intimated in some quarters that
an effort will be made, by certain men, to lead
the Union parry of the South into the support
of the candidate nominated by the National
Democratic Convention, without requiring any
other than the usual Baltimore platform. Ii this
shall be tried, we rather guess those who try it
will find themselves sadly mistaken. These Bal
timore platforms, experience has proven to our
satisfaction, are built merely to catch votes, and
when they have discharged that Office, they are
laid aside, and no more respect paid to them until
they are gathered up for the same purpose in
another campaign"
The Savannah Republican, leading organ OF
the Union" party, winds up it's programme of
the future action of lis party, with the following
declaraton-the concluding hiil being very sig
ni6cant:
"Nor will the South be content with adroitly
drawn resolutions. The Democrats in Massa-
chusetts may combine with the Freesoilers and
elect Sumner to the Senate, and then turn about
and adopt high-sounding resolutions in favor OF
the compromise and the Wings in New York
may frame ambiguous resolves, admitting of the
support of Seward men and compromise men
but they only deceive themselves, not the people
of this section. The day has passed for sucN
cunning. The slavery agitation has grown int
question of too fearful magnitude to be thu
tempered with. Our people want acts, deeds
not words which may be eaten as Saturn de
voured his children. The North must come N
sQuarely to the maintenance of the compromis
as it is, and cast out the fanatics as we have cas-
out the secessionists, or they need not expect u
to acquiesce in their party arrangements as here
tofore, or to yield that protection for whic
their manufacturers are so clamurous."
The Haynevlle (Ala.) Chronicle (Souther
Rights speaking Of the proposition to re-oT
ganize the Democratic party, says
When we espoused the cause of Souther
Rights, we did so because the Democratic part
was not adequate to protect the rights OF tn
oppressed and down-trodden South. We hol
that it is not adequate now. The Northern win
of that party is but a mars of Freesoll an
though it may be sounder than that of the Whil
yet there is not a man north of Mason a. Dixon
line who is not against the South in all his fee
ings.
And again
II is in the condition of things now, while tt
South is tied hand and foot, that we are aske
TO ground our arms as Southern men, and joi
the Democratic party. Where is the Democrat
party! Why, Giddings says he belongs to Il
Democratic party Chase is a Democrat. Wi
mot belongs to the Democratic party. An
every man who works 10 the Democratic rank
will have to fraternize with these foul enemie
of the South. If not, there's an end to organ
zaton.
Its Union" opponent quotes this Language
and adds
Such is our opinion. The Northern d.
mocracy is not whit sounder upon the SLAYER
question than Northern Whggery, and it
scarcely 80 sound"