The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-07
THE REPUBLIC
w ASHIN GTON:
TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 7. 1851.
Where Is the National Democracy


HENRY, in the Providence Journal, has been
engaged of late in hunting up the whereabouts
of the NATIONAL DEMOCRACY. We recon-
mend his labors in the premises to the atten-
ton OF our contemporary of the Uh'on; and
lest he should not deem it worth his while TO
present them at length to his readers-as they
occupy several columns-we will endeavor to
furnish him with the substance of them in
much smaller compass.
The theory of the Union is that the great
issue in the approaching Presidential election
must be the finalty of the Compromise. This
is the national platform of the Democracy. II
was an issue, to be sure, first presented in the
annual message of President FILLMORE, but
it has been taken up by the Democracy; and
TO show the sincerity of their faith in the "only
true issue" they are doing what they may to
break down President FILLMoRE's Admins
tration.
Let us examine, then, the chances for the
support of the Compromise by the unanimous
Democracy, commencing with the New Eng
land States. And first, we will look at YER
MONT. In that State a coalition was formed
last summer, under the auspices of Mr.. JOHN
VAN BUREN, between the Democrats and Abo-
litionlsts, with the title of the Free Democracy.
The fullest returns Of the late election in that
State which are before us are credited to the
Boston atlas, and contain the result in 209
towns, being the entire returns of the State,
saving only some thirty small towns that will
not vary the relations Of parties. These returns
are thus classified:
WILLIAMS, Wing, for Governor, II $3.50
REDFIELD, Free Democrat, 1882
ROBINSON, Old Line Democrat, 6,36l
Total. Al ,6S2
The official return of the votes given in YER
MONT in l947 shows the following result:
EATON, Wing, 1898
DILLINGHAM, Democrat, 1909
BARNARD, Abolition, 7,lb3
Now, what has become of the DEMOCRATIC
voters of l847, who have abandoned the
Old Line candidate The Free-soil total of
1851 shows that they have amalgamated with
the Abolitionists, and have swollen the Adolf
ton vote from 7 ,l63 in l647, to l9, 36l in the
present year. From these figures it is demon
strable that majority of the Democratic party
of VERMONT, at the last election, voted for the
Abolition candidate.
Coming to CONNECTICUT, we find that JOHN
M. NILES, the Democratic ex-senator and for
many years the leader of his party in that
State, is now at the head of the Free-soil Abo-
lition organization. In the same State, CHAUN-
cEY F. CLEVELAND, warm opponent of the
Compromise platform of the National Democ-
racy, was elected TO the next Congress by
coalition of the Democrats and Abolitionists.
The metropolitan organ of the Democracy
is in the habit of alleging that the party
is all right in MAssAcHusETTs-with ma
tional principles of the first water This
State is the seat Of the most infamous political
coalition on record; which has elected CHARLES
SUMNER to the Senate, and ROBERT RANToUL
to the House of Representatives, and Is now so
thoroughly abolitionized that the WHIGs will
have as much as they can do to redeem it at
the next election We have great faith, how
ever, in their zeal, fidelity, and enthusiasm;
and this leads us to hope and believe that they
will restore the ancient Commonwealth to her
old position in the Vine ranks. The true
condition of the Democracy in this State was
well stated in the letter of Mr.. HALLETT to Mr.. /
DONALDSON: 1.-THE Democracy of Massachu
sets is about disbanded and merged in Free
soilism."
The attachment of the RHODE ISLAND De
mocracy to the Compromise was illustrated by
the election of DEMOCRATIC Governor, who
voted for Mr.. VAN buren, in the last Presiden-
tial canvass, and who was opposed at the time
of his election to at least one of the Compro
mise measures.
When we reach the Empire State what
signs do we see of the "reunion" of the DEMO Y
CRATIC party on the national platform; that 4
reunion which is the day-dream and night |
vision of our contemporary of the sole Demo
cratic organ2 We know that two-thirds OF l
that party are irrevocably pledged to their |
old leaders, the VAN BURENs, BUTLERs |
and Preston KINGS; and that in their last
convention they lodged not only all approval
of the measures of adjustment, but all expires
sion Of acquiescence in them; merely reaifirm
ing the resolutions of previous year, adopted
before the passage Of the Compromise acts A
resolution, indeed, committing the convention
TO the faithful support of the Compromise, sas
laid on The table. The New York Post, the
abiest and most influential organ of the Democ
racy in the State-and perhaps the strongest
supporter of General JAcKsoE's administration
in the whole North--is to this day as deeply
infused with Free soil as it ever was, and as
sails General CAss with as much bitterness as
in lS49.
In PENNSYLVANIA we find the national
platform no SOFT Of impeachment to the fond and
loving alliance of DEMOCRATS and Abolition
lists in the support Of DAVID WmMoT as the
regular candidate ofeaeh for the office ofjudge-
and we see PRovIso himself stumping the
State in behalf of BIGLER, the Democratic can
ddate for the gubernatorial chair. The state of
things in New York and Pennsylvania is well