The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-15

Heads | win, tails you lose," seems to en-
brace the philosophy Of our contemporary of the
metropolitan organ of the Democracy.
General TRoUsDALE was his candidate In
Tennessee till Governor CAMPBELL was elected;
and then our >neighber took ground against
TRoUsDALE, that has called forth the animad-
versions of the DEMOCRATIC press.
He was for MoDoNALD and CoBB while,
and then for CoBB and MCDONALD and now
that COBB is elected, the Union settles down
on him as gravely as possible, and announces
that his election is DEMOCRATIC triumph, and
that Conn is the best Democrat in the world,
though he is denounced by every Democratic
Wing journal So it is with General FooTE.
For long time General QUITMAN was first
rate Democrat, as well as his competitor; but
notU that General FooTE promises to be
elected by an overwhelming majority, the
Union is preparing the way to claim it
as Democratic victory. A similar game is
playing in the Old Dominion. There, the
| UNION candidate-the Compromise and Adj
justment candidate-happens to be Wing.
The DEMocRATIc candidate is Locofoco, and
represents the Disunion and Secession interest.
| And no,c into what entire lnsignifcance fades
the principle that gave the prestige of Democ-
racy to the position of Messrs. CoBB and FooTE!
That principle was adherence to the Compro-
mise. The DEMOCRATS of Virginia refuse to
pass any resolutions in favor of the Compro-
mise, and yet the Union sustains them as
against the friends of the Compromise
The truth is that our contemporary is a
friend of the Compromise in the Northern
States, Indifferent to it in the Middle States,
and member of the Nashville Convention,
wheeling Tennessee into line in five days."
tIce to our contemporary, we will permit him
to define his own position with that singular
clearness, directness, and perspicuity of style
which distinguish all his lucubrations on this
particular subject. Says the Union of yester-
day:
Cooking to Georgia and to Mississippi, where
Messrs. Cobb and Foote had been selected as the
opponents of the continent which refused to sane
ton extra constitutional means as a remedy for
the disappointment felt by the South at the terms
of the Compromise, regarded their success as
involving no impeachment of their fidelity to their
ancient party. and, in the same sense, none of the
Democrats who co. operated with them absolved
from the responsibility which properly attached
to their previous public career, when the cmer-
gency passed away which rendered necessary
that CO. operation. Our language was, that Messrs.
Cobb and Foote, Democrats before their cleo
ton, would be Democrats after their election,
the two great parties naturally resuming their
| ancient position, as formed and defined by the
divisions and trials which have determined the
responsibility Off public men, and tested the cha
racter and wisdom of public policy"
The ''ancient party" of Mr.. FooTE and Mr..
CoBB is to be looked for among the followers of
MCDONALD and JEFFERSON DAVIS or it is no.
where. If Messrs. FooTE and CoBB propose
to go back to them after the election, they will
have nice time of it; for, if ever two men
were denounced as renegades and apostates from
the DEMOCRATIC party, by the entire Demo
cratic press of their respective States, those
men are Messrs. FooTE and CoBB.