Daily American telegraph., 1852-06-15
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH,
a southern yisw ef MThs FInaIity.'

A Southern View OF HThe Finality'
The New Orleans Delta, on receiving tele-
graphic account of the Baltimore Democratic
platform, gave expression to the following honest
and candid remarks:
We cannot believe that any resolutions We're
adopted endorsing the original justice or merits
of the measures called the Compromise III inc
form in which they have been 50 perhnacousiy
pressed by the party which assumed to ltsell the
title of Unionists-pressed, not for the sake OF
the Union or of the harmony of parties, but III
order to crafty the ill-feelings and promote the
selfish ambition of a set of small politicians, VINO
seek to keep alive an excitement which, like the
sun operating upon the recently Inundated banks
of the Nile, has warmed into life host OF smaii
political vermin.
"With these characters, il was not sufficient TO
declare your willingness to stand by the law ana
maintain it; but you were required TO eat your
own words--to retract your honest conviction,
and admit that it was the best bargain that could
have been made-a fair and just compromise--an
honorable and iudicious adjustment Ordinarily,
parties have been content, in this country, with
the dcqaieScence of the minority IN the acts Of the
majority. but, on this occasion, more was de-
manded--the minority acere required to ddma that
the majority acere ARRAYS right and aciSe and their
action just and proper from the begmnig. Such
was the character Of the resolutions which were
presented In our legislature last winter. Such,
we are persuaded, is not the character of the
resolutions adopted by the Democratic Conven-
tion And why are we so confident in this be
lief? The reasons are many and various. First:
such resolutions could not pass unanimously, be-
cause n majority of the delegates in the Conven-
ton from the South belonged to the Southern
Rights anti Compromise branch Of the party
Secondly Colonel King the candidate for the
Vice Presidency, it is well known, did not origi
nately approve all the measures of the Compro
mise These the principal; there are many
other reasons confrmatory Of this view.
9 Resolutions in favor of adherence to- the ex-
listing order Of things, and to the maintenance of
the laws as passed, would probably obtain the
assent of all the members Of the Convention
Such resolutions would be proper and judicous
in connexion with the nomination of Pierce and
King. Cass, Buchanan, and Douglas, between
whom it was thought the nomination lay, were all
so clearly understood on the Compromise, that it
would have been quite unnecessary to have
adopted the Compromise pledges as to them
whilst such course might have alienated the
Southern and Northern ultras, who thought these
gentlemen went too far on that question. But
with Pierce, entirely disconnected from the Com
promise agitations-and King, who had opposed
several of the measures of the adjustment, with
out, however, participating in any extreme or
ultra views Of resistance--the adoption of the
Compromise pledge became evidently polite
movement. 1t will render it unnecessary for
either candidate to write any letters or make any
pledges"