The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-01-30


MIA, and New York, and Massachusetts, and Georgia.
and Mississippi and elsewhere and how easy il is just
now for the wings OF the South to understand and settle
the upon which they are to act with the wings OF
Ohio and Vermont in the coming presidential contest
has turned TO solemn chuckling what ii terms
the dissensions OF the democracy" particularly in Mis-
sour.
In this matter OF party dissensions the special organ
should by this time be learned authority II should in
view OF the elections in the States have named
be quite familiar with the efeots OF such discords
and, TO the mode of reeoneiling them, what better
study could it have than its experience in advoca-
ting the party represented in their several
States by Messrs Vinton and Wade, Messrs John
ston and Thaddeus Stevens, Messrs Hunt and Seward
and them again, in Wisconsin by Governor Farwell, in
Massachusetts by Mr.. Winthrop, and in Georgia by
Messrs. Toombs, Stephens, and Berrens Here is
sellaon of wing uminares blazing in the northern and
southern heavens and wondrously wheeling, through
their appointed orbits, into that resplendent "mky way"
OF harmony with which the present administration is
now oyerarching the whole Union In this broad track
of light is for President Fillmore and General Scott
Mr. Webster and Mr.. Corwin, MI. Hall and Mr. Con-
rad all tremendously to revolve and shine
From such an elevation the Republic may look seri-
ousy down upon that phrensy Of democratic resistance
the South and that phrensy Of democratic agges
sion in the North, which are just appalling How
many States are now arming against each other How
many democratic State conventions are bursting away
from all party organization, and making deadly
upon the democracy elsewhere How universal is
the reputation of the Baltimore platform the basis
OF further national democratic action How determined
and resisless is the democratic tendency not TO unite
upon the old principles and policy Of the party and restore
them 10 that power in the White House which they al
ready hold in the Capitol! How stubborny the south
ern-righs organizations are rejecting and ignoring the
democratic name How vigorously Messrs. Cobb and
Foote, at the head OF the counter temporary oganza-
tons in their respective States, repel and reject the title
OF democrats How certain il is that the national
democracy will not even attempt to hold conven-
ton at Baltimore composed OF democrats-mere dem
ocrats--and nobody else How certain it is that the
I" hunkers" and " bambuners" OF New York will never
even think of uniting in il democrats How terribly
disunted the democrats are in Ohio and how impos-
sibIe they found il TO give Governor Wood any
than thirty thousand majority How sgnaly, too, the
democrats failed TO get up than eight ten thou
sand in Pennsylvania or Virginia How urgent the
motive to break away as fast possible from the
stands in such miserable plight How plain it is
that the democracy of such States Georgia and Mis-
sissippi-wiih temporary adverse organizations formed
on special issue now decided, and each embra.
cling democras-w utterly refuse give up such tempo
rary organizations, settle their differences in their
own special State conventions and then come up to Bal
tmore democrats, and cling to the old democratic
policy and name How vitality practical are those abb
now disagree How surely these abstract questions
take the shape they have yet had Of actual
issues before the people How very many of these diff
ferences OF opinion refer practical matters OF legislation
now in hand, and how very few Of them relate to mat
tiers already settled and finished on the statute book /
And finally hoy very absurd it is to imagine that any
body enough about democratic principles and poll
cy to find in them motive for looking to the fu
ture, rather than the past-to what practical more
than to what is merely speculative and abstract
and for uniting to restore that democratic ascendency
which reformed and preserved and glonousy illustrated
the federal Union in the days OF Jefferson and Madison
and Jackson, and Polk
Such to be something like the crazy view OF the
present OF things the democratic party into which
the Republic has been led by observing that hetwo sections
OF the democratic party in Missouri have recently each
held convention and after differing with each other on
some half dozen questions not at all likely be made
issues in the presidential contest haze each resolved
abide he Baltimore nomination and support the nominee
That is the upshot OF the whole matter. In the Benton
convention motion made and pressed TO nominate
General Butler, and il did not prevail In the anti Benton
convention no nomination made or moved Each
convention passed resolutions differing about Kossuth
and other questions not OF party character, but
agreeing TO unite in support OF the democratic candidate
for the Presidency The speakers and the newspapers
both sides said seems sharp things OF each other
and that was all the ground given TO the Republic
which to found IFS conclusion that the democratic party
can never be united party again
We are far from denying dsbelieving that in order
to present cordial and victorious union OF the demo-
cratic party in support OF its ancient principles in the
coming presidential canvass, there is, in Missouri and
elsewhere, both room and necessity for patriotic spirit
of Cancellation which shall forget past and minor and
speculative differences and rally upon party
ground for the attainment OF those important practical
objects in the administration OF the government for which
the democratic party has been organized under its great
leaders OF old and OF more recent Nor shall
claim for the democracy of the country any aptitude for
that process OF reconciliation upon which the wings have
more than once successfully relied, and which, as
being new thing in party pretending to principle,
may be suitably expressed by the term Tdyorisd
Ia the union of fhose who mean notbipo