The southern press., 1852-01-17
SOUTHERN PRESS
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY. JANUARY is. 1852
southern and Northern Democracy.


mary meeting in Pickens county, (Ala.,) speaks
for itself. Resolutions Of precisely similar i'm
port constantly meet our eye in our Southern
exchanges. When Benton and his Freesoil CO
hort express their readiness and anxiety TO CO.
operate with the Democratic party on the Balti-
more platform of l84S, suspicious as TO the
present soundness the planks Of that platform
may be reasonably entertained. OF course the
mere fact of their endorsement would rot in it.
self make good thing bad; but when they
assume position there is always purpose in
it, and the odor of Abolition is very apt TO
attach itself to anything they touch.
The Alabama resolution is as follows
Resolred, That we recommend to the Mont
gomery convention, to instruct the delegates to
the Baltimore convention, to demand of and
from said convention the nomination of men
upon whom we can rely for the protection OF our
constitutional rights, and pledge that de SLAP
cry agitation shall cease, al least far as The de-
mocracy Of the free States is concerned, and that
the fugitipe sldue laao shall be faithfully erecued
in those States and ifihe convention should refuse
these acquisitions, that they then protest against
lis proceedings and withdraw theretfom.
We notice no movements among the South
ern Whigs-unless the Union Constitutional
meetings. of which we note several recently in
the States of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and
Florida, have merged that party in the South
The confusion of parties al the South at the
present moment is so great-so, much discord,
division, and dissatisfaction prevail among the
members of the various organizations, hitherto
enjoying separate existence, that il is utterly
impossible TO predicate any thing certain as to
their future action. The Southern Rights is
still the strongest and most compact of these
parties, for while many of its prominent mem
bers profess their willingness TO try the Demo
cratic party once more, they yet do not surren-
der those great and leading principles on which
that party rests as firm basis-the State Rights
principles of the resolutions of '98-while large
and respectable portion Of the same party fatty
refuse to act with their former parties, without
distinct and unequivocal exposition of princi-
pies and of policy on their part
The organization of the Constitutional Union
Party, we perceive, is also going on stealthily.
but steadily. It still preserves the semblance
of life and strength in Georgia and the South
western States, and may yet prove strong
wedge in splitting up the old parties, especially
the Wing party, to which the majority of its
members formerly belonged.
Thus we have in the South, at the present mo-
ment, States Rights Wings and States Rights
Democrats, old line Wings, and old line Demo.
Gratis, Constitutional Union men-a new party
formed by a coalition of men Of all parties and
all principles, standing on the Georgia platform
and few, very few UnioDists at all "haz-
ards and to the last extremity" who pretend to
believe with BENTON, that the whole controversy
on slavery was "sbout goats wool"
At one time il was supposed tina! no difficulty
would be experienced in dissolying all those
new organizations, and resolving their elements
back into the old organizations to which, re.
spectively, they originally belonged. Butrecent
demonstrations of public opinion, as developed
in public meetings, have shown that those who
thus calculated, reckoned without their host.
Great and serious difficulties have been en-
countered in attempting to amalgamate again.
The Wings evidently despair as yet OF
drumming up Southern recruits for their con.
yention. The Democrats are in better spirits,
and have succeeded partially in their Efforts
though not to so great an extent as to render
their cooperation = fixed fact" as dogmat-
cslly asserted by partizan wire-pullers. and pap
hungry presses.
In some places, these attempts have resulted
in failure--in others, resolutions indicative Of
disirust and demanding pledges have neutralized
the effect Of their action. In short, the whole
matter is yet IN nubibus; and although there Is
now no doubt Of the meeting Of the Baltimore
Convention, Il by no means follows that although
Southern Rights men may sit therein, that they
will feel bound. either by the programme il may
put forth, or the candidate il may nominate
Southern men are neither 80 stupid nor 80
craven, as TO submit TO be duped and gulled for
the bene8 OF what may choose TO term itself
The PsHy."
In addition 70 these demands from The ex-
IRENE South, we append the following warning
to the Northern Democracy, from leading
Democratic paper in Virginia, the Richmond
Examiner, which always means more than il
expresses:
sin the approaching Presidential campaign,
the Democratic party will inevitably be defeated,
IL there be not entire harmony and active CO.
operation between its Northern and Southern
divisions. The result OF the contest in '4s,
furnishes melancholy confirmation OF the truth
Of this assertion. But for the detection Of the
Buffalo Bsrnburuers, even the military renown
Of Taylor could not have prevented the election
Of Cas-. Looking back upon the campaign Of
as, is there Democrat in Virginia. that would
have consented, even for The sake Of success 10
propitiate the prejudices Of the Freesoilers, by
the sacrifice Of even the most unimportant Of
the principles upon which the welfare Of the
South depends II gratifying TO the ambition
Of man 70 triumph; the possession Of power is
agreeable but a dauntess adhesion 10 phn.