The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-11

the baltimore Convention and control its debera
tions.
| 90. few months since these same men met j
conclayc in Miiledgcvic, passed resolutions, an
adopted report affirming that if the National De
mocracy would openly, boldly, and unsqIisocaIiy, il
convention, recognise the Gnaiiiy Of the C0mprO
mise, and insist upon (aiLyI Srecuiion Of the Flu
gstiU' SIaus lao, &c, interest, prudence, and pa
friOtssm all suggest the wisdom of our uniting wit
them in the Presidential election &c. Now, thes
Same persons in private circles and openly throug
their newspapers. declaring that the pledg
which they themselves demanded ID useless. an,
| that the baltimore Convention cannot and will nu
give it. @t
| a. few months since these men contende,
| that the Union was mockery - that the South wa
oppressed and down troddon- that her only redres
was To DO found in the old Federal Hartford Con
vention doctrine of secession that they hated tn
Union and intended to wav against it. Now thes
snmc men pretend that they are the National De
mocracy--,he only true Democracy and thu, it il
sheer impudonce in Union men, who are occupy
ing the old Jeffersonan and Jacksonian platforms
to pretend to send delegates to the Baltimore Con
vention"
The East lithuanian congIatulates its fel-
citizens ON the unanimity and enthusiasm
which characterized the proceedings of the
Union Convention:
eve hail this spirit as prestige Of our victory
in the next Presidential election. The spirit that
animated the great mass Of the people last summer
and excited them to defeat the ruinous schemes oI
the fire. eaters, has not passed away, but it burst
out in its original vigor when the convention saw
before their eyes another body Of men who were
striving to reorganizc old political party whose
principles. il it ever had any. dead and buried
for the purpose OF amalgamating with Abolitionists
and Freesoilers, thereby surrcnderng the rights OF
the South - men who recognise southern rights,
and the safety Of the Union to those who seek every
means to destroy tho Union. We believe that this
spirit still lives among the people 1t is nobly
hected in tho action Of such men as julius c. AL
ford, James f. Belser. L. f. Parsons, James NJ.
Taleton, Howell Rose, and host or others, who,
having no lust for Office or political ambition to
crafty, devotng their energies and talent to
the of the Union. They emphatically
the men fthe people, they arc not Office holders or
Office seekers or men who for few dollars per
mum would sacrifice the rights of the South the
altar of political ambition"
4 The delegates in attendance, the East ala
bamian remarks, were composed Of nearly
equal proportions of Wings and Democrats.
Speaking of The Democratic Convention, the
same paper pronounces it some Of the greatest
political farces ever enacted in the State"
"By system of tactics, which the advertiser
calls Ruckerizing, about one hundred and fifty
men were got together, assumed the responsibility
Of representing the Democratic party of Alabama,
and passed through a series Of sensc!ess ceremo
mics which will be heralded the proceedings Of
the Democracy Of the State. We. may mention an
instance or two to show how it got up. Eigh-
teon counties were represented solely by members
of the Legislature; Tallapoosa county appointed
five delegates, two OF them attended, and yet it is
represented that Tallapoosa had seven delegates
that number Of names having been enrolled. by
such means, and opening wide the doors for every
Democrat TO enter who happened to be in Montgo-
merry, pretty respectable number was hustled up.
"But Of what different characters were its con-
stitucnt parts! There were the real Old Hunkcrs,
with Thanny Davis at their head; there were the
new-lght Democrats, who contend for the right OF
secession with Colonel seibels at their head; there
were eating Democrats who insist in secession
de facto, with Philips of Mobile at their head there
were fire-cating Wings, marshaed by General
Williams and General Bradford; there were old
political hacks, who were beginning TO think that
their share of the loaves and fishes would be moth
ing but the bones and crusts; and there
raj other kinds too numerous ~ mention But the
people, the real Democracy, had little voice and
less power in that convention"
The Mobile (Ala.) Register sets forth the
grounds on which the Union movement is
based, and the circumstances from which it de-
rives vitality:
ave hailed the passage of those measures (thc
81 N al a
a most alarming question which threatened the
worry existence OF our Government. The Conpro
mice, however, was no sooner passed than il was
assailcd with Unprecedented bitterness simultsno-
ously by large party in the South, and by the
abolitonists of the North, and sKssTAScE, even TO
adissolution of the Union, was with both extremes
the wstchword. We were tired of tho agitation of
the slavery question, and, ms the Compounds was
based upon the doctrine that Congr,ss had right
10 isgi,iafe The subject Of slaUug-a principle
which at once secured 10 tho South all il had ever
asked-wo for accepting IL, at the same
time insisting ts full, complete, and rigid
observance and enforcement, in principle and
in detail Seeing the unparalleled efforts that
were making TO destroy that great measure
Of pcace--tho determination 10 keep up agita-
tstion with n view Of breaking up this Union-wc
could not hesitate to take stand in favor Of tho
Compromise, and against the ogitators; and in the
columns OF this paper. well as in public addrcsses.
have declared solemn determination to
forget old party distinctions and old party tics 20
long war was mnde upon the Compromise, and
until abolitionism was prostratcd. We have over
andovcr again proclaimed our eternal hostility 10 the
Abolitonists and Frccsoilcrs Of tho North. that
would never support ono Of them for any office.
and would have nothing TO DO with any party that
would affiliate With them or, give them any coun-
tcnancc or support. And we say still The
rights Of the South and the preservation OF the
Union equally demand the prostration, the ami
hilstion, Of abolitionism. Unlcss this bc ef.
fcccd, this Government, with all its glorious proc
poets, cannot bc preserved. We feel, then, that
is the time To- cptcrmipntc the vile faction to
which VIC have referred, and that honest, conscr'
vative mon, North and South, forgetting former
party differences, should unite together, and work
together, in the approaching Presidential canvass,
10 accomplish this great object"
The Nashville CTenn) Whg comments on
the endorsement by our neighbor Of the Union
of an article from Georgia Democratic jour
nal, advocating delegations to the Baltimore