The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-03-31
THE REGISTER.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81, 1852.
Prospects of the Democracy"

Prospects Of the Democracy"
The precious time OF Congress, and
the more precious money Of the people
have been expended fnt a good while in
Democratic wrangles about the next
Presidency which is likely, after ull,to
We given TO a VINO. The giant" Doug
las has been pushing too fast, TO suit the
venerable fathers whose time is now Of
never. Much bad blood" has been
excited between the friends Of Cas., But
Ter, Buchanan, and sihcr ancient aud
honorable aspirants on the II side. and
the friend, Of Douglas, inclu ding"Young
America" and the Democratic Review,
on the o,her; aud many Bit er words have
been exchanged between these belliger>
ents. on the huors ofihetwo Congress ion
al Houses.
Nor is this all. Democratic Free
Soilism aud bunker Democracy have
slivered lances with cash other. I'M
ioni,m and State Rights Secessionism
have come TO 6sti cuffs. One wing Of
the party IS cour ting Free Soil assist
snce, and justiiylng the coalition o ( OPP
posl,es the other wing is heaping abuse
and contempt on those northern patriots
who can see no beauties in slavery, and
who will no, lend helping hand towards
ITS extension and perpetuation.
In a word, the Democracy were new
er ia such open aud apparently irrecon>
eilsble division-in such a desperate
" family broil'-as they seem 10 have
beea ia for the last few weeks. We do
not venture to assert, however, that this
is anything more than a temporary
s~quobble. Democrats have very forgiv-
ing natures-towards their own brethren.
No one can guess how soon all will be
made up, and everything again go on
swimmingly." We do not rely for the
the success of our candidates on the
continuance Of any such divisions.
Our neigbbor Of the Sentinel lin an
article from winch we have borrowed
the head expresses . worry ardent faith
tina, all is coming around right-that
the breakers are safely passed, and fair
skie, and open seas are ahead. Our
poetic friend may be right-yet we have
very good Democratic authority for an
opposite opinion. That opinion is the tex,
which we now write, aud with which
the clerical order-we shall
close. Poets are naturally %sanguine.
The editor Of the Scntinei-being one
or the best poets extant-says:
1.-The propocts Of the democratic
party for en,ire success in the approach
insfPresideniiai election, are most ehser> !
ingly bright"
Gen. Case, toe. "a o man Of Large
very rash sn,ieipations. Whsu
infotned OF his aominatioo. four yssrs
ago, he said 10 Q TREND: "1'hep | am
Yet The candidate was
mistaken. The sigus Of the times now
point pretty clearly to his second nom.
nation. On the strength OF this (al.
mos,) certainty. the Generals anticipa>
lions are again kindIed up. In q recent
TO some friends in Baltimore. he
says
"The political prospects are so bright
they cannot but add 10 the social
pleasures OF the evening : tor the decree
has gone forth that the mex, administra-
ton Of the General Government must
be in The hands OF The Democratic par
~"
Now we venture TO say, there is not a
more prosy candidate for the Democrat
ic nominu,ion-lhough as able. prac,i-
cal, far-seeinga politician as can be
found in the ranks Of his %party-thsn
Hon. James Buchanan. His opinion
may therefore be set down as haviRg a
solid. positive. and definite value. 1t
has not been hazarded lightly, we may
safely presume, aud it has none the less
that it was written on the
ssms occasion as that we have quoted
from his great rival.
Below are the Prospects Of the De-
mocraCy' as seen by Mr.. Buchanan :
"lf ! rightly read " the signs Of the
there has seldom been a period
when the Democratic party Of the coun-
lIy, to which you and are warmly at
tached, was IN greater peril than at The
present moment"