The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-06

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leading Democratic prints of Georgia.
From the Somihside Democrat, May 4th.
GEN CAss.-We have made the assertion
that Gen. Cass, if the candidate of the Demo
cratic party, will fail to get the vote OF the
South We base this assertion OH the Expressed
opinions and sentiments of Sputher9 Jqprnais,
They declare with perfect confidence, than Gep.
Cass with run just ms he did Enthusiastically A1it-
sls wAme. Ahs subjoiued. Etele, f[4m ths ,Geor7
ga Telsgraph. speaks, asst says The aentiHgeglts
Of u's South upon the subject; we 40 n9t
I'VE give the a,tisls simply as prso"qf that Cen
ot Foeass AND EoGyIsm Ia a general pl~a for
tlross Democratic stpendiaries who persist in
.cnmbeling Ne stage long after they have played
out their parts, the Federal Union of last week
plainly misconceives q term WHICH II professes
to explain. The term 'Old Fogies is not ,ap7
piled ,hyausl Va thass,' Veterans, who have grown
grey in the service OF the Democracy but to-
those greedy pensoneEs who suppose the psrty
to be Solely intended for serving them.. Neither
ID It applied exclusively to men of a. certain age.
a very old fogy,, like a very old donkey, may
sometimes be very young man. The term is
applied Unfortunately to those young men
who have none OF the yig0r ,of youth, and those
old men who hsye none Of the wisdom OF age.
Mr.. Buchanan, for instance, though far nd.
vanced inyears, III the very opposite Of Old
'Fogy'h Time always enfseblss the body but
some inteilccts never grow DID, Such an m
telleet is Mr.. Buchanan's. lie is fully up with
the age-liyes for the great present, and wastes
none OF his lime in mumbling over the ipscriP7
tons on ancient tOmbstones. Such a naan il
not to be mentioned in the same breath with
tb,t 60 huo hro oh
veaps he bas saoyed an uninterrupted success
sion of oiceand still clings to the party with the
leechs CIV Of give. give! He has lost great race,
demoraiizsd aud sectionalizsd the party and for
mo other, reason than his defeat and mispan-
agement asks to be entered again. srpt rri.
The editors Of the FeIsrql Union, are rigbtin
all their objections to this hoary stpendnry, but
they are wrong compromising tosuppprthhh 1t the
Baltimore convention should nominate him! Not
40 with 'us--not SO with the people of Georgia.
For no light. cause, VIII we ever abandon our
pa-ty organization, but under no contingency
whatever will we give our humble support to
the time serving sophist and shallow demagOgue,
who rneIprresents Michigan in the Senate. The
Young men and old men who loaf about the
Bar rooms and oyster cellars of New York, may
cling to his fortunesMthe Freesoilers may repay
him With Their favor for his course on the fugi
tive slave la8-Clernens and Foote may CRATE
fully remember how he charged treasQn and
faction on alt those who STOOD to the South
during the compromise sp9lfation4I but The same
intrigue, that proewss Cas- tbs, Pomnation,iwil
certainly and inevitably defeat the Democracy.
There area rlpost Of good men before tbe, eonr
lvehtioh; and whileithe South virtually comedies
TO The North the eandidate, she claims for this
,concession potent voice in che selection of the
p mar She foSks fol candidate who has never
played her false. dozen nominations, backed
by THOUSAND letters, cannot restore Gem Cass
to the. eon6depce 81 the Southern people; To
the remarks Of our cotep pprarY about Senator
Douglas, we heartily subscribe. lis ~ The
prime Of, intellect and of years, having the cour-
age ofyoutht wishout its rashness, andsthe wis
dom Of age without its weakness To such a
tiiaii the whole South, and the whole country
will give cordial support irrsr1