Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-05-12
DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS.


of the all pervading spirit of union and harmony
which is actuating the Democratic masses of the
country in their preparations for the coming
Presidential contest. They are everywhere rail-
lying under their time honored flag, and reassert-
ing their cordial doctrines. With "principles not
men," for their motto, they are already donnng
their armor and placing themselves in line from
Maine to California, eager to do battle for the
cause and their candidates, and firm in their de-
termination to achieve glorious victory. The
contrast afforded between the position of the
two great parties in this particular, is, to the De-
mocracy Hatterng in the extreme. On the side
of the Wings, all is dssension and distraction,
and the omens of disaster and defeat are con-
stantiy overshadowing their movements. Divi-
ded upon measures of policy, and torn by sec
tional feuds, they are evidently destined to fall
an easy prey to the serried and compact array of
their antagonists.
Every day but darkens the prospects of either
of their Presidential aspirants. The elements
of opposition to their military cheftain" are
daily assuming holder outline. Their South
ern allies denounce the movement in favor of an
uncommitted, mum" candidate, rs q total aban-
donment ofprinciple, fatal to their character for
consistency, and ruinous to the wing cause in
the South, while on the other hand the leading
WHY pdpcIS III NcW OIk, OnlO, anu tiliISy Ni-
MIA do not hesitate to proclaim that the head of
the present Administration, Mr.. Fillmore, cannot
receive the vote Of his party, in either Of these
States. In New England, too, there are strong
symptoms of dsaffection towards the Expoun-
der of the constitution" as candidate for the
Presidency, and he is warned not to attempt to
enter the field with any hopes Of success based
upon his popularity with the "sons of the Pill
grims." Protest and counter protest, seem to
be the "order of exercises" with our Admins
traton friends at this moment. One section pro-
testing most earnestly that they cannot and will
not extend their support to Gen. Scott should
he be the wing nominee-another declaring that
Mr.. Fillmore can never receive the votes Of free
soil whiggery, while a third portion of the party
insist upon casting aside each Of the others, and
rallying to the support of Secretary Webster as
the sole, true exponent of wing principles and
the only available candidate for the approaching
compaign.
Hopeless and despairing as many of the
| shrewder sort among them become, in this I'M
toward state of affairs. they now seek to create
slight diversion in their favor, by setting ahoat
all sorts of rumors of similar divisions in the
Democratic ranks. AS mere matter of taste,
we certainly have no complaints to make of this
movement on the part of our enemies If such
fertile devices fill the measure of their ambition
we are content, with simply advcrting to them
as matter of passing news. Our friends are
not to be deceived or dishearened by any such
manGuvres Facts speak for themselves-they
are to stubborn to be controverted by wing mis-
representation. The victory in twenty-eight
sovereign States of this Unon can we'll afford
to laugh to scorn these "weak inventions Of the
enemy" 1t is sufficient for us to know that
we but express the unanimous conviction of the
Democratic party, when we say that we consid-
er the election Of Democratic President, for
the next term, as " fixed fact" and that to rem
der it as overwhelmingly triumphant as it is de-
served, it is only requisite for our friends thro'-
out the Union, to continue upon the great prin-
ciples heretofore promulgated, and to merge all
other considerations in the one strong determin-
alton to place the destnies Of the nation for the
future, in the hands of those who know how to
protect its honor and secure its lasting prosper
ity. Free Press.