Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-03-20


present.
The Union men of the South, in our opinion,
can accomplish their purposes and establish their
principles as effectually without a national Union
Organization with it, They now control the
States of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North
Carolina and Maryland It's possible they might
rally a majority in South Carolina. The
votes of those States not suficientto elect a Pre-
sident, but if thrown in one body into a national
convention, they might secure the selection of
proper candidate whose election they would place
beyond doubt
1t is them the true and evident policy of the
Union men of the South to send delegates to one
of the approaching national conventions. If ask
ed which Convention, we would answer unheslta-
tngly, to the one which assemblies at Baltimore on
the 1st Tuesday in June next.
1t is impossible for the Union to affiliate
with the Northern Wings. As national organi-
cation the Wing party no longer exists. 1t is dis
organized and disbanded The Northern portion
Eof it is led and controlled mainly by Free-soers
and factionsts. Even Messrs. Fillmore and Web
ster have lost their influence there, because, in
their official capacities, they have been disposed
to do simple justice to the South. Cooperation
with such men as Seward, and Dayton, and Cor
win. is out of the question especially AS the great
mass of their followers are wholly unsound on the
slavery question.
The Democratic party at the North is less OBJ
noxious to this charge. The true Democracy
there are led by such men as Buchanan, and Cas-,
and Dickinson-by Douglas, of Illinois, and
Wright, of Indiana. These are sound and
their followers are sound. In their general poll
tics they differ but little from the great mass Of
Union men at the South, while they all favor the
fnality of the compromise, oppose the further agi
tation of the slavery question, and repudate ia
natcism and ultraism in every shape. With such
/ men and their followers the Union men at the
! South could cordially fellowship, because they
would thereby sustain their cherished principles
without sacrifice.
We say, them that the Union men at the South
ought to send delegates to the Baltimore conven-
ton. 1t is the most effectual way to accomplish
their design of saving and perpetuating the Union.
Unless they do so, that convention may lose its
conservative character and may bring forward a
candidate who will be obnoxious to the South"
Now reading this article, would not any
one be led to suppose that this was all the editor-
al, and that the Georgia editor really desired a
Reunion of the Democratic party one and ndiyisi-
BILE? Would not any one believe that the journal
and Messenger was orthodox paper as regards
Democratic doctrine, and its editor striving is
unite, not divide the Northern an Southern wings
of the Democratic party
/ No other differences could be drawn from the
Unions editorial comments, and the accompany
ing editorial from the Georgia paper, but the re-
verse is the truth. The Union, practising its ha-
bitual hypocrisy, has suppressed the facts mutila-
ted the editorial, and just given enough of both
to produce a false impression, and prevent the
whole scope and aim of the editorial, from which
! it quotes so approvngly, from being understood.
| In the first place then, be it known that the
Journal and Messenger long has been the bitter
est and most ultra Wing print in the State of
! Georgia. Edited by. partizan originally from
Pennsylvania, and who has been The right hand
man of Messrs. Toombs and Stephens. since the
nomination of Gen. Taylor down to the present
moment. No paper in the State of Georgia has
been more habiiually and unsparingly denunciato-
ry of Democracy and Democrats every where,
than this same print now fraternally recognised
by the ''organ."
But even this suppression of an important fact
tending to show the real purposes and character
! of the editorial, sinks into insignfcance when
compared with the further suppression of the con-
Guiding and most material part of that editorial.
For after making the suggestions which the Union
has given, as though they were all the article con-
tanned, 1T concludes with this fierce and sweeping
denunciation of the States Rights Democracy of
the South, charging them with corrupt coalition
with the Abolitionists and calling upon the Union
men of the South to break up "this infamous
coalition, by taking the steps indicated. What
Inc Union mas suppressed IN tnaL prOnunclamentO
of the ''Union party now add to verify
the truth of history and for the information OF
the few deluded individuals who still regard the
/ Union as reliable authority any matter, where
its own selfish interests at stake.
The journal and Messengers article ends il
the Union with the following paragraph
] eve say, then. that the Union men of the
South ought to send delegates to the Baltimore
Convention 1t is the most effectua way to ac-
complish their design of saving and perpetuating
the Union. Unless they do SO, that convention
may lose It's conservative character, and may
bring forward candidate who will be obnoxious
/ to the South. y
In the original the editor without break or stop
of any kind goes on to say:
/ g. There is at this moment most singular coali-
ton formed between the Abolitionsts and Dis.
unloniss to control that convention. No sensible
man can close his eyes to the fact. Van Buren,,
Blair, Benton, and their free soil Tutors, are
marshaillng their forces at the North. Rhett,
1 Commander, Mcdonald and Quitman are gather
ing together the scattered members of the coffin
regiments at the South. These men, defeated in
their late reasonable schemes, are now about to
combine for the purpose of substituting and con-
TROLLING the national Democracy They will ac-
tcompsh their purpose, too--unless defeated by
a prompt movement on the part of the Union men
1 the South. Here in our very midst they are
changing their names, repudating their princi-
/ pies, and preparing to associate with what few
months since, they termed g the radical rotten
i Democracy of the North! - Open disunonists,
! who denounced Yankees-who refused to trade
with them, or to admit them into their family cir