Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-03-06
From the Southern Press.
Presidential PCrplrxllits.

Presidential Pcrplrxllin.
There never has been before such anxiety
and perplexiiy as prevail in the councils OF
politicians, concerning the next Presidential
election. The passage of the Compromise
measures 10y the last Congress, created two
parties in the North, and two in tue South
Aud although the parties in each section
warmly opposed each other in the elections
and in speeches, they were more nearly alike
IN platform or IN creed than any two parties
ever were before. But it seemed that the
very close resemblance Of their professions
only produced stronger anag0nisn in SEN
timent and policy; as sccts Of the sntnc rcli-
giUus faith, desputc with more acrimony than
those which are fundamentally adverse. In
the South one party proposed resistance TO
the omise.--rcsistance by the States
with their sovereign power. The other bare
ly acquiescod in the Compromises, without
approving il; on tho contrary, declaring that
one more aggression, even Of nature trivial
in itself, would justify, and even require,
rebellion. This was substantially the posi-.
ton of the Georgia convention, and il has
been adopted aud appIauded by the whole of
the party in the South, opposed to the one
which advocated resistance.
il will be seen that these parties differed
only IN two things, aud in those two but
slightly. One OF them thought that the az
grcssion was already sufficient to require
resisiance-the other thought that il was not
quito enough, but that one other drop Of ng-
grcsson would overflow tho cup of patriotic
endurance. Ono party thought that resist
nnce ought 70 be made legally through the
sovereign power and functions of the several
States, the eder, That il ought to be made 10y
open rebellion.
In the North, one party approved or acqui
esced in all the measures of the Compromise,
except the fugitive slave law, which was The
least important of nl in itself, aud ilnmeas-
urnbly less still, in the chances of its execu-
ton. The other acquicsccd in, or approved
aIl-that Ian included-proposng TO submit
to it, not because it was right, but because it
was law.
The elections that succeeded the Compro.
misc resulted, in The North, in the triumph
OF the opponents of the Compromise. Those
in tho South, in the success of those willing
to submit to it rather than TO rebel, but de-
clnrng they would submit TO nothing more.
Thus il will he seen that, although the two
parties in each section differed so little in
words, the two sections differed most widely
in words and in feeling. The North decided
that she would not acquicscc in the Com
promise, but would repeal its only clause
that was disagreeable 10 her, aud has already,
in fact, nuilied it in practice, whilst the
South decided that the Compromise was tho
utmost she would submit 10, and that the
fugitive slave law would not be surrendered.
II tho Compromise then, ms il passed on
paper, was barely endurnble by the South, it
is clear that as il now works in practice, il is
no longer so. The compact is broken ul-
ready, aud, rs usual, ut tho expense of the
South.
Bu q Presidential election approaches,
aud the position of the two parties OH this
question requires another compromise, and
one even more difficult TO contrivc than the
last.
In the North, the great body of the Wings
opposed the Compromise but of the Dom
ocru,s, considerable body supported it, In
the South, the great body OF the Wings
adopted the Union or Georgia platform, and
probably majority of tie Democrats were
opposed to IL. And it is thought expedicut
to re-unitc these two parties in the two sec
lions, OH new platform, or OH some plat
forms. Aud what is proposed? Why, ns
usual, another surrender of the South to the
North. The Northern Wings propose to the
Southern 10 renOunce amy pledge, even on
paper, 10 support Tho Compromise--evcn as
it stands-practcally violated. The North
ern Wings propose to the Southern to sup
port General ScoTT, resident Of the North,
though native Of Virginia-a man opposed
to slavery and too iaslidious to endorse even
what is left of the Compromise. We believe,
however, the offer is made TO soothe the
feelings Of Southern Wings, that a certificate
shall be given that General ScoTT ,0dS once
in favor Of the Compromise. Aud the
Northern Wings retain, as their principal
organ, the National InieLhgeHcer, which oppos.
cd the Compromise TO the last, and supported
General TArLoR's policy, which was still
more favorable to the North. The hteHigen-
Ger has on hand fine fat job of printing
from Congress-the old debates. But in
order to compromise with the Southern
Wings as to that, tho Northern Wings, or
some Of them, may go for giving the Re
public, Mr.. FILLMoRE's organ, portion of
the census job in partnership with the Union.
So on the other hand, the Northern Dem
ocrats propose that the Southern shall surren-
der. The platform is to be the Baltimore
resolutions Of '46 and perhaps of '44--reso-
lutons which have been practically con-
strued by the several parties, TO mean either
the Wilmot Proviso, the Compromise, or the
equality of the States, just as the three
divisions of the Democratic party construe
them. If any thing more than this is de-