The southern press., 1852-03-27
The Finally OF the Compromises 1t
fares.

The Finally OF the COmpTOmisc'-HOW IL
fares.
The farce q "the finality" daily becomes broad
or and more ludicrous in the eyes Of all sensible
and practical men. AS the "noise and confu-
sion" Of Mr.. FooTE's furry subsidies on the
Democratic side, and general disposition ls
manifested to give it the go-bye, it's taken up by
the "National" Wings, and those hybrid
Union men, politically neither fish, flesh nor
red herring" When the finality project failed
in the Democratic caucus, and was incontinently
thrown aside, forthwith the littlesquad Of Wings
who held an imitation caucus, attempted to array
themselves in the cast off garment. But it was
SO bad fit and hung so loosely on the limbs
Of those who donned it, that it had to be drop
ped. The ridiculous display which was made
in the House Immediately after, and the prepos.
ferrous pretensions Of men, who either opposed
or sknlked from the support Of the most mate.
rial measures Of that adjustment in appropri
ating II as their thunder afforded matter for mirth
and ridicule.
Then did Senator FoorE, bafled in his pre-
liminary movement for the introduction OF him
selfand allies into the ranks of the recognizing
Democracy, fling his 6re-brand into the Senate
and fan the dying embers of sectional strife
anew. He knew that with him it was Me-
leagers fire. brand-when it burned out he died
80 he strcve with an energy and zeal worry
of a better cause, to prevent that consumma-
ton. While the Union stood, g like the poor
cat in the adage, letting | dare not wait upon
/ would = alike fearful to endorse or TO CON
denim this disturber, not alone of the harmony
of the party, but also of the public peace--we
exposed the true character of the unconventional
the motives of the mover Both fell, collapsed
and crushed under the exposure, for neither
could withstand the weight Of facts, nor the
unvarnished exhibition of the naked truth. A
finaity was made of Mr.. FooTE, and his resoln-
tions, before he left these fields :" for pastures
new" His efforts since to retain his notorety,
(for fame he never could attainD by pursuing at
home the same course which made him such a
nuisance here, prove his own consciousness of
his true position. We had hoped-and all true
lovers of peace and quiet had hoped-that this
galvanic process of reviving the carcass of the
compromise would not be renewed. But il has
been renewed, and most painful have been the
writings and contortions il has produced. The
Union Democrats have found it perfect god
snd, and the new Georgia platform is to be
based upon it. Hence the hysterical demonstra-
tons, the spasmodc patriotism, which have been
displayed with regard to it. Hence the absurd
efforts to make il a test of Democratic orthodoxy
on the part of men who have been elevated into
Office by Wing votes, against the opposing votes
Of an overwhelming majority of their former
Democratic friends. To this last hope, too,
might be seen clinging, like shipwrecked sailors
to floating spar, the two co-operators Of Mr..
FooTE in the Southern coalition. Dolefully
did the appeal come from the deserted Dowss'
DANGEROUSLY from the consistent CLEMENS.
Equally futile was the effort on the part Of both,
though the doctrines Of the Proclamation and
Force Bill, and the old federal construction Of
the Constitution, were called in To their aid: not
10 mention the endorsement Of those doctrines
by the ex.secretary Of Gen. JACKSON, who, in
imitation Of his great exemplar, has since appa-
rently recanted and abjured them. With oil
these aids and appliances, however, II was asccr-
TONED that nothing could be done in the Senate.
Then the bright thought struck the leaders Of
the Constitutional Union Wing Democratic
Staie-Righ,s-party Of Georgia 10 erect a new
platform on this basis, and make II also the Bal
tmore platform. The utter failure of that pro-
ject had scarcely been asccrtained when Gov.
CoBB, in hot haste, came on TO this field Of his
former labors, and concident was the apparition
Of this troubled phantom Of "inality in the
speech Of Dir CHAsTAIs. Since that ill.omened
day,
Loud aud ssriu,
As Gosshmck's ictisfle on the hill
have risen the sharp and querulou' voices Of
The pu0nacious pacifcators Of the Union party
in one incessant scold. Some have even resort
ed 10 more striking manifestations Of the pecu-
liar merits Of their plan Z" for harmonizing the
pary"-while others have brought back to
memory those good old times
When pulpit drum eccesisstic
Was beat with FIST, instead Of stick.
And what has been the result Of all these re.
peated efforts to revive dead issues, and rene v
past s,rife-to disturb the existing armistice and
carry out the aspiration, Let discord reign
everY" Nothing, save the conviction that these
compromisers at all hazards and to the last ex.
tremity are the real "apitators" on this ques.
ton, instead Of their opponents whom they
rsviled for being so, when "sgitation" had a
meaning, purpose, and an aim, beyond the
! hope Of spoils, or the dread Of exclusion from
party organization. Bot these Union Demo.
Gratis cannot even claim or exercise the poor
privilege Of enjoying monopoly Of this
humbug, for the especial friends Of the admins
tration swear most Justify that il is their prop.