The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-03-16
Southern Rights Whigs

Nhigs take IN the present nosltlon V'
parties! This enquiry is admirably
answered, we. think, in letter OF Gen,
J, I. Bradford, formerly The whig can
didate Cor Congress in the Talladegs
District, explanatory of ''ihe true rea-
sous which compel him and other wings
to act hereafter with the Democratic
party" He says;
find part of those trWe reasons forcibly
stated by johnson J. Hooper. ESQ, OF the
Chambers Tribune, in a late number of his
paper. to wit The whig party at the
South as party, is as dead as a macke rel
BY the Presidential election it will be diili.
cult 10 find individual specimens of that
specie OF politicians. -r .Hs.t.g
The reason of this distinction is obvious.
The general rule of wing affinity at the
North IN Aboitlonward. /! he exceptions
are barely sufficient 20 establish the rule
We do not know why this is so but the
fact is as apparent as the face OF the heavens
southern men therefore cannot longer act
with the National wing party, We in the
South never had any Immediate interest in
the establishment OF the protective system
but ting in good faith to our Northern al.
lies. the Southern Wing party tied itself to
an unpopular issue, and fell with IT, The
return which we have received for this, is a
general alliance o. Northern whiggery with
aboliuonism, or much the same thing
freesoiIism, .# .............
The Northern Democracy as general
rule, are sound on the slavery question. 1t
must be confessed that the democratic rule
of constitutional construction favor the south
and although this is a bitle confession Of our
wing pride, truth, candor, and manliness
all compei its utterance "
Now honestly believe with Mr. Hooper
that 1.-THE general rule Of toltig affinity North
is A6otttaoatcarcL' and that 1.-THE Democratic
rule Of constitutional construction fayors the
South" t''H" H"|'t-
As Southern whig acting in good faith
to our Northern allies, sustain the nen
aud measures of The whig party from s36,
until was convinced that mos. of the whig
fedterS were FederaIlsls at heart, and that
there was (as Mr.. Hooper says) general
alliance of Northern whiggery with aboli-
Iionism, or much the same thing, Freesol.
| ism. This conviction became fixed in INV
/ mind by the events which occurred before
OF during the session of Congress which
commenced on the first Monday in Decem.
ber, 1919. Nothing has occurred since to
shake my conviction, but much confirm il.
Events now going on in Alabama Georgia,
aud Mississippi, clearly proves that the sa.
gacious whig leaders III those States know
and feel that the principles OF whiggery q.
expounded anil enforced ppon the SoVtterh
sctig party by the Northern Fedora whis
leaders. do Tend to consolidation, and are 50
odious that they have killed the wing party
in these three States, las dead as mach, 9.
REL" Where Is the tcjtig pdrty Of Alaba.
ma TO day? What has become of it We
find most OF its remains Iateiy collected IA a
Convention al Montgomery. :epudiating ITS
old whig name aud trying to regain vitailty
by taking the new name ol Onion party,
presided over by 40 Nlcks, Esq, Cpho IS
ever boasting OF his De,nocacy) refusing to
go into the National Convention OF eilher
the Wing party or Democratic party, aud
nominating nlne Electors. majority of
whom are Democrats by profession.
On the other hand, we find the Delnocra.
tic party, neither ashamed OF conduct OF
principles. coming in its ancient name, IN
the same light of heaven, building up The
tiae-houored ii Republican doctrines Of Jeiier
son and Madison, as embodied in the Vir
glma aud Kenluckey resolutions and the
Report OF Madison, OF 1898 and 1919. and
rummonng the trlends Of those doctrines
both from the whg ranks aud the democra.
TIC ranks to the maintenance Of those doc.
lnne- against the horers OF Federalism.
conso daGon and II r-e-sollism, under what
ever name new or od The may assume
= Thr people oi Alabama at tins late eIec.
Ion, decided tina, although the Soath was
greatly wronged by the mseaiIed compro.
mise OF the last Congress, yet ii was better
to aquesce ~ Il as final end of any further
agitation OF the Slavery question than 10
make luuher resistance, and thereby endan-
ger the Union. The Southern Rights men
being States Rights men. and believing that
tue people Of Alabama have the exclusive
right as sovereign people to decide for them
selves. are willing TO acquiesce ia the dcci-
sion Of their own STATE.
And having tbasacquiesced. the Southern
Rights men owe il as duty to the souh.
aud the constitution 70 array themselves ON
the SIDE OF those who arc the best iriends of
the South and its rights and the true panc.
pies OF the constitution, Entertaining these
views, l am u the strict construction or
democratic party, las a mad in q sure
place. trdt Ft-s4f
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