The southern press., 1852-05-20

Senator from California called up some impress
sions to my mind, which feel it due TO lay be
fore the Senate and the country that they may
have the advantage Of them. They were, with
reference TO the policy, the propriety, and the
expedency of putting candidate before the
country at the approaching presidential election,
bound, and pledged, and sworn 10 maintain and
support inviolate what are called the great meas
ures of compromise and peace to the country
| Now, sir, ! wish TO say, and TO say il with the
best wishes for some folks, that il the Demo
cratic party, at the approaching Presidential
election, should undertake--and you know that
! the Democratic party DOW has good many
characteristic features aud elements in it that
may not be characterized as General Jackson
wanted to have his cabinet characterized as
unit and il is impossible il should be SO, and
perhaps il is not desirable that il should but
should they undertake TO put a candidate into
the field upon the compromise platform, they
will experience defeat, compared with which
| they had victory in l84S, unless the candidate
of the honorable Senator from North Carolina
| Mr.. MANGUM should suffer himself to be coaxed
into tie same trap. But if he should, and if
the Democratic party, forgetting the fororn sit
uation Of their Froesoil friends in the Northern
States, should undertake to lay dawn that plat
! form, and make adherence to the fugitive slave
law, and commendation and approval of the
compromise acts rs part OF their platform, IL
| ii should be put on and tackled on % the Balti-
more platform, the scattered panks Of the Buff
falo platform will be reunited, and there will be
a scene of confusion" unless they have the
sagacity TO coax General Scott OF TO the same
i platform.
A great deal of credit has been taken by some
gentlemen for having saved the Union. wish
to set history right on that subject. The truth
| is, that if the Union is safe-and some gentle
| men think there is some doubt about that now
lit was the Buffalo convention that saved it
and not the compromise acts. And why, sir ?
| Because the Buffalo convention, by the mani.
festation Of that rebelious spirit which the
Northern Democracy had against submitting to
the new platform, demonstrate to you, and de-
monslrate to those who welded, and would
WELD, if they could, the force and energy of this
governmentt to one direction, that it would not
be safe to 60 in that direction any further. That
is fixed fact They showed that, and they
showed by this rebellious demonstration that if
they put themselves in a very small minority,
they took their neighbors along with them, and
that made two minorties. That being fact OF
history, il is well, as the history is written, that
l
| in which the Democracy, zoe, can recover our
lost power, is to give up the idle pretence that
we must bring all our members up to swear to
the support of the finality Of the compromises
as part of our creed. The only way in which
it can be done, is to "let by cones be by-gones,"
and if we mean to endeavor successfully to re-
tain or regain power and place, we may as well
| understand it at once that the compromise, as
an efficient political measure, is just as dead as
the Buffalo convention. They must both be
content to lie together and their friends, if
they have friends, can go and weep together in
sympathy over them both, because you cannot
elect your candidate, it is settled fact that you
cannot do it, without the support of the Buffa.
10 Democrats. And these Buffalo convention
Democrats have screwed their consciences up
to the last extremity, when they consent to
stand by the old Baltimore platform They do
not feel comfortable there; but for the sake Of
party, and Of regaining power, and place, and
plunder, they will go there, although they do
not feel very comfortable They will go Their,
and stond on the Baltimore platform, if you will
let it be Baltimore and nothing else. But the
moment you undertake to tie one fugitive slave
to one Of its up rights; the moment you under.
i take TO make n single endorsement Of one Of
these measures as q necessary certificate of Quil
ifcation, you will drive the whole of them off
Is it not best, therefore, to take counsel and
: learn wisdom from experience! We have q
resolution lying on the tabe--if it is not now
), under the table--proposing the Endorsement Of
the Senate 10 these measures. Possibly that
may be enough. lf il lies there, il will do no
harm bat the moment you undertake 10 take
r il from the table, and resuscitate and reanimate
il and make it party political platform, tha,
, very moment the friends Of that measure will
look to the Presidency through that cnchant-
I ment which distance gives 10 the view-a dis
lance four years long. Now, as we consider,
and conceive, and admit, that il Is highly i'm
portant that there should be honest, upright,
right thinking men in otlice-and this is no i'm.
] peichment Of a mans patriotism--as that is one
3. Of the first things TO be sought after and looked
to- and cared for il seems TO me that the part
Of wisdom requires that, in laying out our plat.
form and building IL up and selecting candi
j dates the first object should be TO obtain votes
!. You cannot get your candidate elected without
f them aud il appears 10 be admitted now rs 4
fact, that you cannot have both votes and plat
forms. Take your old platform ard elect your
man.
e A SESAToR Touch lightly on that
+ Mr.. HALE. Ny friend says, touch lightly
/, on that
Now for General Scott. | have nothing tc
say against General Scott. | think if he Is
: nominated as he stands, he will make pretty
3 fair race; but General Scotland every person
. knows it, who knows anything about that gen
tleman-is much better nj fighting battles, thar
at writing letters; and hope bis friends vii
= impress that fact very strongly on him, " he j.
"A nominated. Besides, the Democratic convention
h will meet FIRST, and il they commit fatal errors
:, you will have The benefit Of experience, and car
avoid them. But if General Scott, in an au
L tloritatve manner, undertakes TO pot himself OF
that PLATFORM the defeat that he will experienc,
will be more overwhelming and severe than AM
he inflicted on any Of the Mexican generals will
whom he came in contact ! do not believe hi
chance is very good at the best not more thar
middling. To be sure, he has good deal 0
military renowu which may help him along
n but give him everything-give him all his presiig
? be is tall without his feather; hut put that OF
him, and his chance is not great; and il, will
o all that, he undertakes to step on this platform
!, that moment he seals his defeat it will be hope