Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-04-10

my colleague Mr BoYD the need Of praise for his
y activity, zeal, and patriotism in regard to these
measures. s&tx NsAg4Et
The passage Of the Compromise was not the
Gloss of the contest Having passed Congress- the ssue
Of the statesmen yet TO pass in review before the
American people The President staked his political FAM
and the hope of his Administration upon that issue Aer
Congress adjourned and the people were called upsn TO
pass their Judgment the compromises Of 1862 what
action did each Of the Southern parties take apon the
question: We hear of the Union party and the State
Rights party This was but change Of namss sir. The
mass Of the Wings for sustaining the compromises
the mass o. the Democrats opposed to them Gov
Mcdonald vas sustained by the great baa Of the Demo
cracy proper; the Wings voted for Gov. Cobb The re-
presentatves from Mississippi admit that Qutmsn was
sustained BY the of the old Democracy while the
mass 2. .ns wing party sustained me Union
measures imagine, had they been left to the tender
mercies Of the Democrats of Mississippi other tenants
would occupy their places upon this floor The Southern
people know fall well that the Wings with singular
nimi, sustained the Compromise measures and every
where endorsed the action Of Congress in passing them
When they heard complaint Of the settlement,
who threatened to resist it, who talked of seces
sion, about dsunion, or who branded those who
tanned the Compromise submissonsts who carped
at and cavilled with the terms Of the adjustment and
tried to foment discomfort with the provisions Of those
laws, the chances thousand to such
was not Southern Wing. ss
have attempted to make party capital for cleo
pioneering purposes out of the history Of the
ferred to- have mot desired to appropriate party
great and noble effort of patriotism, which, by joint
exerOn and influence Of of all parties and
of oil sections snatched the Union from the very jaws Of
destruction and gave renewed hope Of the stability and
permanence Of that Government under which we have
been blessed with much of progress and prosperity
But when gentlemen this floor and out Of doors under
take to claim for the Democratic party the merit Of hav
ing either devised the compromises Of 1885, Of having
passed them by any peculiar influence Of their own and
Commend modesty and silence to the Southern Wings
upon the subject then say that the party Of the South
which tie most united the frmest, and the most
steadfast in support of the measures the Southern
Wing party They court comparisons but they shrink
from scrutiny Their political history will well
with the history Of any party known in the annals of
the republic. Their ranks exhibit bright and shining
examples Of devoted patriotism Of exalted talents of wise
satesmanshp, and Of characters which through ages will
form models for future imitation Their political prin
cples will successfully pass the examination Of history
whose province it is the philosophy of action and
to decide upon the good or evil in its tendency.
To add proper and fair facilities to commerce; to inn
prove the condition Of country to promote the
development Of its natural resources by wise and bene
fcent system Of legislation; to amelorate the condition
by increasing the comforts of the American people, to
nerve the of labor to encourage art to protect the
inventions Of genius to sustain the dignity Of
country at home, by securing to every his personal
and political rights; to perform scrupulously every
tonal obligation and to vindcate promptly every right
of our country abroad stand upon own, and
foreign ground to cherish and protect the nte
gritty Of the Un0n and to rown upon the very dawnng
Of any spirit which would lead to its Observation-Disclosures
sir constitute the principles, the philosophy and permit
me to say, the pride of the Southern Wing.