Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-04-24
E.nality cf The F;nali.y.

Seldom has vote occurred in Congress, and
never majority vote thar SO completely confoun-
ded its elements the vote of acquiescence in
the Compromise last Monday.
In the first pacesthe Southern Wings have been
almost completely severed from a majority of
their parry, the Northern Wings And, as this
question has been made by them distinctly party
question, and even an Administration one, We CON
slider the sectional division of that party fixed
fnaty. The Southern Wings win be compelled
to organize as separate parry, or TO unite with
Others in the South as distinct party. We real
ly think the treatment of the Southern Wings by
the Northern as very cruel. But We told them SO
long ago and they would no. believe.
"Here ye wise saints behold your lord, your star
Ye would be dupes and victims, and ye are.''
But we behold Immediately on the heels of this
disastrous desertion, the same wavering of the
border States that occurred on the Compromise
Mr.. Ward, of Kentucky. delivered yesterday in
the House speech in favor of Gen Scott, and
we understood Whig of Tennessee is prepared
to do the same thing. So Mr.. Stanley is out
Yesterday morning in the Washington Republic
wi h letter in defence and support of General
Scott. This comes very promptly after the deser-
ton of the Compromise, and shows an alacrily in
sinking diving that illustrates the extraordinary
discipline of submission tactics Mr. Clingman,
of the House, and Mr. Morton, of the Senate,
have displayed more political sagacity than any
two wings in Cagress. They beheld from afar
the result of Northern whig policy and declined
keeping it company. Messrs. Toombs, Dawson,
Stephens we suppose. saw at the commencement
of the present Congress the catastrophe which has
now occurred though it is possible that they did
not expect it to be SO fragrant. They have been
standing aloof Messrs. Marshall Of Kentucky,
Gentry, of Tennessee, Cabell, of Florida and
others, have evidently been apprehensise of the
denouement
The fate of the Democratic party does not ap-
pear to be much better The editor of the Union
under ook to organize it on the basis of acquies-
cence in the Compromise. He has asserted about
forty times this session, that the Democratic party
was, with few trifing exceptions, united on the
subject. Well, the vote is at length taken, and
the result is that it rs divided into three prongs
GA for the fnality 90 Northern Democrats oppo-
sed to it, because too favorable to the South II
Southern Democrats, because too favorable to the
North and 80 Democrats taken with bad colds,
coughs, ashmas. rheumatisms, and n, u al las
No one half of the Democratic members voting
in favor of this grand hobby Of the organ-that
aspires to be.
| The defeat of the Administration is most signal
Notwithstanding the extraordinary performances
of the cabinet Caravan last season in New York
there were but eleven Northern wings out of 81
that appeared in it's supper land of this only
FIVE from the mighty State of New York, and
none from Ohio
The predecessor of the present editor of the
Union frequently told us that the rights OF The
South depended on the Democracy of the North
Now here Is vote of thirty-six Northern Dem
ocrats only in favor of the Compromise, and thir
ty against it.
All this looks very much IKE the end Of ole
parties and old organs. We would not be surpriz
ed if the Union and Republic were now to pusl
their coalition forces to obtain the peblic print
ing in order to save themselves in the genera
wreck
1t is now demonstrated, as well as anything
can be shown by evidence, that neither party il
united on the Compromise, and it is even doubt
fu from the vote that has been taken, and from
the missing, whether coalition of the compro
misers of both parties could succeed. As party
movement on each side the failure is total, as {
coalition, its failure is rather probable, besides IN
volving renewed and aggravated agitation.
Souttern Press.
The Union and the Republic are both making
themselves ridiculous by wiangling over the final
ity vote in the House. Each claims the peculia
merit of that procedure for its own particular
friends While the Union insists that this Com
promise measure, although not passed original,
BY an exclusive party yote, is yet Democratic Il