The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-07-08
Party nh nntinn.

That some Of those southern wings who
had pledged their fortunes and aacred
honor" to Mr. Fillmore, and Who had talk
ed elOquently Of the s.desp damnation Of his
taking Off"-that soma Of these we say,
should have acquiesoed ID the nomination
Of Gen. Scott, surprises no Ole a an Obser-
want Of the dOmineering despotism Of party
spirit. But when 10 addition 10 this, We see
these plant partizans not only simulate a
hollow-hearted devotion to what they hope
to be the ''rising sun" but actually parade
and re-echo the rude shouts Of triumph
which the northern Scott papers have raised
over the political graves Of Fillmore and
Webster, why then we have lesson of pub
lie prostitution rarely if ever exhibited
Whatever may be the available promise of
SCOTS nomination, and however loud and
long the exultant response of such journals
as the Times, Tribune and Evening Journal
of New York and the northern whig press
generally, we should think that their trum-
pet tones of triumph would fall upon the
car of southern friend of Fillmore as a
funeral dirge, reminding them that they
were the insulEed and vanquished clansmen
of an inundated chief, and that their place
at the triumphant car of Scott, was that of
disconsolate mourners and trophied victims,
upon whom had fallen at one blow, the
doom of political orphanage, as well as the
decree Of political degradation. With all
the affected enthusiasm and joy, of such, the
public will understand that while the jubi-
liant strains of LAUDAMUs proceed from the
lips, their hearts can respond only to the
sorrowful numbers of the MIsERERE -
Philosophy teaches submission to unavoida-
bic fate; surely, however, nothing but party
could dictate that sublimation of hypocrisy,
which to hide sorrow would laugh at bu-
rial, and to conceal conscious defeat, would
respond to the triumphant shouts of the VIC
torious oppressor. This is just what those
southern wings do who parade the glowing
responses of northern whig papers at the
nomination of Scott.
eff thine enemy smite thee on one cheek,
turn unto him the other" is the divine but
difficult injunction of the Sermon on the
Moun2 NJ, ,vLotov,o~ olso IS J;,o,oJ;k -
taches to these southern advocates of Gen
Scott, they are entitled to the proud distinc-
ton of having exceeded even the fulfllment
of the humiliating command, and if there is
therefore any such thing as "works of SUPERB
rogation," they are at least doing a produc-
tive-ifn not consistent and patriotic bust
ness. Not content with meekly enduring
the triumphant scorn and contempt of their
northern victors, who in the nomination of
Scott, have heaped insult upon injury, they
kiss the hand that smites them, and exult-
sntly flourish the wound as mark of honor
They asked "bread' and their northern OPP
pressors gave them "stone," which they not
only meekly receive, but endeavor to swallow.
They asked ":fsh' and upon receiving a
"serpenF' embrace the poisonous gift. Pha-
roah of old appointed taskmasters over, and
increased the burdens of the children of Is
rael, because they 'cried-saying, Let us go
and worship our God" just as these south
ern wings we speak of have been insulted
and oyerborne by Seward, because they
worshipped at the shrine of their favorite
idol, Willard Fillmore The latter however
unlike the former, instead of remonstrance.
glory in their shame instead of resistance,
they hug the chain that binds them, and dis
play their very letters as insignia of honor
Submission to this party vassalage and degra
dation is bad enough; but joy over it ant
glory in it, as false and hypOcritical as tits
marks degree of sordid and subServien
ignominy which beggars language, and fnd
only in itself its parallel.