Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1852-11-20
From the Albany Atlas.
A Timely Reflection.

! When the democrats of Concord waited upor
General Pierce to cheer him with the news of III,
party successes in Ohio and Pennsylvania, he adj
dressed them in a speech distinguished by that
good taste and manliness which seem impressed
on all he says, There is one passage, which we
reproduce now, as suitable TO this moment Of
greater and final triumph 1t is the language Of
the President elect to party triumphant in near
ly every State in the Union;
"He had calmly awlitcd the progress of events,
and should continue to do So conscious that how
ever the result might affect individuals, his intel
| hgent eountrymen were abundantly competent to
take care Of their own interests under the gui-
dance Of that Power to which he wished we could
all habitualy look with more humility and faith.
lie trusted that his friends would not forget that,
WITH HIGH-roNED AND HONORABLE MEN THE HOUR
OF TRIUMPH WAS ALWAYS THE HOUR oE MAG
NANIMITY. 1t is not to be overlooked that there
are around us many with whom we are in daily
intercourse at this moment moved by feelings
exactly opposite of those which called out the as
semblage before him. and his friends could well
afford to allow that circumstance to detract some
what from their generous joy"
There have been some painful features in the
conduct Of our political opponents, and especially
IN their modes Of conducting a political contro-
versy; but they are not all TO blame for this
We must recollect that the whig gparty has acted
under eonstraint from the beginning A major
iy of its representatives in National Convention,
and still larger majority Of its members, were
opposed to in the nomination Of the "ayailabe"
candidate who was run. It,was not until after
fifty balotings that the consent of the convention
was extorted from it, and then only on the most
solemn pledge and assurance that success was to
follow the experiment. New York was pledged
for 10000 majority for Scott and twice that ma
jority against Fillmore, should the latter instead
of the former be nominated.
These men who gave these assurances undertook
in their own reckless way to fulfil them; and the
gross personal calumnies upon Pierce, the Catho-
lie and antCathoiic appeals, and the other repre-
hensible devices Of the campaign, come from that
source. The wing party is not responsible for
them.
Parties are essential to republics, and the SUI
oerylslon of each over the other is a wholesome
check and restraint againt abuse Were it not
hat Gen. Pierce is sound in heart and head edu- |
'ated IN the school Of democracy and fearless 10
indicate its truths, we might regret that the OPP
position party has been thus swept away. But |
$ perhaps better that with the commencement of
| new era there should be something like disso-
ution of the whig party
A new class Of political questions will rise with
he coming events President Pierce will use his
,rerogative to overturn the projects and crush the
combinations which have Of late years mastered |
congress. In defending the national rights |
broad, and protecting the treasury, the national
omain, and the people themselves, from internal
oes, he will call to his side true patriots and true
epubcans; while selfish interests will combine
a party Of opposition.
Let us congratulate each other, then that the
ew era Of democracy, which. like that of Jefler-
IN, is destined to prolonged rule will open an
ther era Of good feeling and that our chief, like
nat ilIustrious man, can point to all the citizens
the common country as all democrats, all
higs, all republicans.