The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-15
TrIangulAr.

Tic. Menaced on one side by the wrath of the
Southern men, and on tho other by the threats
of that Representative man" GRUND, the Union
escapes in ga gust of enthusiasm" Itsays:
AS an evidence of the way in which the Re
public tries to evade the real issues involved in
the present campaign, the following article from
that paper Of yesterday may be quoted az All
illustration:
We published last week letter from Mr.. John
Forsyth, Of Georgia, to the editor of the Southern
Press, in which there was a very significant,
| averment, to which we desire to call the especial
attention of the Washington Union.
"Mr. Forsyth says MIR. Soule and those who
| act with him do not wish to rule, much less to
ruin They earnestly desire the success Of the
| Pierce ticket, as they should, FOR THEY ARE THE
| AUTHORS OF IT.
'sAs for us-and speak for Southern Rights
| Democrats-we shall not be easily driven from
the support Of the ticket Of our CREATION and
CHOICE. Nothing can drive us off short OF the
discovery that the insane policy of General Cass
is to be triumphant in its counsels, and that
Franklin Pierce is that sort of union man that
| bas es the hopes Of the perpetuity of the Union
upon the ruins of the rights, Independence. and
sovereignty of the States.
"By the .nsane policy of General Cass we sup
pose Mr.. Forsyth alludes to the part he has taken
| In regard to the compromise.
| "This is a matter very great interest. Was
| Mr.. Pierce the CREATION and CHOICE Of Mr..
Soule and his friends, the ire-eaters Were Mr..
| John Forsyth and his associates the AUTHORS OF
that nomination 1t looks very much as if this
were the case Virginia led off for Mr.. Pierce in
| the convention. She was Immediately followed
| by three or four Southern States before general
| stampede at the North for Mr.. Pierce.
awe perceive that the well-informed correspon-
dent of the Baltimore Sun doubts the averment
of Mr. Forsyth. Will the Union enighten us
Will the Southern Press' We qdote from X, Of the
| Sun:
| "The Democratic caucus to be held tonight
will, in all probability, decide the matter of the
| public printing. doubt much whether any provi-
sion will be made for Mr.. Forsyth, as editor
| of the Union, although he claims that the South
ern ultras, with Mr.. Soue at their head, have
nominated General Pierce or, to use the words
Of the man, that General Pierce is the creation of
the State-righls men.
"Just let the central organ Of the Democratic
party in Washington endorse such Il statement,
and the preur ehevaiicrs that have started General
Pierce will have to elect him, toO-all solitary and
alone. No white man in the North is to be driven.
1t is one thing to catch the hungry politicians,
lhirsting after public plumber, and another to
catch the people. Public opinion in the North is
made upwards, not downwards, as in the South
ern States.
Snow, we want the sUnion' to admit or deny
this averment. Ia it or not consistent with the
Unions information in the premises--this state
ment of Mr.. Forsyth to the AUTHORSHIP of
Mr.. Pierce?!
Now, to ask questions in a controversy ia
always the last resort of desperate politicians.
We are rot indisposed to humor our testy
neghbor of the Republic, but noe hardly conceive
that The case ,ohich ii puts 10 as is in the least
matter of consideration. We rejoice that Mr..
Soule and Mr.. Forsyth, and all true State-rights
DemocrD4 Of the South, as well az all true
Uuion Democrats of the South, cordially sup.
port Franklin Pierce for President We are re-
| ioiced, no less, that the whole Democratic party
| of the North are for franklin Pierce.
| Why are they 40. however? 1t is because
the nomination Of Franklin Pierce is the "crea.
tom of no particular man and no particular SCI
of men. He was nominated in one resistess
gush of enthusiasm. He was the olive branch
| to discOrdant and almost u divided convention
lie was carried into the high position he now
occupies not by one set of hands, nor dozen
but upon the broad and massive shoulders of q
Democracy united upon man to give those
principles glorious triumph. This was the
simple secret of his nomination.
The following letter from Mr.. FoRsYTH
appears in yesterdays Union. The Union pre-
faces this letter with the following remarks
Mr.. FoRsYTH's expressions were evidently moi
"ungus,ded" but expressed his deliberate convic
tons which are reiterated in this letter.
BY the way, why did not, or does not the
Union publish Mr.. FoRsYTH's first letter, as ar
act of Justice to all concerned 1t has repub.
lished GRUsD's in response to it, under the
cover of quotation from the Republic:
"We publish with pleasure the following let.
ter, in reply to the Republic, from Mr.. Forsyth,
of the Columbus (Ga.) Times. Our neighbors
of the Republic, who have made SO much use
of some unguarded expressions of MIR. Forsyth
will doubtless now set the matter right in their
columns by copying Mr.. Forsyth's letter"
To The Editor Of the Union
Your vivacious neghbor of the Republic has
discovered veritable mares nest in paragraph
from my pen, which was, and was intended to
be, no more than a strong expression of the en-
tire satisfaction of the Southern Democracy with
the nomination of General Pierce. presume
| it will not be denied rs historical fact, that
after the friends of the prominent candidates
had found it was not possible to nominate either
of these distinguished gentlemen, the Virginia
delegation led off in the nomination of General
Pierce, which resulted 30 happily in the restora-
ton of harmony and unanimity in the conven.
ton. was, therefore, justified by the strict
facts of the case when declared that the nomi
nee of the convention was the "creation and
choice" Of the Southern Democrats. But I'm
at a loss to perceive by what rules Of logic OF
philosophy the Republic can sustain the infer.
ence which it is laboring at-that the nomna
ton was therefore unsatisfactory to Any other
section of the country or party. Virginia
brought General Pierce forward, and the dele
gates from every other State Immediately EN-.
braced him as the man for the crisis and this
was the prelude to scene of enthusiasm with.
out a parallel in political conventions, and
J which struck terror into every Wing bosom. 1t
} is an attempt to extract sunbeams from cucum
} bers to create prejudice and heartburnngs out
of this expression between the different sections
Of the Democratic party All true Democrats
rejoice in the nomination Of General Pierce
because he is a republican after the strictes
! | rules of the JefferaOnian standard and because