Richmond semi-weekly times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 184?-1853, 1852-04-27

When the Democrats of Massachusetts united
in political brotherhood with the FreesoilerS Of
Massachusetts, there was, in truth, nothing that
ought to have excited suspicion. But now we
have to announce to our readers a contemplated
coalition between EXTREMIST coalition that is
well calculated to rouse astonishment in every
mind that is not prepared for political and party
combinations of the most extraordinary and con-
Trajectory character. From the Daily Georgian
we learn that there on foot negotiations, the
objects of which said to be the fusion into one
mass of the Union party of Georgia and the Dis
union party of South Carolina Between the
adherents of Howell Cobb and the adherents of
Rhett Colcott q Co. When the latter fraternity
leagued in Congress with Giddings and his coad-
TUTORS, no man experienced an emotion of sur
prise-for common object, enmity to the Com
promise and to the Union, bound them together.
But here are men striving to accomplish contrary
aims-about to mingle like kindred streams into
one. The ruling desire of the Georgia Union
politicians the parties of the one part, has been
and still is protested to be preservation of the
Measures OF the Compromise; whereas the rul-
ing passion of the South Carolina politicians, the
parties of the other part has been and still is to
discredit and finally overturn those measures of
paciication. Mr.. Cobb, the head and front of
the first party, expects to consolidate and render
perpetual the Union of the States by the line of
policy that he has marked out; whereas, Barn
we'll Rhett entertains the hope that by overturn-
ing the Compromise, he can overturn the Union.
The Constitution and the Compromise, in short,
are regarded by both by the friends and tho enc
mics of the Union of these States, as shipped on
| the same bottom. Yet, with these antagonistic
antecedents and present disagreements, these po-
litical antipodes are about to form junction.
The convention in South Carolina is deliberat-
ing upon the subject of withdrawing the delega-
ton of the State from Congress as preparatory to
dasunaon,-a convention is assembled at Milledge-
vile to devise measures for preserving the Union
which the others wish to overthrow. These are
the elements out of which the third party is to be
composed.
We have exhausted conjecture and are now at
stand; for there appears to be no bond of fra
ternity. A community of interests naturally
enough begets partnership among men, but we
have never known, until now this result to spring
from antagonsm of interests. The Union Con-
great parties of the country be unsound in re-
spect to the Compromise, and that the National
Convention of each will nominate men of doubt
full fidelity to it. But this is mere prophecy
We hope for better things. We, at all
events, prefer to wait until the Wing Nation
| al Convention SHALL act before we sit in judg-
| ment on its acts. We ale unwilling to de-
clare the features and complexion of the infant
until after its birth. At all events our fidelity to
the Compromise is not of that nature as to induce
us to fly to the embraces of its enemies What
care you, reader, whether that enmity comes
from the North Or from the South Its bite is
equally deadly, whether the serpent lay coiled
in the atitue of Massachusetts, or in the latitude
of South Carolina.
But a word to Mr. Cobb, that impersonation of
the Compromise and the Union, and who is now
about-in farmers phrase-to join teams with the
traitor Rhett. We have not forgotten, and we
trust our readers have not forgotten, speech that
Howell Cobb recently made in the city of New
York. He then declared the Compromise to be
a Democratic measure, and the sentiment, accord
ing to the report of the New York Herald, was
received with loud applause Why this sudden
change in the affiliations of that gentleman .
Why, if he told the truth in New York and ut
tered the genuine sentiments of his heart has he
determined to withdraw himself from his Demo-
cratic associates, whose measure he told us the
Compromise was, and cooperate with the disu-
nionists of South Carolina, whose measure the
Compromise certainly was not! Is it because
the Democratic party have since shown that they
&c
What new developments have the Democracy
made? Has the action of'the Democratic Con-
vent,on Of Varginia unsettled his faith?