The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-28

Whigs-by members of their own party. Our
purpose is simply to indicate the relative
character of considerations with which the
future of the party is intimately associated.
secessioIlism Rearing its Front.
The following article, which we extract en-
tire from the Columbus (Ga.) Times, needs no
comment to point out its significance. The
editor, Mr.. FoRsYrH, has been too prominently
connected with former movements of the Sc
cessionists to speak lightly or without full
knowledge of the intentions Of those with whom
he acts; and his present article, therefore, may
| be regarded as a manifesto Of their determine
ton to profit to the utmost by their recent vic
tory:
eve are glad to see that two able correspon.
dents Of the Rome So,ttherner are maintaining by
argument the right of secession Democratic
| State Rights doctrine. We have felt the import
ance of directing attention to this subject. in order
that in the general prosperity which now fsvors
the Democratic party, it may not fail to hold fast
to its principles. State Rights is a mere 6gment
Of the brain, mere sounding brass, without the
fundamental principle OF secession. If the Fcde.
| raj Government s taught TO know that the rights
Of the sovereign States cannot be infringed with
impunity, these rights will never be assaied, and
thereis no reason why the American Union should
not last as long as time. But history has proved
| that the tendency Of our system is to provoke
| these assaults from the Federal Government nd
that in every issue the assailant has gained the
substantial victory. Adopting Napoleons tao
tics, the Federal Government, in its natural pro-
clivity to expand its powers, attacks and cuts up
its State antagonists in, detail. Backed by the
other States, who do not their imasdiaie
interest in the quarrel-although it may be the
turn of either of them next--the single State
is always crushed. The victory is won by va
rious appliances in the hands of the Federal
Government. They use the arguments of ter.
ror and of Fundamentally fash their bay
onets in the eyes of the timid, and shake their
high places and their gold in the faces of the am
bilious. The late victory Of the Union over the
Southern States was achieved by both these means.
No man at this day, who understands the history
of that inglorious surrender, doubts for a momen
that If Southern Senator's and Rspresentatiues had
stood firm to their dsty and loyalty to their States,
that the Compromise as it has passed would not
have been adopted. Everybody, whose eyes were
| opened, saw plainly how it was done. Did we not
see men like Foote. Clemens, Downs, Toombs,
and others, leading the of resistance and pitch.
ing their notes of eloquent opposition on the highest
key Of heroic patriotism; and then suddenly tum.
bling from their LOFTY positions, first into acquics-
cence, next into paation, and last into defence Of
the Compromised The pain fact was, that after
the Government had gained over God knows
how enough southern men to make 'assuranre
| doubly euro that the South would not resist, the
| screw was turned, the South made to succumb,
| and the Compromise and the compromises glorifed
| az the saviours Of the Union.
q In ms Of for 4 Il,
this maxim that we desire the great principle of
State defence against future aggressons we'll es
| tabiished and fully recognised by the Democratic
| party South. We ask no more than that Georgia
| shall stand faithful to her platform of 1850
Too weak for the then emergency, it is strong
| enough tor future ones. That platform recognises
the right of State interpositon for the defence of
State rights, and even specifics the times and cir
| cumstances, the occasions and contingencies, in
which the people of the State are pledged practi-
| cally, to exercise that right. But the monstrous
feature of the is, that portion of the builders
of that patfo are now industriously engaged in
| undermining 1t, and are sedulously building up q
party whose principles at war with it, and
will compel them againeto be eubmissonis!s when
the time arrives to put into execution it's solemn
declarations. This is the spirit of the Tugaloo
party, headed by 'Hoisey and Wo6ord,' and party
to which it ia believed Governor Cobb belongs be-
cause he ,cas with them, and has said and done
| nothing, publicly, to show that he is not with
them yet"
There can be no misapprehension as to the
tone or object of these remarks. They are an
having controlled the Southern Democracy
throughout the Presidential campaign, will
now be content with nothing less than the &C
acknowledgement OF ''the right Of secession" as
distinctive doctrine of the party. 1t is not al
legged that any reason exists for revivng the
irritating pretension save and except that the
Secessionists are resolved to take advantage of
their supposed influence over the President
elect to exclude from the Democratic fold
every man who recognises the maintenance of
the Union as paramount to all the obligations
of party. The heresy is set up as an essential
| article in the creed Of the successful Democ-
racy and those who refuse to bow before it-even
though they contributed to the recent result
are to be driven out as unfit to participate in
the approaching distribution of substantial re-
wards.
How, we ask, are the statements of the
Concord On. H.) Patriot to be reconciled with
the anathemas of the Columbus 1Imes2 How
is it possible to bring into official fellowship
Mr.. FoRsYTH and his friends-friends, too, of
Mr.. Southland those whom they arc at this
moment denouncing as traitors to the cherished
convictions of Southern Democrats?
The Columb bus Group.
1t has been proposed to erect in this city
piece of sculpture which has been styled the
Columbus Group, and for the purpose of carry
ing the design into effect the following citi-
zens of Washington and New York have been