The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-07-29
The RMlImne

The question TO Be decided il the ap.
preaching election, in our judgment, involves
nothing less than the perpstuity Of the Un-l
ion. The wing party has at length reached
such condition that its overthrow Is neces-
sary for the preservation Of the confederacy
against the worst foe that can menace it
The nomination Of Gen. Scott is the triumph
Of the abolition element Of that party which
has long been struggling for the mastery
Il stands out before the world as the evil
dence of that result, aud proves to all who
have eyes to see that the wing party is now
powerless, except for mischief, and that 1t
can no longer do anything to uphold our IN
situations, since its organization has passed
into the hands Of men who repudiate all con-
stitutional restraints, aud acknowledge only
the principles Of an incendiary faction. The
nomination Of Gen. Scott proclaims that the
portion of the wing party which stood by the
Union in the late pcrilous struggle, and aid
ed the democracy in resisting the tide Of alb
clifton aggression, has been beaten down and
made menials of-hewers of wood and draw
crs of water in the wing ranks-and that the
democratic party alone stands between the
Union and it's enemies.
Under such circumstances, the election Of
Gen. Scott, especially if he should receive
any considerable southern vote, would be ia
tai. Gen. Pierce is of that northern demOc-
racy, whose liberal and enlarged patriotism
embracing the Union, has kept in check
the spirit of sectionalism, and insisted on
obedience to the constitution. Such men
have thus far impaired to the democratic or
ganizatiOn a national character, with its
bonds reaching across the dividing line, and
uniting and binding together the two great
divisions Of the cOnfederacy. But for such
men the democratic party could not have
been the national party that it is. The
wing party on the other hand, is mere ex-
aggeration of factions united in opposition
to great national organization by COM
mon thirst for Office, and common determi-
nation to stretch the powers Of the govern
ment to the uttermost to subserve theirinter-
est and promote their aggrandizcment.-
Such men as Franklin Pierce enabled the
democratic party to maintain its integrity and
its nationality of Organization, which aHcOrds
with its national principles by resisting the
spirit of fanaticism; and of course they have
been the subjects of the ceaseless assaults of
the wing and abolition forces. We have now
arrived at the decisive moment of the pro-
tracted struggle Should General Pierce be
beaten, the northern wing of the democratic
party will be overthrow and if that result
is accompanied by a strong vote for General
Scott in the South, the danger would be i'm
minent of state of things in the democratic
party which would make it as powerless a
gaist fanaticism as the adverse organization
is now. 1.-THE southern States should so far
forget their interests as to support General
Scott, who comes before them at the head of
the abolition wing of the wing party, and
thereby act in concert with VIM. H. Seward,
and aid in Frustrating those northern demo-
Gratis, led on by franklin Pierce, who have
hitherto adhered to the constitution, and
maintained the rights guaranteed to the
southern States by that instrument they
could not expect hereafter to find many friends
and allies in the North. If, under the pres
ent state of things, southern men will rally
round General Scott in despite of the auspi-
ces under which be is presented, and will
turn their backs on Franklin Pierce, heed
less of his patriotic and national position, the
democratic party must become as thorough
ly sectionalizcd as the whig party is now, and
collision between the North and the
South will be inevitable. The election of
man to the presidency holding the position
which Gen. Scott occupies would, under any
circumstances, be perilous to the Union but
when such an election shall be accomplished
by the defeat of candidate who stands in
the position of Franklin Pierce, we may
know that some violent change in our insti-
buttons is at hand Washington Union.