The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-09-23

ID emocratic Progress and Wing Conservatism.
The Naiionai Inieiigsnesr good type OF the party
10 which it belongs lii OF the school OF dusty consey
asm which looks at every change from old things 10
new with dsirust, aud bams time itself for not stand
ing STILL Querulous. dgnfed, and dull, ii contents it,
self with peous meanings the past and ominous
apprehensons for the future. II there is word. after
that which il still innocen,ly believes 10 be red with the
blood OF host OF French revolulons-we the word
DEMocaAoY--it is PROGRESS. That word in the
eyes of the Inteigtnesr most fearful aspect, and those
who adopt as one Of the articles Of their faith
inconnenlly set down by that respectable newspaper
intensified Jacobins We find an article against demo-
cratic progress yesterdays Itgener, copied from the
Lynchburg Vrginian which is so characteristic Of the
real old time old fashioned conservatism, and OF thai
moss grown meaen. and diapda,ed structure called
federalism that we cannot avoid noticing ii especially
since has been approvingly forth by the organ Of
retrogression here--ihe IateltigeEcer:
IExTRAor No1l
If agitation progress; haze Kept al the dement's
of social political life PSiua state Of eIcitenenf
and discodtohare sncou aged The bIeeanerng spirit OF
class Of our citizens in It's awess designs against the
peace and prosperity of o;her mai ionswere promotion
Of the substantial welfare Of the country, then admit
claim of the ldemociacl parry would be ndspn-
table,"
The italics are the Inteiigenstrs The agitation on
the slave question began-where' Certainly not in the
democratic party; for il venerable contemporary will
brush the cobwebs from his memory, he will find that
the most constant, malignant and most fanatica
agators, years past have been the leaders who
surround GEN Scott. Their agitation has disturbed The
political and social elements than any that Las
been experienced in quarter OF a century.
When the madagascar charges the democratic party
with having encouraged Guaranteeing spirit against
other nations, reminded Of lis own constant ef-
forts and those whom il represents 10 excuse the bucca
neerng spirit of Great Britain! 1t is the settled policy Of
that 10 interfere in the domestic concerns OF
the American people; but never has the In,eifgeneer
the wing party resisted its petensons The vgilant
efforts made by The British government, TO prevent The
annexation OF Texas the United States are no less
historical than the indifference OF the teu,gsncer and
The wing press when these efforts become notorious.
That paper openly took ground against the American ef
fort Texas and gave its aid TO the insolen,
buccaneeng spirit OF Great Britain 1t is known that
England desired Texas the headquarters of abolition,
order successfully to operate against the instilu-
lions Of the United States. In view of the avowed and
notorious objects OF Eng land we knd the Intelligence,
almost daily calling upon the people OF this country to
20 against the annexation OF Texas We copy from il.
columns OF November, 1874
AFT IEng proposed and her slaves
Mexico her revoed colony in order max,
OF It the Of abolition operations against Lord Aber
deem had admitted frankly Mr.. Everett that he had
deayored to induce Mexico 10 the independ
of Texas condition OF its abo hing sa very
but that che would listen the proposal We have haa
the first OF ibis admission much Insisted il ows
then legally that the ast-especiay since
ercns have shown that Il Is Ii being tbus clear
England must the pretended design, have encou
the opposition and violated the rights OF Mexico, what was
appropriate course Obviously, undenaby, 10 SIDE
pih Mrieo against Le nigut0s sekems, and 10 pir
der hu lest England should get of un-
lawful enterprise"
Had the Iategeneer and Great Britain then succeeded
Texas would now be the grand theatre OF an organiza
lion against the United States and the rendezvous Tor all
the foreign and domestic foes of our institutions Blu,
The democratic party frustrated the design by triumphant,
concentrating the glorious so bitterly resisted
by both the wing leaders and the British statesmen
We reminded, by the auson of The Inteiiigeneer
to the bsccaneerng SPIRIT OF the sad issue Of the last
Cuban expednon-a movement voluntarily got up by
young and conducted By rash foreign counses 10
most tragic Ill advised as was that expedition
does the heignea mean, by its opposition to 'bucca
neeripg approye the in cold blood OF fifty
Americans BY the Spanish officials a, Havana, when an
saved their ves Does the Ineligenesr acqut the ad
minstraton of all blame for not trying to arrest that
monsous act OF barbarityl Can it deny that the consul
excused himself for his apparent indifference to the fate
Of our hapess counirymen by shielding himself behind
the instructions Of his government at home Can il
conirove the fact that the only aid these men received
from friendly foreigner, and that many persons OF
all nations, in Cuba, believed that the appeal of the
American consul delay would have been granted and
that delay would have been followed by mitgated
punishment
But wha, more OF democratic progress" is illus.
trsted by the Ineigneo's witnessl
IKxrpAcr NO. 81
What encouragement they 1.-THE democracy ever
given the sbors ofthe the miner the agr
culurs and the artisan What have they ever done TO
sustain these grand elementary interests OF the American
people against the psuper and labor coun
resl Nothing and than nothing For years they
warred with unrelenting hostility against every at
tempt OF the WING party foster and support them"
Ia the same colsmn in which the sentences lust quoted
are republished appears the following article from the
last number OF the leading wing Journal OF Pousville,
Schuylkl county, Pennsylvania great coal and iron
county:
"PENNsyLvANiA TRADE-The Miners Journal Of
Fotsve Of Saturday, says Of the coal trade and pros
poets Of winter supply
The demand for coal is as brisk MS ever but the mine.
cannot supply the coal There remain but and a hall