The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-05-24
Democratic Harmony.

rs! Deinocfauc harmony, We nave SAID
il and We mean just exactly what we say.
the greatest and mos, importaht era,
II the history Of the Democracy Of Mississippi
hasjust t'~unspired-we refer 10 tie Convention
which, on Monday the %. instant, assembled
in the Capital II was m event ffuught with
interest, for since last they had thus met, the
party had passed through stirring scenes which
while they were enacting, enlisted the most
zeal Of the adherents Of adverse
opinions, 70 some extent, a division did exist
but the exciting canvass Of 1851 came 10 a
close, the people expressed their feelings and
opinions through the ballot box-the dividing
question was decided, and those differing in
found all for which each had contend
ed, decided by a tribunal from which there
was no appeal, and from which they had no
desire 10 carry the case for further hearing
but the differences on which they bad split
being over, all difficulty was not over. Much
i'll feeling had been engendered, as quarrels
among relations or members Of the same house
hould, always exceed all Others, in virulence
and determined fierceness. Time passes on,
the doctrine of forgive and forget began to be
preached and was favorably listened to, by
hearers anxious to profit by suggestions for
their general State Congress or Convention was
agreed upon, and all determined rs the time
approached that there had been division and
pickering enough, and that old issues being
really dead, the feelings those issues had caus-
ed to spring up, should mutually be sacrificed,
and all met once more as brothers, within
whose common household discord had never
found an entrance. Well the Ides of Nav
came and near five hundred delegates, from
all parts Of the State were gathered together
in Jackson; the largest Convention which had
ever assembled in the State. All shades of
differences, two years since existing, had men
here, their true representatives. And now we
would ask with calmness and sobeness, if il
could possibly be expected, that from so large
an assembly, met under such circumstances, no
matter how determined to preserve peace and
quiet-is II even possible we say, that no sing
lie murmer Of dissatisfaction be expresseds
Certainly, ifsuch a state of things had trans
PRED, w would have been constrained to say
of the members, composing the Convention, as
Sir Walter Scott, said Of Fox and Pit:
"With more than mortal powers endorsed
How high they scared above the crowd.r
And yet the truth is, there existed peace and
harmony beyond all expectations, beyond what
democrats did expect and beyond what wings
most fondly hoped. Two solitary instances Of
dissatisfaction are all that the prying eye Of anx
icusly on the lookout for a breach in the ranks
can possibly descry. Col. Reuben Davis, and
Mr.. Kinyon-these two gentlemen were not
altogether satisfied and quietly withdrew from
the Convention two cases of dissatisfaction
among five hundred delegates! And yet this
is sneeringly called Democratic Harmony Ye
Gods and little fishes, what a state of things
for an enemy to crow over! Let us no~ fol-
low the action Of the Convention further. after
the adoption Of appropriate resolutions the
nominations were made and when this bust
ness was over the Convention by reclamation
decided thatthey had been a-aanimously made.
truly and with enthusiasm do we say and re-
peat, this Is Democratic Harmony, glorious old
harmony of the right stripe, which presages
victory as sure as November comes-poor OBJ
scufe whiggery may affect to talk and sheer.
but it will not do, as has been remarked the
good old Democratic ship has moved from
her mooring,' nor can all the opposition which
can be brought to bear, cause her to lower n
single sail, take down a sinnle pennant, until
with shoutings and rejoicings, with warning
banners and flowing sails, she maiestically
giiSss into the calm. secure, unrufled harbor.
Of eomplete, sweeping and permanent triumph:
"Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr
blows,
While proudly riding DER the azure realm.
In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes;
Regardless of the muttring whirlwinds
sway,
That hushed in grim repose, would like his
evening pray.n
(These last two lines are expressive Of the
condition and wants Of the wing party on this
auspicious morn)
But the most loughable part Of wing oppo
sition is their dissatisfaction with The nom;na
ton Of Meliea for Gov, this say they was a
trick, q scheme for a fnsarita ..nat, asall 49,.