The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-23
TIC CoInproanise DelnocEars and
the Compromise Measures.


The true Union Democracy has been
discouraged, and is best men cut down.
The same general policy, which hes favor
"a the Van Buren, freesoil faction sc the
North, has favored the secession faction of
the South, to.the neglect Of the true and
tried men who stood By the Democratic
party and the Union IN I848 That is a
fact which will stare Congress in the face,
and appeal to ii to save the Democracy from
the stain which IS making i an object Of
popular contempt 2
The policy adopted By Gen. Pierce on
his. accession to power. was to coneiIiate the
disafected wings Of the democratic party,
namely. the freesoilers in The North. and
the seeessionists in the South. He seems
to have regarded the conservative and com
promise centre as belonging necessarily to
his administration, and standing in no need
of Executive fayors and encouragement In
the execution Of this policy. he selected a
Cabinet-not one man Of whom had been
known in connection with those great meas
ures Of adjustment, born in the throes Of a
national conYulsion; and at once gave re-
newed vitality and yigor to the factions
against which the battle Of the compromise
had been fought The consequence has
been precisely that proclaimed by the Ma
tionul Democrat The two wings of the de-
mocracy, armed and led on by the Admin
istralion. have come together. completely
crushing the Compromise centre
Look at the recent elections! In New
York the Compromise Democracy, because
they would not consent to be ignored BY the
Executive. excluded from all authority and
influence in the government, and ruled over
by their enemies and opponents-the free
sellers shave been openly and 6ercely war
red against by the Administration land,
although they fought with the valor Of men
who knew their rights and dared maintain
them, and although they succeeded in beat
/ ing back the hosts Of spoilsmen and the
myrmidons Of power, they stand, as to the
present administration, completely shorn Of
favor and influence Dickinson. the Bayard
Of the Compromise battle, Is private cili.
zen, under the frown'ot the Administration;
while Marcy, his deadhest foe. and the cold
and cunning enemy of the South, ranks
fret in power-the petted and pampered
"favorite Of the King"
In this State. the opposing factions were
headed by Foote and Davis. A contest,
one of the hottest which any State in this
Union has ever Witnessed, was waged by
the friends Of the Compromise, under Foote,
on the one hand, and its enemies, under
Davis, on the other. The interest and SYM
pathies of the whole country were enlisted
in the result of the. struggle, and we well
remember the thrill Of delight which ran
through the friends of the Compromise
Everywhere, when it was known that Foote
and bis followers had triumphed. General
Pierce was nominated and elected because
Of his alleged approval of the Compromise;
and yet one of his first acts was to take up
the fallen and yanquished Davis, and ele-
vate him to one Of the most responsible and
influential posts in the government Hope
and courage were breathed into his discom-
fitted forces: they met their conquerors,
reeling under the dismaying influence of
Presidential disfayor and the vanquished
have become the victors Gen Foote, who
but few months ago, was classed with
Clay and Cass and others, among the bene
factors of the country, is now jeered and
scofed at by the very men, who but little
while ago were beneath his feet-while
Davis. high in the favor of the President
and his party, smiles in triumph and dis
dain upon his disposed and defeated rival
Governor Cobb, Of Georgia, was another
Southern Democrat who, for a while, seem
ed to prefer The safety Of his country to any
party advantage which might result from
feeding an incendiary flame. He distinguish
ed himself by his devotion to the measures
of adjustment, and the earneslness with
which he labored to restore tranquility to
the country. In his own State. his efforts
were opposed by ex Governor Med
who, after having presided over that insane
gathering Of hot-brains, ulterists and disun-
iOnists, who met at Nashville. became his
competitor for The Chief Executive Office in
the State Cobb triumphed. and the Com
promise party everywhere rsjoiced at it,
But, under the encouraging and reyiying
influence Of the Cabinet organization and
the policy Of the federal Executive, the fol.
lowers Of Mcdonald have again raised their