The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-05-03
The New Fusion Of Wings and Fac
ti0niStS,

IF it were not for the isn1s or the factions
of the day there would be no whig organiza-
ton, and hence no whig victories. If it were
not for the isms or factions of the day, there
would be no resistance to established any
necessary legslation-no assaults upon pri-
vate rights-no schisms in the church-no
war upon creeds-and no crusade upon our
fellow-citizens of the slave States. These two
propositions go far to show, not only the folly,
but the danger of factious organizations.
They do more. They show, also, how utter
" dependent, at least one of the great par
ties of the day, has been, and is, upon the
dangerous excitements, local, religious, and
social, fomented in the large cities of the free
States by the adventures, who too often re-
sort to turbulence as a means to keep them
selves alive. That these combinations must
continue to produce bad blood among breth-
ren, it does not require us to refer to the
past to prove. Their tendency to harm is
scarcely denied by those who unite with
them. Whether we go back over the histo-
ry Of the native-Americans, the anti-Masons,
or the abolitionists, the result is the same
They never originated good measure, and
never achieved a good result. They SOW the
seeds of animosity and division. Even what
they profes to be dedicated to they never
reach. All that they accomplish is to help
the whig party, and to arouse good citizens
to action by their insane war upon private
rights and constitutional guarantees.
All these isms and factions are naturally
hostile to the democratic party, because the
democratic party is naturally hostile to them.
They cannot coalesce with that party; for the
traditions, the pledges, and the principles Of
the democracy, are all so many obstacles to.
and protests against, harmony with any
such combinations. In denouncing them we
have seen the democrats defeated and over
borne; but this did not extinguish their reso-
luton to persevere in exposing the designs of
the faetionists. What has been the history
ofthe past few months2 We have seen the
democrats losing the legislature of Maryland
by fusion between the democratic temper
ance men and the acligs in Baltimore. We i
have seen the democrats losing the State of
Connecticut by fusion between the fanatical
temperance men, and the a0higs.
We have seen a similar result, brought about /
BY similar means, in Rhode Island. And
only few days ago, the ao1igs of the new
sity of Philadelphia placed in nomination
gentleman for mayor who is the accep-
ed favorite of the Americans, the
Maine-law liquor men, and new igpis IA
uus' called the "know nothings," composed
# persons who go into political organiza-
ion avowing their ignorance of everything
md Of everybody9
After these organizations and these coali-
ions have worked out their usual agitations,
divisions, and riots, the country will once
nore, and for the twentieth time, turn to the
emocratic party as the only hope, after the
onstitution, for the preservation of the rights
f the States and the securities of persons
nd property. The danger Of the factions
lust again be felt and conceded to before $
,e value Of the democracy to the whole
ountry is again recognized; but both Of
lese events viii come to pass Union.