The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-09-13
The Saratoga convention,

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If the people of New York are not by
this time, heartily tired out with the treason
and nonsense Of the hair-brained agitators
who seem to have nothing else to do but the
raising of local excitements
oceans into tempest tost,
To watt feather or TO drown hy"-
They are good deal more patient than we
take them to be. The aboIitionists are rap
idly coming down to the ridiculous dilemma
Of the spirit-rappers and the Mormons. They
are the political Iunatics ofthe day, and seem
to delight in deceiying sensible men to the
encouragement Of their follies and false
hoods. If we were to admit that slavery
was that monstrous evil that Greeley, the
C7si6onser of all the revolving vices of the
day-which he pours through his columns
in one torrent Of pollution to make it,
how much could we do to abate it by lending
ourselves to the crazy counses Of such mad
caps as Culver, or to the vicious schemes of
agitators ike Stewards Take this last con
vention at Saratoga, New York, called to-
gether for the purpose of overturning Ne
braska and Kansas, and what motley crew
we find gathered there We had Greeley,
with all his isms; DIR. SDodgrass, of Balti-
more, generally supposed to be Cracked =
| and we'll known for turning aboItionist after
having sold his own slaves and pocketed the
money; there, too, was Mr. Goodrich, Of Mas
sachusetts, furious abolition whig; Culver,
who is a sort of improved edition Of the
street-preacher Leahey and several gentle
men color. This motley gathering is to con-
troll the votes of liberal and enlightened men :
This concourse of insane and fanatical lead
ers to WELD the dcstinies of New York Ito
whip into their support national wings,
"Clay wings, and s.Webster wings" and all
because, by the Nebraska bill, two new Ter
ritohes are to be organized on the principles
popular sovereignty F'-shortly to become
two great and flourishing States Even if the
national wings" Of New York went into this
bargain, the speedy result would be disgrace
and contempt upon all of them.
Among the resolutions reported by this
Saratoga convention was the following. If
the people of the North could be united up
on this resolution, the American Union would
not exist a year,
.sResolvcd. That the deliberate reputation by
the slave power, on the very first Opportunity.
OF the solemn compact forced upon eur fathers
by its representatives. whereby the Territories
now known as Nebraska and Kansas were con-
secrated forever to freedom. has absolved us from
all compaets or agreements outside of the feder-
al constitution with reference TO slavery, and
we now take our stand distinctly on the princi-
pie that ALL TERRITORY oFTHE UNITED STATES
MUST HENcEFoRTH BE FREE TERRITORY. AND ALL
HEREAFTER ADMITTED MUST COME INTO THE UNION
as FREE STATES
To this we have only to say, that for thirty
years the abolitionists ofthe North have yio-
lated the Missouri Compromise Greeley
and the rest leading the crusade in breaking
that which they now say has been broken by
Others This is history, and it deffes denial.
Further, we have to say, that there is not
one of the fanatics who voted for the resolu-
Etiou declaring opposition to the admission Of
"a slave State that did not know he was vo
ting for that which never can be effected
while the Union endures.-U Union.
The Duty of the Democratic Party.
In looking calmly over the political arena,
and witnessing the gradual absorption of the
whig party into the prevailing isms of the
day, the conviction forces itself irresistibly
upon our mind that the peace and integrity
of the Union rest with the democratic party.
If. it be true to its time -honored principles,
if it maintain its nationality, the country
will be safe. If it follow the example Of the /
.whig party, and; abandoning its nationality, /
amalgamate with the sectiopal factions which
are now striving for the mastery throughout
the country. the day is not far distant when
our glorious Union, now the envy Of the
world, will be rent aslnder by civil war, and
violence, and bloodshed, and misery take the
place Of that peace and prosperity which
have hitherto attended our career. Under
these circumstances, it is the solemn duty Of
the democratic party to adhere strictly to
those principles which have so long main
tanned the country in its proud and pro per-
GUS position and to frown upon every at
tempt to divide and distract Its councils. In
the language Of . contemporary, we regret to
observe disposition in certain quarters Of
the State, on the part Of q portion Of the
democratic party, to blink the fact Of the
existence of the new secret political organi-
zation. the members Of which style them