The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-10-25

arc at this time as noble party us ever
existed they are the political hope of
the nation -LoniSriHc JoNrndk
We have long been accustomed to
hold the southern wings in the highest
esteem ; and although we are unaltera.
bly, convinced OF the impolicy of their
course upon the Nebraska bill, both in
Congress and out. we have no doubt
whatever Of their fidelity to the Consti-
tuition, or of their cheerful and effective
cooperation with us hereafter when the
struggle for supremacy in the councils of
the nation takes place They sympa-
'hizc with their wing brethren of the
north fully upon all questions of public
policy. with single excepton-and the
time is at hand. we trust, when that top
ic will be fGboo in Congress. We anti
cipate, therefore, n complete restoration
Of fraternal feeling between the wings Of
the two sections at an early day-in sea-
son, probably to dislodge the spurious
democrats from their places under the
government at the next Presidential cleo
ton and to ensure the Inauguration ola
more wholesome system Of policy. both
foreign and domestic, in the year 1857.
-BV Com. Id.
We can sympathize neither with the
Louisville Jovnal, in It's complaccnt
and exalted estimate of the Southern
Wigs, nor with the Buffalo Commercial
Adrcu,scr, in its unmanly longings after
reunion of the Northern aud Southern
Wings. In view of recent events, it
sounds to us like the coolest possible
irony for the Journai to speak Of South
ernn Wings as 4" the political hope of the
nation" We pray that We may never
be lief, to Share in any such hope as that
must he. 1t can only be one full of
peril to civilization, freedom and chris
tiauiiy.
AS to the claim that the Wings Of the
Slave-holding States are "as noble a
party as ever existed" it may do very
well for Southern journal to claim such
c4ceiionce for its patrons, but acc know
that there is not, ard never has been.
any thing specially poble in that frag-
mcnt of the Wing party, as compared
with any other portion of it. 1t is high
time we at the North were disabused, if
we are not already, of the notion that
there is anything peculiarly chivalrous
or manly in Southern politicians of any
party. They are as class utterly IN,
scrupulous, and know nothing Of that
feeling of personal honor, which rests
upon exalted moral perceptions, a high
sense of duty and. love of justice
They have furnished to this nation a
plenty of politicians, such as they are,
but, for many years, no true statesman.
Their policy las consisted in pctty.hifts
and compromises, and has come far short
Of the dignity Of craftsmanship, which
rests always upon unchanging truth and
justice Those disgraceful Compromises,
in which the permanent interests and
welfare of this nation have been sacri-
feed TO temporary and paltry oxpediency,
have generally been of Southern origin,
and, as might be expected of such states
manship, the South has been the first to
violate its own compacts and compro.
misses, whenever it has believed that it
could be done successfully.
We can find nothing in the past histo.
ny of the Southern Wings, which exempts
them from this general charge against
Southern policy and practice, and we
cannot repress our establishment at the
unblushing cffrontcry of the Louisville
Jo~rnal in claiming such high excellence
for them particularly +" at ibis time" If
tHcre ever was fragment of party,
reckless of the faith of compacts, and
whom no sense Of personal honor, or ma.
tional obligation, could bind to fidelity
to their en- gogemcnts, it is the Southern
portion of the Wing party. After the
compromises of $50, they were bound
BY every consideration, that can have
force with honest and honorable men, to
frown upon all attempts to reopen agita.