Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-16
NonrHEnN DEMOCRATS.

Some of the Wing journals OF the South are
making most unwaTantable use OF the result
of the October and November elections. They
are attempting to convince their readers that
the Northern Democracy cannot be trusted on
the slavery question, because Northern States
which have been Democratic hitherto, have re-
Gently elected anti-Nebraska men to State OIL
cess and have elected large majority Of anti
Nebraska representatives to the next Con-
gress.
This is one Of the most unfair political STRAIT
agems we have ever seen. 1t is q glaring act
Of injustice, springing from cold premedi-
tated desire to mislead the people Of the South
The Wing party Of the North has abandoned
its old issues. In many of the non-slavehoid-
ing States it has abandoned its old platform;
and in all the Democratic States it has collect
ed all the factions of every hue and stripe, and
united with them to overthrow the Democracy
The Democracy of the North and the North
west, planted itself firmly on the National
platform of the party. Everywhere it put IN
nomination men who protested sound national
principles. It made no bargains with fanatics,
and It entered into no alliance with factionists
1t is not pretended even, by the Southern
Wing journals that the Democracy OF the nom
slaveholding States abated anything OF their
nationality in their State conventions, or IN
their congressional conventions or in making
their nominations for members OF Congress.
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The Northern Democrats, in the face OF almost
certain defeat, were true to the faith; and be-
cause they were not able to beat the united
factions, which the Wing party succeeded IN
arraying against them by Abolitionizing itself
and by raising an anti-slavery clamor, they are
charged with being unsound, and that, too, by
Southern Wing journals. The assault is super
latively absurd, and would be superlatively
ridiculous, but for the fact that it is so
thoroughly imbued with injustice and ingrat-
itude. and exhibits such Notifying proof OF
the effects which party hostility exerts upon
some men. cbI
Openly, and in the face of day, the Wing
party of the North has gone over to the Free
soilers and AboIitionists, and consented to be-
come part of an anti-slavery coalition, having
for its object the overthrow Of the Democracy
of the North, preparatory to a combined attack
upon the Constitution and crusade against
the South. The Wings of the South have been
forced to admit this. The facts could not be
concealed nor misrepresented, and the South
ern Wing press was forced to repudiate any
fellowship with their former allies. But this
lesson seems to have been entirely lost upon
portion of the Southern Wings. 1t seems to
have increased the party yindictiveness of some
Of them, who seemed to be enraged, because
the Northern Democrats did not follow In the
footsteps of the Northern Wings and march
over to the Freesoil and Abolition camp.
Under the influence of these unenviable feel
ings they assai the Northern Democrats, and
undertake to palm off upon the people OF the
South, the bald absurdity that the Northern De
mocrats are tinged with Freesoilism and Abo-
litionism because they were beaten by Wing,
Freesoil, and Abolition coalition. If they were
unsound, why did unsound elements combine
against them? If they sympathized with the
anti-slavery agitators, why did the anti-siavery
agitators unite to overthrow them? But we
forbear. The charge is too ridiculous for Sc
rious argument. 1t is untrue in point OF fact,
and il is sustained by nothing better than one OF
the shallowest sophistries ever fabricated by
party hostility, and put forth by party vindic-
tiveness.