Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-07-28
DEMOCRACY THE ONLY SAFE PARTY

THE DEMOCRACY THE ONLY SAFE PARTY.
Were it not the natural result OF blind partizauship
and personal prejudice and uncandid refusal to nc
knowledge past errors, q most extraordinary spectacle
would be presented in the bitter attacks of the South
ern Wing press upon the administration OF Franklin
Pierce. II was reasonable to hope that the Prcsi-
dents bold and manly and efficient bearing upon the
Nebraska question, and in favor of the execution of
the fugitive slave law, would have extorted from his
political opponents ut the South, some compll-
ment TO the frmness of the chief magistrate,
if it did not close their batteries OF assault
No such result has been witnessed, on the
contrary, the more steruly the Administration
has planted itself upon the Constitution, and by its
acts as well rs words, has upheld the rights Of the
South, the more fercely has it been assailed by the
Southern Wing press. They cannot shake off the
poison OF prejudice and personal hatred which. in the
las, Presidential canvass, they sought 10 infuso int"
the popular mind, upon the misrepresentation OF
Foss, Fogg g. Co.-nnd, however true President
Pierce may have shown himself to the Constitution
and to the rights Of all sections. he must still be cxfli-
pited to Wing eyes ~ n very monster, political and
personal.
A calm review of passing events should convince all
Southern Wings Of the injustice and mpolcy OF such
partizan prejudice. and should induce them to rally to
the Democratic party "a tho only means c: protcc-
tion against the sectional and fnnatical movements at
the North. The Columbia South Carolinian presents
an excellent view of this subject, which We adopt
1t SAYS that ii must be remarked that ''thc Dcmocra-
tic party, under the banner of State Rights, free
trade, AMI adherence TO tho constitution, has suffered
less from side organizations than its rival-the Wing
party. Cleaving, in the main, to their original faith.
the Democrats have achieved victory after victory,
until their principles are recognised rs those which
ought to shape the general policy, both foreign and
domestic, Of the American Governments. The Wing
party, on the contrary, is broken up into numerous
factions, having been defeated on all the great princi-
pies which united its members ma n party. Notwi!h-
standing the asseverations Of the National l~ntclliSen.
Ger. and sone other leading Wing Journals Of tho
North, the party, IA n party, ia defunct, without tho
slightest prospect of n rcsuscitation. 1t has become
insensiblv amalgamated with tie auti-sluvery factions
OF the Eastern States, and, so far as the North is con.
cerned, we have little doubt but i,s members, ere the
Presidential election, will be found enrolled in a gene.
raj anti-Southern party.
1--WE publish in another column from various Jour
nal.. the evidences of this tendency, and they are only
Il few of tho many we receive daily from that section.
IL IoHoWs, az Il natural consequence tnal iHe w hlSh
of the South. if they still desire to maintain n distinct
organization, must act for and by themselves. Many
Of their journals have taken the same ground, and
have gone so far as to commend a sectional disrup-
tion of the party, and a convention of its Southern
members at Columbus, Georgia. We have no Wing
party in South Carolina, but if our advice be consid.
cred worthy OF attention. il would be that Southern
Wings unite with Southern Democrats for the firm
maintenance Of Southern rights and equality. This
is the only issue worthy Of their support, and it is All
issue which, from all tho signs Of the times, they will
have to meet shoulder TO shoulder.
"And i'll taking this view Of political affairs, we say
it without hesitation, that the organization of the De.
,nocratic party can be preserved-that its preserva.
ton is essential to Southern interests, and that South
eru men of all parties ought to contribute to its pre-
servation. The Wings Of the South have now no po-
litical principles as a party. Their Northern coadju-
tors have deserted them, and attached themselves to
organizations inilnical to our rights and interests, and