The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-03-31
The Position of Parties.

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and standardization of the Wing party. ne
| Nebraska bill, whatever may he its fate, mas
already consummated this result, and the conference
and power Of the Wing party, as nattonai Or
ganization are thoroughly and irretrlevabIy over
! thrown. The shock OF the convusion has rent
the party IN twain. and yawning chasm separates
the bilIigerent fragments. The wound is incurabie
the ruin hopeless. No quaca "Pachcator' win
his galvanic battery of Adjustment and Cornpro-
mise will be able TO restore vitality to the already
offensive carcase of decaylng whiggery. AS the
tree falls, so must it lie.
| The Wings of the South, with few inslgnih-
cant exceptions, have met the issue presented by
the Nebraska BILL with courage unusual as
10 attract universal remark and admiration. Bell
and Bolts faltered and fed, but the bulk of the
party stood their ground and mantuly met the
shock. Awaiting ourselves Of the legal maxim
he nniaainais carat lee, may assert, that the
Wing party of the South approve the repeal OF
| the Missouri restriction with unanimous voice.
| With equal unanmIty, and with a zeal which
reflects much discredit on :he apathy Of their late
allies in the South. the Northern Wings have ar
rayed themselves opposition 10 the repeal of the
Missouri restriction. In every possible mode by
which the voice oil party can make itself heard,
have the Wings OF the North protested and remon-
strated against the passage Of the Nebraska bill.
Their Legislatures, their State Conventions and
their primary meetings have all protested and re-
monstrated against the 'swrong" and "iniquity :"
of the measure. Their newspapers denounce it
with vehemence and indignation, which in ex-
preston exhaust even the redundant vocabulary
of fanaticism. Their orators display the intern.
perate passion Of their journals in opposing the
bill. On the other hand, IN single instance,
has Northern Wing spoken in favor Of the bill.
In no single instance has Northern Wing journal
approved it.
Here then is direct and violent antagonism
between the Northern and Southern wings Of the
Wing party an antagonism too in respect to IN
issue which, more than any other, infames the
passions and prejudices of the combatants and
which no scheme of compromise or form OF treaty
soothe reconcile.
1t would be idle to assert that the Nebraska con-
troversy has not affected the organization of the
Democratic party; but the disturbance is so slight
and unimportant as scarcely to deserve consldera-
ton In the South the Democracy presents an
unbroken front in support of the repeal OF the
Missouri restriction In the North they
divided the preponderance Of numbers being pos.
sbly against the repeal-the preponderance OF
talent and responsibility being for it. The rabble
route of abolitionists who refused to stand upon
the Baltimore platform and to accept the amnesty
Of 1852, follow Butler and Van Buren, in their
resistance to the repeal OF the Missouri restki ction.
The true men who aided in the election of Franklin
Pierce, with an honest determination to abide by
the letter and spirit Of the party platform, support
the measure with the zeal which has always char
acterised their opposition TO the entertainments of
abolition. The majority of the Democratic jour-
nails of the North approve the BILL and an immense
meeting of the Democracy has attested the en-.
thusinsm with which they mean to carry out their
convictions. So that whatever partial and tenn
porary distraction may be caused in the ranks of
the Democracy bv the Nebraska controversy, the
organization Of the party will not be broken up, !
nor its ascendency be destroyed. |
The Ultimate consummaton Of the present ten
dency Of things, Of the irretrivabe disruption OF
the Wing party aud the partial disintegra:ion of
the Democracy, will be the organization of all
the elements of northern abolition into one CON-
pact and coherent mass, in anagonlsm to great
party, embracing the entire South and the conser-
vative portion Of the North, whose comprehensive
creed shall be devotedtothe Constitution and whose
object the preservation ofMe Union. Some pos
sible oniuncure Of circumstances may intercept
this result, that such is the drift and inclination Of
political combinations and public sentiment, no
man can fail to perceive - r edmond Enquirer.