The daily union., 1854-02-18
The Factions against Democracy.

The experience oil nearly every day concusively esab
fishes The fac, that, whenever any portion OF the demo
cratic parry yields 10 any oI the acous questions of h
day, The only result s help the wings The very mer
who get into power by democratic votes, on any loca
issue, matter how they may have previously commit
ted themselves prompt with the ancient enc
mss OF democratic principles recent instance hap
pened in The Maryland legislature, hiumphan.Iy con
fImng the consistency with which this rule ia carried
ou,. At the las, general election in Maryland for mem
bers of the legislature, the temperance party OF Balmor.
got up ticket composed Of equal number Of whig,
and democrats, pledged Independent, action. and TO
prohbilory liquor law Baltimore one Of those indom
table democratic cities the malories Of which seen
10 Increase with every recurring year. and hence any
peden, that could be devised divide and conquer the
democracy OF Baltimore was gladly accepted By the
wings The result OF The movement at The last election
the choice Of FIVE wings and FIVE democrats TO the
legislatureall OF them, however elected by democrat,
who left their own party honest eor, to help wbs
they regarded as temperance movement A United
States senator had however, to be chosen by the leks
laure thus elected and both The great parties OF tbt
Stale bad their candidates in the fed-lhe democracy
uniting upon the Hon. Albert Constable. gentleman O
well known and conceded ability, and greatly esteemed
for his high personal charlottesville wings selecting az
senator in Congress from Maryland, and formidable op
ponent from bis talents and his energy OF the democratic
party. The resul, was, that Mr. Pearce was elected
The whole tempersncs delegation from Baltimore city
voting for him That able democratic paper. the Bai.
more Argus, of Wednesday, commenting upon this re
suit, says, with grea, and effective truth;
. Thus has the temperance movement been used by tbt
wings Tor tho base rarpose Of defeating the voice Of the
ssce OF known democratic msjoriy--and democrats
Maryland Is TO be ntscpresented In The Senate of Uo
ted States. and the board OF public works be controlled
for yeats 10 come, through he Of this fraudulent
combination This Is the rich fruit OF voting mongre
ticket IN opposition 70 regularly nominated one"
There valuable moral in this evidence of The
consistency with which The favore rule OF the opponents
the democratic party adhered TO- The democratic creed
is an object Of common and OF spontaneous anmos'y and
attack all The factions Of The day Sink the abolition creed
into The To- morrow, and those who are now abolition
isis would renew the assault upon democracy in another
name An.M,sonry carried of It's thousands the plea
Of devotion to principle and from the start anti Masonry
became the adversary of democracy Of native Amer
canism and so, have ssen with the present advo
Gates OF eumriusry legislato on.
Thus it IT, that whenever any OF these factions feels
itself strong enough to strike thus is tha, all prpc
ca issues they are the allies OF the whgs We have
during the present session of Congress- that outside
OF the creed OF abolition the abolilioniss the foes
OF The democratic party. On every party call they
with the opposition. Every movement, against the ad-
mins,raon of President Piece meets their ardent
ton and support On the question of free trade they are
az mass. with the whss Ga the subject OF economy
in the public expenditures they with the wings The
Lesson is useful and admonitory.
le, our friends 10 those northern States where the abb
oliiion element is raising ills hdeous front,
to terriiy 'mid men by the predictions which
events have thousand times faIshed--let them panse
and ponder upon the suggestions We have here thrown