The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-10-03
NORTHERN WINGS AND NORTHERN DEMOCRATS
Z" '1 ON SECTIONAL ISSUES.


NORTHERN WINGS AND NORTHERN DEMOCRATS
ON SECTIONAL ISSUES.
Since the facts have rendered it impossible for any
spectabe wing journal to dispute the complete conversion
of the northern wings abolitionism effort is being
made by Of the southern organs to make the inn
preston that northern democrats aud northern wings
alike unsound the slavery question The National In
Hgencer in its characteristic jesutcal mode Of warfare
leads of on this tack, and endeaYors to give pausibty
to its indious by quoting from northern demo-
cratic journals articles that advance such sentiments the
subject of slavery known to be in conflict with
southern feelings: In this of deception the Intel
gencer whether Intentionally not is playing into the
hands of the abolition leaders who labering ALLEVIATE
the North from the Sonth and to give to future political
contests exclusive sectional Character sopthern men
shall be deceived into the belief that there is difference
between northern wings and northern democrats and that
both alike arrayed against southern institutions the
contamination Of the abolition design of arraying
section against the other must be materially FASTENED
So long the South confde in the democracy of the
North The design of the abolition leaders will be hwartcd
It win only be in the last resort and measure purely
selfpreseryaton that the South will determine section
slize itself and make up an Issue which viii involve the
therefore, seeks impress upon southern wings the
conviction that the northern democrats are on the same
antislavery platform with the northern wings that jour
nal is performing the effective and The accepa-
BILE service to abolitionsts.
Put the truth the position of the parties the
North ought be correctly understood by all southern
men, because the future of the South be
teriay influenced by the conclusion this subject TO
southern people have insisted that the people of the
North should surrender their peculiar opinions the
abstract question OF slavery. They have known at all
times that opposition to slavery and to its extension
universal northern sentiment This sentiment is regard
cd by southern men prejudice, but arising natu-
rally from the circumstances of their education and habits
But whether prejudice sentiment, is known to
st and intelligent southern has expected
aured that should be abandoned The requirement of
the South has been that this sentiment of hostility to
slavery should not induce the people of the North to adopt
for the purpose of interfering with the rights
guaranteed them by the constitution If slavery be the
social and moral and political evil generally supposed
by northern men, it is evil which is conhed 10 the
SOUTH ana ought 10 be lett 10 the exclusive management
and control of the South In other words the southern
demand uniformly has been that their interests as guara
tied and protected by the constitution should be let alone
by northern men.
Every intelligent man, North and South knows that
there the rreconpiable difference OF opinion as
10 slavery, when the constitution and the Union were form
ed, that exists now, Yet with this known diversity of
opinion the constitution was so framed as TO leave every
TO the enjoyment of his peculiar views and the
same time TO avoid any danger to the harmony of the
Union from the eontrariey of sentiment The differ
ence of opinion exists and il the obligations imposed
by the constitution faithfully regarded the question of
slavery can endanger the perpeuity of the Union
The South have askad congressional interference to
enable them 10 extend slaveya that has been demanded
Is that the plain requirements of the constitution should be
observed and executed
Inc question with southern men, then, is not whether
the wings and the democrats the North regard slavery
as an evil or whether they are Opposed 10 its extension but
whether they are willing to leave it where the constitution
leaves ito TIC ercusir management and control Of those
amongst mhon' eris OF il would be a.matter of
qualification the sentiments of the two sections of the
Union could be harmonized the abstract question of
slavery but this is mpractcable all that the South
claim of the North is that the obligations Of the com
stimtion shall be faithfully observed,
We have remarked that opposition to slavery is known
TO be universal northern feeling and consequence
opposition to its extension is very general northern sem
hment These sentiments not to be COMPOUNDED with
aboonsm and freesoilism The latter imply something
more than opposition to slavery they imply the advocacy
OF measures against slavery which designed to affect
'he guarantees thrown around the institution by the
shtutlon. No matter what opinion man may entertain
10 slavery he is not abotonst reesoiler long
ne Acknowledges the constitution containing provis
IONS Wmch protect il against interference and abstsins
rom any assault upon those provisions This constitutes
e real difference nj the present time between northern
wings and northern democrats The former only
opposed TO slavery and to its extension but their late