Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-08-24

and Atchinson, were restrained ~ no l'ars'
d" Drunk with wine and fury, they applied
the torch. The couaaration still ragcd, and
no man was wise enough to er,-oc the linn
its of the destruction.
lie (Mr. w proposed to consider now,
not the measure itsolfof rcpealins the Mis-
s1uri Compromisr. ON which public opinion
hyry was iryy-rsihly made uP, but the mo.
ti,c- and policy which lei To the adoption OF
that measur, hy the Administration. some
misarrrrhcn.iou, as he believed, existed as
% that particular point.
Il vas iu the philosophy Of politics, that
thc movements or parties must he SHAPED
and c,n,r,llcJ by the character of the local.
itis. ,rJ iu'-rssts upnn which they rested
or support Now, it had bc,u charged up,
on tie democratic party, almost uninter,
rur,rlly from i,s origin, that it was under
southern dircction. aud leaned to a South.
cru policy, but the charsg, until quite r.
gently. vas not well made, and could not ~
supported tn, carly division oC rartic.
dil iuls,,l derive q certain sN,tonal col1riuc
from t,s fact that one party, was healcl by
Jefferson and the other by adams. thu. max.
iu- it iu the same s1rt, a contest fur surrc-
macy between Massachusetts, aud Virginia
and 30 vas natural. f1r example, th,t Con.
urr,..ut .vmJathiari with Massachusetts,,
whil. kentucky sympathi.cd with Virginia.
But after all. there va, nothing sectional ia
ibc character of the questions which divided
rar..o. iu that day. Thg democratic party
uf Ma,,achu-stt, ,ihsn including Maine J
lcllcl hy Elbriisg CORY, wa lull Of ,iror,
actually carving thr state or Jefferson =
iu l5oI, and only losing power
under ,br terrible pressure II the disaster,
af fthg Embargo. At ths same time the l-,l-
I.ral PARTY was strong a, Che South, strong
s,n iu Virginia. strong ia the Caro-
l4aas, ami ,'r.,ially strong in South Caro-,
lima.
Coming down % the second craof hmcri.
can nralinr,, the clectirnol Gen Jackson in
p, had scarcely single aspect of sectional
ism. u would D. sufficient to rrcollo,t, in
that connection, that G-n. Jlck-1u carried
most Overwhelmingly. and a
j,gilsi mavrity IN The electoral college oi
ofNrv York Con Jarksan'. election wa.
arri,l hy Northern votes. and as his al.
pr1-rrs.s,l. 10 leaned. a. a ncc-
r-.arv consequence n the detection Of cal,
h1ur. even more than No its out-rt, ur1n
support What was true ~ Grn.
Jark-1r. va- true of hi, -rccr,.1r, iiur-
iu- the whole administrations ~ Jackson
and Van Bur,u. thsr, wa. nothing done, or
Attempted to %. done, iu ronairt with North,
srn rights, or interests, or even rrriuii,~
What va, tho condition or thing, AZ ths
commencement ar ths fatal ycar 1852 Nrv
York was believed % hs irre,rieuhly lot O.
the l-mr-1cy under its present Leaders, a,
any r's. through ihc quarrel between ths
parties known a. llarl., and SlN., which
had ocguriel The anxious attention Of G,n
Pirrce's administration from i', start. AMI
t1 heal which. or 90 avert toe consequence
orwhirh, 70 had employed alternately, an
ths art, within the s-orc of is xiii, anIalI
thr -srrrs.ivr energies or i's power Bot
neither Establishments or terror. answered
the rurra,. Nodi,i.iou or the .roi.c could
l. made with sufficient cunning o. healirrr
crurilaNe fui- The Last ,Nrelicut "a
hryak thr lIarls down hy rcm1yin. Jui-.
Rrrnsln from a., New York Custom Il1u-s
Gil,d al,1. and va. a much clearer proof OF
the desperation 0f 10. authors, than of then
aelsI'y New York was lo,, past r,dsmr.
ton ami Tl.t hope. Nothing remained bat
ths option. terrible in either alternative q
the President and DO, advisers % change oui
Leaders. or % :, into the campaign of lNjG
with the certainty that y. y. va. against
us. and that certainty established ia adyanc,
without thc introduction or s1me element
hitherto unknown a. American politics, wa
fatal M experience proved it to he 80
m, yr, fresh experience of the discomGtur,
cr Gsu. Cas' In lsls proved it % BE- 50. \
president might inl,cl hc elected without
tlc vote of New York, hut a CAMPAIGN com
rai.n commenced with that vote agains; u
a Fixed aul admitted fact, was camTai-r
lost, or, at an yyruts, 20 the last dcgrcg dcs
r.rl.c. This condition Of thing in New
York was attributable, in Mr.. w.'sopiuioJ
90 Oh, miserable policy Of tho President bin
s,lf, % his ah1rtiyc attempts TO cJuciliat,
.boliupui,ts, at the expense Of his own priu
ciplc. aul hi. own friends, but 10 whoever
or whatever attributable. this condition o.
things existed. All men saw il, and al
Democrats depl1rcd IT, Depl0rahle 1t Ger
niuly was, but not - desperate a. the rem
cly resolved upon. We still had time, an'
the chapter Of accidents, TO gather hop
from. and even defeat, the worst thing whicl
could happen, was a thing 70 Be recoverc'
from. II had been borne before and coul'
b, borne again. Not 50 thought, not >
acted, the men intrusicd by their position
with the direction of Affairs. Losing al
manly courage reckless Of principle, an'
anxious only TO escape temporary dithcul
". they resolved upon a coup Tsiai, which
II finally successful revolutioniIes the gov
yerument We live under, and which, wheih
er successful or unsuccessful, has dcsiroye'
the democratic party, with all it, gloriou
ILL.,. - ,....,iIsgti,ns ana huilt upBn III