The American patriot., 1855-10-20
Col, Pond and the Northern Democracy.

COL Pond, in speech at Hephzibah church
stated that there was not q single democratic
meeting, convention or legislature north of Ma
son & DiXon's line, but what was freesoil or
abolition. Ifhe had said exactly to the con-
trary, he would have been telling what every
man at all posted in political events, knows to
be true. Except the convention of the soft
wing Of the democratic party of New York,
every meeting, convention and legislature,
where the democrats have spoken out, true ma
tona resolutions have been adopted, and even
the soft wing of the democrats in New York,
have declared themselves opposed to restoring
the Missouri compromise line, or in any way
to disturb the last compromise legislation on
the subject of slavery They have declared
themselves opposed to the extension ofslavcry
to new territory, but in every other particular
have placed themselves upon the platform OF
the national democracy, adopted at Baltimore
in 1852. If Col. Pond can show another in
stance, It is more than we are aware OF. Meet
ings and conventions some times call them
selves democrats, when they are known to be
otherwise. Such democratic meetings we re-
pudiate as counterfeit. Let the democratic
party be Judged by the true national spirit,
and influence that governed them, in all their
meetings, primary or state, and they will al
WAYS be found true to the Union and to the
Constitution -Ertract from Feliciana Demo-
crat, Of Oct 49,
This is worse arrogance than we thought
even the Especial Committee were capable of
showing. Charity, however compels us to at
tribute their congratulatory remarks in refer
ence to the softs of New York, to ignorance.
Do not the special committee" KNOW, that
at the State convention of Softs, they positive
ly refused to endorse the Nebraska Kansas act?
D.. Do not yoU know that every candidate on
the soft shell ticket of New York, is freesoiler
and most of them were members Of the Buffalo
convention of 1913?
Do you not know that Agan, one of the can
didates was Jerry Rescuer, in 1850?
If, gentlemen you do not know these things
we tell you now that they are facts -incontro-
vertibe facts.
Again, gentlemen. and with you we ask eve
nv southern democrat to hear us.
Do you not know that the Pennsylvania
State Democratic convention refused to endorse
the Nebraska bill by vote of 95 to II?
| If you DO not, we tell you it is so. And yet
you are rejoicing i'll the election of the nomi.
nee of that convention.
You say that, "even the soft shell democrats
of N. Y, have declared themselves opposed te
the restoring the Missouri compromise line, OF
in any way to disturb the last compromise It
gislation on the subject of slavery"
Disturb what compromise lcgis'ation"? Arc
you not better Nebraska men than to call tn,
passage Of that bill ''eompromise:' That is
beautiful attempt to smooth over the excee
ding rough places in your travels. 4 beautiful
attempt 10 bring the abolition sofs of New
Yorl; into the glorious fold of national democ
racy.
That cock won't fight.
The SoFts are in precisely the same position
in their opposition to the restoration Of tn
Missouri compromise, that we find Greedy, o
the Tribune, Seward, Chase, Sumner Wade
Giddings and the whole self-styled Republican
party of the North None of them want tina
line restored Sooner than vote for it, the,
would see the Union dissolved into an hundre,
fragments.
Because, forsooth "the softs stand upon tn
Baltimore Platform of 1852, in every other par
ticular except in reference to the extension O
slavery to new territory" you who have con
stantly been hurting your anathemss agans
the American party for what you call its cab
lition prcelivities" at the north, can apologies
for them. Opposition to the ertension Q
s'arery IN tie Territories is nothing, when tn
fight is for the government patronage Whe
this opposition comes from the democratic PAL
ty, all is right--the South is not in danger
every thing is as it should be.
We repel your unjust insinuation that tn
election of Chase is know-nothing victor,
with scorn and contempt.
We had hoped that the nomination of Trim
bic by the True American party ofOhio woul
have at least elected Medill, your own candle
ate for governor.
We are not yet so lost to a sense of patrio
f ism as to congratulate southern men on tn
election of abolitionists to Office. And yo,
setting the example will have no influence
Although Melill, the democratic candda
f was opposed to the principles of the America
5 party-although he was not as sound as W
could wish on the slavery queston-as soutl
, err men, we would have much preferred h
/ success to that of Chase, being much the loa
: of two evils. Had he been elected, gentleme
Q you would have crowed long and loud Yc
f know you would Tremendous victory-D
= mocracy triumphant, 000 Guns" We
4 what would you have been Growing for? Yc
$ know, of course, that your party, in Ohio SUI