The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-30
THE LETTER OF THE HON. JAMES L. ORR, OF
SOUTH CAROLINA

comments upon the letter of the Hon James L. Orr pub
ished in the Union Of Saturday last that eloquent and
we-considered production deserved With intention
OF inerposng between political friends who engaged
in discussing important State question purpose sub
hitting some observations upon the proprety Of full
representation of the democratic party all the States ia
the Cincinnati Convention Colonel Orr presents.
with Characteristic force aud earaestness the reasons
which should weigh with conclusive force upon every
democrat in favor Of such representations upon this
basis he calls upon the democracy of South Carolina
choose their delegates to their political brethren in
that body.
The House OF Representatives is now in The hands OF
fragmentary fusion if that appeaiion may be applied to
those who vainy struggling get possession of the
ganization. And since Col orrs letter has appeared this
fusion has practically fulfilled than his prophecies We
find it in of alarming chaos We End it the daily
theatre OF ordinations and recriminatons, which we
search political history in vain to parallel At the pres
ent writing there is telling al what point Speaker
will be selected and if selected what point the disorgan-
izing purposes of the abolition majority will be arrested II
appalling reflection that this House should the dem
ocratc party fail to be united in 1856 may be committed
the grave responsibility of deciding between rival candi-
dates for the presidency in favor of who shall ser
have majority of the States; bat, unless we shall
be fully represented in the Cincinnati Convention go
that tho candidate there nominated may be the candi-
date OF all difference about persons may precpitate
contest into this very House Of Representatives and who
can tell what the consequence will be? If the House
elect Speaker how long will it be in selecting President
Surely it is conception of exaggerated Imagination
say that failure elect the latter by such body ia
Inn nbaI H.
the former and in that fearful struggle who us
that the contest for the presidency may be pushed in
the House of Representatives beyond the period when
administration is commence thus leaving the re-
public without Chief Magistrate and forcing state of
things not contemplated by the fathers of the constitution
Who tell where faction will stay its and
lutionary career Who protect the future against s
mad and menacing projects And shall we, the demo-
cratic party of the United States initiate this fell confusion
BY retaining together at Cincinnati in the spirit
Of union and of harmony in the spirit of the constitution
and of all those holy and mperishable sentiments upon
which the construction of that immortal instrument
depends South Carolina should not therefore, be missed
in the noble circle of States which be represented in
the National Democratic Convention The very fact that
she has been absent before is why she should be
present then This ia progressive age While we respect
and venerate the past should be Just to the ext
gences of the present and the demands of the flu
ure Nay it is not going too far say that if the
lustrous of South Carolina (Mr. Calhoun) were
now living he would see in the Democratic National
Convention-certanly the national democratic party
the only element TO protect the South from its northern
enemies and also the nvncibe champion of the federa
constitution In proportion as fanatcsm aspres to
wrongs and boldly lifts its hands against the
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sary for those who placed in the trenches defend the
fortress Of liberties to protect themselves BY every
means within their power; and hence the importance
OF South Carolina emerging from the proud isolation
which she has occupied for many years, and Of
taking that position in the National Convention TO
which the intellect of her and the commanding
weight Of her character among the southern people emf
nently ente her. 1t seems strange to Us
fss that this gallant State which every occasion throws
her surages for the democratic candidate for President
and in her behalf by the dsuteresed magnanmt
Of her position the ardent feelings Of the democracy of
other States should refuse to aid her sisters of the South
and encourage her sisters of the NORTH with her pres
ence in those conventions upon the decisions of which
many grave interests depend 1t IT, indeed to the
credit and TO the honor of the democratic party that
while South Carolina has not mingled in the councils
which have selected our candidates. yet that in all
the principles there avowed have generally the appro
baton of her investigating and impartial judgment. And
Why Mt the present moment when the advice of the best
friends of the constitution is needed protect that
against the efforts of its worst focswhy should
south Carolina forward and take part in the debera
tons at Cincinnati when the democratic party meets in ma
onal convention? We confidently anticipate that the ac-
ton of that convention viii the approval Of South
Carolina IT easy that far regards the doc
trnes there to be laid down, they will be such the
entire South approve such will bring the democ
racy together unbroken brotherhood 1t would be
cap-sbeaf to the noble column i South Carolina could be
present when candidate selected and creed pro
claimed add her voice The ceremony which announces
both to the democracy of the American Union.
NEW DEVELOPMENT.
The southern resentatives OF the know-nohing or
der in Congress had another opportunity presented to
them Friday, in the House. in the following resolution
Ct Mr. Seward of Georgia 10 for Colonel Richardson
the democratic candidate for Speaker:
Whereas it is apparent under the existing differences Of
ected without ert unite all that agree the doc
braska acvz that the people Of the Territories shall
left perfectly free regulate their domestic policy
whereas indispensable effect organization that all
differences of opinion other questions should be postponed
without compromise or concession the part of any member