Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-06-22
The Position of Parties.

The WAig party at the North became so complete
ly antslavery in its tone and policy that the South
wing of the party compelled to withdraw, IN
a great measure, from communion with its Northern
ally. That once great party, having thus lost all
national character, fell to pieces, and even lis very
name became merged in the cant of L" Know Nothing
sm," the vague generality of the &C American par
ty "--aU parties, we believe, claim to be American.
This new party order spread for while like wild
fire, being all things to all men-bitterly anti Catho
tic in semi-infdel Massachusetts, and very tolerant
of Catholicism in semi Catholic Louisiana. The very
essence and quintessence of Abotionism in New
England and the North, and the double distilled
tract of pro-slavery at the South. At the North,
where it originated, and where alone it las won any
victories worth naming it has succeeded in defeating
every national Democrat and putting in anti-slavery
fanatics or demagogues like Wilson, John P Hale,
Bell and others at the South it has made big brag
ging of liz power to put end to agitatlonto make
the Ethiopian change his skin and the leopard his
BpOts-to make good national men out of those who
had been busly engaged in crying down the Demo-
cratic partysb because of its nationality and its de-
fence OF the constitutional rights of the South, for it
has been by such means that K. N. rumphs over the
administration have been obtained at the North
The recent National Council at Philadelphia brought
the thing to focus, and fully proved the character
of the Know-Nothing triumphs at the North, Every
Northern State in which such triumphs had assumed
decided character, seeded from anything like
national platform. In New York the BATTLE was
drawn, Uilman the K N. Candidate for Governor
having come out third best, Clarke having beer
looked upon a rather better antislavery man, anC
Seymour, the Democratic National Candidate having
only failed by split in his own party All the or
gans OF the new order in New York, repudiate any
national platform and the order in that State essen
tally 60 against it whatever their delegates may do
1t is thus made apparent that where the order hal
any strength at the North, it is founded upon anti
Southernism, and that in the impending and inevita
bic sectional struggle, THE approach of which all mus
FEEL the South can look for support from Norther
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, any more than she formerly coul
do from Northern whggery.
What, then, is the position of the South, and VIVA
should be her policy? Where is she to find nation
al party, among the Northern members of which sh
can rely upon finding friends and supporters? Whs
party at the North came to the aid of the South i
defeating theIWilmot Proviso agitation? What pal
ty gave the only Northern votes for the Fugitiv
Slave Law and the Kanzas and Nebraska Bill, and
AdI4J' "ho' parry has eLoOu up, uuElnH me reCel
elections at the North, in defence of the Constitute
and the rights of the States The historyOf the TIM
affords but one answer-the National Democrattcpart
1t is that party alone which contains sufficient v
tality-suffcient strength-suffcient national cha
acter to meet the crisis and the country Aroun
the banner of that party every NATIONAL conservativ
union-loving, mountaineering man should rail-
and we sincerely believe they will rally and tn,
save the country from impending danger. Thus, ar
thus alone can the dark clouds that hang over Il
future be dissPated, thus alone can the question
solved without turmoil or bloodshed.