The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-11-02
Pierce Democracy at the North.

Pierce Democracy at the North.
ANY attempt on the part of the Southern
Press 20 give the Southern people an inkliug
Of what the National " Democracy are doing
at the North, is universally met 10y Democratic
organs with bald-faced denials and arrogant as
sertions that the Northern Democracy consti-
tute the only National party" and the only
party with which Southern men can act We
propose to give our readers an insight into the
position of the Pierce party in New York,
taken from the best authority. We recently
informed our readers that John Van Buren, had
taken the stump TO attempt to avert the dam
gers which threaten the spos party in the
Empire State. An exchange furnishes some
extracts from one of his speeches which are
interesting to the Southern people, and we
commend them especially to the supporters of
the Democratic party, assuring them that they
will never get q glimpse of them in any paper
of their own persuasion. John Van Buren, is
in the confidence of Pierce and Marcy-he is
supporting the administration ticket, and the
following is his
DEFINITION OF The DKMoCRATIC CREED-"Tbe
Democratic party now, ever, puts forth a liberal
creeda creed which is adverse to slavery OF every
kind, because We believe something in the slavery
of white people as well black ones"
OfcOurse this definition will not suit South
ern latitude, and Southern Democratic papers
will repudiate its binding effect. Yet it is as
current in the free States as the Southern def
milton is in the slave States, and is as much the
cohesive attraction that brings votes to the
ticket there, as the popular fallacy in the South
that Democracy is National" is the effective
feature of its strength in the South. This con-
flict of doctrine in itself at once destroys all
show of nationality. There is no union of sen.
timent on the great issue of the day-on the
contrary, there is palpable and direct disa-
greement and antagonism. Yet, under the
Northern banner, victories are won, and the
eclat is claimed for the Observation-Disclosures
aud Marcy get the credit Of it; and under the
Southern colors Democracy triumphs, and the
laures revert TO the same Janus faced repre-
sentatives of National" Democracy!
Mr. Van Buren, goes on. The Nebraska act
was measure freedom" he says, and thus
he makes out his case, while Pierce and Marcy,
looking both ways for Sunday, chuckle at his
shrewdness:
The settlers themselves may prohibit slavery, but
If they should not then, when the Territory is
formed into a State AMI applies for admission, you
have again the right to raise the question whether
il is fairly formed into a slave State, and if not
hava tl,n irht To iptO
the Union until it prevents itself with free conAi
tuition, if you choose"
This is the Northern democratic idea Of
popular sovereignty in the territories-the
idea of the Administration party in New
York. 1t is very proper thing if it votes
for "freedom;" and if it votes otherwise,
why then it must vote over again and again
until it votes right.
We give one more moroccan from Van Buren,
lie says:
Everybody knows that the labor Of foreigners
completes with that of the slaves, and drives il out
Ii is true too that foreigners prefer the free States
and build them up, to the prejudice of the slave
holding States"
This was intended as an argument against
the American party, but like all the other ar
guments of the Northern National" Democ-
racy, they cut both ways-they travel across
Mason and Dixon's lne and plague the friends
and allies of the inventors Here is an appeal
for the admission of foreigners on the ground
that they drive out slavery, which is fact.
Hence Abolitionists are always found opposing
the American party. And yet here at the
South the American party is charged with be-
ing an ally Of Abolitionism.
We need not continue these extracts further.
We have given enough to show where the
Pierce Democracy of New York stands at
present, and we submit it to honest Democrats
whether or not they are willing to give aid
and comfort to such men and measures.