Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1856-11-26
THE NORTHERN DEMOCRACY.

| We copy below an article from the New Orleans
| Courier, complimentary to the democracy OF the
north, as just as it is eloquent These democrats
| have "borne the burden and heat of the day so
| gloriously won and, even in States where they
have been overborne by superior numbers, they
| have laid the foundation of future triumphs. In
| the language of the Courier:
"The northern democracy has shown itself to be
composed of those exceptional men in the history
| of the world, who rise above the atmosphere
| which surrounds them and act on pure and unsl
| Logged principle. At time when three-fourths of
the press of the North were denouncing the South
as a Vioator of a solemn agreement when nearly
all the pulpits of the North were filled by men
bowling against Southerners as violators Of the
divine law, and when all the politicians by trade
of the North were predicting publicly and pri.
vstely the certain success of Fremont and the Ger
tain disgrace of all his opponents, the democracy
of the north kept firm front and steady step,
and marched into battle as resolutely as if the
eers and hurrshs of their adversaries were the
buEzing of mosquitoes or the barking of curs.-
The Fillmore men of the north-those sweet Union
men, those Americans par eTceLlence-united with
the supporters of Fremont They gave in under
the clamor and surrendered at discretion to our
enemies. The democracy north, like the Democ-
rscy south, scorned fusion and disregarded clsmor.
They went for Buchanan and the Cincinnati plat
form in spite of all the howlings of their press and
their pulpit.
1t cannot be denied that the brunt of the battle
just won by the democrats has fallen upon the
northern members of the party, nor that the prln-
clpes for which they contended were vitality es-
sential to the maintenance of southern rights
They are not, howeger, to be considered precisely
in the light of our champions; they are rather
the advocate of the constitutional rights of the
southern States simply because they are rights -
They bravely uphold democracy because the avow-
ed principles, aims tenets and teachings of our
party are constitutional, honorable, progressive
and just and in fighting for Democracy they have
fought for all Americans who are willing to abide
by the Constitution, who ask only for justice and
are willing to render justice in return. Friend
snip for the people of the south alone would not
have induced northern democrats to sacrifice so
much of their time and labor or 30 far subject
themselves to the revings of their fanatcs neigh
bors, as they have done, in their advocacy of the
great principles in this contest They toed indus
triously, for they toied for TRUTH right and JUS
tice. They advocated their cause with zeal be-
cause they love their country-al of it; they love
and work for democracy because they recognize its
intrinsic excellence and nobility. An appeal was
made to their patriotic pride and to their sense
OF justice, and the appeal was not made in
vsln. They remembered those who fought and Ia.
pored to WIN our country's rights, and emulated
Lnelr Revolutionary sires in working and watrIng
lor tnat country continued welfare. The whole
AFFAIR IS IN nutshell: they are de7nocratsl
but not because they fought for principles which
protect US rather than for US directly, should
gratitude towards them be less: our confidence in |
them must be only tie greater, for we NAV now
feel even greater assurance that as long as we are
right the democrats of the North will be with and
for US, heart and hand.
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