Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-07-24
Why our Party IS SectionaL.


Principles, with our opponents, seem to have be-
come matter of longitude and latitude, and the me-
rit of principle is to be determined by the extent of
country over which it spreads itself The democra-
tic party we are told is National party and repre-
sens National principle because the delegates from
thesouth met with the delegates of the north to make
the platform and candidate. If the platform had
gone no further than to endorse horse stealing upon
their logic horse-stcang would be great National
principle because there men up in Maine in "a
vor of horsestealng well as down in Texas.
But we commenced this article to show how it is
the republican party, geographically considered, is
a sectional party-how it happens that we were not
| as well represented from the southern states in our
convention as were the democrats in theirs. We ap-
prehend there are or if not, that there ought to be,
as many men in the south in favor of free soil there
are in the north liz favor Of slave soil and under the
same circumstances that free soil convention would
have as many representatives from the south as a
slave soil convention would have from the north.
But unfortunately the circumstances are by no
means equal The character Of The free sentiment OF
the north makes very tolerabe state of things for
the doughfaces among her own people, compared
with what the despotsm of the south does for those
who rebel againstit.
We can illustrate clearly and briefly. free soil
man in Virginia did venture to appear at the Repub
hcan Convention Representative from that state.
In the Convention he made brief speech, in which
he went further than simply to re-torae the sen
timents OF Washington and Jefferson on the subject
| of slavery The result was thar the PEOPLE of his
ncghborhood held meeting and passed number
OF resolutions, the following being the concluding
one
Resolved. That committee be appointed to wait
upon Nh Underwood and inform hln 81 the just feel
ings OF Indignation created by his course in the Con
vcuton referred to- together with his former (rcpu-
ted coarse IN regard TO the institution OF slavery
ana that they deem 1t just and adv seablc that he
Should i-ars thc Sfats speedily As can Rd Il IN
/ h1S 9at0er 10 ao SO.
I This man did not dare to return 10 Virginia lie
obliged to send friend for his family, to leave
large farm and other property, aud is al this mo
meut exile in tie northern states.
Our readers we apprehcnd from this fact, win be
able to guess why cur party has SO few representa-
ves from the south, and is therefore called a sec
tonal party suppose tie people Of the north should
take it iato their heads defend freedom as the
sou5h defends slavery, by tho hudgeon, by tar aud
feathers, ard Ivy banishusout. how long would it be
before this sham democracy would 30 restricted in
its representatives south Of Mason's and Dixon line
But far from the north initiating the south iu that
particular the people of the north have really offer
cd a premium on this class Of men--they make them
lpos masters, custom house officers and receivers Of
al tbs lat drppings from the national treasury.
Oar readers then understand the causes of this pc
culiar sectionasm Of tie Republican platform. Il
they Ike the Naioaa2sm which produces this state
fittings, by putting northern doughtaec into fat
Office and southern freeman into coat of tar and
feathers let thon vote for the National Cincinnati
platform With Buchanan on IT,