New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-30
THE DEMOCRACY.

j The so,called Democracy OF the United States is
4 a queer ongomeration of antpodai elements which
theastutest Philadelphia lawyer or the shrewdest 10.
cpfoeo tacttion Of Louisiana would despair Of I'M
detandng much less reducing to consistency except
on the principle that seinterest produces singular
conjuncdons, and that the cohesive power Of public
plumber, as illustrated by Mr. Calhoun, possesses a
strange, fascinating and irresistible influence over
the minds and actions Of numerous individuals. For
our part to use the Titanic metaphor of an original
cotemp we would sooner undertake to stop the
saw Of taskWorking stone cutter with the melodies
OF an zEoian harp, OF stir up ngnishingfr with
poker OF ice, or plant crowbars with the eXpeet
ton that bountiful crop of levee plank res Wola
follow, orgo happening for whales in the Bayon st'
John, or think that Horace Greeley would resist we
vigorous kick an honest man, or attempt 70 SWIM
mp the Mississippi river to the Falls On
raft constructed Of lead ten layers IN depth,
or believe that the strong minded women OF the
North are fit TO- become mothers and teachers OF
boys and grlsthan to essay solution OF the DEM
ocratic riddle the party South and North presents.
The whole concern is an insoluble enigma to our
unsophisticated mind 70 show the perpleSity that
surrounds tile question, we submit apartment and
i telling Illustration The Washington Union, Nichol
son editor IS the accredited organin-chief Of the
Democratic party. The New York Tribune, Greeley
editor is the main organ of the Abolition party of the
North. These propositions cannot be gainsayed.--
They are patent, well known, incontroverble. Well,
the Washington Union deyotes column afterc column,
day after day. prove that Willard Fillnoreis free
ksoiler and aholitionsta man whom it would be sui
cidal policy the Southern people to trust. The New
ork Tribune fills column upon column day after day.
week after week, and month after month, to demon
strate that Willard Fillmore is pro-savery man.
friend to the South the bitterest enemy the friends
of freedom have to contend against a foe to the
North, and continuously brutaly and feroeiously as
sails him, and invokes upon his devoted head the
Sdirest vengeance Of abolitiondom =
WY What aspectacle and what contrast! Here we
see the chief priest Of modern Democracy and the
grand high priest of abolition fanaticism working
costly together to effect one common end-te political
destruction Of the American candidate for the Pres
dency. The instances we have cited are but two out
Of thousands yet they answer an enumeration Of
the whole The greater and lesser organs Of the two
factions named, on both sides of Mason and Dixon's
line, echo and reecho, and echo again. the same old
tune which reaches their ears from the big or
gans in Washington and New York. They have
practiced so long and with so much diligence that they
can chime in with the keynote without difficulty,
nstafter.
Now, here's puzzle If Mr.. Fillmore lcas an
aboltionist, or if he eountenancel abolitonism in
any shape manner form, Greeley would not be con-
tinually denouncing and MALI ning him. That is GER
tain and it is also first rate evidence of his entire
nationality this ALI in fact, vital subject.
| Modern Democracy claims to be national-insists
that the Northern section is alone sound on the
slavery question. Neither the8caims nor the aver
ments are sustained by the past or the present.
Which party North first became abolitionized? Let
us go back to 184s and sees In that year, General
Taylor, Southern SHAREHOLDERS, was the Wing candi-
date for the Presidency General Cass was the Demo
cratic candidate In New York, and some other
Northern States; Ex-President Van Buren, ran as an
Independent, Freesoil candidate. The Wings Of New
York stood up manfnlly to the stakeholder, Zachary
Taylor and carried the State for him; while Martin
Van Buren,, the Freesoil nominee, received four or
five thousand more votes than did Lewis cass, the
regular Democratic standard bearer! Here is a
significant fact, worth whole columns of partisan
sophistry We beg the Southern people to bear in
mind So much for the past.
For the present, O melancholy confession from the
special able and influential organ
of Mr.. Buchanan in the Key Stone State-must suf-
fee, and it answers well our purpose. As it is quite
probable Nh. B. will be the Democratic nominee for
the next Presidency, these ontgivings Of the Penn
sylvanian should be regardedas more than orllna-
ry important. Speaking of the abolition sentiment
prevalent in the States north of Pennsylvania, the
editor finds modification Of what, according to the
changing fanatcism of individuals is abid Garrison
ism, passive Abolitionism, simple Freesoilisn, and
| adds:
general the sentiment in the States north u.s. that
BinHy processing The Democratic infected and in the
generally, those organized in the Black
publican party are borne away by the popular M
a,e1q'choy eoatesstoa to aae ta te Democroor rhat
4 ought to be Demeeyan those States is a dis time gene
sreeofs in is fnHs There thousands, course
who bowed the knee the Black Republican Baal
has been deluded and temporarily nsled
tron, what New England State wond by
4 second platform like of the 4t of March! New York
event New jersey think, might, for She orthodox
| but what other ~
i This makes out the Northern Democracy pretty
Irrational party!& :sThe mass has been deluded, =
etc, into the foul embraces Of abotionism! The
Pennsylvania is high authority Will it be safe OIL
polite for the South join in the unhoy and unnatu
lal embrace? We think not Touch not pitch lest
| We he defiled.