Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-02-16
THE CONTRAST.


The Know-nothing party having united
with the whole Anti-Nebraska and Re-
publican party in the North, and elected
a great majority of Congressman who
have, by the aid and comfort of the few
protested national members from the
South, placed one of the most violent
and fanatical of their number in the
Speakers chair; and, having failed in
every election in the South, except in
Maryland and kentucky, the Southern
wing, standing upon the twelfth section
of the Philadelphia platform, is begin
ming to realize that the great strength OF
their mongrel party lies in the North,
and that their organization is Abolition
to the core. But, instead of finally cut
ting loose from the party, as it is, we
conceive, their duty under the circum-
stances, and uniting with the National
Democracy to preserve tho honor and
rights of the South as well as Of the
North, they still adhere to their Adolf
ton brethren with the vain hope of elect
ing q President in the approaching cam
paign. Not only do they attempt to
Justify the course of these fanatics, but
to excuse themselves from their course,
and extricate their party from the odium
which attaches to it in the Southern
States, its leaders arc endeavoring, with
all the sophistry and logic which they
possess, to prove that the Democracy of
the North is also tincturel with Abolition
ism, and therefore unworthy Of the as
ISOLATION of the Democrats of Che South.
It gives US pleasure, however, that,
in their unhallowed object, they have
utterly failed, and the whole country,
and especially the South, has cause 10
rejoice that Che Democracy Of thc North,
which has ever contended for the Consti-
tutional rights Of the whole country,
still stands unkroken in the defence Of
the Constitution, and battles for princi-
pies which its Southern brethren can
cordially support. We intend now more
particularly to directth the attention of our
readers to the position Of parties in
Pennsylvania. A few weeks since the
Legislature Of that State elected Gov.
BIGLER, a sound national man, to the
United States Senate, and the Democratic
caucus then adopted the following roso-
luton:
"Resolped, That the Democratic members Of
the Senate and House Of Representatives Of
Pennsylvania, in caucus assembled DO hereby
express their unanimous appreciation Of the
course pursued by the Democratic members Of
the House Of eur National Congress for their
steady and unfolding support Of the national
principles of The party which knows no North,
no South, no East, no West and urge upon
them the propriciy Of still Gdhering TO their
nations honor"
But look at the contrast. The Know
nothings, who nominated Il. Joy MORRIS
for the same position, forgot their ma
tional platform, aud openly declared that
they would oppose the admission Of any
more Slave States into the Union. Here
is their platform:
"Resolced, That weare opposed the adnis-
sion of any more slave States into the Uaion.
Therefore Resolved, That Kansas and Ne
braska should be admitted into the sistcrhood
rs free States'
What do the Southera Know-no;bings
think of their brethren Of Pennsylvania,
led by such men as WILMoT, CAMERON,
JOHNSTON, STEPHENS, PEAEcE, BEooME,
and FULLER-the latter two protesting
to be national-who by ther votes indi-
rcctly aided in electing BANKS Speaker
Can the people Of the South be hum
plugged any longer to support the Know
nothing faction in the hope that tits a ma
tional party? Do they not sec that every
Governor elected by it in the free States
is an Abolitionist-th but six Members
of Congress which it has returned from
the North protested to be national, and
that when the crisis came they cayed in
and that even in conservative Penn
sylvania, where they have most to hope
for, this party is opposed to their Con-
stitutional rights? What have they to
hope for from its hands? Let them con
slider the matter seriously and suffer the
promptings Of duty and Of patriotism to
control their action. If they do this,
they cannot fail to unite with the Nation
al Democracy in defence of States Rights
and the Constitution.
EE~ The veteran statesman, Gen. Cas-,
fell from the steps Of the Patent Office,
in Washington, on Friday the 8th inst. &,
and was 50 much injured that apprehen-