The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-29

The Democratic State Convention Of Georgia
the other day passed the following, among other
resolutions
ing tbs terms on bich Congress should sdut Ksa<> In
to the non an IN attempting 10 dictate the people
as TO what ella OF persons constitutes presumpuois i
erfererce IN rsr'es which he has no ieetm ale
control and ,hai the same address expressing Toe
cal ci n!on that Kansas will become free Stsie aud
presenting arguments 10 support thai side OF qae boa
10 gross departure from the principles of non
tin and n neutrality shcn established by the
hill and thar the convention has full confidence
Mr. Buchansn w mani hdelity prino oles wnicn
carried him into Office ~ recalling Gov Walker.
Now, we dave cay that In all the annals of
party trickery thar cannot be found q more con-
temptible piece of bypocritical pettifogging than
this aforesaid resolution Whatever may be tue
sntecedents of Robert J. Walker as politician
or Spectator, il Cannot be deni ed that as Cover
nor of Kansas bis course has been remark ably
fair, frank, oopc'latcry and impartial He has
assumed no powers tbat did not belong to him;
and instead of violating 10 any way tie princi-
pies of 'non- Intervention and neutrality whoh
werc established by toe KsDsas bill" he has In
dostrousy iabored to reconcile Ell parties to that
basis OF settlement. He hes thus been ecting as
the faithful agent Of Mr.. Buchanan, cod as the
repree NATIVE of his inaugural address The
georgia democracy, therefore, have been aiming
q blow at Mr. Buchanan over the shoulders of
Mr. Walker, and their demand for the recall of
Walker is but fimsy Disguise to their real de-
signs
A very brief historical, explanation will afford
the true meaning ard purposes of this Georgia
resolution. The democratic party of Georgia is
composed of two wigs or aivisions-the couser.
va'ive Union wing, and the secession or Southern
ultra division. The ultras have the majority Of
toe party leaders ana active managers, aod thu,
in the conventions of the party, they dictate its
policy ana resolutions. Upon the compromise
measures of 1885, however, this I'll re- division of
the Georgia democracy in 1851 went little too
far. They made the admission Of the whole of
California ss free State the test question before
the people Of Georgia-the direct issue of con-
tinuirg in the Union, or seced ding from tee Uaioo
The conservative wing Of the democracy abaa-
dored the ultras upon this issue aud stOod out in
bold relief for the Union They called Uo;on
Convention, and the Union men of all parties
were thus rallied together. This done, they To-
minated Howell Cobb as the Union candidate for
Governor, distinguished in Congress as leading
advocate of the compromise Of 1850, end they
elected him by vote exceeding twenty thousand
majority. The same election carried the Union
candidate, Mr.. Toombs, formerly whig, into the
United States Senate. In the same autumn upon
precisely the sane issue and the same formation
OF parties, General Foote as the Uuion candidate
for Governor Of Mississippi, whipped outthe seccs-
sionists Of that State. Best of all, tie way to
the triumph Of the Union cause 10 the spring of
1851 in the red hot secession State OF South
Carolina, where al the material preparations of
srming for civil war had been carried cut.
Thus reduced to submission, the se9essionists
of South Carolina, Mississippi and Georgia made
virtue Of necessity, and submitted 10 TIE laws
of the Union The Presidential e.ection Of 1852
next coming on, parties in the North and in the
South were resolved back again into their old
organizations a. wings and democrats. And
thus q curious spectacle was presented at the
Baltimore Democratic Convention. The North
tIu htBSti rV'ehippNAo. WIZ hau
been endeayorng to get up strong Northern
breeze against the Fugitive Slave Law, brought to
their serses by the strong scent of the spoils
which filed eli tho cir, surrendered al once
Prince John Van Bdren stopped writing his
Fugitive Slave law letters ceased himself TO be q
fugitive, and fell gracefully into the ranks of the
united democracy, with all his folio wers SO,
too, from the South, the democratic secessionists
and the democratic Union men who had been
fighting each other like Turks and Trsars, met
together in holy communion over the plumber at
Baltimore, check by jowi. a general amnesty
was declared, and Southern sccessionists, North
ern Van Barren niger worshippera and national
democrats we're all declared to be good enough
democrats till after the election. Poor Pierce
was then nominated, and t1c work Of reanion was
done.
But the Georgia democracy had not yet fused
They came up 10 Baltimore in two dctatchmsnts
"a secession delegation, and delegation from
the Union wing Of the party. Tue convention
decrced that the secessoasts were technically the
legitimate delegation, bat tha, the Union demo-
crpts. Cobb among them, would be accepted also
as brothers In good standing. Thus poor Pierce
was nominated ard elected by The consolidated
democracy; but from III d.y Of his inaugura.
ton down 10 the campaign Of 1856, the pre-
existing feuds in the pirfy camp North and
South, were &c opened. And what have been The
Tesults? The party in the North has been utterly
cut to pieces. Not solitary Northern Sla.s-not
IA n, -
popularity Of Mr. Buchanan wos carried by the
democracy in 1855, except through the divisions
of an opposition majority.
In the meantime, since 1852 the recession wing
Of the Southern democracy have been carrying it
with a high band over the Union men of the
party for their conduct in 1861. ThuA in
Georgia the leaders Of The secession school have
done everything in their power to "crush out I"
Howell Cobb-thus Gen. Foo,e, with the reunion