, 1857-02-13
The IVhigs Of the SOutb. .

Inv W Hohlil5 bp'l y HtOu, III I'LL UTLltle
addressed to the Wings of the South, after
recting the fall of the National Wing Par
ty by Abolition, and the hopelessness of a
reunion o the Northern and Southern
whigS-giyts the following advice:
ut seems to us, therefore, that the
wings Of the South have this, and only
this, alternative before them in the present
crisis: They are to choose whether they
will unite with the whg party of the North,
now Unidentified with the abolitiouists, who
have declared an interminable and cxter-
minating war against the whole South
who dcnounce the constitution as "a COM
pact with hell" solely because it recoG
nises and protects the rights Of both wings
and democrats in the slaveholding States
or with the democracy of the North, who,
whatever may be their abstract opinions,
have on all occasions respected those rights,
and still stand ready to sustain them
against the assaults of abolitionized whig-
gerry. This is the alternative, and let them
choose. Let them beware of vague dec
larations and platforms without bottom,
either signiiying nothing or intended only
to deceive, concocted at whig-aboltion
know-nothing conventions at Philadelphia,
Cleveland, or elsewhere. Let them look
to their acts, not their professions. They
ought to know by this time that there is
but one national party-the democracy
and that there is no other now in existance
that will stand by them in rolling back the
wave of fanaticism in which every other
party is now completely immersed. Above
all, let them beware of the know-nothngs;
disguise themselves as they will, the cloven
foot appears. They are only abolltionists
and apostate wings or democrats in disguise,
and masked enemy is Of all others the
most dangerous. We repeat, the alterna-
tive is before them, and let them choose"
We entirely agree with the Union in the
picture it draws of the Wing party. 1t
has broken down, utterly and forever, be-
meath the overwhelming force Of anti-slavery
For many years it tampered With abolition,
aud nursed it 10 its bosom, yet, sustained
by the mighty influence Of Clay and WEB
srER, it held together. But the demon has
risen upon their graves, and blasted the
objects Of their labors, hopes, and struggles.
A0iliation with Northern Whiggery now,
is impossible for any man or party in the
South. What then is the refuge of South
ern Whigs9 Where shall they go? The
Union, in its zeal for the Democratic Party,
and fearful of its overthrow, advises them
to unite with "the Democracy of the North. !"
Will they heed the advice?
Now, every argument, every fact, which
the Union urges to show that the Northern
Wing Party is unfit for Southern associa-
ton, applies to the Northern Democracy"
What is their position? It is needless to
cite the past, when the present, with its
momentous issues, is upon US. The Demo-
cratic Party at the. North was certainly
true to the South aud her constitutional
rights. When the war Of abolition broke
out, they stood faithfully and maufuIly by
us. In ne agitation which followed the
introduction Of Anti Slavery petitions into
Congress, they made common cause with
the statesmen of the South. Nor did they
yield, until, man after man, they we're cut
down at home by the onward sentiment of
abolition, and until the South itself aban-
doned its own cause, and left them exposed
to the shafts of fanaticism. II is a truth
which cannot be concealed or denied, that
had the South been true to herself in that
early struggle; had she presented to the
North the simple issue which her CALHOUN
so strenuously urged, Of absolute noninter
ference with slavery, or disunion, and ena-
bed her friends at the North to fight abo-
lition on that alternative-she would have
crushed it then forever and saved herself,
and the country, from the agitations which
have since rent it. But the Democrats Of
the North found themselves battling for
the South, yet deserted by her-resisting
aggressions upon her constitutional rights,
to which she was already submitting, and
thus, assailed by abolition at home, and
deserted by the South they gave up the
thankless suicidal struggle. Even ATHER-
ToN-whoSe resolutions, affirming the
rights of the South on the subject Of slave
ry in clear aud bold terms, were the banner
cry of the staunch Democracy all over the
North, Even ATHERroN, after years Of re-
sistance, finally abandoned the cause. The
history and memory Of such men stand as
living monuments Of shame to the weak and
miserable counsels that then prevailed, by
which the South sacrificed, at one blow, her
rights and her best friends. Her conduct
then taught Northernmen bitter lesson,
never to be forgotten 1t made them care
less and Indifferent TO the rights Of the
South, because they saw that the South
herself was Indifferent. 1t did more. 1t
taught them that the South might be be-
trayed and trampled upon with impunitY.
1t encouraged them in the treacheroos
course, since steadily pursued by the North
to the South, Of specious compromises, and
lair pledges, made only to be violated. 1t
taught them that she might be appeased
aud quieted by the shallowest quibbles and
concessions. But while it enforced these
lessons upon her friends, it made her enc
mics more absolute and intolerant than
ever, and fanatieisp felt that it could pur-
sue. under cover of the Union, and without
danger to it, its schemes Of destruction.