Washington telegraph., 1857-12-09

report 0t tile committee, WIS cnecrIuiiy
acquicsccd in
There being no further business before
the board, on motion Of Mr.. Wait, the
meeting adjourned WV die.
EDw. CROSS.
President II. Al F R. ~.
RTcH'D FATHERLT, Sar'g.
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latasgri. .hoeveg X ECA wan lnc South il
against hcr-and whatsoever, in a contest
like that witnessed BY the country In No
vcnber last, il not with the Democratic
party. is not with the South. While there
are certainly many good and true men who
occupied this position, through a differ
cut conception Of the nature Of the case,
yet it is plain to all rejecting men, Al this
INV, that tie virtual effect of their action
was to betray aud deliver up the rights
Of tile South into the hands VI her most
bitter enemies.
We fiud, says the Lynchburg Virginian,
the above ridiculous paragraph III Dem
ocratic paper published down in the good
old state Vi North Carolina. We have
heard 70 much nonsense, Of Z similar Kind,
uttered Of late, that we propose once for
all, to give il some notice.
Whenever We hear Southern Demo
crat urging the union Of all parties at ihe
South for the purpose of presenting unit
ed front 70 the iauaticism Of the North,
We set him down al once as either shal-
low ana superficial thinker. " IT, M ab-
suluie kuaye. Ia all that affects the it,
siitu;ion vi slavery, are not all parties AZ
tile South united H. there any Impclch-
ment Of the hdeliiy OF others than Demo
crals to the honor aud rights NJ thc South.
VIII tile North Carolina paper above quot
ed. or any other Democratic paper. or ny
individual Democrat, dare ty say that all
others besides Democrats q; the South are
the enemies uf their section and inunicll
ID it, iustitutiUnsg III not. what j. thc
use ii utteriu. such miserable sophi,tr:
J. Is contained in the above para aeraphy
VI nat IN the ~ VIZ urging q ullUn of
all parties at tile South, when qEsGd the
institution of slavery, such q union already
exists Are there auy W sanizcd plrtie.
Of anti slavery men anywhere throughout
the slave States None whatever-un-
Ie.. colony III Germans ia Texas. and
unless those who defend the EreesOilers
of Walker in Kansas, may be IN called
and al VI these, without exception, be-
long to the Democratic party.
Ine opposition at inc south have no ii
position whatever ID make an issue with
ihc democracy with respect 20 their rell-
dive suundutss. They have in uO instance.
made such an issue Il Is only when ciiai-
luugcd into defence by repeated accusa-
lious, hInts, and inuenlur-. like the above,
tina; they have ever word 70 sly on the
subject. suppose that these causele~s and
unjust tauuts should provoke them iutO
an examination OF the Democratic record
VA the subject M slavery. Might thcy
not. by spcclOUs reasoning, convict the
Democracy Of the same offence with which
they are themselves charged. Might
they not instance tue steady increase Of po-
htic.,i power in the North the while the
Democracy have been III full possession
OF the Goycrnment fOr thirty years uuin-
tcrruptediy Might they not citc the
recognition Of tue WilnUt prJvisO BY
President Polk Might they not instance
the ucascless agitation Of thc slavery ques
tipn 10 the south, tor Pdrly purposes,
which By producing corresponding All
tAtIun nc tine North, hls tended tD render
the South almost at the mercy Of Free
sollisni
We repeat that VIC have no disposition
to make an issue with the Democracy on
these questiOns-but why j. il that the
opposition are continually aFraigncl un w
bascless a charge as lack Of feaity TO the
south Why is il that - sweeping and
unqualified a declaration Is made Tint
whosocyer Is not with the Democratic par
~ Is against thl South We rcpcl the
accusation with an emphatic denial
What is the effect of such language as
this upon the North The elect, obvi-
ously, is to create the impression that the
South has disaflectcd elements IN it, socie-
~. The effect j. 10 encourage Frecsoil-
ism BY an assurance that it has allies in
the bosom Of the South The effect j. TO
induce the belief among our enemies that
they will be assisted in their crusade upon
the rights Of the South by party in its
own midst Already. IL u a common cir
cumstancc with Abolition Journals to pro-
claim the existence Of larrc numbers of
anti-slavery men in all portions " the
South. Where DO they get such impress
sions fromg Undeuiably, from southern
Democratic journals, which, for purely
party purposes, thus misrepresent South
crn sentiment.
For our own part, We intend TO submit,
in sileace, to such accusations no longer
They have been repeated, again and again,
until they have absolutely gained eredenee
with the weakmindel and the simple. The
American party u the south pEocliinls an
unfaltering devotion to Southern rights,
Southern Interests, and Southern honnr.
Whether il crrs in its mode Of protecting
them. is legitimate subject Of newspaper
controversy. Its honesty and sincerity
ought not to be disputed, aud cannot be
successfully impeached.
Gazette dAl Democrat.