The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-05-01
Tbe felitiana lemottat.
COMMUNICATED.
"WHERE ARE WEI


and exhibits to the public mind, to consider
able extent, the position of respectable por-
ticn Of I" the late American party" and which
we hail as indicating the proper spirit, at the
right time. lie says:
"Thcrc are some of the American party who cvfflce
asettled purpose to In wise assist in the settlement
Of the issues between the North and the South. upon
the Constitutional obligations of the former anu INC
rights Of the latter! sulcn and obstinate hen'ra''.
y is their declared purpose hc Dcoc'a,,c ~, parry,
say they. have for years past achieved al tneir P
triumphs upon these ssucshcy declared themselves
the guardians of the Constitutional rights oi ,hc
South they called upon men OF all parties, 10 me
Snnih te stand bv them ~ the only National party.
and The pcculiar friend of the South and her insttu.
tons her cizcna being The chosen people oi the VA
tonaI Democracy Now, let them save the South :
Yes, gentlemen, we did appeal to you, ire.
spcctive of party, to stand by Us. We did as
sert time after time, that we were the only ma
tonal party, the only party that could save the
Union. Our past history showed our nation
atty From the earliest period it had oppo-
scd free soilism, and in 1856, it was the only
party that had survived the struggle for the
constitutional rights of the South. All other
parties have faded away before the sectional
one Of Black RcpublicaniSm. save the glorious
old Democratic party, which had armed itself
from the beginning, with the constitution and
its guarantees, and which had up 70 that time
nobly drove back the tide Of 'liSnnion aud free
soil aggression upon the constitution Of the uni
on and the rights of the south. We had cnac
ted the Kansas measures and then stood bold
ly by them as the last resort to check the tide
of Black Rcpubcansm that then threatened
the overthrow Of our confcdcracy. You ALL
or most Of you, acknowledged the justice Of
that act, hut pretended to doubt its cXpcdicn-
~ You were in favor Of new compromises,
and further concessions on our part 10 our
northern brethren. You were in favor Of the
retention of the Missouri compromise, which
would forever exclude slavery from Kansas
We reasoned We plead with yor, TO make n
stand with us for your rights, then aud there,
and not 10 suffer another compromise, nor con
cc,lc another point Of Your rights. We asked
you 10 join rs and present a bold, mhrokcn
front not only Of representatives in Congress,
but Of sentiment throughout the entire south
And how did yon respond 10 all this? You
entered into spirited canvass against rs: von
fought an ugoriouS battle with rs in every
southern statc You denounced the repeal OF the
compromise and the Kansas act, rs IN outrage,
unjust aud uncalcd for. In that contest, too,
you elected n sufficient number of southern men
who have united with the Black republicans in
defeating the very measures yon now blame
the national democracy for not carrying into
effect Here are their names RicanG, llar.
ris, and Davis, Of Maryland: Underwood and
Carolina
THAT their allianc" with the sacionalisls Of the
North has effected III" overthrow Of the policy Of the
South in reference to the Kansas cnGroyersy.
will deny, with the danning pro"f blazing upon the
records
Thus it is seen, that if gour Maryland, Ken.
lucky, and North Carolina representatives had
stood by the South, Kansas would have been
already admitted into the Union rs Il slave
state DO you rcproach the northern demoe-
racy for doing that which your southern repre-
schlull'cS uiu! ~ YOU i'VIba'n u, DttulAt Us
southern democrats we are too feeble rs II par
ty to battle successfully with northern black
republicans, when you, here in orr midst rise
up and say that the enactment Of the Kansas
bill was an outrage on northern rights, that
the compromise line ought to be restored, and
that Kansas ought to be free state? If you
have not said this in as many words, your con-
duct and action from the beginning to the pre-
sent time .nulr uiluu suDSJalllalc II. nau
your southern members followed your home
policy, to stand aloof from the contest, we then
might have had less cause to complain, but
their voting with the black republicans should
at once and forever silence you. Now, let
them save the south" Under all the clrcunl-
stances is not this an infamous-a traltorous
remark. The dying thief upon the cross was
not SO ungrateful, for he only demanded, that
if Christ be the Christ, he should save HIMSELF
but you demand, that we not only save our
selves, but save You also. You mock and scorl
our honest Efforts and indirectly. If not direct