Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-02-12
Democrats and Wings.


We alluded, on yesterday. to tue prob,l.r
~ of the passage Of the Pacific Railroad A.
through Congress. notwithstanding their.
tiousl opposition Of the Dem crate p.ry,
Internal improvements by the Gener4lGgy.,.
ment, AMI notwithstanding the fact ,ba,,t..
party has control of both II uses of Cunr-s..
as we'll as Democratic President. II xorr,
seem, with a Democratic Executive. gpIpl.,
Democratic majority 10 both House, +
Congress, that the party ought to he at.
not only to accomplish but to arres, Ar,
legislation that it might think proIer. :
far from this being the case, it has. Of l,,.
years, become q settled thing with that paris
to adopt certain set of principles at thu.
National Conventions, and immediately there.
after to fy directly 10 the face Of them, in til,
practical Legislation OF Congress. AGd
hagrant example Of this Is afforded 10 III.
yery matter OF Pacific Railroad.
We have referred to this subject, hlwe7er
more for the purpose Of illustrating the i,e.
rality of the Democratic party towards taei,
opponents. than for any other reason. Eau.
for years, the old Wing party AS the ,ubie,.
of continued and perpetual abuse by the
Democ racy, on account Of It's advocacy Of a
discriminating system of internal improve.
ments by the General Government. Il VA.
called the Federal party, the "lstitUdrus
rian" party, and every other name which
their ingenuity could invent. And get when
leading Democrats, such as Gwln and Phep;
and Mr.. Buchanan himself, advocate Plc.
ic Ralroai-One If the grandest scheme, u
internal Improvement ever projected we hel,
nothing of the abuse which was avI,hed .
freely upon the Wings for the same t.ins.-
OCCASIONALLY we have mid remDu-rr.u,s
from zone Democratic Journal, m're lntegel.
dent than the rest-Jut the great BODY o.!
them submit with as gentle acqulesence q,
dpves--apparently forgetting that tins i, me
Of the very measures tor which they slt
the old Wing party deserved to swept from
the earth, and to be extermlnated utterly
We confess ourselves unable to unier,tauI
the Justice OF this kind of treatment.
And SO in regard to the Tariff. /, WIS
considered dreadful and unpari)nabIe IF.
fence ir a Virgins Wing to advocate The
i'm position of duties az upon iron t0r 10.
stance. A Pennsylvania Democrat c.ui Of.
it with IMMUNITY. What was yeniA. IN
Democrat, became the perfection Of m,l.
strosity in a Wing.
Mr.. Douglass and Mr.. Stuart may slS0.
cate the improvement Of rivers and harU.n
and it is all right--but Mr.. Crlttendcn usy
do the same thing, and It Is all wrong. The
same parties may combine t. cheat the Cd
States out of their portion OF the pub!lc d.
main, and no voice Of complaint Is heard. li
becomes very serious offence IN Mr.. Bel,@
Tennessee, to advocate even fair distritu
ton among all the States.
Mr.. Johnson, OF Tennessee, advocates 'ah
agrarian measure-a homestead law. l"'
does not impair Mr.. Johnson's pemucmf
or subject him to Drmncratc censurc. BIZ
it his colleague, Mr.. Bell were u d. r.
same thing, would not the air be vocal W.a
Democratic complaints Of the enormity
the offence?
Gov. Wise, Mt this imminent crisis in p.
affairs If the South, throws hS persona. ..
official Influence in the scale OF the B.n
Repu blicans, by opposing the admiS-Iun
Kansas. For much loss offences, MIR. Boz
and Mr.. Winter Davis are hunted down s.
enemies OF the SOUTH aud AZ AbDlltlOnist'.-
Some lew only Oi the DemocIaII J'u'I''
have had the manliness TO protest agalcH
this act of Gov. Wise, and to denounce ITO
fitting terms-while all Of them, with ''n.C
lar unanimity, are vehement in opposition
the mere delivery, by Mr.. Davis, Of l.e
rary address at the University Of Virginia
From these circumstances--and from hG'-
dreds of other similar ones that might b
mentioned-we submit that the thing 50
call Democracy, is an unreasonable and e..
PRECIOUS thng-aDd altogether impossible q
being understood. 1t has no word Of GU.
plant for Democrats, doing the same b1!
for which they curse the poor Wing bAa I
and blue. An egregious political offence 10 .
a Wing, when com mltted by Democrat, -
comes, if not an act Of rare virtue, at least H
indiscretion perfectly veniaI.-Ly"ch. w. .