The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-09-02
WASHINGTON, DC.
THURSDAY, sEPTFaBER 2, 1856


THE soAcALLxD Dk40a3AfzG rAsIf.
In political discussionC and farsy action,
Tor many years, there has aeen on E,s part Of
the so-callsd Democracy ~ ext<sns devotion
TO organization, and An almost tsal indihsr
snce 70 measures and prini iplss. Whssever is
dexesd and ordered By ssae esftrsl power,
that ID adopted and made the rvse Of action,
without regard to i1s me- It's or ;tesnerits, BY
these trained and discipi oed pfft.ssns. Il
4onld be bss mischieyous If thkse sspirsnts
Ind saipendiarias we're % is6e1 $its merely
,,eaforming 70 the sdicts sd req ire scents of
the Administration; bat, irstead Il j., Q con-
SAINT and persevering effas ia n I'd 70 mis-
represent and misstate thoss Who An opposed
To them. This has been Nfticuis ~ she case
among the so1called Dem ,crats IF shs free
BATES, who have exhibited be ssrsAg It incon-
i,stencies and vagaries in heir kah cal con-
dact, since the adjustment the On .ne III Issues
tspring the Polk administra on. .
In the slave States, matt. have be N some.
What different, for in neat y all I T tssm the
knlli6ers, OF the Southern Rights pAay, have
obtained the sscendency, and ius every one
Eysir sectional and central sing pt ic.' 10 pre-.
dominant. They have had speci nsject in
view in converting the Ne ional iosernmsht
iao IN instrument 10 PRONE 70 . gr ii rsonopo-
II interest, and through itt agen,s slsnsolida-
sng the local municipal i stitutis IL few
States into central and control NJ, power,
above and beyond the Co .stitat;sa and the
L,vs. -H t GOO ~ 10
With this intent, the unife. m and III .ditional
Territorial policy of the Go 'ernmsst ,ess sub
vsrted, the Missouri Comprt mise WIS repealed,
the bred Scott decision we prossust ,.sted, q
pss sistent effurt has been msde to e,sslase Kan.
sas, and series of acts, M iecessssy 10 enu.
Iuerate in DETAIL have been W!snease4, In all of
them the Southern Rights party xere ssimuls-
ted by that local, monopoly inte,e8, shich, in
their respective States, is an sbsorbS q and con.
trol ling element of power, cad viii b funda-
mentally intolerant and desaotic,. n " have
no. disguised their. desire AID intst d q to ma
tisnalizs and extend this 9 eat loe wrong
and, however much we may disasr !, ON and
condemn some Of the meafa, and . 7osed as
we are totally and unequivtsally " d e whole
movement, as morally and politici n wrong,
and incompatible With the @ 'nstitoi o. still let
ua do them the justice to ay, thtf 1--WE not
eqIivocated and presented fslse pre- or KS, but,
az a general thing, boldly a%owed t,e object.
Under the delusions, interested ape.s, l., party
excitement, and the absence of free di ssssion,
it is but charitable to suppo thatsn - have
Wrought themselves into thu belle, i at their
motives are correct, and thai Wash hs ION, JET.
ferson, and those who France and o /, no have
administered the Governmer. until b. middle
of the nineteenth century, W, 70 in esso
Sut with the so-called Eemocr c, of the
free States the case il Sjss sRt f. 81 . have s,
they have abjured the politi .al do q les and
teachings of Washington aid JET n on, nor
thas they have abandoned he old I, nd true
Territorial policy of the Go, ernma t, nor do
they assent that Slavery, the local Re stare of
the States which authorizi it, is 4 ationa.
Their apology is, that the i.dminifsr ion re.
ii 'es obedience, and maker it te.s uestion
o! sarty fidelity. Their pc. sonal ssl Eations
base led them 10 embark ON the bi lows of
party, without principle to- govern G. guide
lesn; and, as q consequence, tbe ,olitical
& acres through the whole FREE Statfa q lined
Vita the wrecks of politicis Is aud stt esmen,
whose hopes and prospects, have be- foun-
tered. They abandoned tie plain hart OF
con stitutionsl and manly tuty, ,tr,I,s false
lights of the sectional Soutsern Rssh ! party,
snG have been stranded in vain npS avor to
stem the tide of a righteous pubic pinion
| The lust of Office and the discipG1t 4 party
imnelled them to a course that dest Z. q their
own selfrespect, and whatever lure K Inc mo
ment beguiled them, the cad has IN, and
must inevitably be, forfeiture of = ic con
| fdence.
1t was the great mistake q the ls nd the
present Administrations, thSs they place
the Government in false. position o those
measures of public interest Il at we're fore the
country. New issues had ;isen in u poll
ties, and it was for the Executive tt l,eide il
what manner the Governm mt shee De ad
msnistered on these new questions. Ia '.ch cas-,
the President departed from the ars at land
m$rks, and adopted the sectional the : of tn,
Nallifers, or Southern Rights party, " ich ha,
adroitly possessed itself of the orga cization
aud threatened disruption if saeir scbe,ees wer
not made the policy of thu Admin stration
Pierce inaugurated new rerritoria policy
that unsettled everything in Kansss, sfe the
atre of its operations, and Governor al ,er Gov
ernor was dispatched in an snavailfng a temp
to carry that policy into effect, uati Pierc
himself fell victim to it. Bucr W "a com
/ menced with the apparent iItentioD Of e,rrec
ing some of the errors of hia prede e, C 6, an
, his instructions to Walker, the new r,srno
|, were plausible; but when Walker il 2, o,i fait
, exempted to carry these instructie "a into e
q feet, the Southern Rights party t ne il
timated their dissatisfaction, and thu r e slider
hsstened to sbrogats his osn instI L. itns, i
a order to conciiste the imparious in s,ds
+ the secsionalists, to whom he owed lectior
: Let any one disposed tourserstap arectl
the course of the socalled .Democf kt-, par,
y during the last four or FIVE yearf ramin
!, their action through all ito vagarsas ad il
l. constituencies. He will find there BIS been
dsbssing obsequiousness to the cef.r edic
= = on every occasion, without regard to b ,rine
!. pies involved--s change to opposit nrem,
" whenever the Administration requiri t. The
e were all supporters of tbs Miss u ! Cor
q promise, until the Admin btrstios nder
y sudden impulse demanded III repeal As SOC
az the central power made this tel !, ,stio
% their partisans surrendered, and, d sad
n maintaining the Missouri ttompro al e, tn
we're converted into opponents. i t e sla