New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-03-10
" THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY-IT MUST
RE PREsERVED.o

differing very materially in opinion as to what Is tn
true faith. Notwithstanding this difference as +
doctrine, both these journals are equally solicitous
to the necessity Of preserving the national organiza
lie ton Of the party and yet they differ widely as Il
: the best mode OF eesting this TO them, aimportan
object as In regard to the true Interpretation of th
Democratic confession Of faith. STILL as each con
sders the preservation Of the party paramount to al
other considerations they will no doubt, be able t
!, compromise as to the terms aud means upon whiol
and BY which this end is to be attained. Each, how
ever appear to be equally willing that the rights an
interests Of the South should be sacrificed, if tina
will be accepted as a peace-ofering, and serve t
unite the segregated fragments of the party il
another national contest for the spos. The iirst
in favor Of tame submission Of the South which i
now in minority, to the North, which is the major
ity, The other proposes an entire abandonment BY
the South of all pretenson to any right or say in the
Territory of Kansas aud transfer of the contest fol
popular Sovereignty to the Territory of Arizona. Not
withstanding the difference in these two proposals
for an adjustment of pending sectional difficulties,
they each tend to the end the preservation Of
the Democratic party at the cost of the rights and
interests Of the South.
As a reason for the adoption Of the course pro-
posed by the Union it points to the fact, that the
North is the majority section that it has prepond-
erance in all the branches Of the Federal Government
that it has greater aggregate wealth of capital ma.
erial aud industrial resources that these give to it
the power of increasing that preponderance in the
admission of States under the expansion princi-
| pie Incorporated into the compromises of 1850 and
1854; that 1t has only to elect federal executive,
actuated by sectional animosty to render the work
Of aggression one of deeds instead of words In view
Of this state of things, the Union says the security
Of the South is no longer in her power to enforce
but in the cilingness Of the North to obey the Con
stitntion." Then, indeed, docs the South hold her
security by ffal and precarious tenure, But the
Union processes to have full faith and confidence that
the North viii adopt magnanimous policy towards
the South, and not its preponderance to crush
fallen, defenceess foe 1t is among those even at
the South, who have long hoped that when the pre-
ponderanee of the North in the Federal Government
should be finally established, sentiment of generous
and aternal forbearance would take the place of the
aggressive spirit which has SO long actuated portion
OF that section y that is the aggressive spirit of the
North will be content with the possession of the
power for which it has so long commended, without
using it in carrying out its designs of aggression.
We cannot quiet our fears with such forlorn hope.
We cannot deceive ourselves into the belief that the
fanatics Of the North viii be content with the power
for which they have long and violently commended
without using it in carrying out their fanatical de-
signs. We cannot believe that men who have dsre
garded every principle of right and equality between
the two sections who have trampIed the laws of Con
gess under foot disregarded the guarantees of the
federal compact, and set up their opinions and pre-
jadices as paramount to the solemn obligations of
citizenship and the duties they owe to the Govern
ment-we cannot believe, we say that such men will
be restrained by sentiment of generous and fra
ternal forbearancer when once possessed of the
power to carry out their long.cherlshed designs
against the South. We're they to do so they would
thereby acknowledge themselves the verest hypocrtes
thatever existed.
But should the fanatics of the North not be satisfied
with the mere possession of power, the Union is of
the opinion that the conservative men of that section
will find Inducements sufficient to urge them to con-
sentative course Of conduct upon the sectional cues
ton We cannot for the life of us, what stronger
inducements there aIe than there were previous
to the gaining Of this preponderance by the North,
to induce conservatives of that section to adopt such
course of conduct. Before this, when fanatcism
was in a minority, and Democracy was the predomi-
nant political element, conservatives North might
have prevented the war Of aggression upon the South
but now they are powerless and Democracy only has
nominal existence while fanatcism rules.
The question Of good faith between the North and
South, involved in the compromises of 1850 and 1854
which should be carried out by the admission of
Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution is given
by the Union as one Of the inducements to conserva
tlves to pursue "a conservative course upon the sec
tional question" and yet, the mslnterpretation of
these compromises has caused the segregation of the
Democratic party and the destruction of the equilib
rum which was the souths only security against
preponderance OF the aggressive spirit Of the North
The last and greatest inducement presented by the
Union to conservatives North to urge them to
conservative course the sectional question is that
great national Organization, which has been formed
expressly to check and avert the evils that might
result from proponderanee OF one section over an |
other, should be able to retain under its banners
sufficient number OF Northern patriots to restrain
sectional jealousy and protect the reserved rights of
the minority section. If this was the mission of
national Democracy, it has most signally failed not
only 50, but has in fact FASTENED the evils which IL
was to avert and check. It has aided in bringing
about the proponderance Of one section over another
from which evils have already arisen and il has not
been able to protect the reserved rights Of the mi
nority section. If national Democracy thus failed in
It's mission when sectional jealousy was not the pre-
dominant political element at the North, what induce
ment does it hold out to conservatives to rally under
its banners now that it is comparatively powerless
itcan offer none Neither section has anything to
gain from national Democracy. 1t has totally failed
in its mission, and is no longer worthy of the attempt
to resuscitate and restore it to even nominal ex
istenee.
Notwithstanding these facts, the Union yet pirates
abont the Emission of the national Democrats organ
ization to supply the confidence between sections |
that sense Of security from unconstitutional aggres
sion to the minority, which is so essential to the
safety of the Union in the new relations which have
arisen between the two sections" This appears to us
very much like glaring absurdity. For If the ma.
tonal Democratic organization with the sole control
OF the affairs Of the country was unable to maintain
confidence between the North and South, secure the
minority section against aggression, and prevent the
rising OF the new relations between the sections
which threaten the safety of the Union. how is II
possible that 1t can do these things now when that
organization is dissolved into warning fragments2
How can Il hope to deceive the country into the belief
that there are yet conservative men enough North
and South to preserve such national Organization
AFTER its signal failure to fulfill its mission and shown
that IL was not actuated hv national mi nc;,1o