Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-05-13
southern Polite,


Politic,l matters In the Southern States
SEEN to bs just At thi. time 'omewha, mix.
eli up. Tia, there Is a deep, strong and
determined feeling against the National Ad.
minis,ra,ion. is very evident This scn,i.
ment seems 10 pervaie nearly every Soath.
ern State In South Carolina. where slave
~ completely rsladows every thing else,
d,rsorra-v i N fnll bloom. and hat little
opposition b. made T. Buchanan drspoti.m.
The sane remark, p-rhars. will Apply 20
Arkansas, Mississippi. and soms two or
thres other swamp States where nisgrrs,
ignorance and democracy are the principal
Commodities. Everywhere in the Souih,
where the masses are intelligent, there is.
strong orpo.iiian to Buchanan democracy.
IL is - IN Old Virginia. In this State John
Ls,cher j. having hard work in canva-ins
against Gcsgiu, the opposition candidate
for Governor. In Tennessee and Kentucky
there Is a fierce opposition against the dem.
oeraiie candidates, and u would BE- nothing
strange II democracy in both Of thee SOW
srrigntiss. should eome on, Of the canvass
sounlly whipped. In Tennessee, Emerson
Eihridge /. again in the Geld for Congress.
lie 10 a god fellow, and We should mos,
heartily rcjoice to 49, him elected. lie Was
. member Of the 33I Congress. aud voted
sga:n.; the Nebraska bill. In seroe con-
test, he was reelected % the next sueecc,l.
Ing House. where he took strong ground.
against the re-opening Of the foreign slave
trade, fllibusterins and other southern
measures. To the last Congress be vas not
elected, having failed by only about hun.
drcd votes. n E,bridge gets into the next
Hau-s. he will prove a most uncomfortable
customer f1r the Buchaniers. lie i an elo.
quent, fluent SPEAKER, and hi public Efforts
are always up 20 the expectations OF ri,
irisud-. lle never Err. az random. bat al.
~. draws he. h,w AZ a mark. and j. sure
10 hii hi. adversary ji's In the right sp,,.
Col. Humphrey Marshall Is again in the
field Tor Consrsss from Kentucky. The
Col. i strong man. lie was formerly
Clay whi:. but now calls himself an Amer.
iean.' lie hates modern democracy most
heartily. Although be does no, concur with
the repubicans IN some thins.. yet we
would greatly prefer his election To tina, Of
. Buchanan democrat. lie is man Of tal.
snt. great good nature. and gen,lemanly and
courteous in bis manners, and has the hap
~ faculty Q: making Tor himself many
warm friends.
There is one peculiar phase in the "OpPo.
sition " in the southern States worthy u
notice. Gosgin in Virginia, Bell in Ken.
tueky, as candidate, for Governor, and
msJoriiy Of the opposition candidates for
Congress, have placed themselves in a very
doubtful position upon The slavery question.
They argue TO the people that they are more
reliable upon this question for the south.
than are the democracy. and hence claim
their election on these grounds. The hsht
10 he south is a kind Of John Gilpn
race TO see who will come out ahead in al.
yocatns the beauties Of the peculiar insti-
tuition. In this race the opposition -
mu.s he defeated. whenever they ha-o their
bCps- uPun ,hi, issue. The pcoPls Of the
south who favor slavery extension, cannot
fail TO see that Buchanan democracy is
"superior article " TO any thing that can
be offered in the market, by tho.c Who on
pose IL. IL !. strange tina, tauss southern .
politicians. who desire to batter down the
democratic citadel, do not 49, that their
present mode Of attack will end in com.
plete rOut Of the Assailan,s. II these men
would plan, themselves upon the doctrines
OF Jefferson, Madison, and other patriots,
who formerly represented southern senti.
ment upon this question. they would in the
end he sure Of success lie, them take con-
seryatiVe southern ground. declare against
the Dred Scoit decision. against the proai-
gaey Of the Administration, and they would
rally around them a reliable party that
would ultimately prevail in majority Of
the southern States. Such a party sil
come up in the south, and 10 i. singular
opposition " politician. do no. zee that
noe is the time TO lnaugurate the policy
instead Of relying upon fruitless efforts to
Oui.,riP the corrupt democracy in their at