, 1859-04-11
Drcs8 Trihtt1tr,
MONDAY, APRIL II, 1859.
DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS,.

We are not among there who believe that
the Democratic party is exempt from the IN
frmities which shorten tie lives and end the
days Of other organizations, It has proVeo
itself mutable, and, If the Indications o. lhe
present are promises Of whit the iutnre Will
bring forth, it will prove itself mortal It IS
yet 700 early to see what the exact course OF
tic national gathering Of tho Democracy nj
Charleston will be. The horizon in that dirsc-
lion looks threatening aud it is certain that
storm will follow the contact Of the positive and
negative poles which will there bc bronght TO-
ge,l,cr. The partisaus Of Douglas profess that
they will he content with mastery inactivity:
that they will permit al differences to remain
rs they are. and make the candidate, whomsn-
ever lie may bc, the platform. Their creed
assumed for ali occasion, Inns already secur-
cd the election Of their leader: and though, for
rurc shame, they would not so snon furswear
it, they will consen, to sec it quietly and
dcccntly put out Of sight, while they 90 III for
ti,r spols. They will promise that no more
shall bc said Of unftiendly legislation that,
when the South assumes that "Statc Equal
ity' must be maintained, they will keep dis
c:cc,ly mum us 10 the meaning Of the term;
that Democracy" without definitions or
limitations. shall he the w'atcl-wo1d. But the
other faction will insist upon emphatic dcclar-
ations Silence will not satisfy their demands.
Thcy want speech They want positive ac-
ton, They want agitation. The latter is the
lie Of Democrats; wherever personal and
pecuniary interests can he alarmed by their
frantic howls. They will appear ut Charleston
as tile progressive party-making haste back
wards, but progressive nevertheless They will
demand recognition OF slavery as . national
institution; and insist upon a Congressional
Code for its maintenance in all the Territories
Of tie United Statcs-a code above and be-
yond the efforts and rcmonstraaccs Of the peo-
Tlc who arc to I've affected thereby. Nothing
else will be accepted rs pledge Of peace.
Now will Mr. Douglas and his friends be
content with the degradation which conces-
them? Ne have no exalted idea Of the value
Of their free-soil professions, but unbonnded
confidence in the correctness Of their instinct
Of selCrrcserya,ion; hence We believe that
they will not dare yield. They will have no
alternative; thus must resist. Compliance
will be equivalent not only to defeat but to de-
c+++,et;or pncictppoo 10 1o{nnf o1en 1,,,f pn% a
surrender Of all honesty md selfrcspect. On
tue other hnnd we do not see how the South
can rccede Her Democratic leaders maintain
their power only BY the continuance Of the
alarm which they hare excited in minds Of
holders Of slave property. II they back down
from the position assumed, they arc lost. How,
then, the conflicting interests can lie har-
monized? How will the Democracy be saved
from the destruction with which they are
Threatened? There is probably MI cgress from
the pit into which they have fallen-no escape
from the tolls in which their own deceit and
treason have ensnared them. Mr. Giddings
was right The last Pro-Slayery Congress
which will ever assemble at tile National Capt.
tol7 adjourned on the 4tll Of March last. The
Opposition will take possession Of the Govern
ment The sham Democracy, shorn Of power
in Ill the free States and kicked ANONYMOUSLY
out Of Congress, tue Executive Mansion and
tie Departments, will prove l.y its rapid disso-
luton tIlut Justice still Furnishes parties as well
rs men!