, 1859-02-07
PRESS AND. TRIBUNE.
MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY. Z, 1853.

AIDD A1ND. 1A1DO1NIs
MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY. r 1853.
ft All One Thing, or all the Other"
The spectacle presented by tue late Demo-
cratic tariff caucus in Washington, where only
q lakcr's dozen Of Northern members pre-
Eented themselves, where the solid south
came in, conferred immortal honors upon
John Cochrane, Of New York, and then voted
the object Of their meeting straight to the
tomb Of the Capulcts-is an interesting one
to the believers in tue order Of United De- |
mocracy, but much more so to those who be-
neve that the dominant power at The Capital |
has dropped every other questi On pertaining
to national affairs and become solely and ex-
Slavery party. Among NIL the
topics treated Of in the Presidents Message,
not one has been pressed, to The fnlfillment Of
that functionary's wishes, Which had not d.
rect reference to the grasping Of new terri.
tory for slave occupation, or tile tirmer rivet-
ing Of the manaclcs which biEd four millions
Of men and women already. The Northern
fraction Of the party-or that portion not
thoroughly and irfetrievably Africanized-
are 60 hugged in the fol ds Of the constructor
that their cry of anguish is scarce audible,
Messrs. G rocsbcck aud Hughes, both lately
sacrificed in the service Of the oligarchs, cried
cut in their extremity, while the slave trade
harangues Of the Carolina and Georgia mem-
bers were laying down the future chart Of
the National Democracy but their pipinss
were sncered ut and they were hidden 10
stick to their job and make bricks without
straw. Bigler & Co. are goaded by their con-
, etituents to put in practice the doctrines
which Pennsylvania endorsed when tbesa
same men proved Polk d better tariff man
than Clay, but the notes OF grief sent up by
the Keystone Democrats are ati1ed without
compuncion in the slavery Babel. And us Il
forlorn hope they come begging the Republi-
cans to aid them in their sore distress. So
with the frontier sufferers under the grinding
land system. No interest is 60 pressing, no
exigency so manifest, no wrong 60 intolcr-
able as to call for legislative treatment while
the elave machinery is kept grinding and
grinding. -
Five years ago the country was couvulscd
with an effort to repeal the Missouri Com.
promise. Wise men Of au parties counselcd
against it; timid ones protested that so great
q wrong would not be consummatcl. Yet
tue deed was done. The North was reyolu.
tionized and The chicftains Of Democracy
we're cut down by hundreds but what was
that to the taslmastcrs, 20 long as their Object
was attained? 4 rabble Of felons we're, Jet
loose upon Kansas, aided and abettcd by the
Federal sabres, and down went the Northern
Democracy again. The Drel Scott decision
and the Lecompton Constitution followed
close On the heels Of these, and the Do1no-
cracy were smitten as with the last plague oi
Egypt. Yet What care the plantation tyrants
for the woes Of the Joughlaces? They are ac-
cus toned to obedience at home-why should
they stand for little sniyeling at Washing.
ton? So without 1be rcmorsc Which humane
man would feel for his beast Of burden, they
load upon their mcuials The mountains oi
Cuba-1elony, thc Slave-Trade, and the Slave
Code for the Territories. Some Of these
measures are not yet thoroughly Incorporated
in the Democratic creed, hut the time for
engrafting thc1n on tie policy Of the party
is close at hand. The logic which demands
them is inevitable, aud the power which has
heretofore outstripped Tie logic in defining
the party faith, is invinciblc. Having yield
ed everything 10 this point, the Northern
Democracy have no choice hut 10 take what.
ever load is thrown on them Till thc carcass
is wholly Eque]ched. 81"
Does not the cour5c Of these cotton lortt
in respect to their most obedient sutjecte
the Northern Democracy, prove fully aud
clearly that this nation cannot exist perman
emily half slave and half free? Ono Of our
Senators at Springfield 70 man whose usual
sagacity should tell him different talc)
drew up an elaborate resolution proclaimine
that the Union must not become .. all one
thing or ali the othcr." We tell him and all
who believe will lin that tic history Of: his
own party is proving the opposite. lie anu
his associates let out the fact that they arc
getting suspicious OF the truth themselves, Dy
voting out Of sighl 4 resolution committing
their party to tue Charleston platform and
tha Charleston nomination. Slavery must
continue 10 advance in dominion ind power
or 60 into decrcpitude anl decline. 1t mus
60 forward or backward. Freedom, and th'
civilization which it beara arc striding ion
ward 10 compass the earth, and no power col
stay their advance. II slavery pauscs, allow
the antagonistic principle to gain strength
willie it but hslds its own, its downfall is as
cured. Rest is its ruin. Every day bring
new evidence that this Union must become a1
one thing or all the other, aud 10 this com
plexion must every citizen Of the republi
come, whetkcr it suits him or not