The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-03-31
THE NORTHERN DEMOCRACY AND THE
NEXT PRESIDENCY.

In Forney's paper. tho Philadelphia P,r..
now . bitter opponent of Mr.. Buchanan and
supporter Of Douglas, there appears the following
Ssli for another Democratic State Convention for
Pennsylvania:
Democratic State Convention Tho Democrat
te sitizens OF Ponnsylvania are invited to Assem-.
Sls in State Convention at Harrisburg ON Wed.
sssdsy. the 18th day Of April 1859, to consult
.psu the proprie.y of adopting measures to vim.
dieats the nano, fame and principles of the
Democratic party, outraged and insul,ed by a
Convention assembled at the State Capitol On tho
16sh Of March:
To resist the hig gh. handed attempt Of tho Fed.
sral Administration to dictate political crseds to
the psople;
To protest sgainst the war Of consolidated
Federal despotism upon State sovereignty aud
State rights;
To reassert the great principle of Popular
6ovcreignty and non-intorvention, as we'll in the
Territories AZ in the States-non n in terventlon by
Congress with slavery in the rerritor les, and
non.interventsn by the Federal Executive with
the franchses Of the State;
To re-endorse the old fashioned creed of tho
Democratic party, repudated and trampled un.
der foot by men claiming to represent the party
The late Convention of the 10th inst , referred
to. approved aud endorsed the Administrator
and its position The one called is TO dcnounce
them; and it will be observed that it is com.
placsntly called in tho name OF the Democracy
aud II 10 thus assumed to read the President and
his frieuds out of the Democratic par.v. Now
which 10 most entitled " 10 dictate political CT eeds
70 the people" the official leaders of a party or
docontented demsgogues and their factlons1-
Has party too. become so parnnoun, and infal
ble, that the legal Adminis,ra ration chosen by the
people Of the United States. shall in its efforts to
conduct the Government OIL the principles of
their fahh aud duty, be denounced with i'm
puuity as for "a high handed attempt" " in giving
those principles effectl Shall our sta eslnen and
prophets. clothed under republican ,nvestirure
with the Office and duty of inslruc,ing and
guiding tho people, be required by licentious and
reckless partyism 10 stand with ba-d brentI,"
bsfore an established tribunal Of political scandal
monger!
In addition to the present split between the
Southern and Northern Democracy, there is
schistn growing wide and bitter, in the North.
srn Democracy itself The Southern is unit.
and more it is the large practical majority of the
whole Democratic party. Yet sub div ision-a
nero faction of the Northern Democracy, hea ded
BY such men az Forney. dare the hgh handed
attempt to dictate political crseds" to them
ereeds destructive of The constitute rights of
she Sonth-an attempt of a pi,iful minority to
control and dominate over the very bulk Of the
democracy Does Forney suppose that the
great Southern Democracy will receive or abide
the dctat,on Of himself or Douglasi Never
THIN of what avail in the next Presidential e,ec
ton can be their factousness except in go far "a
their trenchery may defeat the Democratic
parry Senator douglas had even T. hard-
hood. in the late debate. to hint that the South
would support him. despite his squatter sover.
eighty and ansislavery doctrines, and tho af-
6rmation Of Southern Senators that ehe wou,d
not. What will the Southern people respond tn
ell this insolencea They will demand that the
Charleston Convention in 1860, shall now in turn
give them (the majority States of the Democra.
cyl Southern nominee and a Southern Presi-
dent. 1t is now certain that whether it does or
not, tho South will run a Southern candidate.
and give him her entire vote-ffteru States, and
probably get that of Callfornia, whose leading
Senator. Mr. Gwin, has taken ground with her.
The Northern Democracy will Be compelled tu
support him. or run their own candidate, getting
two or three States. or unite with the Black Re.
Pnblicans The latter party will have cand,
date. and probably command sufficient Nor
shern vote to elect him. Another purity, whose
chief material will be old Whigs may organize
and run Crit,enden, and may get one or two
States The probability is that the next Presi
dent will be Black Republican, or the election
will 60 into the House of Representatives.
Charieston Euening Ners