Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-10-05
Appeals to "0ld Line WHO'S -

| come standing topic with many or ,,-
| Democratic contemporaries, and il WA. M
der this head that the Government ioprpsI
few weeks ago remarked with satiSs.,,;.r
upon 1.-THE disposition manifested in man,
| quarters by worthy and enlightened citil,,.
heretofore known rs Old Line Whir,, ,,,.
operate with the National Democracy an
deprecated any effort TO recou,truc, ~.
/ organization OF their party" T. a simfI,-
purport the ST. Louis Republican iccI,rn.
that, IN the recent elections held in the State,
Of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee =
majority OF the people, including Iar,.
portion OF those heretofore actin. with ,L.
Wings, have declared their preference e.
the Democratic party Accordingly tI,,,
journal expresses the benevolent and un,aI
/ fish hope that all honest Wings" will mn
he drawn into such an cgrcgous art u
folly" as To support any other thnn the b.
mocratic candidate for the next Presidrnry
\ For ourselves, we take leave 10 say, in H..
half OF what seems 10 Us the most primary
principles Of political consistency and pra.
priety, that we regard all such appeals :.
in the highest degree Inoppor,unr. if not i'm.
pertinent. The Okl-Linc Whig>, in commune.
| ton with conservative citizens OF every nam,
and denomination, in all parts Of the Union
will be able to interpret for themselves. M
the proper time, the Indications which hall
mark out the path Of duty in the civil con.
juncture brought about by the disturbing
elements of Democratic msrule. Whether
the authors and abettors of that mi>rulr have
| prior claim upon the adhesion Of Whig,.
~, IN ~ tp.,
easy determination. Whatever NAV hr iu,t.
ly or unjustly said against the Republican
organization OF the North. the Wings oi the
Union cannot forget that it owes lis rery *.
istence and derives its daily iooi from th.
sectional agtations provoked and lo,terrI
by the Democratic party. II, Therefore the
Republican party were ~ oiious and dan.
gerous n the Democratic press, particularly
of the South. Is in the habit Ut representing.
it would only be 80 much the more ccgent
and convincing argument against any atia
ton with party which has been the primal
cause of the movement in question. The
Republicans very possibly have been ani
may still be in danger Of carrying their feel
ings Of resentment Ia IL needless extreme in
point of defensive tactics, and in this line
of conduct they can expect. ~ they ask no
cooperation from the National Wings. but
we are 1T u loss to understand how such
want of moderation on the part uI the former,
can be construed inu valid claim T. the
character of conservatism urged in behalf If
the Democracy, since Mey must none tLeIc,s
be held mainly responsible Tor the political
chaos which has been preci pitated On The
country.
In the present aspect of affairs we would
therefore, advise against any coalition such
rs that into which Old-Line Wing, are -
unctuously invited to enter. 1t does not he
come the Democracy to address any such lp-
peas to their ancient opponents, for the Wings
cannot avoid the conviction that these expos.
tulntions are the offspring Of aSmuIatcd patri-
o,ism. They remember that in other days the
Democracy had no such adherence Of COAL
tions" with frccSoilers, and they therefore
doubt the genmineness, or at least the dl>n
tcrestedness, of the advice which is now -
CONTINUOUSLY proitercd. Where slept the De-
mocratic thunders of Remuneration when
Frecsoil Senator of the United States Wa,
elected from the State of Massachusetts by y
combination of Democrats and FreesoIlrrs
against the National Wings Why did the
sentinels Of Democracy neglect to cry aloud
and spare not when similar fusion" wa
effected in Vermont, in Connecticut, AMI
elsewhere Mt the North? As late rs the year
1854 it is known that Federal otice-hoIdcrs
in the State Of Massachusetts were among
the most prominent supporters of the "coal'-
ton" which had defeated the Wings. and
some among us perhaps have not quit" for.
gotten the circumstances under which DIS
tnguished functionary in the city 81 New
York, lost his head for stubbornly rrlusingtp
recognise 'tbe Frecs"il wing" Of the Demo
cracy, in his appointments to Office. While
the memory of these transactions survives,
we incline to believe that Wings will MT ho
greatly moved by the ierveut appeal" If
our Democratic friends. who suddcnl mani
fest so much more zeal for the political yIr.
tue of their ancient adver~ares, than they
formerly showed for their own.-N", Int