The Van Buren press., 1859-12-09
Doubts of the Southern Opposition


Opposition, we will give an extract from i
and endeavor to show that he is occupyin:
mistaken premises. The following is tn
Iextract
/ I'm your paper of the 18th inst, vol
call upon the Opposition of the Soutl
to unite with the Democratic party and con
tend for the supremacy in Congress as wei
as for the control of the Federal Govern
ment in 1860. You attempt to prove tha
the present attitude of the Opposition, i,
giving '' aid and comfort - to the Republi
cans of the North, and thereby are 9frayej
in opposition to Southern interests. I have
yet to learn what advantage it will be tc
the South to place the federal government
| in the hands of Northern Democrats
When in force, they have never yet sustain
ed the South. Your Dickinson S, Toucey' S
Seymours, and all Northern Democrats are
anti-slavery in their sentiments, land seem
to thank God that unlike Southern slave
holders, they We're born on freesoil. They
congratulate the country that there cannot
be any more slave States"
Our correspondent is very general, and
very sweeping in his propositions. We
beg leave, however, to enter our assurance,
that there is wide difference between the
"irrepressibie conflict" policy of the Re
publicans of the North. and the Democrat
ic party in the same section. who are up
holding the compromises of the constittl-
ton The Stewards, Chases, Summers, ct al
not content with enjoying the privileges.
under the constitution, of maintaining their
own institutions of free labor are engag-
ed in an avowed and shameless war upon
the institutions of the South and as they
designate them. the slave power These
Republicans dcnounce the institutions of
the South, and wage war to crush them
out; the Dickensons. Touceys, Seymours,
and other democratic leaders in the North,
recognise the constitutional rights of the
South and contend for the mantainance of
these guarantees.
While the Northern Opposition are NOV
ing heaven AMI earth to crush out the
rights of the slave states the northern
Democrats declare, as in the language of
Mr.. Dickinson. in his late speech in New
York. that the " .States are equals IN rigEts,
not only on paper. dmt in spirit-not only
equal in theory but IN practice; they POSSESS
ALL TIE RIGHTS THAT THE NORTH POSSESS
AND ENJOY.
The Democrats of the North contend for
all the constitutional rights of the South,
while the Opposition wage an irrepressi-
bic conflict against them. These are
some of the main differences between the
cOntending parties in the North these show
some Of the advantages it will be to the
South, to place the feleral government in
the hanls of Northern Democrats AMI il
is a matter of much surprise to us to hear
and see Southern men hesitate in a choice
between the Northern parties. In his re-
cent speech, in New York. Mr.. Dickinson,
used the following language:
"The old Wing party combating the Dem
ocratic party upon financial issues, proved
with all It's errors, a feeman.worthy of the
Democratic steel. 1t brought into the field
a great and powerful array-its Websters,
Clays, Claytons, Davis, AMI Choates-a
grand galaxy OF talent-and although in
the opinion of. the Democracy and of the
whole people, rs the event showed, it main
talnc1 unsouni notions in regard to intern
al improvements, protective tariff, a ma
tional bank AMI the national treasury, vet
it was national party, rallying around the
Constitution. 1t was too national a party
to serve the purposes of the managing Lead
ers, who had taken possession of it, and
hence the old Wing ship was scnttled, her
crew dismissed. and the Republican party
inaugurated sailing ander its black and
bloody colors. and basel upon Il single idea
no higher or worthier in States or national
legislation than the single idea of slavery.
The party took TO itself all the bad ele-
ments of the Wing party, dismissing the
good, gathering the debris. the desertion,
the treacherouS material of the Democratic
party, gathering all the 'isms,' and : ties
Of any name, to march in a crusade. like
The army of Peter the Hermit, 70 expel the
lntidei STAKEHOLDER from this holy land of
the republic
Here is the declaration by Northern
democratic leader. that the sound Wings
IRE arrayeI with the democrats, in opposi-
ton to the Opposition ;" and that the un-
sound democrats, of whom our correspond
mt entertains SO much apprehension, have
gone over AMI are fighting in the ranks of
he Republicans. Here, all sound consti-
utional parties are fighting under the Dem
,cTatic banner.
We quote freely from Mr.. Dickenson's
speech, because its sentiments are endorsed
'y the democratic party in the North; and
he platform, which is laid down there, is
he one which they are now maintaining
lgainst their adversaries. The whole
peech abounds with eloquent and indignant
attacks upon the principles and acts of the
and in noble and unrcserv-
d advocacy of Southern rights.
The triumph of Dickinson. Toucey. In
,ersoll, and other Democratic leaders of fhe
North, will be a triumph of the principles
e the South victory of the constitution
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