The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-05-17
The Charleston Separation.

! The Bobtail press Of this State and their sym
patl,isers elsewhere have raised = great cry
about the recent separation at Charleston.
They represent it as great National calamity
a remediless catastrophe and they deal out
unmeasured censure and abuse upon those de-
voted sons Of the South, who had the courage
to maintain her constitutional rights and dig
nifty, while with equal extravaganza they ap-
plaud the Northern disorganizers and their few
paration necessary. But such has not been the
decision of the National Democratic press Of
this and other States such is not the decision
of the masses of the National Democratic party.
Everywhere these hail the action of our dele
gates as the evidence Of q new life and power
in the South, and the harbinger Of better days
to come. Every true-hcarted Southern Demo-
crat must feel proud of the courage and devo-
ton of the noble band who rescued their coun-
try from the enemy. All must accord them
the need of brave and incompatible men and
nearly all will give them a hearty sympathy
and cordial appreciation. For our delegates
there was but one alternative consistent with
honor, viz: to remain in the Convention with
an earnest though impotent protest, Or to adopt
the course they did, and withdraw entirely from
Convention, where neither justice nor pa
triotism could find any place. Among intelli-
gent Soatherners the choice could not long be
doubtful. THE CHOICE OF OUR DELEGATES WILL
BE THE CHOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
For Ourself, we not only approve the action OF
our delegates ut Charleston, we regard that &C.
ton not calamity, but public good, national
blessing. 1t may lead to immediate difficulty and
temporary embarrassment; hut ultimately it will
be ofuntold advantage. Moral violence and civil
revolutions are not always evils. In the po-
litical and moral as we'll as in the physical
world, there is tcmpestuousness which purifes
and blesscs. To talk seriously of the tlestruc-
ton Of the Democratic party is idle folly. IL
is based on the principles of right and eternal
truth. These principles are deep-seated in the
breast Of mankind. They are ineradicable and
will last till time shall be no more. You may
warp them, you may for time Cypress or
suppress them; but eradicate thcm-never!
Men are by nature Democrats and while na-
turc continues the great party is secure. The
action Of our Southern delegates will lead to
the reorganization of Democracy upon fair and
equitable principles. In this reorganization
the constitutional rights of The South will he
respected and, compeer with the powerful
North, she will stand upon National Platform
with no dishonor on her fair brow and no re-
slrlction to her prosperous liberty. Thus will
be realized the Southern patriots dream of
complete equality in the Union. For the issue
we have no fears. More terrible crises than
this have been met and CALAMITY survived, far
more trying ordcals have been safely passed; and
SO it will be with the present seeming evil. 1t
Is furnace not for destruction, but for refining
and publication and from its fires the Demo-
'racy shall come forth without the smell of fire
lpon her garments" fair as the moon clear
IS the sun and terrible as an army with ban.
lers."