The Van Buren press., 1860-07-27
Geographical View of the Demo
cratic PARTY.

Se~seS = 0ASy.
Southern papers and politicians who sup
port the nominees Of the Yancey faction
have mnch to say abou. the Northern De
mocracy. "thci. insubordina.e" spirit as di.
played at Charleston and Baltimore, in de
iisnoc of the dictates Of the Southern par.
~ They have much to say of their stub.
bonn DEVOTION to the wishes Of their con
stituen:s, OF their factions opposition, and
of their insane dissemination to "rule o,
ruin" Now. we propose to show in this
article that instead Of the Northern wing
being ''fact:on - and the South entitled
to dictate, the boo. is on he other leg.
We have repeatedly announced our deter
ruination to adhere to the principles of the
Democratic party. and to support III all ca
ses, the nominees of its Conventions. Near
ly every one Of our exchanges in this State
who now openly espouse the cause of the
new sectional party, created by Yancey,
Rhett & Co., ct id omne genus. were also
committed to the support of the regular
candidates But we have no complaints to
make on this score-they have taken a po-
siliop- -of open hostility to the Democratic
party Of the Natioi. and they afc, no doubt,
ready to abide the results. We arc not yet
prepared to follow them we cannot precip-
itately change the principles that have SO
far carried it to repeated victories over the
enemies Of the Constitution and the Union
We shall remain, as we always have been, a
Democrat, and we shall never consent to
the destruction of that party upon such
miserable pretexts as the boilers seem to
think justified them at Charleston and Bal
timore. If in the opinion of our northern
brethren the elevation of Douglas was nee
essary to the success Of the party, or to the
preservation Of its principles, we can
readily sacrifice our own private preference
es. and yield to the popular will for the
good Of the party. While we are not pre-
pared to endorse fully the opinions enter
taincd by Judge Douglas. yet we cannot
perceive that any vital principle is involv-
ed that is not capable of easy adjustment.
There are but few Democrats that agree per-
fectly in every respect, and while we claim
for ourselves the right TO hold any opinions
We think proper upon side or minor issues.
We are not ready to break up the party be-
cause our own peculiar views are not adop-
ted by all.
According to the most recent election re-
tulus. the relative strength of the demo-
cratic party in the several sections of the
Union is as follows
Aggregate vote of whole Union 4, ,127 900
Whole Democratic vote, . ,O96 200
Democratic vote of the northeast
including free States east of
OAio 10 ,UUU
Northwest Democrat ic vote. .701 900
Southern Democratic vote ..-.... .649, 900
Thus it appears that the Southern wing
is less than one third of the party, while
the northwest musters over or,e-third. and
the entire northern wing considerably over
.two-thirds of the whole party. Another
fact OF great interest in this connection is
that since the formation Of the government
the South have had the Presidency, 577
months, the Northeast, 2S7 months, the
Northwest, month. This one month OF
Presidential service was BY an opposition
Decentralization.
Now, it is notorious that the Northwest
with over one-third Of the democratic vo-
tiers, and which has never had President,
was unanimous for Douglas. 1t is notori
ous that he was the first choice of ros,
majority Of the northeastern democracy,
anl at least the second choice of the remain
der. and it is noto ,ious that through cor
rupt means number Of delegates who
went pledged and instructed to vote for
Douglas, betrayed their constituents into
the hands of the Administration. In view
Of these facts. while Douglas was not ouI
first choice, we must concede that much
consideration was due to the Northwest,
and as it was the clearly expressed will oi
a great majority of the democratic party
that Mr.. Douglas should be the candidate
for President, we consider it the duty of
every one who desires the success of the
party, to yield obedience to its ordinary
usages, and support the nominees. We can
do SO cheerfully, for we know the immense
odds against which our northern friends
have to contend, and We know that it is foI
orr security. and the maintenance Of our
rights that the gallant democracy of the
North have ever battled, and no one, we are
sure. has done more to contribute to the sue
cess of the party in times past, and none,
we are sule, can more effectually encounter
the dark tides Of Aboli. ION fanaticism and
disunion treason in the future, than STE
PHES A. DOUGLAS, the .. Little Giant" o
the Northwest.
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