New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-12
DEMOCRATIC DIVISIONS.

pYsNyOCR ATxC DIVISIONS
Family qusrreis it is we'll known, are the bitter
est in the world family fends the most impiacape'
The obligations Of mutual confidence and support
are Sc much stronger with them than With persons
IN ne wise related to each other, that when once
the demon Of discora Is introduced he puts TO
aiwbt not only all reccllecons of past friendship,
hut ali r,fS.spect of future reconciliation.
snel, ii the distressing dilemma in which the De
moeracy now find themselves involved. Every
effort 10 restore the harmony of the party only de-
velops a wider hreaMh between the antasonistie
elements. Every attempt to heal tile wounds
which threaten the life OF the Democratic erganiza
tfon serves enly TO aggravats the pain and to pre-
cipitate the moment Of final dissolution
We had supposed that in the South at least it
would be an easy matter to rennte the two wings of
the great Democratic army. They have been torn
before BIZ family dissensions, many time and oft
but just as the Opposition felicitating them
selves with the prospect Of an easy victory, the
hatehet would be buried, the pipe Of peace smoked
and the party wenld emerge from the contest, on
the day Of battle with their accustomed shouts of
victory. There has never been, until the present
| lime, any reliance upon the permaneneg Of Demo-
| cratic dissensions.
| scabbard has been thrown away. The Douglas
and the Breekinridga sections of the Democracy
confront each other with stern and hostile visage
and with a determination, on both sides, never to
yield. All propositions of compromise are rejected
by either party, even before they made by the
other 1t is a war of the White and the Red roses
It is q feud bitter and permanent as the old
contests. celebrated in history and romance, be-
..ft
Easy-going and insoucant Democrats, fond of
repose and ayerse to strife, find themselves puzzled
how to proceed. Heretofore their political labors
have been confined to the support Of :. the regular
| ticket and their customary contribution to the
hat when it was handed around for the snews of
war. But now they are unable to tell whichis
the regular ticket. Their homage is solicited for
two different objects. Their ears are vexed with
noisy cries for two Democratic candidates, both
claiming to be genuine and regular. Some of their
journalistic organs are in tile same peculiarly
perpleNing predicament;'' and one Of them, in
Indiana by way of being certain of the right side,
has hosted boil OF the tickets at the head of its
columnsi Even our neighbor, the Delta, though
it is decided for Breckenridge, seeks relief from
political controversy tuide yesterdays paper) in
pleasant diversion upon the delights Of piscatorial
pursuits.
This state Of things. puzzlng as it is to the De-
m0Graey, embarrasses US also. We don't know
which wing of the Democratic army to point our
battery at. We don't know which one Of the foe
men is tie wortIlier Of our steel. We are anxious
to pitch into'' the fight, but fearful fate
would be that of the benevolent citizen who at
tempts to stop dispute between man and wife.
Warm as the weather is, we object to being placed
in that situation of mastery inactivity which
quires to look azily on, while there is such an
irrepressible conflict going on between the two
divisions of our ancient foe.
But we see no prospect Of relief. The Hon.
Miles Taylor, in behalf Of the Little Giant and his
friends announces that there will be no concession
whatever on their part. If a compromise is to be
made, it must be in the nature of jug -handle''
compromise-ali on one side. The Breekinridge
men must come down from their high position,
confess their sins, and penitently ask forgiveness
and absolution. On the other hand, the adherents
of Breckenridge not only decline such an arrange
ment but deny that they have asked orit. They
boldly and truculently ayow their readiness and
their ability to meet all their enemies, inside the
camp as wen as outside, and put them all to rout.
Thus we are, to some extent, mere lockers on,
while the G combat deepens'' between the opposing
forces Of the other side. Meantime, however, the
friends of the Constitutional Union ticket, firmly
attached to the cause of its noble representatives.
are not without hope that, amidst the eomplica-
tions that have arisen, the honest masses Of the
Democracy will find the best escape from their
difficulties in generous support of those tried and
true patriots, Bell and Everett.