For the present, the best representative of the slavery party in politics is the democratic party.
Its great head for the{359} present is President Pierce, whose boast it was, before his election, that his whole life had been consistent with the interests of slavery, that he is above reproach on that score.

In his inaugural address, he reassures the south on this point.

Well, the head of the slave power being in power, it is natural that the pro slavery elements should cluster around the administration, and this is rapidly being done.

A fraternization is going on.

The stringent protectionists and the free-traders strike hands.