Democratic banner., 1851-04-28

TEE WAsHIHoroE UEIoS.-In this paper Of
the 18th, we find the introductory Of A. J. Don
elson, Esq, the new sdpr, whose anticipated
connection with the.Unioa we announced some
time since, from Which article we make the fol-
lowing extractx'
II is due tp.Mr. Richie that / should not take
leave Of him without saying that in his arduOus
duties at Washington as the organ Of the Demo-
cratic party Ire has justified the confidence pre-
%viously acquired, and that he reIires TO private
lie swiIh his escuicheon not only untarnished,
but marked by such services as TO entitle him TO
BE remembered along with The great men, head
red by Jefferson and Madison, under whose suspi-
ces. iorty-seven yerrs ago, he commenced his
career.
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take this occasion to say that this paper,
whilst under my control, will never become the
organ Of any combination OF aspiring individuals,
banded together 10 promote their own selfish or
ambitious purposes: nor will il ever be the or
gan oil any single individual whose hopes are fixed
upon and concentrated in the desire 10 elevate
himself 10 power by abandoning or opposing The
long. established usaees Of The ancient, and hon.
ored, and great Democratic party Of this Union.
Of that parry it shall be The organ in that sense
alone which aims at the accomplishment Of truly
national measures by constitutional and just
means.
This seems, also, a proper place for me to re-
mark that | shall cordially sustain the recent
compromise measures enacted by the constituted
authorities o! the land ! shall never cease TO
urge upon my fellow ~-cilizens Of every quarter
Of The Union that il is their indis p~ensatl duty.
in all lawful ways, 70 promote The honest observ-
ance and enforcement Of these measures, and
that their desti"ie' are wrapped mp more espe-
cially in the faithful execution OF the fugitive
slave law, since nothing less than this can or
ought 10 satisfy The slavehoiding States. 1t is
fortunate that this compromise is the joint work
Of both The great political parties of the country.
and that il may therefore be referred to, in all
time to GENE, a. a monument Of patriotism which
towers above the ordinary spirit of party, when
the safety Ct the Union is threatened.
The fugitive slave law, which is hut the ex-
preston Of a constitutional injunction, must be
honestly enforced. The constituted national au-
thorilies must see it enforced. The true owner
of a slave must b. permitted TO proceed without
harrassment 10 produce his proof before the
proper judicial tribunals. and, If a judgment is
rendered in his favor, he must be permitted
without any mole>Ialion TO return 10 his own
domicil with the property which has been fnall!
a~djudged TO belong 10 him under the constitution.
ana laws Of The land.
Every calm observer must see and feel that
the question Of slavery must he Withdrawn from
the political arena, or that Tie preservation Of The
Union will become an impossihiliiy. To accom-
pfish this sacred Object it shall be my constan,
endeavor 10 place oeinre nv iellow-ciiizpns such
state menis and views as will be calculated 10 dis
arm those fanatics who imagine that the institu
ton Of slavery, though recognized bv the feder-
al compact, can be modified or annulled by a po-
litical power unknown Ia that compact.
Alter commenting at length upon the various
questions which have heretofore divided the Two
great parties Of the country, the editor thus CON
cludes:
This hasty sketch Of the leading points
that interest the old DemocI attic and Re
publican party at this moment leads me TO
another, which is not less in p~ortant. re-
fer to the necessity of the reunion Of this
party-a necessity which is SO apparent,
that | trust l may be r~ardoned for treating
it as a national rather than as a party con-
Isi1eration. If we as indebted to Washing
ton and to Jeffrrson-the two great minds
that founded and reformed our system
for the true principles which teach the love
of union, and an sbstience from all resorts
to powers calculated to embitter one sec
tion OF the country with snother-lf we are
d under the same principles, which were e,
qnally successful in destroying the danger.
E Gus monopoly Of the United States Bank,
in correcting a vicious system Of internal
u improvements, and in restoring taxation tr
its safe, constitutional limits--if, in truth,
= unde every Democratic administration from
the days Of Mr.. Jefferson to the close Of Mr.
: PoIk's, we have had one uubroken evidence
lof the safety with which Democratic prin.
have always been appealed to to bring back
the ship of State, when blown from its SAT.
'Itrsck by the storms of fsction what shnult
now prevent the reilly of this great party &c
t bring about the same results IN this mos
critical and alarming Junc,ure Of OF pub
lie affairs?
Every member of this party must Sc.
e that the cause of popular self goverpmen
, IS involved in the inquiry, forced upon III
Ihv tho ayiSftnn 1870