The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-08

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Our worthy contemporary of the metropoli-
tan Democratic organ is well persuaded that it
il all right with the Democracy, as far AZ the
slavery question is concerned. Every thing is
as sound as a nut All tho difficulty is with
those pestilent WINGS of the North, who will
not fall into the support Of the Fugitive Slave
law. The Democrats are all national, and al
ways have been national, and never will be
any thing else. So the Union rings the
changes on Mr.. WADE, Mr.. SEWARD, and Mr..
SUMNER, and exults in the idea that the De-
mocracy is this side up in Ohio, New York, and
Massachusetts,.
Now, with regard to MI. WADE, the evil
dence seems to be that he is opposed to the Fu-
gitive Slave law; though it is said that he is
not ultra-fanatical on the subject--that he is
not political Abolitionist.:: Well, suppose that
the WHIos have made Senator of man
who is opposed to the Fugitive Slave law in
Ohio, will tho Union be so kind as to inform
ms whether or not one Of first Abolitionists who
ever appeared in the Senate Of the United
States was not one Mr.. TApPAN, Democratic
Abolition Senator from this same State of Ohio?
Mr.. WADE can be by no possibility so objec-
tionable a man as Mr.. Japan, unless he is
willing to see the Union dissolved in the effort
to procure the abolition of slavery. This Mr.
Japan, as we remember him, was one of the
most thoroughbred and thoroughgoing Adolf
ionists; man like your GARRIsoNs and BIZ
NEYs, and the first specimen Of such man that
every appeared in the Senate. If Mr.. Senator
WADE is one-half as bad as Mr. Japan, we
shall never object to any censure that the Union
may level At him; but we shall always consider
that his case is Offset by that Of Mr.. TArrAS.
Then comes Mr.. SEWARD. The Union
never can forgive the Who's of New York,
because in past years they have acted with
Mr.. SEWARD, and Mr.. SEWARD has now taken
ultra ground on the subject of slavery. 1t is
true that Mr.. SEWARD has become so ultra on
this point a. to call down the severest anathe-
mas from his particular personal friends of the
Courier and Enquirer, of New York. His
opinions must have become indeed extreme,
before they could have induced a journal pro-
Tossing such strong personal friendship to en-
ploy terms of 90 severe condemnation as the
Courier and Enquirer has used in regard to
not disposed to canvass these opinions, because
II is many years since we have been on such
footing with the honorable Senator az to en-
able US to speak our mind in regard to him with
out the possible suggestion of an adverse per
sonal bias. Under these circumstances. we
are compelled to fall back on the structures Of
the Courier and Enquirer, friendly journals
and, if these are we'll founded, then we have nc
reason to believe that the Union is much out OF
the way in attributing very improper purposes
to Mr.. SEWARD. But does the Union forge,
that Mr.. SEWARD, whatever may have been
bis backsidings or his eccentric deviations
from the Vine platform, never went the length
OF the Unions own party and political friends
In the State Of New York; Is the Union
really ignorant when it talks Of Mr.. SEWARD,
that Mr.. SEWARD is merely Free soil cir
cumstance, when compared with MARTYR Van
buren,, JOHN Van BuREr, BEn,AMIs F. Bur-
LEK, JOHN A. DIX, PRESTON KING the Ere
ming Post, and the members Of the old Demo-
cratic party in the State of New York; Ha,
the Union forgotten when BENJAMIN F. Bur
LER and JOSHUA r. GIDDINGs struck hand
and embraced each other, and swore eterna
mutual fidelity on the Buffalo platforms Why
the Union has the shortest possible Of memo
ries. or it imagines that people are to be yer,
easily misled, if it supposcs that Mr.. SEwARl
is to DO put forward as the head of the Free soi
movement in New York, to the disparagemen
Of those who have an infinitely better CLAIM
TO the position.
But then there is Mr.. SUMNER. II is MI
WADE, Mr.. SEWARD, and Mr.. SUMNER. w
think that the cases of tho frst-named gentle
men have been fairly Offset. But the allusion .
Mr.. SUMNER, in connection with the allegation
of Who responsibility in the premises, is tn
most imPudeni charge Of all Mr.. SuMxEI
was the regularly nominated candidate of TIL
DENocRATIc caucus, was voted for by tn
DEMOCRATS in body. and was never, at any