The republic., 1851-07-14

proper motives and nncongenlal aSsoclatlonsy
Can any evidence be produced going to show
that "they are now reuniting the political
bonds which bind them to the factionlsts of
the North?" On the contrary, have they
not denounced, both North and South, all fac
tionists, whether of this or that party2 Do
they not plant themselves upon the national
platform, as laid down by the best patriots OF
the country, that the Compromise is final
settlement Of the slavery controversy?
We have so repeatedly and so clearly defined
our position upon the Compromise measures
that we deem it almost useless to reiterate our
opinions; but the editors of the Union exhibit
SO little disposition to do us justice that we
again, for the thousandth time, assert and re-
assert, that we consider the series Of measures,
known as the Compromise, as a settlement, in
principle and substance-a final settlement of
the difficulties growing out of the agitation Of
the slavery question. We plant ourselves upon
this broad Union national platform, not hypo-
thetically, but positively, categorically, whe-
ther this or that party is destroyed by II. The
,ulion of these States we view as far tran
scending all party triumphs and party alliances,
and, believing their safety depends upon the
faithful acquiescence in the Compromise mea-
sures, we are for them unconditionally
The editors Of the Union newspaper have
not as yet come within gunshot of hearty,
healthy, and decisive cooperation in and adhe-
renee to the Compromise measures as a final
settlement Of The controversy. Were we dis
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even North. We might point to the fact that
in their issue of TIE 10th of April they copied
an article laudatory of the election of the Hon.
CHAUNcEY f. CLEVELAND to the next Con-
gress from Connecticut, who, it is well known,
was one of the most prominent Free soilers in
the last Congress. We might trace up their
windngs on this subject from that day to this,
and point to the correspondence that lately ap-
peared in a northern paper containing many
letters addressed to Tammany, where, if we
mistake not, the letter Of a. j. DoNELsoN
either followed or was in juxtapositon to
one written by JOHN VAN BUREN, and upon
which occasion CAss and DIX lay down to-
gether, and Free soilism and the firm Dem
ocrats, as they are designated, went up to
this time-honored hall to be rebaptized in
their political faith. We might ask the
meaning of all this, as it is generally under
stood and believed that Tammany Hall is
now under the control and influence of the
Free-soil wing of New York Democracy.
But we forbear. portion of the Northern
Democracy supported the Compromise, and as
far and as long they keep aloof from en-
tanglng alliances with the enemies Of those
measures, both North and South, we are dis
posed to give them due credit.
To the mere partisan politician this insincerity
at the North may be overlooked, but in the
South it is attended with evil consequences,
and hence we have endeavored to impress upon
our contemporaries of the Union newspaper
the necessity of taking decided grounds for or
against the friends of the Compromise in that
section.
| The nearest they have come to rendering
Messrs. CoBB and FooTE their support is hypo-
thctical. They have as much as said that, if
it did not break up the Democratic party, they
would vote for them. To exhibit the ridicu-
lousness of such a course, suppose for moment
that they would support the Compromise mea-
sures if it did not destroy the Whig party
does any one believe that such policy would
have redounded to the credit of the Administra-
tion or the good of the country? Just SO with
the Union newspaper; from its position as the
organ of the Democratic party it has it in
its power to do the country an immense
benefit; but, for fear of injuring its party, it
shrinks from that firmness about which its edi-
tors prate so much. They hold up the North
ern Democracy as standing firm upon the Com
| promise measures, but not one word can
we get out of them as to the position of
their friends in the South. Does not
the same necessity exist for standing firm at
the South as at the North? The greatest dan
ger of disruption is now at the South; and the
editors of the Union newspaper will neither
cheer the friends of the Government with their
approval, nor rebuke its enemies with their dis
appreciation. The country is shaken to its very
centre, both North and South, and in this war
fare the only question they ask of a recruit is,
not whether he is in favor of the Compromise,
but is he Democrat? Besides, those South
ern Democrats who are the sincere friends of
the Compromise look upon these candidates
with distrust, and can yield to them only a
conditional support. One thing is certain,
Messrs. CoBB and FoeTE are in favor of sus-
tanning the Compromise, while their opponents,
to give them every advantage, are doubtful up
on this point, and it does seem that if the edi-
tors of the Union were sincere friends of the
Compromise measures, they would not hesitate
to tell their friends in the South whom they
ought to support in this contest.
Hon. William II. King.
A telegraphic synopsis Gin general circula-
tion) Of a recent letter of this gentleman proves