The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-07-17
CITY OF WASHINGTON.


The Msasuvrss Organ.
In our issue OF yesterday exposed the shallow
sophsy by which the court journal has attempted to JUS
y It's want OF csndor For weeks and months past we
have the efforts Of the Republic 10 the Com
promise to mere party use. We have IL endeay
orng TO claim for the administration the credit OF that
Compromise -endeavo rng 10 unite The southern wings
on that claim-and endeavorng at the same time 10
cripple the Compromise by forcing issue the south
ern democracy hostile the Compromise il preiends to
sustain Looking to the South alone-and if we could
forget there was any Norh-such course of conduct
might possibly be considered Unsuitable by stepped
the lips the bitterness OF party hostility, and mindful only
OF party objects Butlhere North and while the court
journal employing all The cunning OF lis right hand to
give to southern politics dangerous aspect by the
and appliances have mentioned. ii is also giving
couragement to continuance OF the wing and anti
slavery alliance Of the North In order to justify itself
for the it has pursued in the latter regard-in order
to make some shadow OF for the ac approval il
has given to the anti-slavery and antcompromise
movements OF the wings OF the northern States--it
quotes, and garbles while il quotes expression used
by few days ago. the effect that the States should
be permitted. without federal interference, regulate
their own affairs.
AS said yesterday, the made of this quotation
clearly shows that the party in power to continue
the tactics OF the wing party and to trust to dupcily
rather than candor for 1t means 10 lay down
platform, but to conceal its real sentimensto sustain the
Compromise in all those States where the Compromise is
popular, and TO embrace repeal in all those States where
repeal is popular 1t to try repetition OF the
game of 1870; but if il succeeds we will not be in
fault
We repeat that the States should be permitted to attend
10 and regulate their ofas, and that the federal
government should not interfere with them. But we
submit that that principle does not lessen the obligation
OF the party in poweror of any pary-to state frankly
the line of policy il intends 10 pursue. The States have
right to exercise their reserved powers and TO have
elusive control OF their domestic aars but when polit
cal organizations in State think proper TO
principles of political action affecting other States,
the is changed. II those principles should APP
ply purely and exclusively to State affairs, and
have connexion with federal affairs. then it may
be said that but the citizens OF the State have
| any interest in them But when political organization
any State, the entire population OF any State
fl, TO principles of public concern, and to
take ground with reference to federal legislation the
is entirely different They then make themselves subec
to the crticism-o the approva-of every
citizen OF the confederacy. Nay, it then becomes
the duty Of the press in all quarters Of the country ant
OF all national parties canvassng for national support &c
express its opinion freely and frankly, that the
people may be informed, when they cast their ballots o.
the principles for which they In Massachusetts, fol
example, portion of our party acted wrongly 1t made
a wrong alliance. In New York. many OF those who
called themselves democrats departed from the prncple
| OF the democratic platform Have we ever hesated
Have played the shutting game Of non- com
mttalism Have we ever shirked fair encounter in
order to resort TO Jaraua bush-fghting Have
pretended that the Buffalo platform and the Massachu-
sets coalition State matters and thereby lodged
the responsibility OF COMMENT No! and we defy our
worst enemy TO say tina, we have We put forth
any such lame and impotent excuses We saw that the
salvation of the Union depended crushing section.
asm and 10 crush sectonasm, il was necessary
to ample under foot every species Of anacsm, and to
hold no with the dsturbers OF the public peace We
have therefore denounced the Buffalo platform, and
we have denounced the Massachusett, coalition. We
are party men, firmly welded TO the principles OF the
democracy, the principles best calculated to preserve
the Union and to uphold the Liberties and promote the
welfare OF the people We pirate OF no-parlyism
we fight under own banner, we run up no pirate
| hig we denounce ueachery and duphclty and we de-
nounce dangerous doctrines, whenever Them no
matter where the congressional elections may be pending
II the pharisaca preachers OF union. harmony, nopar-
tysm and political brotherhood would pursue the
course the country would longer be disturbed by ap
prehensions OF evil.
Having disposed OF this topic, must be permitted to
remark ,ha, the Republic 10 be edited by two per-
sons who have intercourse with each other or, il
edited by one person, he must be fashioned after the
model OF Janus-so that his two faces hold no con-
verse with each other In the column alongside OF that
which claims the privilege of silence to political State
movements. and which argues earnestly, II not strongly
in favor OF administration privilege TO shut it's eyes
the political movements in the Sta,es-and more espe-
cially in the northern S,aes-there is article which
contains strong rebuke TO similar line OF policy when
pursued by others II is no, purpose TO defend the
gentleman assailed by the Republic, but would cite
the assault as the most overwhelming rebuke to the
principles Of the opposite column.
We may have occasion to say on this point but
space will not asw to do
The August EIections.